Written answers

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the United Kingdom will honour its withdrawal agreement with the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • UN Human Rights Council
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response of Ireland to the recent UN Human Rights Council condemnation of the arbitrary actions of governments including the...
    • Brexit Issues
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in opening a European Union office in Belfast, County Antrim. [18530/20]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which overseas development aid continues to target those for whom it was intended; the degree to which bilateral or...
    • Brexit Preparations
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if further Brexit legislation is likely to be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18500/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for creating a green list for travelling during Covid-19 in view of the fact the clear advice from the NPHET is to discourage all...
    • Brexit Issues
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the assessment of the House of Commons Northern Ireland select committee that a lack of clarity from the United Kingdom...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the discussions and or meetings he had with the airline industry with regard to the development of a green list; and if...
    • Brexit Issues
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the paper published by the United Kingdom Government on 20 May 2020 entitled the UK’s Approach to the Northern...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new embassies and consulates that have opened over the past 12 months; if Covid-19 has delayed the opening of planned embassies...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the outcome of the Brexit negotiations continue to fall within the expectations of Ireland in terms of being able to...
    • National Public Health Emergency Team
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his discussions and deliberations with the NPHET with regard to the development of the green list; the reason for going against this advice;...
    • Human Rights
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take in response to the treatment of the Uighur people in China. [18532/20]
    • Middle East
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify his comments that Ireland could face fines from the EU in relation to banning goods from illegal settlements in Palestine;...
    • Passport Applications
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been processed since the Passport Office closed for Covid-19 in March 2020; the turnaround...
    • Brexit Issues
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the strategic review with the UK mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Policy
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the result of the recent presidential election in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18487/20]
    • Northern Ireland
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he has visited Northern Ireland to date in 2020; the purpose of each visit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the initiatives he plans to take to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/20]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to expedite the recognition of the state of Palestine before it is too late in view of the threat of annexation by...
    • Northern Ireland
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with members of the executive in Northern Ireland in relation to the conditions under which segregated prisoners...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      66. To ask the Taoiseach if he will enable the early release of the 1926 census returns as soon as possible. [18743/20]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      67. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of special advisers working in his Department, including a breakdown of those assigned to the offices of the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      68. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline, stages and deadline here for the development of the national recovery plan and associated application for grant funding under the EU recovery and resilience...
    • Cabinet Committees
      69. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy will meet next. [18259/20]
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the plan to establish a shared island unit in his Department. [19137/20]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of claims for the restart grant that have been received from businesses in Dublin 4, 6 and 8; the number of claims that have...
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of HSA inspectors available for work place inspections; the number of inspections carried out for each of the last six...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the public sector equality and human rights duty will be reflected in the July stimulus package; and if he will make a...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Workplace Relations Commission received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when they will...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant funding allocated to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for 2015 to 2020. [18620/20]
    • Trade Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the level of trade between Ireland and Singapore in the years 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a schedule of all special advisers working in his Department; and the roles and responsibilities and salary scale of...
    • Farm Safety
      85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding provided by his Department or via bodies it funds for farm safety week in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to ensure that hairdressers, barbers and beauty and nail salons are complying with public health guidelines...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an employer that only provides a member of staff with a laptop due to the fact they are required to work in multiple locations is in...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the opening of an Enterprise Ireland office in Lyon, France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19145/20]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure sufficient broadband access is provided in rural areas to facilitate online learning....
    • Climate Action Plan
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if documents (details supplied) in relation to the climate action plan will receive a response; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the former the Department budgets for the Environmental Protection Agency of €11.78 million in...
    • Energy Conservation
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual target completions and budget for the retrofitting plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18183/20]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the 2020 budget allocations for all the offices, agencies and semi-State companies under his remit including additional...
    • Electricity Grid
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies (details supplied) jointly requested and obtained approval...
    • Fishing Industry
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if part of SI 585/2018 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 (details supplied) will be amended to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the National Broadband Plan. [18314/20]
    • Grant Payments
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the individual home energy grant schemes available from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in each of the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether a full review of the inclusion of a company (details supplied) in fixed and wireless...
    • North-South Interconnector
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review a meeting request with Monaghan County Council (details supplied); if he will provide a date for...
    • Electric Vehicles
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of providing 785 extra electric car charging points nationally. [18456/20]
    • Grant Payments
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to expand the support scheme for renewable heat; if he plans to make the SSRH scheme less complicated; if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will make a commitment under the Bonn challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18740/20]
    • North-South Interconnector
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the north-south interconnector project; when a review is likely to resume into the undergrounding of the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all dwellings will be treated equally in relation to recent reports indicating that new rural houses without an...
    • Grant Payments
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available for persons building new sustainable houses. [18901/20]
    • Electricity Grid
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Celtic interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19158/20]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if correspondence with Dublin Airport Authority since 1 January 2020 in relation to support measures to assist the company to cope with...
    • Proposed Legislation
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to proceed with the legislation necessary for protecting communities from the antisocial use of scramblers and quad bikes;...
    • Aviation Industry
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the estimated number of private jets that land in Irish airports each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/20]
    • Public Transport
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of making public transport free; the estimated cost of making public transport free for all those under 25 years of...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for the rural transport programme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of passenger journeys in the same...
    • Aviation Industry
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate whether passengers were transferred between an aircraft (details supplied) in Dublin airport on 26 June 2020 in...
    • Driver Licences
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18615/20]
    • Greenways Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocated funding for greenways will be made available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Tax
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of abolishing the punitive motor tax surcharge by which motor tax paid for periods of three or six...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he and his Department will intervene in this matter given that the country...
    • Sports Funding
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential funding streams available to a club (details supplied) in County Meath to help build and develop a permanent facility; and...
    • Driver Test
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for driving tests; and the number waiting by test centre. [17989/20]
    • Driver Licences
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provisional licence renewals can be processed automatically and online but full driver licences cannot; the waiting time for an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for emergency funding has been received from a group (details supplied) up to 17 July 2020; if so, the details of same;...
    • National Car Test
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the validity date of the NCT certificate of a driver (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding the ten-year replacement rule for taxis and the transfer of taxi plates which...
    • Driver Test
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce mandatory testing of learner drivers competency on a more frequent timeline than is currently in place; if he has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/20]
    • Greenways Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in respect of the allocation of funding for the completion of the Grand Canal greenway with particular reference to...
    • Road Projects
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation sources necessitating the timely arrangement of public consultations before large-scale motorway bypass projects can...
    • Driver Test
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures being put in place to ensure the backlog of those waiting to book driver theory tests is cleared quickly; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarification will be provided for a person (details supplied) regarding an extension of the 12-month ability to drive on an American...
    • Greenways Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the cost of re-routing 800 metres of the Great Southern Trail Greenway at Coolybrown, Ardagh, County Limerick...
    • Rail Network
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate whether the stipulations that the disused railway corridor from Limerick to Tralee be protected from encroachments...
    • Taxi Licences
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assist taxi drivers by lifting the blanket four month extension on the NCT or by ensuring that the NTA extend taxi licences by...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the Dublin Airport Authority desist from their policy of insisting that taxi drivers pay the annual fee for...
    • Driver Test
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a time frame has been issued for the return of car driver tests; and if a catch-up programme will be implemented to process the...
    • Driver Licences
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if applicants that wish to renew their driver licence will be allowed to do so online to avoid citizens living abroad having to return...
    • EU Directives
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the EU package travel directive covers purchases through a travel agent of a flight only; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the requirement to wear face coverings to taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18385/20]
    • Driver Test
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to allow applicants to conduct the driver theory test online in view of the fact that there are almost...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring in a tax rebate style system for those that cycle to work similar to the Netherlands based on a person's commute to...
    • Driver Test
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a driver test. [18409/20]
    • Taxi Regulations
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the 2013 taxi regulations (details supplied). [18421/20]
    • Driver Licences
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a motorcycle driver license for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Funding
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of National Lottery funding provided to sports organisations in each of the years 2005, 2010 and 2015; the amount planned for...
    • Road Safety
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Medical Bureau of Road Safety increased by 5%. [18457/20]
    • Bus Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2021 of providing 120 extra buses for the Dublin Bus fleet and 113 extra buses for the Bus Éireann fleet....
    • Office of Public Works
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the decision by an organisation (details supplied) to close some of its sites at the end of August...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to driver lessons will be reviewed; if clarity will be provided to...
    • Public Transport
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will approve the extension plan for the TaxSaver scheme for public transport; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Driver Licences
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA Sláinte agus Tiomáint guideline which states Group 2 licence holders are not permitted to drive with complete loss...
    • Driver Test
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving tests will resume. [18596/20]
    • Rail Network
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upgrade of the Kildare line will result in extending DART services to Hazelhatch or opening Kishogue train station; and if he will...
    • School Transport
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to correspondence issued by this Deputy on 29 June 2020 regarding the decision made by Dublin Bus to cancel provision of school...
    • Cycling Facilities
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reform of the monitoring and policing of bus and cycle lanes, in line with recommendations of the National Transport...
    • Football Association of Ireland
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Sport Ireland and or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the appointment of the Secretary...
    • Driver Test
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 14 July 2020, the reason it has been necessary to resume driver test centres on a gradual...
    • Driver Licences
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being encountered by those with driver licences due to expire, to obtain an...
    • Driver Test
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no additional resources have been put in place to reduce the back log of persons waiting for driver tests in County Longford....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding in place to support sporting organisations in implementing Covid-19 safety regulations. [18705/20]
    • Driver Test
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/20]
    • Rail Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to carry out a nationwide review of the full potential of rail services on Iarnród Éireann rail lines with a...
    • Driver Test
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver theory tests scheduled, passed and failed by category and by quarter in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date...
    • Driver Licences
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a system by which a person that has amassed driver lessons or training hours in another country within the EU or France can...
    • Motor Tax
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider adjusting the motor tax system to allow customers pay quarterly online at the same rate as an annual payment in view...
    • Driver Licences
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing persons over 70 years of age to automatically extend the validity of their driver licence for a further year...
    • Traffic Management
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legislation will be introduced to allow for camera-based enforcement of traffic laws including the laws for bus and cycle lanes, red...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with the management of a company (details supplied) requesting that it fully cooperate with employees endeavouring...
    • Public Transport
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding the train and bus station in Killarney, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Airport Passenger Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger arrivals and departures from each airport from January to June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Licences
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to consult with the National Transport Authority on the many issues in relation to taxi and limousine vehicle licensing, in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the industry specific financial supports that will be made available to licensed travel agents and tour operators in view of the major...
    • Driver Test
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of articulated truck drivers and the fact that applicants who wish to take the theory...
    • Tourism Industry
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; his views on the importance of the sector within the tourism...
    • Football Association of Ireland
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes from July 2019 when the governance reforms endorsed by his Department and Sport Ireland were ratified by members of an...
    • Road Projects
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress on the Ardee bypass project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19057/20]
    • Road Network
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of additional expenditure which will be required in the next two years to reach a steady state in relation to regional and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding being allocated under the July stimulus under cycling, walking, national roads, aviation, public transport,...
    • Public Transport
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to lengthen the platforms at red line Luas stations. [19079/20]
    • Dublin Bus
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken to the CEO of Dublin Bus since his appointment. [19080/20]
    • Driver Licences
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he received correspondence (details supplied); and if he will advise on the matter. [19100/20]
  • Department of Finance
    • Travel Insurance
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of insurance companies refusing to issue travel insurance to persons who need to travel abroad for essential work...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if the planned tax rebate on tourism spending will extend to spending to the entirety of the island of Ireland. [18745/20]
    • EU Budget Contribution
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the planned contribution by Ireland to the EU Budget over the next seven years; the justification for Ireland being the second highest contributor per capita...
    • Corporation Tax
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State is responsible for the costs associated with the management of the funds of a company (details supplied) while they were in an escrow account;...
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the inheritance tax thresholds in Budget 2021. [18179/20]
    • Credit Unions
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to carry out a review of credit union legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include counsellors and psychotherapists on the list of health professionals who are VAT exempt; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plan 2020-2025 of his Department; and the way...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person can retrospectively apply for the help to buy initiative if they satisfy all of the conditions in cases in which they were not aware of the...
    • Living City Initiative
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living city initiative to include all inner-city areas of Dublin city rather than just those designated special regeneration areas;...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the net contribution made by Ireland to the EU recovery fund is €15.7 billion in accordance with a document in circulation at the European Council;...
    • EU Budgets
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether entering deeper into the EU debt is good for the financial health and sovereignty of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Lending
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide advice on the matter; if he will address the issues; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Industry
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied); the steps he is taking to resolve these issues for local businesses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the net contributions Ireland will have to make to the EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework in each year until 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Value Added Tax
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding homecare providers seeking VAT exemption from the Revenue Commissioners using HSE verification; the way in which a private homecare...
    • Customs and Excise
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of nitrous oxide seized by customs each year since 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18610/20]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized by the dog detector unit of the Revenue Commissioners from 1 October 2019 to date in 2020; the estimated value of narcotics,...
    • Value Added Tax
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the justification for the 23% VAT on adult life jackets; if he will consider reducing same to zero; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/20]
    • Ministerial Briefing
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if a copy of the briefing documents provided to him upon his appointment to his Department will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers using the temporary wage subsidy scheme entering €0.01 on the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/20]
    • EU Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed EU digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18724/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent agreement regarding the European recovery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/20]
    • Insurance Industry
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his discussions with other Ministers regarding the implementation of a cross-Departmental insurance reform agenda; the deadline for completion...
    • Pensions Reform
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a provision to exempt persons with small pension funds from the 4% drawdown requirement currently applicable to PRSA funds;...
    • Value Added Tax
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set the VAT rate on PPE masks to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/20]
    • Tax Code
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit by 2.5% per €1,000 on...
    • Universal Social Charge
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing an additional USC rate of 5% on individual incomes in excess of €140,000...
    • Tax Code
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of abolishing the local property tax and replacing the funding with central funds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Tax
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a non-principal private residence charge of €400 on properties indicated as...
    • Tax Code
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 from raising the rate of commercial stamp duty to 9%, 10%, 11% and 12.5%, respectively. [18759/20]
    • Pensions Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by reducing the ceiling earnings cap for occupational pension schemes, RACs and PRSAs from...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by abolishing the help to buy scheme. [18762/20]
    • Tax Code
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by abolishing the special assignee relief programme. [18763/20]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost and budgetary impact in 2021 of maintaining the current rate of mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of restoring trade union tax relief at the level it was at before its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of increasing the earned income credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a minimum dividend withholding tax rate of 33% on all dividends paid by REITs; and...
    • Irish Real Estate Fund
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a minimum dividend withholding tax rate of 33% on all dividends paid by IREFs; and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of introducing a tax relief of 8.33%, that is, equivalent to one month's rent paid by all renters not in receipt of other...
    • Tax Code
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the rate of capital acquisitions tax by 3% to a rate of 36%.. [18771/20]
    • Corporation Tax
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year additional corporation tax that could be expected in 2021 if the bailed out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on losses that could...
    • Tax Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year additional revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by each of 10 percentage points and by 10%; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year saving in 2021 that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry with the...
    • Tax Code
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be raised in 2021 by increasing excise duty on a packet of cigarettes by 30 cents; and if he will make a statement...
    • Value Added Tax
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing VAT and other stimulus measures for the car rental industry in view of the impact of Covid-19 on the sector; and if he will make...
    • Insurance Industry
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps business owners should take whose respective insurance companies will not pay out on claims for business interruption due to Covid-19 restrictions;...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will enquire with the Revenue Commissioners if it is in a position to issue tax clearance certificates to four related companies (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of refurbishing Fitzgibbon Street Garda station. [18445/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will advocate for the whole island of Ireland to benefit from the EU stimulus package. [18746/20]
    • Office of Public Works
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works to carry out works on an old mill (details supplied) in its care to enable it to open to visitors;...
    • National Development Plan
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to carry out a review of the National Development Plan; the time frame for the review; if measures contained in the Plan will...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plan 2020-2025 of his Department; and the...
    • Departmental Circulars
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Circular 05/2017 on motor travel rate will be amended to include cycling as a commutable expense and encourage alternative...
    • Office of Public Works
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the development of the Leeson Lane office building project has commenced; when the project will be completed; and the estimated cost...
    • Football Association of Ireland
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultations with and or if sanction was sought by the Secretary General of his Department to take up a board position at an...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a copy of the briefing documents provided to him upon his appointment to his Department will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Trust in Government
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for reform to address the low levels of trust in Government as measured in a recent report (details supplied); and if he will...
    • National Monuments
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works ceased control of or involvement with the national monument at Tully Church, Lehaunstown, County Dublin...
    • Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding allocated for works to be carried out at the residence of persons (details supplied) under the voluntary...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the work of the cross-Departmental social considerations advisory group to promote and facilitate the incorporation of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPW tourism and heritage sites that are open to the public by county, in tabular form. [19044/20]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Control
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide copies of all relevant communications and correspondence between her Department, the National Parks and...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the administrative costs of the head office of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2018 and 2019. [18166/20]
    • Departmental Functions
      291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Departments that will have responsibility for the islands with Irish as the main language, islands with English as the main...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that the allocation of €5 million made in Budget 2020 from the carbon tax fund to restore over 1,800ha...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to the National Parks and Wildlife Service to invest in roads, walkways and trails in Killarney...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the Minister for Health and NPHET when reassessing the risk of attendance at outdoor sports events in...
    • Hare Coursing
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the 22 conditions attached to the licensing of a club (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the options available to the board of directors of a building (details supplied) that has been closed for three years and has been...
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht mionsonraí a thabhairt i dtaobh an méid iomlán maoinithe is tacaíochtaí Stáit a cuireadh ar...
    • Museum Projects
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to establish a dedicated famine museum in Ireland which could be a stand-alone museum in Collins Barracks; and if she...
    • Environmental Schemes
      302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when survey work will commence on the status of the freshwater pearl mussel in the River Blackwater. [18623/20]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing the funding to National Parks and Wildlife Services by 7.5% in 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Wildlife Protection
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investigation into the 2019 poisoning of 23 buzzards in County Cork. [18644/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to any work being carried out to provide guidelines for non-food serving pubs and live music...
    • Film Industry
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when film shoots and sets are permitted to resume work; if it will be 10 August 2020; if not, when; and if she will make a...
    • State Properties
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department owns a folio (details supplied); if so, when the land parcels were taken into Departmental ownership; the reason...
    • Heritage Council
      309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation to the Heritage Council in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [19078/20]
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht soiléiriú a thabhairt maidir le stádas Phlean Teanga Chathair na Gaillimhe; cén dáta a fhoilseofar é...
    • Waterways Ireland
      311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider giving additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to allow it to enhance the Grand Canal from...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the taskforce on the recovery for the arts sector post-Covid-19 will be set up; and the membership and remit of same. [19168/20]
    • Project Ireland 2040
      314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific projects funded under the Project Ireland 2040 capital plan; the amount committed to each project pre-Covid-19 and as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici dul i gcomhairle leis na páirtithe leasmhara sula bhfoilsíonn sí an plean...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Road Projects
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to progress the provision of a new bridge to cross the River Liffey in Celbridge, County...
    • Vacant Sites
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the vacant site levy to 10%, 12.5%, 15% and 17.5%,...
    • Local Authority Funding
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be allocated to a project (details supplied). [18931/20]
    • Local Authority Housing
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be complete; when the...
    • Rural Resettlement Scheme
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a rural resettlement scheme. [17969/20]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis on which a person can be refused a HAP tenancy due to the fact they have a close family connection with a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that each local authority has removed from the housing list as a result of not responding to the...
    • Mica Redress Scheme
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a householder in a multiple development has to have a valid management company in place for the management of the estate in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for HAP in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Issues
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available for persons who do not qualify for social housing support but are not able to obtain a mortgage to...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional level of support that will be provided to Irish Water to enable the Carrigtwohill wastewater treatment plant to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses he plans to deliver by year in County Monaghan over the course of the Programme for...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active rental accommodation scheme tenancies in place. [18352/20]
    • Housing Estates
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines in place on maintaining uniformity of appearance in housing estates and to prevent areas deteriorating in terms...
    • Local Authority Housing
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with each local authority; and the confirmed targets for social housing for each local authority for...
    • EU Directives
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the wind energy directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18362/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the call for housing 2020 was established; the person heading up the initiative; the number of staff who will be working...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the circular issued to local authorities in the past two weeks on the operation of the Rebuilding Ireland...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances in which a developer can receive an exemption to Part V requirements; his plans to review the availability...
    • Vacant Properties
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the addresses approved in 2018 and 2019 in County Clare for void funding; and the reason local authorities are reluctant to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if elected representatives will be granted access to the choice-based letting system in order that they can be aware of the...
    • Commercial Rates
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of claims for the commercial rates waiver scheme received from businesses in Dublin 4, 6 and 8, respectively; the...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures and assessment tools in place to assess whether housing authorities are meeting the objectives and goals set by...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of allocations from approved housing bodies, AHBs, here that are provided for housing for domestic violence...
    • Vacant Properties
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to force owners of private houses that are left vacant to sell them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the working group comprising senior representatives from his Department and planning authorities which was established in May...
    • Local Authority Housing
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the maximum, minimum and average applicant wait time on the local authority housing waiting lists in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow for tenants residing in dwellings acquired under Part 5 of the Planning...
    • Vacant Properties
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to local authorities to bring back voids into use in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the percentage of the...
    • Rental Sector
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce legislation by which legal action can be taken against landlords that do not have adequate controls in...
    • Fire Stations
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding in respect of the new fire station in New Ross, County Wexford will be signed off on; and if he will make a...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies which have been placed in engagement in July 2018, July 2019 and July 2020; the average...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the policy of allowing local authorities to purchase houses on the private market for use as social housing will continue;...
    • Planning Issues
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he plans to take to allow for effected parties to resume operations with regard to the Supreme Court ruling of 1...
    • Housing Estates
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations in place to ensure that new housing developments ensure access to adequate childcare facilities; the position...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with his Chinese counterparts and their officials in respect of Uyghur Muslims; the nature, subject matter and frequency...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the referendum to grant voting rights to Irish citizens living outside the State in Presidential elections will be held. [18735/20]
    • EU Bodies
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparation that has been undertaken to prepare for the Conference on the Future of Europe. [19133/20]
    • Human Rights
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the practice of organ harvesting from members of a group (details supplied) and other prisoners of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for nationality for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17999/20]
    • Human Rights
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans the Government have to protest at the introduction of draconian new security measures in Hong Kong; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a definition will be set out for non-essential travel in view of genuine instances in which persons need to travel abroad for work and...
    • Human Rights
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the persecution of members of the Baha'i faith in Iran; if the arrest and imprisonment of members of the faith in Iran will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if travel from the Isle of Man will be restricted or subject to rules similar to travel to and from the UK under the new arrangements. [18268/20]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new embassies and consulates that have opened over the past 12 months; if Covid-19 has delayed the opening of planned...
    • Brexit Preparations
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing work to prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18334/20]
    • UN Security Council
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which disarmament will feature as a priority for him during Ireland’s membership of the United Nations Security...
    • Foreign Policy
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each foreign military air force that used an ARES area in Irish airspace in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of ongoing talks with the EU and the UK authorities in the context of Brexit with reference to the need for alternative trading...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is prepared to combine its scientific expertise and resources to combat Covid-19; and if he...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the overseas aid programme continues to target those for whom it is specifically intended; the locations most often...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community continues to monitor the activities of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab with reference to the areas...
    • Human Rights
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which through the aegis of the EU and UN the international community remains alert to the use of child soldiers at various...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which efforts continue to be made to bring about peaceful settlement in the Middle East with particular reference to the need...
    • Foreign Policy
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure the continued stability in the western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which staffing levels at each embassy throughout the EU and the rest of the world have been or will increase due to the...
    • EU Issues
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which positive steps continue to be taken to influence the future of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in his Department's Strategy and Work Plan 2020-2025; his plans to...
    • Foreign Policy
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the concerning activities relating to the murder of an investigate journalist (details supplied) in Malta; and if he will make...
    • EU Issues
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the commitment to forge alliances with other EU Member States with which Ireland shares common goals and interests as set out...
    • Human Rights
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of supports provided to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19139/20]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a comprehensive overview will be provided of the proposed Ireland house strategy for diplomatic missions abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details on the role and activity of Ireland as an observer of L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; and if he will...
    • Diaspora Issues
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a progress report on the 2020 diaspora policy will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19142/20]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      406. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the planned referendum on extending the franchise at Presidential elections to Irish citizens living abroad; and if he will...
    • Foreign Policy
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to Ireland joining the Arctic Council as an observer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19144/20]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      408. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to give official recognition to the State of Palestine. [19173/20]
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Honours
      409. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 13 June 2018, if a decision has been reached in relation to the matter (details supplied). [18524/20]
    • Naval Service
      410. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service that spent more than 90 days at sea in each of years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      411. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of increasing the subsistence allowance for Defence Forces personnel by 15% in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pensions Data
      412. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons in receipt of a Defence Forces pension. [18688/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      413. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage breakdown between male and female by rank in the Defence Forces. [18689/20]
    • Defence Forces Data
      415. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of apprenticeship schemes available within the Defence Forces. [18692/20]
    • Defence Forces
      416. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will provide financial support to a group (details supplied) to help establish a memorial in Dundalk, County Louth to a person...
    • Naval Service
      417. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the mid-life refit of the LÉ Roisin. [19082/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      418. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the stock of PPE held in reserve by his Department in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for the school transport scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18188/20]
    • School Admissions
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number on the waiting list for a place at schools (details supplied); if her Department or local officials are engaged with the families and...
    • School Transport
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for school transport. [18349/20]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration will be given to allocating one additional special needs teacher to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Admissions
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is being denied an additional year at school in view of the extraordinary and unprecedented 2019/2020...
    • Autism Support Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to set up ASD classes within the next 6 to 12 months in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 14 July 2020, if her attention has been drawn to a further request submitted subsequently to the...
    • State Examinations
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students that have been home-schooled or that have studied a subject outside of school are being excluded from the predicted grades...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence from a school (details supplied) will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18134/20]
    • School Staff
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the shorter school day for junior infants (details supplied) will be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18144/20]
    • School Accommodation
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appropriate budget lines are being prepared for the necessary and planned works to a school (details supplied); the status of works...
    • School Facilities
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation regarding a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18153/20]
    • State Examinations
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the delay in receiving leaving certificate calculated grades will impact on students that have applied to study at an EU member...
    • Schools Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that attend primary and secondary schools. [18200/20]
    • School Textbooks
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for book rental schemes both in primary schools and in secondary schools by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%,...
    • School Transport
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for the school transport scheme by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [18203/20]
    • State Examinations
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding leaving certificate students that are studying individual subjects externally in order to qualify for specific course...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding social distancing in secondary schools if they are to return in September 2020; the timeline for her Department to provide...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation regarding a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18245/20]
    • School Curriculum
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the inclusion of African history, colonial history and the history of slavery in the junior cycle curriculum in order to...
    • State Examinations
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the different demographic characteristics including gender and socio-economic status being used to review...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level grant recipients from the 2020 leaving certificate cohort that have to repeat first year or that transfer into new courses will...
    • Third Level Fees
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the student contribution charge for higher education by €100, €200, €500, €1,000 and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount required by the third level education sector to ensure the safe return of students in the 2020 and 2021 academic year; if...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the SUSI maintenance grant by 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 percent respectively; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated average cost per apprenticeship; the estimated average cost per craft apprentice; the estimated average cost for a new...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding eligibility for mature independents maintenance grants to include persons over 25 years of age who have been...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding SUSI grants to cover master's programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18305/20]
    • School Transport
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow payment via medical card for concessionary students on the school transport scheme. [18337/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding an exceptional special needs assistant review for a school (details supplied). [18343/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school canteens will be allowed to open in line with school openings. [18344/20]
    • School Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an extra teacher by a school (details supplied). [18345/20]
    • School Accommodation
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new school building by a school (details supplied). [18346/20]
    • State Examinations
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details will be provided on the way in which the process of appealing leaving certificate grades will work; the estimated cost involved;...
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na pleananna atá ag an Roinn le go mbeidh stádas DEIS ag scoileanna i nDún na nGall agus i bpáirteanna eile den...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that the pay and conditions of those involved in international English language education is commensurate with...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been reached on the purchase of land for a school (details supplied). [18425/20]
    • DEIS Scheme
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be granted to DEIS schools to ensure that the students there do not suffer from the time away from school due to...
    • School Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit additional teachers ahead of the reopening of schools in autumn 2020; when they will be recruited; and if she will make a...
    • Schools of Music
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Royal Irish Academy of Music increased by 5%. [18459/20]
    • Nursing Education
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing additional places for nursing through PLC courses in view of the fact spaces are limited for entrants...
    • State Examinations
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether students from County Donegal that received conditional offers from colleges and universities in Northern Ireland will be at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for SNA support in County Donegal in 2020; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for children from junior infants to third class that have medical conditions for returning to school in view of the fact...
    • School Admissions
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible to repeat their final year of secondary school. [18598/20]
    • Third Level Education
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consult with Waterford Institute of Technology on work placements for social care students, having regard to the special...
    • School Transport
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence issued from this Deputy on 29 June 2020 regarding the cancellation of school transport services to a school (details...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an English language school (details supplied) is refusing to refund students for courses and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the refusal to facilitate the establishment of an ASD class at a school (details supplied) for eight students that cannot be accommodated in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if development guidelines for the operation of universities is underway similar to those that exist for hairdressers and restaurants (details...
    • School Enrolments
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above. [18652/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure the July provision is extended to include post-primary blind and visually impaired students; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought for a college to retain the existing five classroom prefabricated building on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and secondary schools without access to Internet connection at home; and the number of children without access...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a copy of the briefing documents provided to her upon her appointment to her Department will be provided; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will purchase the site currently for sale opposite a school (details supplied) to secure it for the future expansion; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that, in the event of schools not opening in September 2020, teaching online will be available to all pupils who wish to be...
    • Third Level Education
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to meet with Letterkenny Institute of Technology and the Derry University Group to consider the way in which cross-Border third level...
    • School Enrolments
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes nationally that contain more than 30 children; and the number over 28 and 25 children, respectively.; and if she will make...
    • School Facilities
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools nationally that do not have a canteen. [18784/20]
    • DEIS Scheme
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools by one point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18785/20]
    • School Enrolments
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes in primary schools in budget 2021 in view of the finding in the statistical bulletin of July 2020 that there has...
    • School Textbooks
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring the running of a school book scheme is entirely free to parents. [18789/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of centrally acquiring the necessary personal protective equipment, PPE, and providing same to schools. [18792/20]
    • Third Level Examinations
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the discrepancy between repeat exam fees in different higher education institutions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the proposed devices fund will be administered; if it is to be administered at a local level; if so, the additional staffing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if requirements for social distancing will be universally applied across higher education institution campuses; and if she will make a statement...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revert SUSI adjacency grants to pre-2011 levels to take account of students that will remain living at home due to Covid-19; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PPE will be provided to staff across the higher education institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18817/20]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are proposals to increase postgraduate grants to address the funding gap as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional mental health supports are being put in place for 2020 leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend or review the requirements for mature applicants to third-level colleges living at home with their parents due to lack of...
    • Education Policy
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the fund for students with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18824/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) on provisions to provide extensions and supports for researchers whose research was...
    • School Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, primary and secondary, respectively on secondment to the Professional Development Service for Teachers: if these teachers...
    • School Curriculum
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the curriculum changes being planned for the children and young persons of primary and secondary schools; if the Professional Development Service...
    • State Examinations
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the adjustment of grades by her Department for the leaving certificate calculated grades results include adjusting grades on the basis of...
    • Third Level Education
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding third level students need for the provision of laptops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18873/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in cases in which landlords are refusing to give refunds to students that could not remain in their accommodation during...
    • School Staff
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of one at all points of the staffing schedule for primary schools from September 2021; and the net number of...
    • State Examinations
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the further delay in leaving certificate results; if the delay will not negatively impact some university offers from the United...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requirement for graduate teachers to travel to the country of the language that they teach for a period of...
    • Education Policy
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work commenced in March 2020 on the development of interim guidance to support the teaching of social, personal and health education, SPHE,...
    • State Examinations
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who have received conditional offers from foreign universities but whose leaving certificate results are likely to be received after...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy responses proposed or being examined to meet the increased pressure and demand on guidance counsellors in view of the impact of the...
    • School Transport
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in awarding a remote area grant to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18955/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate additional resources for guidance counsellors in schools in view of issues being experienced by students due to the Covid-19...
    • School Accommodation
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19077/20]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of two in post-primary school class sizes from September 2021. [19083/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer provision programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19114/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19127/20]
    • School Curriculum
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which school sport will resume in the 2020-21 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19134/20]
    • Education Policy
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new modern languages initiative for primary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with a union (details supplied) in the week prior to the announcement on 21 July 2020 of the delay in leaving certificate results....
    • Special Educational Needs
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD special classes in primary and secondary schools by county for the period 1 Jan 2016 to 30 June 2020, inclusive, in tabular...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of continuing professional development curriculums in place for special needs assistants. [19155/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stock of PPE held in reserve by her Department in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all...
    • State Examinations
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason leaving certificate and leaving certificate applied students are being required to opt in again to receive calculated grades before...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Parental Leave
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing six weeks of parental benefit which would be the same rate as maternity benefit but could...
    • Adoption Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending adoptive benefit to male couples that are currently excluded due to a technicality in the...
    • Maternity Benefit
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity, paternity and adoptive benefit by €10 per week. [18225/20]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pension dispute by community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizens Information Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce and-or close Citizens Information services in south Dublin and County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Citizens Information Board proceeded with the restructuring of the Money Advice and Budgeting Services in view...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 will be launched. [18415/20]
    • Maternity Benefit
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending maternity benefit to 52 weeks. [18661/20]
    • State Pensions
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to establish a commission on pensions to examine sustainability and eligibility issues with State...
    • Bereavement Grant
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the bereavement grant of €850 that was abolished in 2014 was reinstated; the cost of...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the proposed review of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19099/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which self-employed persons will be able to apply for the grants of up to €1,000; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment can be extended for those working in the tourism industry that are unlikely to see a...
    • Working Family Payment
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18097/20]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the entitlement of an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied). [18099/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the operational guidelines for the pandemic unemployment payment. [18105/20]
    • Job Losses
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of redundancies her Department has been notified of in each month to date in 2020; the number notified in each...
    • Fuel Allowance
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the means of a person (details supplied) were reached in relation to the fuel allowance application; and if...
    • Low Pay Commission
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Low Pay Commission has been formally requested to examine universal basic income as agreed in the programme for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied ) is on the lower rate of pandemic unemployment payment in view of income exceeding the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons working in a community employment scheme and that work part time to supplement their income will be included in...
    • Child Benefit
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that receive child benefit payments; and the number of children these are in respect of. [18205/20]
    • School Meals Programme
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the extension of the school meals programme over the summer months in 2020. [18206/20]
    • State Pensions
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for disallowance of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many pensioners and elderly persons are incurring significant expense on...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place in local Intreo centres for persons with dyslexia in cases where they must complete application forms...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hard copy application forms for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme are available in local Intreo...
    • Public Services Card
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the public service card registration process will resume. [18320/20]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions are to be implemented for persons entitled to a free travel pass; if she will review the case of a person...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce weekly payments for schemes that introduced fortnightly payments; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for an invalidity pension. [18339/20]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if home carer credits were included when a decision was made to refuse an application for State pension (contributory) by a...
    • Invalidity Pension
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on his or her application for an invalidity pension. [18341/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions available for parents in cases in which their leave has ended and childcare is not available to them due to...
    • Invalidity Pension
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and when a decision will issue....
    • Carer's Allowance
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer’s allowance; and when he or she can expect a...
    • General Register Office
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 630, 633 and 634 of 9 June 2020, the operational status of the General Register and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for taking a divergent approach to persons with dual employee self-employed income from the approach taken with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 14 July 2020, if a directive has been issued to her Department in relation to...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending free travel to domiciliary care recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s allowance payments were not issued to the bank account of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if communication was received from another authority relating to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment review for a person (details supplied);...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the calculation of possible overpayments will be completed for a person (details supplied) in relation to their State...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the overpayments recouped of one-parent family benefit in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a pandemic unemployment payment rate review in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Working Family Payment
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of working family payment who have listed employment in the Defence Forces on their...
    • Child Benefit
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in September 2020....
    • Social Insurance
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of PRSI of 12.75%,...
    • School Meals Programme
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children availing of hot free school meals; and the cost per child and school of delivering same. [18828/20]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare payment can be made while awaiting the result of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 14 July 2020, if a person (details supplied) actually received funds...
    • Invalidity Pension
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) given that her Department...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is on the lower rate of pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact that their...
    • Public Services Card
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost-benefit analysis undertaken for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional supports will be put in place to support the self-employed in reopening their business in view of the fact that...
    • Working Family Payment
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19075/20]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      633. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 803 and 797 of 14 July 2020, if she will provide the specific information relating to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      634. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the second tranche of funding will be released to applicants to the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Drainage Schemes
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Department or State agency that has responsibility for a particular Land Commission embankment (details supplied). [18158/20]
    • European Council Meetings
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the decisions taken at the European Council meeting of 17 July 2020 that will impact financial supports for agriculture in Ireland....
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EU Common Fisheries Policy regarding the UK stance on zoning attachments; his view on supporting the proposals; and...
    • Greyhound Industry
      638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to improve animal welfare in the greyhound industry here and in countries to which they are exported; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will put in place with immediate effect to resolve the delays being experienced in the supply chain for timber due to...
    • Food Industry
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans with regard to the provision of Halal meat. [17972/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to address backlogs in the forestry licensing and appeals system; if his attention has been drawn to claims...
    • Aquaculture Development
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available for persons involved in aquaculture operating in Fenit Bay, Kenmare Bay and Dingle Bay, County...
    • Protected Disclosures
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question 950 of 13 May 2020, the measures he undertook to address issues raised in the protected disclosure...
    • Agriculture Industry
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the establishment of a dedicated forum for the wool industry here will be supported in view of the severe economic challenges...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on refurbishment and maintenance to Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date...
    • Beef Industry
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 16 April 2019, if the corresponding figures for 2019 and to date in 2020 will be...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress and or the outcome of the administrative inquiry into the capacity of Ireland to apply the rules of the EU Common...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase TAMS funding to deal with the upsurge in applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18744/20]
    • Animal Diseases
      650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Connemara ponies born before 2016 tested for HWSD in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff at each grade based at each Department office in tabular form. [18834/20]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU funds allocated to Ireland for the European agriculture guarantee fund in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount of...
    • Fishing Industry
      655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU fisheries funding allocated to Ireland for the EFF and the EMFF, respectively in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount of...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms which are family farms; the average size of the farms; the average annual pillar 1 CAP payments received by the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a study will be commissioned into the impact of micro-farms on the domestic economy and on the agrifood sector in particular; and...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if matters raised correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Horticulture Sector
      660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the shutdown of the horticultural peat industry in Ireland will seriously impede...
    • Horse and Greyhound Fund
      661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the welfare standards that will be used when funding the greyhound sector from the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; the way in which...
    • Greyhound Industry
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the project of establishing a traceability system for racing greyhounds is in place (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Felling Licences
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a felling licence will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19160/20]
    • Farm Safety
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided by his Department directly or via bodies under his aegis for farm safety week in each of the years 2015...
    • EU Regulations
      666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if briefings, correspondence, reports or materials on the appropriateness of effectiveness of use of the Ramsar convention with...
    • Environmental Schemes
      668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that have been put in place with regard to mapping wetlands here as defined under the Ramsar convention; if...
    • EU Regulations
      669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons or body that will fulfil the duty of enforcement officers per the draft EU Commission regulation amending Annex 27 to EC...
    • Environmental Schemes
      671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if materials, reports, correspondence or briefings with regard to a new proposed peatland rewetting scheme will be provided; and if...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body the new land parcel information system Agland is being developed by and in conjunction with; if materials,...
    • Organic Farming
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of farmland under organic management by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Livestock Issues
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all materials, reports, correspondence and briefings in relation to considerations to introduce mandatory electronic...
    • Environmental Schemes
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients and the amount received by recipient of funding under the pearl mussel scheme by county in tabular form; and...
    • Beef Industry
      678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with An Bord Bia in relation to Northern Ireland being part of the Irish beef protected geographical...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applications to the BEEP scheme by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applications to the sheep welfare scheme by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020;...
    • GLAS Issues
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applicants to the GLAS scheme by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the...
    • Commonage Land Use
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers operating on commonages; and the number on areas of natural constraint by county in each of the years the years...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applications to the areas of natural constraint scheme by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to...
    • Organic Farming
      689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of farms by county defined as organic for each the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19209/20]
    • Farms Data
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average amount of hedgerows in hectares; and the average amount of scrubland in hectares per farm by county within bands of 100...
    • Forestry Sector
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all materials, briefings, reports and correspondence relating to his consideration of introducing fees for forestry licences will...
    • Animal Diseases
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all materials correspondence, briefings and reports relating to communication between his Department and his counterpart in the...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all materials, correspondence, reports and briefings regarding the two meat plants recently ordered to revert to manual grading of...
    • Agriculture Industry
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area used for agriculture here by sector and county, in tabular form. [19216/20]
    • Farms Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms here, within bands (details supplied), by county, in tabular form. [19217/20]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of paying the overhead contribution for 2021 at the rate of payment made during 2020 and at an increased rate of 20%....
    • Adoption Data
      700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria required to meet the requirements of habitual residency in the context of adopting a child from abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      702. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the wages portion of the ECCE scheme. [18989/20]
    • Childcare Costs
      704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the portion of childcare costs that is made up by fees. [19048/20]
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation made for domestic emergency refuges and step-down accommodation for 2020. [18159/20]
    • Childcare Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the closure of a crèche (details supplied) in County Louth; if his attention has also been drawn to...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the subsidy under the affordable childcare scheme from €20 to €100 per child, per week....
    • Childcare Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost if the State were to provide by way of direct payment to childcare providers the money necessary to fund the sector,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing by 15% funding for the access inclusion model. [18227/20]
    • Childcare Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated additional cost in 2019 of increasing the universal minimum subsidy across the affordable childcare scheme if the minimum...
    • School Completion Programme
      712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the school completion programme to 2010 levels. [18230/20]
    • Childcare Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of the reinstatement of the childminding advisory service. [18231/20]
    • Child Support Payments
      716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of rolling out a baby box scheme similar to those in Finland and Scotland in which the estimated cost of the box and...
    • Early Years Sector
      717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated additional cost of the roll-out of Aistear across the early years sector. [18235/20]
    • Childcare Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated additional cost of the roll-out of Aistear across the childminding sector. [18236/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      721. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of continuing the wage subsidy scheme for childcare workers at 85%. [18600/20]
    • National Childcare Scheme
      726. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the subsidy under the affordable childcare scheme from €20 to €50 per child per week in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      727. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers in County Longford that have reopened; the number that are accepting the same number of children as...
    • Childcare Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address excessive waiting lists for access to childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19065/20]
    • Adoption Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of domestic adoptions applied for and successfully concluded in each of the years 2011 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will...
    • Childcare Costs
      738. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the finding of the Crowe report that the wage bill comprises an average of 70% of the total costs of the childcare sector is inclusive...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      741. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications received to date in respect of the announcement of €75 million in supports to childcare providers for...
    • Childcare Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare facilities which indicated their closure in 2020; the comparison with 2018 and 2019; a breakdown of counties in...
    • After-School Support Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of after-school places that will be provided in September 2020; if there is engagement with the Department of Education and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      745. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated fall in the number of ECCE places for September 2020; the indicative number of children who will commence and continue in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Child Protection
      746. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review a case (details supplied); her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18365/20]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by the CSO in implementing recommendation 15 of the Report on Reform of the Family Law System produced by the...
    • Alcohol Sales
      749. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the home delivery of alcoholic drinks, including draught beers, by pubs not licensed to serve food; and if she...
    • Parental Leave
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the eligibility criteria for the extended parental leave to include all parents affected by the lockdown,...
    • Wards of Court
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of wards of court, adults and children, respectively; the number of adults who were made wards in March, April, May...
    • Proposed Legislation
      759. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016, which lapsed with the dissolution of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an applicant for Irish citizenship who is a Swedish national living here for more than 40 years needs an in-date Swedish...
    • Direct Provision System
      761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons resident at a direct provision centre (details supplied), by age, gender and family unit, on 20 July...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons sanctioned by An Garda Síochána for driving on a road designated as a motorway while on a...
    • Garda Stations
      764. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda station that covers Liscarne Dale, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [18173/20]
    • Road Safety
      765. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the work of the high-level committee established to examine the anti-social use of scramblers and quad...
    • Direct Provision System
      766. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding inspections of direct provision centres in County Wicklow (details supplied); and if inspections have...
    • Alcohol Sales
      767. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will meet with representatives from organisations (details supplied) advocating for reform in legislation related to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      768. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the complaints made by a person (details supplied); if a reply will issue to the most recent complaints set...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      769. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a clear timeline for the memorialisation and education process to ensure the atrocities of the Magdalen laundries...
    • International Students
      773. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if international students will be granted entry here if the language school or college at which they have been accepted is...
    • Brexit Issues
      774. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the situation of persons (details supplied) residing and working here as European Economic...
    • Crime Data
      775. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No: 967 of 14 July 2020, her plans to increase the penalties and sanctions for those...
    • Civil Registration Service
      776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the reopening of registration offices outside Dublin and in particular in Ennis, County Clare; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      777. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons facilitated at the special Covid-19 self-isolation centre at a hotel (details supplied) from 1 April 2020...
    • Visa Applications
      778. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status for review of a join family application by a person (details supplied) which was received by INIS in January 2020....
    • Substance Misuse
      779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for supplying nitrous oxide for human consumption in each year from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and...
    • Garda Recruitment
      780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional cost to the Departmental baseline funding to commence and sustain a five-year Garda recruitment drive commencing...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      781. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting and employing an additional 1,000 civilian staff for An Garda Síochána. [18441/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      782. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing Prison Service funding by 10%. [18442/20]
    • Prison Facilities
      783. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing video links to each prison to assist the Courts Service. [18443/20]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      784. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the funding of the Criminal Assets Bureau by 10%. [18444/20]
    • Court Accommodation
      785. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of refurbishing Tralee courthouse. [18447/20]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      786. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the establishment of ten new Garda youth diversion programmes. [18448/20]
    • Crime Data
      787. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the multiannual sexual violence prevalence study by the Central Statistics Office. [18451/20]
    • Courts Service
      788. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of a 10% increase in the Courts Service capital building and refurbishment programme. [18452/20]
    • Garda Equipment
      789. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to release additional funding for the issuing of mobile fingerprint devices to frontline gardaí. [18454/20]
    • Garda Data
      790. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare that have taken basic or refresher public order training in each of the past three...
    • EU Directives
      794. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to appeal a European Court of Justice ruling (details supplied) that she failed to transpose Directive 2015/849; the...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      795. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a support service for victims of child sex abuse carried out by members of the Probation Service. [18590/20]
    • Garda Recruitment
      798. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting eight additional analysts at higher executive officer level for the Garda cyber crime unit;...
    • Immigration Status
      799. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application in the case of a person (details supplied). [18648/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to carrying out an independent review of the direct provision centre in Miltown Malbay, County...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra resources being put in place nationwide to help, facilitate and make welcome the 46 new Syrian families moving to...
    • Garda Operations
      804. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will liaise with the Garda Commissioner on the guidelines on the Practical Application and Operation of the Firearms...
    • Leave to Remain
      805. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application by a person (details supplied) has taken an excessive length of time to process; the further reason...
    • Legal Aid
      806. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the issues arising as a result of a change of systems within legal aid; if her attention has been drawn to files being lost; if...
    • Visa Applications
      807. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if spousal visas are being issued for the wives and husbands of persons with Irish citizenship; if not, the reason for not...
    • Parking Regulations
      808. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to allow authorities pursue parking fines issued here for cars registered in the UK; the way in which it...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      809. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects a person (details supplied) to complete the scoping review into the killing of another person; her plans to...
    • Probate Applications
      810. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the wait time for personal applications to the Probate Office; if there are differing wait times for applications from legal...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      814. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided to purchase additional Garda prisoner transport vehicles. [19081/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      815. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of properties used in County Wicklow as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees; and if she will...
    • Departmental Priorities
      816. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plan 2020-2025 of his...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      817. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of items seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19130/20]
    • Proposed Legislation
      819. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when hate speech legislation will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19132/20]
    • Immigration Data
      820. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons detained in prisons due to refused leave to land at the border; the length of their detention, by month...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      821. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to relocating a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19159/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      822. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the stock of personal protective equipment, PPE, held in reserve by her Department in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Cards
      823. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be introduced to amend the qualifying criteria for persons aged over 70 years of age to entitle them to a medical card if their gross...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if he sought or obtained a legal opinion regarding the constitutionality of the guidelines and regulations emanating from his Department in respect of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the budget for psychiatric services in prisons by 20%. [18450/20]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing an additional 50 social workers. [18662/20]
    • HSE Staff
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional ten administrative support staff for social workers. [18663/20]
    • Aftercare Services
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional ten after care workers. [18664/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if a proposal (details supplied) to use medical detection dogs at airports and ports to detect Covid-19 will be investigated; and if he will make a statement...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if prescription charges were abolished for medical card holders over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17973/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied); if the person is in receipt of the maximum level of support available under the HSE personal assistant...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17985/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the case of a person (details supplied). [17997/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if additional capacity will be provided to reduce waiting lists for assessments and procedures (details supplied). [18004/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of construction of a temporary modular surgical theatre similar to that planned for Merlin Park Hospital; the lifespan of such a modular theatre; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing one, ten and 100 non-consultant hospital doctors, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reversing financial emergency measures in the public interest across the health service by speciality in tabular form. [18014/20]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the capital cost of a nursing home bed; the estimated fully absorbed cost of a nursing home bed including staff, ancillary services and running costs; and the...
    • Hospital Data
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the capital cost of a hospital bed; the estimated fully absorbed cost of a hospital bed including staff, ancillary services and running costs; and the capital...
    • National Maternity Strategy
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding and implementing the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18018/20]
    • Emergency Departments
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments and the €75 per day charge for inpatient care in tabular...
    • Home Help Service
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons directly employed by the HSE to provide home support services. [18020/20]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame and estimated cost per year of full implementation of the e-health system. [18022/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing and staffing one air ambulance to run 24-7, 365 days a year. [18023/20]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of diabetes related illnesses to the health service each year; the amount the health service spends on diabetes prevention and management;...
    • Nursing Staff
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of bringing the nursing and midwifery professions in line with the pay grades of other therapeutic grades. [18025/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the restoration of the 30% pay cut to new entrant consultants imposed in 2012. [18026/20]
    • Health Promotion
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure for the Healthy Ireland office in each year since its establishment; the cost of information campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been made available to the Healthy Ireland fund each year since its establishment; if the funding for each of those years was spent in its...
    • Stroke Care
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of keeping a stroke patient in long-term care assuming a mean three-year survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18029/20]
    • Health Promotion
      858. To ask the Minister for Health if a new FAST media campaign will be established to ensure nationwide awareness of stroke symptoms among adults and ensure more persons get to hospital for...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy, which outlines a ten-step plan to develop...
    • Hospital Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a heart failure unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/20]
    • Health Services
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the national roll-out of heart failure integrated care projects in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual additional cost in each of the next five years of allowing medical card holders in receipt of disability allowance who move into work and...
    • Disability Services Data
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of allocating the remainder of the capital expenditure identified as necessary by the HSE to complete the process of decongregation. [18042/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital costs of providing 100 additional hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18045/20]
    • Hospital Data
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the fully absorbed cost of running a hospital bed per day and per annum. [18046/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing staffing cover for HSE staff who engage in continuing professional development courses. [18049/20]
    • Health Services
      876. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the HSE contribution for approved clinical courses and examinations under the clinical course and examination refund scheme...
    • General Practitioner Services
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the annual general practitioner training intake to 250 for 2020. [18052/20]
    • Disability Services Data
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 500,000 hours under the personal assistant scheme. [18063/20]
    • Medical Cards
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of guaranteeing a medical card for all members of the Traveller community. [18064/20]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to BreastCheck by 10%. [18066/20]
    • Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing contraceptives to all women who require same. [18069/20]
    • Period Poverty
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free female hygiene products to all women in receipt of a medical card. [18070/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      899. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of obstetricians and gynaecologists employed by ten. [18074/20]
    • Dental Services
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting five and ten orthodontists, respectively, on the average pay grade in tabular form. [18075/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 100, 200, 300 and 400 nurses, respectively, on the average pay scale in tabular form. [18076/20]
    • Midwifery Services
      902. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 100, 150 and 200 midwives, respectively, on the average pay scale in tabular form. [18077/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing ten and 25 advanced nurse practitioners in tabular form. [18078/20]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing ten community physiotherapists and hospital physiotherapists at entry level with five years and ten years of experience,...
    • Occupational Therapy
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 100 occupational therapists. [18080/20]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 100 physiotherapists. [18081/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 150 psychologists. [18082/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 100 speech and language therapists. [18083/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting ten consultants on the average pay grade. [18085/20]
    • Dental Services
      911. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting ten, 20 and 40 dentists, respectively, on the average pay grade in tabular form. [18086/20]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending free prescription medicines to the entire population and of abolishing prescription charges. [18088/20]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a community neuro-rehabilitation team. [18089/20]
    • Home Care Packages
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of putting home care entitlements on a statutory footing. [18090/20]
    • Hospital Data
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ceasing private activity in public hospitals in the event that lost revenue was replaced with public funding. [18091/20]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the information technology budget of the HSE by 1%. [18092/20]
    • Hospital Data
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of ensuring each maternity hospital has access to foetal anomaly screening, including a breakdown in terms of equipment and...
    • Midwifery Services
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of ensuring all maternity hospitals meet the birthrate plus standard for midwifery staffing. [18094/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending free general practitioner care to the entire population, by age groups (details supplied). [18095/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a full breakdown of the legal costs of fighting court cases in relation to the administration of the Pandemrix vaccine; and his views on...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation beds by region, in tabular form. [18102/20]
    • Medical Cards
      924. To ask the Minister for Health when the over 70 years of age threshold for the medical card will be increased as promised in Budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18127/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the funding for day services for a person (details supplied) is being spent; his plans to restore the services; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied to the Be On Call For Ireland initiative that were available to take up positions in the health service including a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      927. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18136/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      929. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the prescription of Epilim to pregnant women will be reviewed; his views on...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      930. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE recently amended its public statement of 6 August 2019 in response to the Independent Rapid Review of...
    • Cancer Services
      931. To ask the Minister for Health when persons diagnosed with stage III melanoma will be able to access adjuvant immunotherapy nivolumab pembrolizumab as advised by the National Cancer Control...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      932. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the pending closure of a nursing home (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the impact the move...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround time for Covid-19 tests relative to the recommended 48 hours for proper test and trace. [18155/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      934. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [18156/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      936. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18164/20]
    • Home Help Service
      937. To ask the Minister for Health if an increased allocation of home help hours from 17.5 hours a week will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      938. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be introduced for the modifications to the fair deal scheme to deal with self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      939. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to young persons and their families in County Donegal by the long journeys they regularly have to make...
    • Hospice Services
      940. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will ensure that the delays in delivering the additional and required four new suites at a hospice (details supplied) are resolved and that the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      941. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the awarding of a licence to access medical cannabis to a person (details supplied). [18180/20]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapists are not allowed to order X-rays in view of the fact that in other parts of Europe and Australia this is not the case, provided a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the purchase date of each MRI machine in each hospital in Ireland; the end of life date; and the end of supply of spare parts date of each machine ,in tabular...
    • Medical Cards
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; when the new thresholds for medical cards will be enacted; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      952. To ask the Minister for Health when interviews for psychiatric nurses for those on the HSE national panel will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18242/20]
    • Health Research Board
      954. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the rules governing health research grants and awards by the Health Research Board which preclude researchers...
    • Community Care
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of toddlers waiting to receive their two-year developmental check-up by a public health nurse by CHO region; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      956. To ask the Minister for Health if wearing a face mask makes persons exempt from being classed as a face to face contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18264/20]
    • Dental Services
      957. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of dental clinics (details supplied) which provided free dental checks to children in approximately 16 schools...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the activity volumes per month at each of the 18 private hospitals which were part of the provision of public health services in private hospitals as a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      960. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances. [18287/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      961. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [18289/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      962. To ask the Minister for Health if he has obtained legal opinion regarding the constitutionality of measures, guidelines and regulations of his Department in relation to the restricting of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      963. To ask the Minister for Health if children have missed mandatory or routine vaccinations as a result of the pandemic; if so, the number of same; the steps he is taking to encourage and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      965. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases identified with the help of the Covid-19 tracker application; the number of contacts traced through the application; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate policy is in place for utilising primary health centres for urology procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18313/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress of the Carndonagh Community Hospital capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have through their pharmacist or otherwise requested for additional or new items to be added to their long-term illness book in the...
    • Maternity Services
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for developing national clinical obstetric ultrasound guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18329/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) [18336/20]
    • Home Help Service
      974. To ask the Minister for Health when extra home help hours will be granted to a person (details supplied). [18347/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      975. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the audiology department, Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [18348/20]
    • Child Abuse
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the services and supports for victims of abuse following court proceedings; his plans to expand such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Fees
      977. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some nursing homes have been charging additional fees outside of the costs covered by the fair deal scheme for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the concerns that led to the HSE and RCSI hospital group taking over operational control of a facility (details supplied) in response to the outbreak of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      979. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the correspondence received from the owner and managers of a facility (details supplied) dated 12 April 2020; the response issued to that...
    • Disability Services Provision
      980. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns on the delay in reopening day-care services for persons with intellectual and other disabilities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Substance Misuse
      981. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department plans to have completed gathering evidence on the abuse of nitrous oxide by young persons; the plans he has to create a strategy to tackle...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      982. To ask the Minister for Health if the mandatory use of face masks for those who suffer with respiratory illnesses and the deaf community will be waived in favour of plastic face shields....
    • Health Services Staff
      983. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in the public health system by profession and hospital who have been required to work back-to-back shifts resulting in working for 14 to...
    • Substance Misuse
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of nitrous oxide abuse recorded by the national poisons information centre in each year since 2015 and to date in 2020; and if he will make...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      985. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 21 July 2020, the four of the 50 actions for delivery between 2017 to 2020 in the National Drugs Strategy,...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of bowel screening in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [18462/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      989. To ask the Minister for Health if a review will take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if a date for treatment will be provided in this case. [18508/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding restrictions on inbound travel here during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18509/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      991. To ask the Minister for Health if Spinraza is available to those in need of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18518/20]
    • Hospital Funding
      992. To ask the Minister for Health if the 22 additional beds funded in Wexford General Hospital will be funded on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      993. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 3 June 2020, if any of the 18 nurse grade positions have been vacant for longer than three months in Wexford...
    • Disability Services Provision
      994. To ask the Minister for Health the number of autism spectrum disorder units that cater for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18521/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      997. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a diabetic automatic pump fitted and receive training from a specialist diabetic nurse in the use...
    • Disability Services Provision
      998. To ask the Minister for Health when intellectual disability services will resume in County Donegal; the level of service planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply from the HSE to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 9 June 2020 will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18628/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health when refurbishment and construction works will commence at Buncrana Community Hospital, Donegal; the estimated duration of the works; the estimated cost of...
    • Respite Care Services
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 8,000 additional day respite sessions and 21,500 additional overnight respite sessions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need. [18639/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been carried out on the further cost of carrying out upgrade works on the former St. Michael's unit at South Tipperary General Hospital to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 821 of 7 July 2020, the nature of the works carried out at St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick on Suir following the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests that have been carried out to date here; the cost of such testing; if he will provide a breakdown of the beneficiaries of such...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to combat the waiting lists within the HSE for home support services and the provision of respite for persons with...
    • Dental Services
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to update its website in relation to the opening hours of the emergency dental service in Corduff and Roselawn, Dublin 15. [18671/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 738 of 21 July 2020, the details on the number of users who have chosen to register their location in these areas when...
    • Hospital Services
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health if essential lifesaving treatments will be resumed for persons with critical diagnoses, in particular cancer; if it will be ensured that persons with cancer...
    • Mortality Rates
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from alcohol, drug overdose and suicide in each of the years from 2008 to 2019, in tabular form. [18683/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of From Timid to Tiger programmes facilitated by the HSE in 2019 and to date in 2020; and his plans to extend the programme. [18693/20]
    • Maternity Services
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many mothers nationwide have to attend pre-natal appointments without their birth partner (details supplied);...
    • Medical Cards
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a scheme in which online doctors could accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18730/20]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health if he will write to an organisation (details supplied) and request it to ensure nursing home operators are offering tailored solutions in relation to family...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure information technology equipment running an operating system (details supplied) currently in use in the HSE is replaced and that staff can...
    • Dental Services
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an association (details supplied) on the cost of personal protective equipment to prevent dentists withdrawing from the dental...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a product (details supplied) that constantly monitors glucose levels for persons with type 1 diabetes is not available under the long-term illness...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a roadmap for the reopening of general practitioner and health centre services, many of which are continuing to provide diagnostic and...
    • Medical Cards
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health when the revised income threshold for medical card applicants aged over 70 will be enacted following the abandonment of previous legislation; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the group home for persons with disabilities constructed at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; if he will intervene to instruct the...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health if the 50 cent reduction for medication and prescriptions charges has been delayed; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18855/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of new Covid-19 cases; the percentage of new cases with serious symptoms; the percentage of those new cases who have lost the sense of smell;...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health if universal access to Covid-19 testing will be established to support patients who require a test before attending hospitals for day or other procedures; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the projected retirement figures for mental health staff in each of the years 2020 to 2025; if the posts will be refilled; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 709 and 726 of 7 July 2020 and the replies of the HSE, if he will request the chairperson of the disabled drivers...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for two vital surgeries to be performed in view of the fact the person has been over a year on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the appointment of a national director for mental health in the HSE (details supplied); when the examination will conclude; and if the new...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health if it is safe for blind persons to use a sighted guide in view of Covid-19 health restrictions; his plans to issue guidance on same; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum hours of home help available (details supplied); if he will consider increasing the maximum number of hours to 20 in view of the issues with...
    • Health Services Access
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that will be put in place for the care of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18902/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the EU cross border health directive as a vehicle in the short term for funding of amyloidosis; the time frame for the ultimate funding of...
    • Home Help Service
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 5 March 2020, the status of the provision of home help for a person (details supplied). [18907/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available for voluntary organisations that are providing a service for persons with both substance addiction and mental health issues; if...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be reimbursed for prescription charges for each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health if a guarantee will be given that the Covid-19 tracker application does not share the location data, IP addresses or IMEI of persons who download same. [18930/20]
    • Hospital Services
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of activity levels at a location (details supplied). [18933/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant will be appointed for a person (details supplied) without further delay. [18937/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the flu vaccine will not be provided for each person in 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18939/20]
    • Hospital Data
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health the number and types of beds available in the public health system on 1 January 2020, in tabular form. [18941/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for reaching the targets set by the bed capacity review; the progress on same; the interim targets that may be identified; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made by his Department to devise and implement a comprehensive workforce plan; if there are targets for year end in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Suicide Incidence
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that data collection on suicide for hospitals was suspended due to the Covid-19 lockdown; the reason for same; when such data collection...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the review of governance structures of the HSE drug reimbursement process that was conducted by a company (details supplied) and...
    • Health Services Staff
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process of a professional for a service (details supplied); the number of applications received; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the investment made in colposcopy services in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the amount he plans to invest in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health when HPV screening will be rolled out for women under the CervicalCheck programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18975/20]
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the work of the CervicalCheck tribunal from establishment; when he plans to appoint new members to the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he...
    • Home Help Service
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health if home support services will be terminated for service users in circumstances in which the service was suspended while their disability day services remain...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for an earlier appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a tribunal (details supplied); the status of the appointment of its new chairperson; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18986/20]
    • Hospital Data
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of retaining the new beds added in 2020 to year end; and the full-year cost of retaining those beds for 2021. [18988/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to provide adequate funding to ensure that a facility (details supplied) can continue to function and remain open; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for non-governmental organisations to provide mental health supports in the community; and the process for applications. [19049/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19050/20]
    • Hospital Funding
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for diagnostic, radiology and laboratory departments, respectively, in tabular form, by 5%. [19053/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of oncologists employed in the health service; the number required to meet recommendations for the size of the population and consequent shortfall;...
    • Hospital Data
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health the lost bed capacity, by type of bed, in acute hospitals due to social distancing and infection control guidelines, by hospital and hospital group, in...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health if access to assessment in Linn Dara CAMHS inpatient unit will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if same will be addressed at an...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19076/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development phase of Naas General Hospital, including the endoscopy unit, the new national children's hospital and other similar capital...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer or the Office of the Chief Medical Officer were consulted prior to the decision in March 2020 to revise the model of care for the...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health if measures that encourage adoption as an alternative to abortion are being supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19102/20]
    • Health Services
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health if progress is being made on introducing a laboratory information system and national individual health identifier within the HSE; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical scientists employed in public hospital laboratories by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/20]
    • Hospital Services
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health if progress is being made on the appointment of an independent facilitator for the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendation by an organisation (details supplied) will be implemented for dupilumab to be licensed under the primary care reimbursement service...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health when the resumption of residential facilities for persons with special needs will be facilitated, including, in particular, a residential unit (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 7 July 2020, if clear and concise directions will be issued to nursing homes in order that they are clear in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the enactment of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination, and public display) Bill 2018 which provides the legal...
    • Maternity Services
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for reducing restrictions on maternity services in Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19149/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the stock of PPE held in reserve by his Department and the HSE in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all medical...
    • Hospital Services
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the management of fracture clinics (details supplied) in view of the fact that advanced practice physiotherapists are responsible for managing...

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