Written answers

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • National Childcare Scheme
      29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand the national childcare scheme to include children with varying degrees of disadvantage currently outside the definition of...
    • Child and Family Agency
      32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers hired by Tusla in 2020; and the number of those who were hired who are over and above the number who were...
    • Childcare Services
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers that have not reopened; and if he is satisfied that each child that requires a place has access to one....
    • Direct Provision System
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether the model of accommodation for asylum seekers leads to a well-integrated society; if not, his plans for alternative...
    • Youth Services
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to support families and children at risk in view of the closure of many organised social activities such as indoor sports that...
    • Child and Family Agency
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the implementation of the commitment in the programme for Government for development of in-house therapeutic services...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports being provided to children attending early years education and primary school settings for the first time. [22361/20]
    • Legislative Process
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [22319/20]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if support will be provided to an early years provider in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, to facilitate a child with special educational needs...
    • Childcare Services
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the establishment of childcare Ireland. [22365/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if rapid testing for Covid-19 will be arranged for childcare sector workers in line with testing arrangements for teachers and staff in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers have been given adequate support to reopen and manage the safe return of children (details supplied); the number of...
    • Childcare Services
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the delivery of baby boxes. [22364/20]
    • Foster Care
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will take initiatives to support recruitment of Traveller families to become foster parents. [22369/20]
    • Childcare Services
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to improve the pay and conditions of childcare workers. [22326/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements being made for the childcare sector in circumstances in which staff are tested positive for Covid-19 and substitute staff...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the final report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be published in view of the fact the report for...
    • Youth Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to put in place supports to assist young persons in terms of their extracurricular development, namely youth centre supports....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports in place for childcare providers to continue to operate after-school care during the Covid-19 public health emergency. [22324/20]
    • Childcare Costs
      58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he agrees that the cost of childcare is one of the main barriers for mothers accessing third-level education; and the steps he will take...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Functions
      59. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the international division of his Department. [22381/20]
    • Ministerial Communications
      60. To ask the Taoiseach if he, his Ministers of State and or advisers have ever used private email for any form of official Government business since the formation of the Government; and if so,...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      61. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement in their role. [19678/20]
    • Suicide Incidence
      62. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants, excluding healthcare workers, gardaí, Defence Forces personnel, primary school teachers and secondary-school teachers, who died by...
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      63. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken directly with the Australian or New Zealand Prime Ministers since his appointment. [19933/20]
    • State Claims Agency
      65. To ask the Taoiseach the legal cases the State Claims Agency is handling on behalf of his Department; the stage they are at; and the nature of the claim. [20108/20]
    • Office of the Attorney General
      66. To ask the Taoiseach the new appointments in the Office of the Attorney General since the formation of the Thirty-third Dáil; the purpose of the appointments; and the remuneration of...
    • Cabinet Committees
      68. To ask the Taoiseach the dates of all Cabinet committee meetings since the commencement of this Government in tabular form by committee name and date. [20401/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20783/20]
    • Departmental Advertising
      71. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by same; if so, if he will provide the details of such...
    • Departmental Offices
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city. [22489/20]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      73. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity;...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason debt was prioritised through loans over grants to the level of a four to one debt to grant ratio in the July stimulus...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the aviation and car rental sectors will be included in the Covid-19 industrial review; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to help small businesses, such as restaurants, which had to close for a period of months to assist with the rent payments...
    • Employment Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made on the intention stated in the programme for Government to enable increased hub working nationally; and if he will...
    • Licence Applications
      80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Water
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide funding to Irish businesses in the water industry struggling due to the delay and postponement of Irish Water...
    • Undefined
      82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if issues raised in correspondence by persons (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/20]
    • EU Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if regions with the status of assisted regions under the EU regional aid guidelines will continue to qualify post-2021; and if he will...
    • Brexit Issues
      86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure greater flexibility for the Border region under the EU regional aid guidelines in view of Brexit; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider instituting additional supports for large heritage attractions which have suffered substantial decreases in revenue...
    • Company Closures
      89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will convene a meeting of the Western Region Enterprise Committee further to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the size of the MFI loan book; the number of current creditors it has based in County Kerry; and the number of these creditors that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 will be made notifiable to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Regulation
      92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a scandal (details supplied) in the UK and the recent measures put in place by UK energy regulator,...
    • Departmental Offices
      93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • IDA Ireland
      94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proactive measures that are taking place to ensure IDA Ireland policy is prioritised in regions, and in particular the north-west...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider the issues pertaining to his Department raised by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22780/20]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Foreshore Licences
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process for granting foreshore fishing licences on the river Blackwater; the number of licences sought; the number...
    • Fishing Industry
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding eel fishing here compared to other EU countries and the UK; the reason for divergences from EU...
    • Electric Vehicles
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend grants similar to the SEAI BEV and PHEV grants to electric bikes, scooters and mopeds in view of...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      101. 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....
    • Illegal Dumping
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company or a person is prohibited from operating waste disposal services using the permit of another company in...
    • Energy Efficiency
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific and targeted grants will be made available to primary, post-primary and third-level institutions for...
    • National Broadband Plan
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the national broadband plan to areas that are not listed as intervention areas in which...
    • Bioenergy Strategy
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policies his Department will be pursuing to develop biomethane production in the State; and if he considers this a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the renewable on demand power source his Department is considering developing for electricity generation over the term...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider giving clear guidance to homeowners who are awaiting fibre broadband connectivity on when they can...
    • Postal Services
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an Eircode (details supplied) is not recognised by companies other than Eircode; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a copy of the note on the 7% reduction of carbon emissions attached to an email sent by a person...
    • Proposed Legislation
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the climate action Bill that was promised in the first 100 days of office; and if he will make a...
    • Postal Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to delays in issuing Eircodes to new properties; if his attention has been further...
    • Inland Fisheries
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to rescind by-laws 806 and 809 as they relate to inland fisheries and replace them with new by-laws that...
    • Grant Payments
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received under the support scheme for renewable heat; the number of applications approved...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be provided to Clonoghill, Birr, County Offaly. [21753/20]
    • Postal Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to develop the post office network as a one stop shop for all offline State transactional services, including...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the installation of solar panels; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Postal Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with An Post regarding the sorting office in Cobh, County Cork. [21980/20]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to wind generated electricity will be examined; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safety measures put in place by An Post in post offices for the safety of their staff in view of Covid-19; if he...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a nationwide smoky fuel ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22075/20]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be provided to areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22164/20]
    • Electricity Grid
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ESB Networks works to replace domestic electricity meters with smart meters will be rolled out nationally; the...
    • Fuel Poverty
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in place to assist those on low incomes to avoid fuel poverty; the number living in fuel poverty; the...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the warmer home scheme is taking up to 18 months to process applications; the waiting time for the scheme;...
    • Departmental Offices
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Organisations
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Secretaries General of all Departments who sit on the boards of national sporting bodies; and his views on such...
    • Proposed Legislation
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation planned for the use of motorised scooters in public roads and spaces; his plans to make changes to legislation in this...
    • Public Transport
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if commuter rail fares will be introduced in Mallow, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21267/20]
    • Parking Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities will be compelled to put in place adequate parking facilities for motorcycles and bicycles. [21446/20]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for a safe walking route; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a scheme or to change the law to ensure that persons who booked airline tickets prior to the Covid-19 outbreak and...
    • Rural Transport Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with LocalLink on providing rural bus services since the outbreak of Covid-19. [21903/20]
    • Tourism Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the start-up grant being made available to guesthouses and bed and breakfasts;...
    • Rail Accidents
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bridge and level crossing strikes and Luas and vehicle crashes that occurred in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the number...
    • Football Association of Ireland
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make enquiries into the governance procedures followed or not followed as the case may be with regard to the appointment of...
    • Tourism Industry
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an evaluation has been made with respect to those 3,000-plus employed in the travel agent sector which has been effectively shut down...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review or amend the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets during the lifetime of the Thirty-third Dáil to ensure it...
    • Cycling Facilities
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the designated cycling officers in each local authority; the official contact details of each; the suitable qualification for the role;...
    • Cycling Policy
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the details of the commitment to adopt a high-quality cycling policy including assessments of the roads network will be provided by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarification will be provided on limits for indoor and outdoor classes; if the same limits apply, if these classes are held as part...
    • Climate Change Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of funding deadlines for further calls on active travel measures and on climate change adaption measures; and if he will make...
    • Coast Guard Service
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of previous correspondence on the provision of Coast Guard services at Killala, County Mayo. [22232/20]
    • Aer Lingus
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if financial assistance from the State has been sought by airlines due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installing a bicycle rack on the front of a public bus; his plans for the introduction of such modifications for...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public service obligation contract in place for the 607, 617 and 627 bus routes in Waterford city operated by a company (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the airline industry is likely to benefit from current or any further proposed Covid-19 related rescue packages; and...
    • Road Safety Authority
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sources of funding for the Road Safety Authority; and if the annual fee paid by HDV drivers for the CPC course will be reviewed....
    • Rail Network
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/20]
    • Driver Licences
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/20]
    • Road Safety
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider promoting an advertising campaign to raise awareness of the safety importance and the legal requirement for drivers...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use of on-bus cameras to detect drivers illegally using bus lanes; and his plans to introduce the practice. [21316/20]
    • Proposed Legislation
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation regularising e-scooters on roads. [21321/20]
    • Public Transport
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost for investment in public transport to make it accessible for persons with disabilities in 2018 and 2019; the funding for this...
    • Driver Test
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a reason a motorbike and a car theory tests could not be combined instead of having two separate theory tests; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his officials have engaged with the European Commission to seek an agreement regarding extending driver licences expiring after 1 July...
    • Motor Tax
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reform the calculation method for quarterly, half-yearly and annual charging for motor car tax; his views on whether the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place for taxi drivers to allow them to repackage their business model in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic (details...
    • Dublin Bus
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being implemented to ensure that there will be capacity for school students on Dublin Bus particularly during peak times...
    • Road Signage
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the cost of introducing a nationwide accident signalling system in order to alert motorists to the presence of accidents on major...
    • Road Tolls
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a toll operator will introduce contactless payments at Fermoy, County Cork. [21584/20]
    • Driver Licences
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS will provide a further extension for driver licences for six months or until the current backlog is cleared and more...
    • Driver Test
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver testing for heavy goods vehicles can be restarted given that it is causing difficulties in the haulage industry. [21647/20]
    • Greenways Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the planned Fenit to Tralee greenway will be extended to include a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the realignment of a road (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21664/20]
    • Taxi Regulations
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the grant scheme for wheelchair accessible taxis will be reopened. [21677/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on making electric bikes more accessible to the average consumer in view of the fact that while electric bikes are covered...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons are being advised to avoid public transport where possible; if there is empirical evidence to suggest that public...
    • Departmental Reports
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recommendations made by the task force for aviation recovery in its final report which will be implemented; the timeline for each...
    • Aviation Industry
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding refunds for passengers of an airline (details supplied) who have had flights cancelled and are waiting on a...
    • Taxi Licences
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the small public service regulations to accommodate persons whose SPV expires to include persons whose licence...
    • Sports Funding
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports available for sports clubs to tackle anti-social behaviour through CCTV or other means. [21854/20]
    • Taxi Licences
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the granting of local area hackney licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21868/20]
    • Driver Licences
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding driver licence renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21889/20]
    • Driver Test
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be called for a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21890/20]
    • Driver Licences
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in the context of Brexit for those that have English driver licences with various categories and now need to exchange them...
    • National Car Test
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the case will be referred to the NCT for review; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation to allow electric scooters on roads. [21977/20]
    • Rail Accidents
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for Irish Rail to step up campaigns towards drivers to let them know the consequences such as, fines, imprisonment, penalty...
    • Road Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an announcement will be made on the requests for projects made to local authorities under the July stimulus package; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding driver licence renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 29 July 2020, the specific supports to be provided for small coach operators in view of...
    • Motor Tax
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a refund or motor tax credit will be issued to motorists who did not use their car or used it to a minimal extent during the Covid-19...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention, or that of his predecessor, has been drawn to a potential conflict of interest that arose regarding the way in which...
    • Proposed Legislation
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legislation will be introduced as per the recommendations of the Road Safety Authority in order to regulate e-scooters on public...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place for private transport operators that had and will have buses lying idle for many months; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that persons over 70 years of age can access NDLS services online; if he will consider extending...
    • Tourism Funding
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions attached to the award of €2.6 million to Shannon Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22168/20]
    • Greenways Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding criteria for cycling greyways; the position regarding the width, connectivity and segregation of the routes; and...
    • Public Transport
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the zone in which each individual bus stop is in for the TFI Leap card and Bus Éireann Dublin area zonal ticket system on the 109,...
    • Driver Test
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will introduce to address the lengthening waiting lists for driver tests in County Wicklow; the waiting by county for...
    • Taxi Licences
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider buying back taxi licences from those who wish to retire as a result of not being able to work due to the Covid-19...
    • Road Projects
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding via the regional roads allocated for 2020 to date; the drawdown by county to 1 September 2020; the anticipated...
    • Proposed Legislation
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation in preparation to provide a legal framework for the use of e-scooters; the work that has been done to date on...
    • Bus Services
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the coach sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22271/20]
    • Driver Test
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce driver test waiting times in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22447/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • Driver Test
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe persons who have applied for a driver test can expect to wait for an appointment. [22494/20]
    • Railway Stations
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and projected construction date of a new DART station at Inchicore, Dublin 8 as laid out in the DART expansion programme....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if organised sports training within indoor facilities can do so in multiple pods of six; if there is a limit of six on the total number...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or...
    • Dublin Bus
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times Dublin Bus routes were curtailed due to anti-social behaviour by individual bus routes and by month in each of the...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22777/20]
  • Department of Finance
    • Rental Sector
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional taxation measures on rental income from short-term lettings will be introduced. [21095/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the decision to exclude propriety owners and directors working to keep their business afloat from the new employment wage subsidy scheme in...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the additional 5% increase of the help-to-buy scheme retrospectively to include all beneficiaries of the scheme that have...
    • Tax Rebates
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if the level of tax rebate for dental treatment will be re-examined with a view to being increased to make it easier on parents and adult patients to meet the...
    • Travel Trade Sector
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with an association (details supplied) to resolve an issue about the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [21525/20]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) in respect of the future of the VRT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21548/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance if the wage subsidy scheme and other assistance will be given to tour and bus operators (details supplied) to allow them to get back up and running; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications of the EU fifth anti-money laundering directive with respect to the regulation of digital, virtual and cryptocurrencies; and if...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme in the past months since its introduction in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the increasingly high cost of motor insurance, in particular for professional lorry and truck drivers; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Rebates
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount claimed on the Med2 form for dental expenses in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Savings Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the State agency which has oversight of State savings accounts administered via An Post and to whom persons who have an issue with the practices of An Post...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist workers with the higher household costs that arise from remote working arrangements in view of the increased prevalence of remote working...
    • Mortgage Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is selling a portfolio of distressed mortgages on family homes to a vulture fund...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering waiving the court fees and excise duties for the 2020/2021 licensing year in view of the fact that licensed premises have been closed for...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for the help-to-buy scheme; the criteria in cases in which contracts predate the announcement of the new changes to the scheme; and if he will...
    • Mortgage Lending
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is discriminating against mortgage applicants who are recipients of the temporary...
    • Insurance Industry
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that emergency medical technicians who are fully registered with the pre-hospital emergency care council and in...
    • Insurance Costs
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding insurance for the sport horse industry will be addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21522/20]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will complete and publish its review of the operation of section 114 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 regarding the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund will operate; the nature of the investment the fund has undertaken to date; the criteria applied...
    • Gambling Sector
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the licence for on-course bookmakers by year in view of the large loss in income they have sustained as a result of the Covid-19...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who was approved for the help-to-buy scheme in 2019 can retrospectively apply for the recently expanded help-to-buy initiative in cases in which...
    • Employment Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons over 66 years of age who declare as self-employed; the number of persons over 66 years of age working in companies while earning wages...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the LTV rate in the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the taxation of index funds and ETFs; if the periodic taxation of ETFs is to be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Insurance
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised the practice with the motor insurance industry of increasing premiums when persons move home even when this is within the same town. [21928/20]
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount the carbon tax will raise in view of the proposed increases in the carbon tax as outlined in the programme for Government in each of the...
    • Employment Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of self-employed persons registered with the Revenue Commissioners who list their profession as musician, sound engineer, lighting engineer and...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a reduction in the amount required to be paid to the Revenue Commissioners by voluntary organisations whose premises have been closed for the...
    • Tax Collection
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding a taxation rate error in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22039/20]
    • Property Tax
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance when the local property tax will be reviewed and anomalies corrected, which in turn will ensure that local government is properly funded; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to conduct a full review of the taxation policy of married persons and cohabitating partnerships in view of the time that elapsed since an...
    • Banking Sector
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of banks that have communicated to the Central Bank an intention to pay dividends in 2020; the actions of the Central Bank in response in each...
    • Insurance Industry
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurers that have communicated to the Central Bank an intention to pay dividends in 2020; the actions of the Central Bank in response in each...
    • Value Added Tax
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason labour for arts and entertainment is not treated equally to other service workers in terms of VAT; his plans to ensure such labour will be...
    • Tax Code
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules governing the withdrawal of funds from private pensions; if a consumer can withdraw all of their money while paying the relevant tax without the...
    • Currency Exchange
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times and the dates on which the working group to monitor cryptocurrency development has met since its establishment; and if he will make a...
    • Aer Lingus
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance the areas in which the proceeds from the sale of Aer Lingus which established the connectivity fund (details supplied) have been invested to date; the value...
    • Departmental Offices
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will...
    • Credit Unions
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been notified by the Central Bank as to the number of credit unions that have saving and lending restrictions in place; and the number, location and...
    • Pension Provisions
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been notified by the Central Bank that an additional 20% increase in pension contributions is to be awarded to staff at the bank; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Suicide Incidence
      315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants excluding healthcare workers, gardaí, Defence Forces personnel, primary school teachers and secondary...
    • Garda Stations
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station; the completion date for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an equality budgeting statement will be published alongside budget 2021 in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding flooding in Kenmare, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Service
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applicants for the executive officer competition underway; the number of positions available at the grade from the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21666/20]
    • Office of Public Works
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the project for the development of the Office of Public Works regional office in Headford, County Galway will go to tender; and if...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works will be sanctioned to commence on the Glanmire Glashaboy flood relief scheme. [21902/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      327. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the issues pertaining to his Department, raised by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management, CFRAM, flood risk management plan for Donegal town; the progress on the...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22776/20]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the commemoration of the Civil War and particularly the remembrance of the republicans executed officially,...
    • EU Regulations
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultation carried out with An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice, the Defence Forces and the Department of...
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if multiannual funding has been put in place for the National Biodiversity Centre; and if those employed at the centre on...
    • Wildlife Control
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure for dealing with the issue of pine martens attacking animals on farms; the supports put in place to assist farms in...
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí i gceist aige cuairt a thabhairt go luath ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; agus má tá,...
    • Island Communities
      340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to put the airstrips in Cleggan and Inisbofin, County Galway into operation to provide an air service to Inishbofin and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to each local authority to employ an arts officer in each council area; and the further funding provided to...
    • Arts Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the proposed cross-Departmental task force for the arts and cultural sector; when an announcement is expected on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      346. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a route back to work will be outlined for musicians and events workers (details supplied). [21149/20]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of all sales of lands and property owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta in County Galway in the past...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the music and entertainment industry will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are currently available to musicians and singers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21308/20]
    • National Archives
      350. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Archives hold the original applications of former RIC officers to two committees that sat between 1922 and 1923...
    • Arts Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the low budget allocated to a service (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the local authorities employing biodiversity officers; the number of biodiversity officers employed by each of the local...
    • Local Authority Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown in the expenditure of the local biodiversity grants scheme; the local authorities which are benefitting from the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify the Covid-19 measures for dance schools which offer credits towards approved third level performing arts...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht liostú a dhéanamh, i leith gach scéime i ngach ceantar Gaeltachta, ar an gcaiteachas faoi leith a rinneadh i...
    • Cruthú Fostaíochta
      359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht liostú a dhéanamh ar na poist faoi leith a cruthaíodh sa Ghaeltacht le maoiniú ón Roinn sa bhliain 2019,...
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht na Clubanna Óige faoi leith ar thug a Roinn maoiniú dóibh sa Ghaeltacht in 2019, is rud atá luaite i...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an líon daoine, de réir coláiste, a d’fhreastail ar Choláistí Samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht...
    • Commemorative Events
      362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific expenditure of her Department in 2019 and for the first six months of 2020 for each of the Decade of Centenaries and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      363. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific arts and cultural organisations funded by her Department in 2019 referred to in the Public Service Performance Report...
    • Tourism Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the visitor figures to cultural institutions in 2019 referred to in the Public Service Performance Report 2019 by cultural...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      369. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific heritage education initiatives funded by her Department in 2019 referred to in the Public Service Performance Report...
    • Heritage Projects
      370. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific historic towns engaged in programmes of heritage-led regeneration by her Department in 2019; and the amount provided...
    • Island Communities
      371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific contracts agreed to ensure ferry, cargo and air services to the offshore islands; and the specific per month number...
    • Arts Policy
      372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the target set by her Department for events with Irish artists abroad in 2019 was not met; and the steps she has taken...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the issue of paying bean an tí (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22016/20]
    • Hare Coursing
      374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the issuing of hare coursing licences; and her further plans to fully suspend the issuing of same. [22110/20]
    • Tourism Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated number of tourists who visited Sliabh Liag, County Donegal in summer 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Value Added Tax
      377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the case has been made by her officials to the Department of Finance for labour for arts and entertainment to be treated...
    • Commemorative Events
      378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Decade of Centenary State commemorations between 2021 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wildlife Control
      381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's plans regarding management of seagull species in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cúrsaí Oidhreachta
      382. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá ag an rialtas chun comóradh a dhéanamh ar 1500 bliain ó rugadh Naomh Colmcille agus...
    • Departmental Offices
      383. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      384. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a referendum on the public ownership of water services will be held. [20982/20]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the housing adaption grants by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21390/20]
    • Planning Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning guidelines exist in respect of a matter (details supplied). [21583/20]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider the decision to suspend Rebuilding Ireland home loans for applicants in receipt of the temporary wage...
    • Registration of Title
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration of a submission on the registration of the title of a property (details supplied) on Main Street, Croom,...
    • Building Regulations
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding regulations on installation of replacement domestic gas central heating boilers; if the regulations...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans as part of the annual cold weather homeless initiative. [22829/20]
    • Rental Sector
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registrations, inspections and permissions of short-term lettings that have taken place since July 2019, by...
    • Vacant Sites
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to conduct a review of the vacant site tax. [21094/20]
    • Land Development Agency
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency will be subject to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. [21104/20]
    • Rental Sector
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision being introduced to penalise tenants that have refused to pay rent while seeking the safeguard of emergency...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason approvals for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are being withdrawn by his Department (details supplied); and...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual cost of family hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21162/20]
    • Housing Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land owned by the State that has been zoned for residential development; the estimated number of housing units...
    • Rental Sector
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to increase resources to local authorities to increase the rate of private rent inspections from less than...
    • Vacant Properties
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority voids by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/20]
    • Property Tax
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if emergency funding will be made available, in addition to funds announced to date, in order to supplement local authority...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a map of the rent pressure zones in Cork city and county. [21258/20]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason rent caps have not been reviewed in relation to the housing assistant payment since it was introduced in 2016; his...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the inspections and reporting being carried out by homeless accommodation providers to ensure the standards set out in the...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delineated rates of existing homelessness for private and charity run homeless accommodation providers, respectively....
    • Planning Issues
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy restrictions on planning for one-off, eco-friendly housing in rural areas by non-locals; the reason for the...
    • Fire Stations
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a request from the chief fire officer in County Louth has been received seeking approval to commence the capital process of...
    • Planning Issues
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a report (details supplied) regarding alleged serious planning irregularities in County Donegal will be published; the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if provisions have been or are being made to provide PPE to homeless persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Homeless Accommodation
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that can be taken to meet the health and housing needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Turf Cutting
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans regarding the right to cut turf on bogs in cases in which there are there are turbary rights and in cases in which...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income thresholds for social housing eligibility will be reviewed. [21663/20]
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all existing seaweed harvesting licences; the expiry date of each licence; the species and volume of seaweed...
    • Rental Sector
      423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents in Westport, County Mayo are facing an increase in rent as high as...
    • Local Authority Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application (details supplied) has been made by a local authority. [21891/20]
    • Housing Issues
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be introduced to facilitate homeowners that purchased a property under the affordable housing scheme in...
    • Planning Issues
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to issue a circular to local authorities instructing them to accept planning applications online rather than in...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be extended to allow the purchase and renovation of old vacant houses (details...
    • Rental Sector
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recourse available to a tenant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/20]
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the time-frame for the introduction of the mortgage to rent scheme for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Support Services
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will correspond with local authorities to remind them of their legal obligations to ensure the rights of persons with a...
    • Local Area Plans
      432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stage at which each local authority development plan process is at; the expected commencement date of each plan; the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on homeless services in County Tipperary; and his plans to provide additional services or supports for the existing...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications from a local authority (details supplied) for assessment via the urban regeneration and development...
    • Rental Sector
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options open to landlords and tenants in cases in which the tenant is under a termination notice in view of the current...
    • Undefined
      436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding or public money is allocated to an organisation (details supplied); and if so, if a breakdown of same in each of...
    • Fuel Poverty
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views in relation to the health impact arising from fuel poverty here; his further views on the need for greater...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed wind energy development guidelines will be published following the recent public consultation; and if he will...
    • Departmental Offices
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the successful applicants for the urban regeneration development fund will be announced; if the two applications (details...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the assistance which can be provided; the steps his Department...
    • Local Authority Rates
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the issues pertaining to his Department raised by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the way in which an increase in persons working from home is resulting in persons from...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount the State has paid in European fines in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the details of each...
    • Foreign Policy
      449. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign aid concept (details supplied) has been explored internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21092/20]
    • Data Protection
      450. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and procedures in place for handling data access requests from public authorities, other Departments and An Garda...
    • Passport Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the information requested by public authorities, Departments and An Garda Síochána from the Passport Office data...
    • Passport Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if nominated public bodies, Departments and An Garda Síochána have access on request to the data contained on a passport...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the members from Ireland on the national election observation roster by the county submitted on the application forms as of...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      454. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 385 and 386 of 28 July 2020, the scheme or regulatory structure under which the US military aircraft...
    • Foreign Policy
      455. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to provide support to Lebanon in view of the recent explosion in Beirut. [21508/20]
    • Passport Applications
      458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason further information confirming residency is required in the case of the children of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Human Rights
      459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and EU institutions are taking in response to the ongoing oppression of LGBTQ+ persons and their rights in Poland; and if he...
    • Passport Applications
      460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will fully restore acceptance of passport applications by post from abroad, particularly from the United States of...
    • Departmental Offices
      462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city;...
    • Working Holiday Programmes
      463. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the temporary suspension of the working holiday authorisation scheme will be lifted given the limited public health threats should...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      464. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Staff
      466. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date the decision was made to grant the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment an aide de camp. [20384/20]
    • Naval Service
      467. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason an application by a person (details supplied) to re-enlist with the Naval Service was rejected; if there is an appeals process; and...
    • Air Corps
      468. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps has or will send trainees to Alabama and other states in the United States of America for pilot training; if so, if an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      469. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel sent abroad on a training course have to self-isolate for 14 days on return; if the medical officer can seek an...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      471. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Army has refused to sell a house to a tenant (details supplied) despite having agreed to the sale on several occasions; and if...
    • Defence Forces
      472. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the commission on the future of the Defence Forces will be established; the proposed make-up of its membership; the terms of reference of...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      473. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the high rate of turnover in the Defence Forces; his further plans to return the Defence Forces to full operational...
    • Departmental Offices
      475. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      476. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly appointed general secretary of Education and Training Board Ireland has accepted the permanent post while maintaining their previous...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to ensure that applicants to the PEMP that had registered for qualifying exams which were cancelled due to the...
    • Home Schooling
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tutors will be entitled to an insurable status and entitled to pensionability for their work; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the payment system for school transport will reopen to allow students to purchase school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the amalgamated community school in Ennistymon, County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes will be made to the teacher-pupil ratio or resources allocated to allow schools to recruit additional teachers beyond that ratio on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue (details supplied) with regard to home tutor hours for children with special needs will be addressed; and if the directive will be...
    • Education and Training Boards
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 3 June 2020, the date of each meeting held during 2019 and to date in 2020 between officials from...
    • State Examinations
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken and the arrangements put in place for the 900 students that have been schooled entirely at home by a parent for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for teachers that are in a shared teacher role when they return to school in August 2020 in the context of Covid-19 and the return to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protections there will be for SNAs when schools reopen; if there will be specific training provided to same; if SNAs will be required to stay...
    • Schools Building Projects
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to build a new secondary school in Glanmire, County Cork in view of the increasing population and the existing shortage of school...
    • Bus Éireann
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 of 18 September 2013, 405 of 26 April 2016 and 262 of 9 June 2020, if he will provide the information...
    • Education Policy
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the introduction of free, safe and adequate period products for publicly funded educational spaces; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure a school (details supplied) has a school building in the area for reopening in September 2020. [21256/20]
    • School Transport
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision of Dublin Bus to not renew the contracts for school bus services across Dublin and to cut the school transport services...
    • School Accommodation
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site will be sourced for a school (details supplied) within the assigned catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the use of special education teachers as substitute cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21270/20]
    • Education Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing essential life skills such as personal financial management, nutrition and basic meal preparation as mandatory...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a communication will be provided from her Department or the NCSE in relation to the case of a school (details supplied) which was offered...
    • Education Policy
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a diagnosis of giftedness in the criteria for receipt of appropriate educational supports. [21309/20]
    • School Funding
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the significant gap in funding between voluntary secondary schools and those which are run by the ETB sector;...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that many schools in disadvantaged inner city areas do not get the sort of supports needed to even up educational...
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a relaxation of the criteria to take up employment as a substitute teacher for those with a relevant...
    • Schools Building Projects
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning application will be lodged for a school (details supplied); and the person or body that will make the application. [21371/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a mainstream school place with the assistance of a special needs assistant will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [21434/20]
    • School Staff
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21518/20]
    • School Playgrounds
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) regarding emergency issues at a playground; if advice will be provided to the school; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the school appealed the decision; if the concerns of parents and teachers will be...
    • School Transport
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of children that were unsuccessful in the lottery for concessionary places on school transport in 2019 and again in the 2020-2021...
    • Schools Building Projects
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a tender has been issued and funds ring-fenced for the construction of a new school (details supplied). [21587/20]
    • School Staff
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appointment of a fifth senior infants teacher in a school (details supplied) will be supported for the 2020-2021 academic year in view of...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Teaching Council number for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21610/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions have been or are being made to provide PPE for persons returning to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21617/20]
    • School Accommodation
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [21637/20]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers that studied abroad can complete an online course (details supplied) in lieu of attending the Gaeltacht course in order to obtain...
    • School Transport
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that will be made for private bus operators that convey secondary school pupils and now will be operating at 50% capacity but...
    • Scoileanna Oileáin
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aici stádas scoileanna beaga a bhronnadh ar na meánscoileanna ar na hoileáin; mura bhfuil, cén...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans that have been put in place for structured online education for students including personalised feedback of first and...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) with teaching qualifications from abroad will be allowed to apply for employment here; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the hiring of extra school buses by her Department due to Covid-19 will be under the same terms and conditions including payment as applies to...
    • School Accommodation
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21752/20]
    • State Examinations
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns regarding predicated grades; the method used to calculate the grades; and if the release of predicted grades by...
    • School Staff
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she has put in place to fund the salaries of ancillary staff for schools that were subject to the independent arbitration process...
    • School Transport
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated in relation to school transport for their child; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for a primary and or post-primary school in Meakstown (details supplied) will be addressed; if a site will be considered; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21796/20]
    • School Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary teachers, respectively on secondment from their teaching posts to positions within her Department or...
    • School Accommodation
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an extension to a school (details supplied). [21806/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); if the site for the new school has been secured; if not, the stage at...
    • School Transport
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue to persons (details supplied) on school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21832/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be encouraged to continue to make space available to sporting clubs and organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she...
    • School Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided on an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21840/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ASD unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21841/20]
    • State Examinations
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the gap between the publication of the leaving certificate results and the publication of the predicted grades by teachers; if the...
    • Home Schooling
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the parents of a child with autism and respiratory issues who is enrolled for third class in a primary school has the option of taking the...
    • School Accommodation
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of planning applications made by or on behalf of her Department for the installation of prefabs; the reason for each application in...
    • School Transport
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21862/20]
    • School Accommodation
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be appointed for a new national school campus for Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Data Protection Regulation
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and guidelines developed for schools in respect of online teaching of minors with due consideration to GDPR. [21892/20]
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange to have substitute supply panels made available to four schools (details supplied) to enable them to function during the...
    • State Examinations
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests made to sit formal leaving certificate examinations by county in tabular form. [21932/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of exceptional reviews of mainstream special needs assistants allocation applications submitted to the NCSE by 22 May 2020; the number...
    • Schools Building Projects
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied). [21943/20]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a further SNA allocation will be facilitated in the case of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact the current allocation is...
    • School Accommodation
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21964/20]
    • School Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21970/20]
    • School Transport
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra buses will be allocated for school transport in the north and east Cork area in view of the demographic demands and the capacity...
    • Schools Building Projects
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has ring-fenced tender costs for a building (details supplied). [21978/20]
    • State Examinations
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate grades by teachers will be released before round 1 CAO offers and the appeal process commences (details supplied); and...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a summer works grant for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22002/20]
    • School Transport
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional resources to enable Bus Éireann to provide extra school transport to accommodate the new rules in relation...
    • State Examinations
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the formula for the leaving certificate 2020 examinations will be made public in full detail (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clear guidelines will be issued for primary and secondary schools on drop off and collection of students in view of the significant issues...
    • School Accommodation
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a deadline by which infrastructural works in schools are to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22019/20]
    • School Transport
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued instructions to Bus Éireann to reject late payments from parents of eligible applicants under the school...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary support will be provided to allow a school (details supplied) to open safely in view of the issues raised by the board of...
    • State Examinations
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ranking system which teachers needed to provide for leaving certificate students for the predictive grade system will be made public; if...
    • School Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made on improving the working conditions for school secretaries who are not employed by her Department; the timeframe if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department has taken to engage with families of children with disabilities; and the provisions in place to allow these families...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar Deontas Lóistín na gCeantar Iargúlta do scoláire (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth a...
    • School Transport
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22076/20]
    • State Examinations
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions made and supports available to teachers and students who will sit their leaving certificate exams in 2021 in view of the fact that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22092/20]
    • School Funding
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application under the assistive technology scheme by a school (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [22097/20]
    • School Transport
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport and private bus operators; and if she will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Abuse
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding abuse survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22143/20]
    • School Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools (details supplied) will be approved for teaching principals; if outstanding issues will be resolved; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be reinstated in respect of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22180/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the guidelines will be clarified regarding the wearing of face masks in secondary schools for students with health issues such as asthma...
    • School Transport
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be reinstated for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22182/20]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason correspondence (details supplied) has not been replied to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the impact of ventilation capacity of classrooms on Covid-19 risk; if this has informed Departmental advice to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision being made for pupils with special needs in order that they can continue their learning when schools close and they do not have...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for the reopening of schools drawn down in each county to date; the funding drawn down for primary and secondary schools,...
    • School Accommodation
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time pupils will be in the temporary accommodation in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has formally prioritised the purchase of zoned land in a school (details supplied); the additional steps taken to expedite the...
    • School Transport
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22209/20]
    • School Accommodation
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vacant buildings will be refurbished and retrofitted in order that they can be used by a school (details supplied) to provide extra space and...
    • School Transport
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if late applications for school transport will be accepted from a family (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of preparations to reopen a school (details supplied); the status of preparations for permanent facilities; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress for the new schools in Carrigtohill campus, County Cork. [22259/20]
    • School Transport
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made for families nationwide who have not found a place for their child on a school bus in 2020; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made in respect of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for additional accommodation; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22313/20]
    • School Accommodation
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposal to provide additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) will be advanced to the next stage at an early date;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22349/20]
    • School Enrolments
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have returned for the 2020/2021 academic year with classes of 30 or more by county in tabular form and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools have the right to exclude or prohibit students from attending post-primary schools due to the fact that they cannot wear a face...
    • Special Educational Needs
      617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for an extension to a school (details supplied) which will provide for an ASD unit. [22396/20]
    • School Transport
      618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €25.50 grant will be extended for driving a child to school to parents in rural areas in which no bus service is available. [22411/20]
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some schools are not part of a cluster to provide substitute supply panels (details supplied); if the criteria which determines if a...
    • State Examinations
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school profiling based on the performance of previous years will now not proceed for fear it could discriminate against high performance...
    • Special Educational Needs
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the educational access difficulties for a child (details supplied) [22429/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22496/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 18 December 2019, the provisions over and above that are available to children with hearing loss...
    • Schools Building Projects
      626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 30 July 2020, the expected date of publication of the tender and appointment of a contractor for the...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed and or recruited and...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to completely replace a roof on a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that its summer works scheme application...
    • School Transport
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the bus service is only being...
    • Teacher Training
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teacher placement as part of teacher training courses will proceed in 2020 in primary and post-primary schools; if health and safety plans are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to instances in which children with ASD are unable to be excused from doing core subjects in primary schools in...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special advisers that will be hired by her Department. [22772/20]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Legislative Measures
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the right to disconnect; the engagements undertaken on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment of €350 per week will be reinstated for all members of an association (details...
    • Job Creation
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce the supports for employment initiatives for persons with hearing loss or visual impairment as...
    • Employment Support Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of rolling out the WALK PEER employment support service model nationwide; and if she will make a statement...
    • Commemorative Events
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given among other possible memorial and commemorative to ideas that might emerge to naming the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to sole traders under the summer stimulus package and other measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has met with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on the role that...
    • School Staff
      647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in payments for school crossing wardens for school holidays; if the summer payments will be...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the 2008 Labour Court recommendations regarding community employment supervisors will be implemented; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the provisions in section 29 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020; and if...
    • Public Services Card
      651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appointments for the public services card will be reinstated; and the mitigation measures put in place by her Department...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a self-employed person (details supplied) is not being assessed for the pandemic unemployment payment on their...
    • Carer's Allowance
      659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal lodged in respect of the decision to refuse a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied) will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on the Covid-19 payment and job seekers will lose payments for holidaying in Ireland on a staycation (details...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to historic cases by which women were given PPS numbers linked directly to that of their...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider putting a moratorium on the length of time participants can spend on a community employment scheme in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment can currently receive the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment in...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the State pension (contributory). [21247/20]
    • Departmental Records
      669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain the details they are requesting from the disability allowance section of...
    • Social Insurance
      670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which the review of social insurance records of pensioners in receipt of a reduced rate State pension...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has had communication with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its plan to close its Dublin community...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fortnightly social welfare payments. [21373/20]
    • Carer's Support Grant
      673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer’s support grant to €2,000; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance
      676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance by €5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21385/20]
    • Blind Person's Pension
      677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the blind pension by €9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21386/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reforming the wage subsidy scheme as per the all-party Oireachtas disability group recommendation; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when social welfare payments will return to weekly payments. [21438/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 payment (details supplied). [21439/20]
    • Disability Allowance
      681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) were refused disability payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21452/20]
    • Direct Provision Payments
      682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance
      685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the reduction in payments to a person (details supplied). [21585/20]
    • Pensions Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension
      687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a further appeals process for a person (details supplied) to be awarded an invalidity pension; and if extenuating...
    • Legislative Measures
      688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the legislation that results in the registration of babies that have died at birth being recorded...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full State pension contributory will be approved for a person (details supplied); the contribution record of the person;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when oral hearings in respect of social welfare appeals will recommence; if oral hearings can be held via an application...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when weekly payments will recommence for those social welfare recipients that would prefer weekly payments; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension
      693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an invalidity pension appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that were in receipt of the short-term work scheme in each of the past twelve months in tabular form;...
    • Disability Allowance
      695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children whose parents received domiciliary care allowance up to the child turning 16 years of age that had...
    • Disability Allowance
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be undertaken of the recent decision to cease disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment at the same rate will continue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the application for an exceptional needs payment in respect of payment for a funeral in the case of a person (details...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a State pension non-contributory appeal in respect of a person (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of contributions in relation to certain payments (details supplied) in cases in which persons have returned to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment payment application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Relief Scheme
      704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend farm relief for farmers over 66 years of age in view of the fact that the pension age will increase to 67...
    • Disability Allowance
      705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons whose pandemic unemployment payment was cut to date; the number that have appealed the cut; the number...
    • Departmental Staff
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a vacancy occurred in her Department for the position of deputy secretary general; if she plans to fill the position by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) and the rate of pandemic unemployment payment paid to them will be reviewed. [21888/20]
    • State Pensions
      710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the State pension transition payment will be introduced. [21896/20]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for supplementary welfare each month from March 2020 by county to date. [21897/20]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for back to school allowance made in 2020 compared to 2019. [21898/20]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the introduction of universal basic income; and if research has been carried out by her Department on the costs...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and type of events funded by her Department in 2020 that did not take place in tabular form; the cost of funding...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider proposals to allow participants on a community employment scheme that are over 55 years of age to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a MyGovID account; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the amount of time that jobseeker’s benefit is payable in terms of the post Covid-19 outlook...
    • State Pensions
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a promised report on the qualification for the State pension; and the timeline for the completion of same and a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review can be undertaken into eligibility for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exemption to the requirement to be unemployed for 12 months before being eligible for the community employment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements and restrictions in place for education and training for participants of social protection programmes such...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
      726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears in payments for Covid-19 will be processed (details supplied). [22045/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since March 2020 for a decision to be made on their appeal for a...
    • State Pensions
      729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an option to receive or collect State pension payments weekly will be provided to recipients; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers that have an underlying illness such as COPD, immune deficiencies and so on will continue to receive the pandemic...
    • Employment Rights
      731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person that is temporarily laid off work is subject to the definition of a break in service (details supplied); and if...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements being made to give persons that are unable to get a public services card the free travel pass; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseeker’s payments that have been activated in each county quarterly from Q1 2018 to Q2 2020, in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment that take up a springboard course will continue to receive the...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons returning to work from short career breaks are entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment; if not, the reason;...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme will be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clients that are not comfortable providing personal data and information to Turas Nua will have failure to attend and or...
    • Child Benefit
      743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the payment of child benefit to include those children that have reached 18 years of age but are still in...
    • Public Services Card
      744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for persons renewing the public services card; if the process has changed due to Covid-19; the measures in place...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare supports in place for a person (details supplied) that lives here but pays tax in the UK. [22235/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      746. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of artists and those working in the entertainment industry that were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment...
    • Fuel Allowance
      748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients and the level of funding in the past five years paid to recipients of the fuel allowance in tabular...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of free travel applications awaiting processing; the average turnaround time for new applications to the scheme;...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22344/20]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      752. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to publish the review of community employment schemes carried out in 2018; when the recommendations of same...
    • Departmental Reports
      753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the report carried out by external consultants to review all current contracted public employment services has been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if airport checkpoints are still in operation that are staffed by her officials. [22433/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reason a decision has not yet issued on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) received...
    • Disability Allowance
      759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reassessed in view of the circumstances; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to granting a request by a person (details supplied) to travel to Romania to visit their...
    • Departmental Offices
      761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in civil service accommodation...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of every €1 and €5 increase in weekly social protection payments for 2021; the cost by individual...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment in 2020; the projected cost for 2021 based on the current...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of retaining the enhanced rent supplement for the rest of 2020 and all of 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have received the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit to date; the current number of recipients; and...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of restoring jobseeker’s allowance rates for those under 25 years of age to the full adult rate; and if she...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €25 respectively for both rates; the...
    • Fuel Allowance
      777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the rate of fuel allowance from €24.50 by every €1, €5.50 and €10 per...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of an additional 5,000 places on back to education allowance; the projected number of places that will be funded in...
    • Illness Benefit
      781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of scrapping the waiting days for illness benefit of reducing it to one and three days respectively; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregard for carer’s allowance to €450 for single and €900 for...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €100 and €300 respectively in 2021; and if she will...
    • School Meals Programme
      784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional schools that will provide hot school meals in September 2020; the number currently offering the...
    • Direct Provision Payments
      785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the weekly payment to adults in direct provision to €50; the cost of increasing the payments...
    • School Meals Programme
      786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending the school meals programme to each primary and secondary school that does not offer the programme; the...
    • State Pensions
      787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 of not increasing the eligibility age for the State pension to 67 years of age in 2021, retaining...
    • Illness Benefit
      788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the denial of illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are available State...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of the backlog in issuing the back to school allowance by county; the action being taken to address the backlog;...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of special advisers that will be hired by her Department. [22781/20]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      792. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of domestic refuge spaces to meet the commitments of Ireland under the Istanbul Convention; and...
    • Substance Misuse
      794. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ability he has to prevent the online sale of solvents to children in cases where it is clear from customer comments on the website that...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      796. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria used to postpone an ECCE place in which there is an expected delay in a child (details supplied) starting primary school; the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      797. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed in a capacity (details supplied) by a State agency. [22096/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      798. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are specific financial measures to support small play schools with Covid-19 compliance, for example, to employ extra staff; and if...
    • Adoption Services
      799. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied). [22502/20]
    • Departmental Reports
      800. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he plans to publish the Crowe Report. [22705/20]
    • Departmental Functions
      801. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the transfer of delegated functions for his Department in the areas of disability, equality and integration will take place. [22670/20]
    • Childcare Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding being allocated to the childcare sustainability fund; and the breakdown of the spend for the new sustainability fund announced...
    • Child and Family Agency
      804. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of babies under ten days old have been taken into care in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [21317/20]
    • Childcare Qualifications
      807. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reintroduce the grandfather clause scheme as referenced in correspondence from a person (details supplied). [21633/20]
    • School Admissions
      808. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a school place will be provided for a child (details supplied); the number of students on waiting lists in Kilkenny city and county; if...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children registered on CCSP including the universal scheme in 2019 to 2020 that were then registered on ECCE for 2020 to 2021...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      814. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time to award a CHICK for a targeted subsidy in that month; the longest time to award a CHICK; the number of awards that took...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      815. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on crèches inserting a clause in their terms and conditions stating that full fees are applicable for all closures due to...
    • Childcare Services
      816. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if guidance or advice has issued to childcare providers in respect of after-school services for childminding in cases in which the...
    • Social Workers Register
      817. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the shortfall of social workers in the north Dublin area; and if social workers will be reallocated to reduce the high...
    • Child Protection
      818. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 127 unborn children placed on the child protection notification system of Tusla over the past eighteen months by county;...
    • Gaisce Awards
      819. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if correspondence from Gaisce in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) has been given consideration. [21954/20]
    • Childcare Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding options open to childcare facilities for the purchase of a vehicle as part of after-school services; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of expenditure provided to the childcare sector as part of the TWSCS from 6 April 2020 to 29 June 2020. [22290/20]
    • National Childcare Scheme
      822. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount provided to early years and school-age childcare settings through schemes such as ECCE, TEC and so on and as part of the...
    • Departmental Offices
      823. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city;...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      824. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the strategic review of domestic violence accommodation will be finalised. [22510/20]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      825. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to cases such as a case (details supplied) in which parents were unable to apply for the NCS subsidy before...
    • Child Protection
      827. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of children at risk received in each of the past twelve months to date; the extent to which it was possible to deploy...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      830. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the availability of sufficient resources for his Department to meet challenges likely in...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date in the establishment of a new service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22676/20]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22785/20]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Correspondence
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21196/20]
    • Education and Training Boards
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis by which LMETB has agreed to use county council premises; if same has been approved by her Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of recruiting an additional psychologist for institutes of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the five-year waiting period will be waived or reduced in order for SUSI grants to be allowed for those that did not complete studies in...
    • Community Training Centres
      838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the venues used by community education providers that deliver courses and training, for example, community employment schemes can be regarded...
    • Protected Disclosures
      839. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied) given to his predecessor in May 2017; and if a series of matters in relation to the...
    • School Costs
      840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the campaign of an organisation (details supplied) for a reduction in school fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Adult Education Provision
      841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the necessary regulation for adult learners in adult education settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22236/20]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding eligibility for mature independents maintenance grants to include all mature applicants that have been forced to...
    • Third Level Institutions
      847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Grand Canal innovation district; the status of the project; if he has had engagements with Trinity College Dublin with regard...
    • Departmental Functions
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location in which his Department will be situated; his functions; the budget of his Department in tabular form; the areas his Department...
    • Student Support Schemes
      849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifying criteria for technology assistance for students. [21733/20]
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the local training initiatives in operation in 2019 and 2020; the location and number of participants in each; his views on further developing...
    • School Curriculum
      851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be provided on when the new academic year will commence for colleges and universities in view of the delay of the leaving...
    • Student Unions
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a document (details supplied) published by a group; and his views on the budgetary requests contained in same....
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the 35,000 further and higher education places announced in the July stimulus package; the estimated cost of each place; the...
    • Departmental Functions
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department will play in terms of direct research funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21740/20]
    • Third Level Reform
      856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Cassells report has been sent to the European Commission for review; when he expects the Commission to respond; and if he will make a...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which Ireland's commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plan 2020-2025 of his...
    • Third Level Costs
      858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each student enrolled as an undergraduate full-time, part-time, remote and FETAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for a pipe fitter and welder to obtain recognition of prior learning. [21745/20]
    • English Language Training Organisations
      860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the English language education sector is a major employer and worth as much to the economy as...
    • Nursing Education
      862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs...
    • Student Support Schemes
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in a media article (details supplied); the status of the promised €2 million directed in 2019...
    • International Students
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of overseas students that have enrolled in Irish universities for the autumn term; the provisions in place to ensure that students...
    • Student Accommodation
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of student accommodation across Ireland which would be considered a congregated setting according to the definition in which ten or...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of emails his Department received concerning students that had issues with their SUSI grant application and grant refusal....
    • Student Support Schemes
      867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifying criteria that applies to students and the definition of disadvantage being used further to the announcement of a €15...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if VTOS payments will continue past the initial extension date of August 2020 due to uncertainty in relation to the date on which students will...
    • Third Level Institutions
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to progress university status in the north-west; his further plans to continue the momentum in relation to cross-Border...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many students will not receive the maintenance grant until 9 October 2020 at the earliest; the...
    • Departmental Offices
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and...
    • Third Level Education
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for those with learning difficulties if all third level education is to be online; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2020 if the student contribution charge was reduced by €100, €200, €500, €1000 and...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22783/20]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Transport Provision
      878. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date it was decided to assign Garda drivers and a Garda car to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. [19681/20]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      879. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost across whole-of-Government of implementing in full the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Direct Provision System
      880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to resolve the issues which gave rise to hunger strikes at a direct provision centre (details...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified. [21253/20]
    • Employment Rights
      882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) wishing to work beyond 65 years of age will be allowed to do so; and if she will make a...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      883. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of implementing the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Mental Health Services
      884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing and recruiting an additional psychologist to a prison; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to amending section 14 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 in order that one dominant owner...
    • Crime Data
      886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the increase in pet thefts in recent months; the way in which she plans to address pet...
    • Direct Provision System
      888. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce a fair complaint procedure as an interim measure for persons living in direct provision in advance of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      889. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to support parents in County Wexford that may have to take time off work with a child who is ill with Covid-19 or had...
    • Immigration Policy
      890. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which renewed efforts are being made to facilitate integration; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      892. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to address issues arising from the Covid-19 crisis through equality measures; and if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      893. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Immigration Status
      894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise the status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      895. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all outstanding direct provision centre inspection reports will be published on the website of her Department; if her...
    • Legal Aid
      897. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated additional cost of providing legal aid to victims of domestic and sexual violence; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      898. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a gratuity payment to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/20]
    • Housing Policy
      899. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter in relation to the practice of management companies of multi-unit developments charging...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      900. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the increased dangers arising from cross-Border travel to public houses in Northern Ireland. [21264/20]
    • Fines Data
      901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued for the non-wearing of masks on public transport. [21284/20]
    • Immigrant Investor Programme
      902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the refusal of an application by investors (details supplied) under the immigrant investor programme; and if she...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      903. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21374/20]
    • Substance Misuse
      904. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy in relation to the prevention of the online sale of psychoactive substances in cases in which it is clear from...
    • Garda Promotions
      908. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 16 October 2018, if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be...
    • Prison Investigations
      909. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is appropriate for a prison (details supplied) to investigate an incident of complaint in cases in...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      910. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 7 July 2020, the timeline for the commencement of virtual citizenship ceremonies...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      913. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile antisocial behaviour orders issued in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 under Part 13 of the Criminal...
    • Garda Vetting
      914. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an organisation (details supplied) will be advised and assisted in relation to Garda vetting; and if she will make a...
    • Legal Aid Service
      915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Legal Aid Board in Finglas, Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21596/20]
    • Equality Issues
      916. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the findings in the recent Public Service Performance report (details supplied); and if she...
    • EU Directives
      917. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the deadline for the implementation of the EU fifth Anti-Money Laundering...
    • Proposed Legislation
      918. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the terms of reference for the review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 include the effect of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      919. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if external bodies or companies have been engaged with regard to the social media evaluation reports being prepared by the...
    • International Protection
      921. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the preparatory work been carried out by her Department in relation to the national standards for accommodation offered to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      923. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to prevent and detect the importation and sale of illegal fireworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision System
      924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provisions have been or are being made to provide PPE for persons in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Refugee Status
      925. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when correspondence will issue to a person (detail supplied) in regard to their refugee declaration in view of the fact that...
    • Immigration Policy
      926. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the programme that would allow undocumented migrants to apply to regularise their status; her plans to roll out...
    • Deportation Orders
      929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review will be undertaken of the decision to affirm deportation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Probate Data
      930. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for granting of probate or administration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21808/20]
    • Immigration Status
      931. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      932. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Deportation Orders
      933. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) will be cancelled in order to allow them to remain here on...
    • Visa Applications
      934. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to visas for the spouses of students; and if she will...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme
      935. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the immigrant investor programme is being reviewed; if so, when an update is expected; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      937. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the fitness test and medical examination will be scheduled for applicants to An Garda Síochána that were due to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      938. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Garda Strength
      940. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Clondalkin, Lucan, Ronanstown and Rathcoole stations in August in each of the years 2010...
    • Crime Data
      941. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recently released Central Statistics Office national figures that revealed that Rathcoole, County Dublin had the...
    • Garda Reform
      942. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the existing reform projects taking place within An Garda Síochána which were decided to be inconsistent with the...
    • Garda Vetting
      944. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in which more than one Garda vetting application was made for the same person within a six-month period...
    • Legislative Measures
      945. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 was drafted in full by her officials; if submissions were...
    • Garda Commissioner
      946. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the information regarding the European Commissioner that was brought to her attention by the Garda Commissioner pursuant to...
    • Court Accommodation
      947. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the courthouse in Wicklow town (details supplied) will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22069/20]
    • Garda Stations
      948. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the necessary changes will be put in place in order to reduce the waiting time for appointments at Anglesea Street Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      949. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an automatic extension of immigration residence permits for at least a further two months will be provided due to the...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      951. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the consideration of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality entitled, Report on...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      952. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rules governing the transfer of a prisoner to an open prison; and the percentage of a sentence a prisoner must serve before...
    • Probate Applications
      954. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for probate regarding a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Licence Applications
      955. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for establishments that are currently applying for dance hall licences and that are paying substantial fees to run...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      956. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) currently with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if her...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
      957. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the processing of visa applications by the Irish Naturalisation and...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      958. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the monitoring of sex offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22453/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      960. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside...
    • Probate Data
      961. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants,...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      962. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      964. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who accessed community Prison Link services in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      965. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the issues pertaining to her Department raised by an association (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      967. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion programmes in each CHO; the number of young persons by gender and age cautioned by the...
    • Garda Vetting
      968. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda vetting submitted by a school teacher (details supplied) in County Galway will be processed in...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      969. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of special advisers that will be hired by her Department. [22775/20]
  • Department of Health
    • HSE Reports
      970. To ask the Minister for Health if the report from the National Treasury Management Agency on the number of treasury units in the HSE has been implemented (details supplied); if not, the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the testing regimes that are under consideration for airport arrivals here (details supplied); when testing will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Access
      972. To ask the Minister for Health if all primary school children are offered the ability to avail of State services such as dental surgeons and opticians regardless of the type of school they...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if additional ring-fenced funding of €20 million will be ensured in 2021 to initiate the ambition of the national cancer strategy to ensure more persons...
    • Rehabilitative Training Allowance
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reintroducing the rehabilitative training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21391/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been cut for a service (details supplied) resulting in some of those availing of the service being cut from five to two days; and the...
    • Nursing Education
      976. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient financial supports will be put in place for student nurses that are unable to work whilst on placement; if consideration will be given to...
    • Respite Care Services
      977. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the development of a national respite support scheme for children under six years of age living with a serious disability;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      978. To ask the Minister for Health if the matter of allowing hotels to operate wedding functions later than 11:30 p.m. will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22162/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      981. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a national plan to provide care for persons with disabilities; if his attention has been drawn to the number of parents in their 70s, 80s and 90s...
    • Home Care Packages
      982. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the living conditions of a person (details supplied). [22432/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      983. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has identified disadvantages experienced by families with disabilities particularly impacted by Covid-19; the measures in place or being...
    • Prisoner Data
      986. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners who entered prison in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date 2020 under the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and timeline for the introduction of transport services for disability service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to reduce the waiting times in relation to assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Deaths
      990. To ask the Minister for Health if he will institute an inquiry into the recent deaths at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21089/20]
    • Dental Services
      991. To ask the Minister for Health if a dental surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21107/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      992. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing a monetary bonus to healthcare workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      993. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a medical procedure expedited in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      994. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reduction of prescription charges; and when charges will be reduced to €1. [21114/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential care beds added since the capacity review to date by year; the number of additional beds needed to reach the targets set by the...
    • Hospital Services
      996. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planning and development of a community hospital in Ennis, County Clare to replace the existing St. Joseph’s facility; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      998. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns detailed in correspondence by a union (details supplied) on medicine shortages will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Covid-19 tracker app has been used to alert persons that they are a close contact of a confirmed case of Covid-19; the number of...
    • Home Care Packages
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours offered in 2019 and to date in 2020; the estimated full-year number in 2020; the estimated cost of the measure; the number of...
    • Mental Health Services
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of introducing 24/7 mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Plan for Effective Participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of addressing inconsistencies of service in respite care provision of clearing waiting list backlogs and of delivering a consistent service...
    • Health Services Provision
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of eliminating the deficits in section 39 organisations. [21133/20]
    • Medical Cards
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing full medical cards to all persons with disabilities regardless of employed status or income; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully delivering on Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports in the delay of the HSE homebirth services since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the fair deal care for older persons living in the community or in sheltered...
    • HSE Data
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the projections for demand for winter 2020/2021; the plans being put in place to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21173/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the likely additional demand for mental health services resulting from Covid-19 and the resultant lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21175/20]
    • Medical Cards
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health when the planned report on implementing automatic renewal of medical cards for the terminally ill will be published; the estimated cost of same; and if he...
    • Nursing Home Fees
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the difference in funding between private and public nursing homes due to be published in 2019 will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to of extending the remit of the Public Services Ombudsman to cover all nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21178/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health if the 'flu vaccine will be made available to all schoolgoing children free of charge; if so, if it will be made available before they return to school; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21190/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the private ambulance tender for the HSE framework; if there will be a new tendering process to allow private ambulances service providers...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with an appointment for an assessment with the ASD services in counties Galway and Roscommon; the reason for...
    • Health Services Provision
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of a facility for a patient on a public waiting list transferred to a private clinic to receive surgery recuperation, for example, three to four...
    • Respite Care Services
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to close Cara House on Redemption Road, Cork city, will be reviewed in view that there are significant shortages of respite care; and if he...
    • Nursing Education
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding pay for student nurses on work placement; the variations across placements or specialties; his plans in this regard; his further plans...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the list of conditions on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/20]
    • HSE Data
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE psychology staff resource allocation including basic grade and senior grade for each CAMHS and adult community mental health team...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health if he will promptly initiate a public inquiry into nursing homes in view of the evident failings in the system of care for older persons contained in the HIQA...
    • Hospital Services
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health when outpatient physiotherapy and podiatry services will resume at the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary, in view of the fact...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the self-isolation procedure for residents of nursing homes after returning from hospital even if they have tested negative for Covid-19...
    • Hospital Funding
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment allocated to hospitals with the RCSI Hospital Group Beaumont Hospital, Cavan General Hospital, Connolly Hospital, Louth County...
    • Cancer Services
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the full resumption of BreastCheck and cervical smear tests for those in need; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the...
    • Hospital Data
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting times and numbers attending adult outpatient clinics for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Galway. [21279/20]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on implementing the recommendations of the national survey of diabetes care delivery in acute hospitals 2018 in University Hospital Limerick to...
    • Cancer Services
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health the key performance indicators that will be used to measure the performance of general practitioner referrals and access to diagnostics in cancer services in...
    • Health Services Provision
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding treatment for haemochromatosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21297/20]
    • Community Intervention Teams
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in operation; the counties serviced and not serviced by such teams; the number and breakdown of staff on each team;...
    • Nursing Staff
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more nurse specialists nationwide for persons with Parkinson’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21313/20]
    • Patient Safety
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent inquiry will be established to investigate and furnish a report on all issues connected to the handling by the adult safeguarding and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent purchasing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of delivering the psycho-oncology service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21325/20]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding by 10% to BreastCheck and CervicalCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21337/20]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering pay equalisation for hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the trainee GP intake to 250 a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21343/20]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with diabetes by type and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21348/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment process for hiring nurses; the average time the process takes to formal appointment stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for extending the medical card entitlement and general practitioner access for children under 13 years of age as provided for in the Health...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the monthly medication costs are capped at €15 for a married couple and €10.50 for a single person. [21361/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health when a date for surgery will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21362/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health if an exemption pass will be issued to those that are unable to wear a face covering on public transport and in shops due to a medical condition such as...
    • Patient Files
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health if it is standard practice in cases in which a patient has an ultrasound carried out in advance of surgery that there would be no record of the date, time and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which free general practitioner care will be extended to children under eight years of age as per Budget 2020; and if children that turn six years...
    • Home Care Packages
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of clearing the home support service waiting lists in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting an additional clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity an increase of €10 million in respite care services would provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Policy
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the new mental health strategy Sharing the Vision over a five-year time frame; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the local drug and alcohol task forces by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21396/20]
    • Hospital Funding
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health the health capital plans or proposals submitted to his Department and the HSE by acute hospitals and other health divisions by proposal or plan; if the plan...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional medical detoxification bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21402/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity and services that will be delivered for each €1 million additional annual funding for the National Drugs Strategy;...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated and spent each year on implementing the time to move on from Congregated Settings A Strategy for Inclusion; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the fund put in place to assist patients suffering from asbestos-related cancer; and the way in which the fund can be availed of by such...
    • Home Help Service
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home helps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21420/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has failed to fund treatment for the hereditary blood disease amyloidosis in the form of patisiran or other relevant treatments...
    • Hospital Services
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the definitive dates when the tender on the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford will be awarded, contractors appointed and...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of vacant consultant posts are already provided for in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21429/20]
    • Dental Services
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding orthodontic appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for gastrointestinal scopes on 1 January and 1 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health if respite hours through the school age team will be allocated to a child (details supplied). [21436/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for ADHD medication assessment will be expedited for a child (details supplied) through the school age team. [21437/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21440/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health if Lyme disease will be recognised as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21441/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21442/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the ongoing respite crisis and the closure of a centre (details supplied) which is having a profound effect on families in counties...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21447/20]
    • Health Services Reform
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing Sláintecare over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/20]
    • Health Services
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish six new regional health areas; the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health if the details of the phase one report of the elective hospital oversight group will be provided; if the report will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 posts under the enhanced community care fund including therapists, nurses, other professionals and...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence talks on a new contract for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce a statutory scheme to support persons to live in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free general practitioner care to carers in receipt of the carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for legislating for a public only consultant's contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/20]
    • Care of the Elderly
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to establish a commission on care and supports for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21476/20]
    • Disease Management
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding by 10% to the communicable diseases control policy unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for implementing the 33 recommendations from the Scally Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations the immunisation policy unit is making for a potential Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21482/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health the annual uptake level in percentage terms for the primary childhood immunisation programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of increasing base capacity of critical care beds from 255 to 350; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21487/20]
    • Cancer Services
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the most recent projected workforce planning requirements to meet demand in cancer services by specialty; and the number of these posts that...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/20]
    • Statutory Instruments
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the changing of the status of naloxone hydrochloride from Schedule 1a to Schedule part 1 under the S.I. No. 540/2003; if the change of...
    • Maternity Services
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health if the birthing pool in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital is being removed; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Eating Disorders
      1181. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation and description of expenditure for the clinical care programme on eating disorders in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the reason for...
    • Cancer Services
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding rapid access clinics for cancer diagnoses; the planned expansions to the service; the estimated cost of an expansion to the service; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 8 May 2019, the position regarding new medication for the preventative treatment of chronic migraine (details...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a referral to child and adolescent mental health services. [21510/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive the remainder of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21511/20]
    • Health Services
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21513/20]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1306 of 16 October 2018, if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 5 July 2020, if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Reports
      1191. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21517/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      1192. To ask the Minister for Health the total mental health budget between 2007 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/20]
    • Maternity Services
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that standard general practitioner care is being denied to home birthing women due to difficulties relating to...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of maintaining access to the European health insurance card for citizens in Northern Ireland assuming coverage is otherwise lost as a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health if the budgeted reduction of the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme from €124 to €114 is to take place in 2020; if not, if it will be...
    • Dental Services
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive a dental appointment; if an appointment will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21565/20]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each of the expansions outlined in the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020, in...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospital (details supplied) is retracting free parking for healthcare workers; if he will liaise with the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21577/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      1204. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug kalydeco will be made be available to patients for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in view of the fact the clinical trial for same has...
    • HSE Investigations
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason an appointment for diagnostic investigations was cancelled; and if the matter will be...
    • Community Intervention Teams
      1206. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO areas in which heart failure community integration teams are operating; the gaps that exist; the work carried out by the teams in each area; his plans...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1207. To ask the Minister for Health the access general practitioners have to carry out BNP testing in each CHO area; the reason there is no national general practitioner access to the tests; his...
    • Hospital Services
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the number of heart failure nurses is sufficient to fully meet standards in relation to the treatment and management of heart failure in...
    • Health Services
      1209. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to standardise referral pathways nationwide using existing IT infrastructure such as Healthlink to aid improved communication between the community...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a prolonged time for a procedure; the further amount of time they will be waiting for same; and if he...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21595/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21600/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1216. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter concerning a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21611/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1217. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was on a waiting list for early intervention and did not receive treatment; and if he will arrange for an assessment of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1219. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/20]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health if an inspection will be arranged in relation to a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the medical card threshold for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1222. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the return of community hospital services at a hospital (details supplied); the funding allocated to the hospital for the purpose; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1327 of 30 July 2020, his views on the fact that almost 800 children are waiting over six months for a mental health...
    • Medical Cards
      1224. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin will be added to the list of medicines covered by the medical card. [21645/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1225. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health when publicly funded adjuvant immunotherapy specifically Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab will be available under the public healthcare system as laid out in the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      1227. To ask the Minister for Health the pre-1995 general nurse pay scales and allowances in comparison to the post-1995 nurse pay scales and allowances for general nurses; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1228. To ask the Minister for Health when adult day services will resume at St. Raphael’s, Celbridge, County Kildare in view of the fact that such supports are highly required; if the same...
    • Mental Health Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to meet the health needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21654/20]
    • Health Services
      1231. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21658/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged at a private clinic for a person (details supplied). [21673/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1235. To ask the Minister for Health if there are provisions in place to allow older persons and persons in receipt of a pension to avail of free masks. [21682/20]
    • Health Professions Admission Test
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for the Irish Medical Council to recognise non-EU medical internships, that is, doctors living here that have obtained their medical...
    • Dental Services
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to medical card holders being refused treatment by dentists in view to the fact they have ceased working with the HSE due to...
    • Patient Transfers
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health if the transfer of a person (details supplied) to the National Rehabilitation Hospital at Dún Laoghaire will be expedited [21694/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it is taking to process and finalise applications under the fair deal nursing home support scheme; if an application by a person (details...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to reverse the emergency measures guidelines introduced by his predecessor in relation to abortion services during Covid-19, which allows...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tests for Covid-19 carried out each week since 1 June 2020; the number of persons engaged in testing each week; the number that were positive...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the Crossborder Community Paramedic project (details supplied) will continue beyond August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Programme for Government
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of building elective only hospitals as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21728/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs in the public...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1247. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private hospitals are charging €275 for Covid-19 testing of private patients; and if so, if the charge...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health if legislation to make the wearing of face coverings obligatory in retail outlets has commenced; if new regulations on the issue can be enforced; and if he...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1249. To ask the Minister for Health the longest and average waiting times for assessment of needs under the Disability Act 2005 by each CHO and by each LHO or alternative area sub-group; the...
    • Maternity Services
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that will be invested into the expansion of the newborn screening programme in each of the next five years; the details of his plans to expand...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1251. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 205 of 4 May 2017, 777 of 6 September 2019, 501 of 5 November 2019 and 745 of 20 May 2020, the consideration given to...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a case (details supplied); and the protocols that exist within emergency services, call centres and the An Garda Síochána to act...
    • Respite Care Services
      1253. To ask the Minister for Health when residential respite will recommence for persons with disabilities in County Laois. [21795/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1254. To ask the Minister for Health when urgently required appropriate treatment will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1255. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/20]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the announced procurement schedule for contract award for the building of a new cath lab for University Hospital Waterford; the reason for...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed reductions in prescription charges for those with medical cards that were due to take place in July 2020 will be applied. [21812/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1260. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21813/20]
    • Health Services
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); his views on the importance of such services by way of support for members; if a special case will be...
    • Dental Services
      1262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that hold contracts for the dental treatment service scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21827/20]
    • Health Services
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21861/20]
    • Court Judgments
      1267. To ask the Minister for Health the implications of a recent High Court case (details supplied) on other persons that are similarly affected. [21863/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the expert group which is examining alternative testing methods for Covid-19 including a less invasive nasal swab and a cheek saliva...
    • Hospital Services
      1269. To ask the Minister for Health when the development of the mental health day hospital and disability centre at the Grove Hospital site in Tuam, County Galway will go to tender; when a...
    • Medical Cards
      1270. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the extension of the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21873/20]
    • Health Services
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the treatment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21877/20]
    • HSE Agency Staff
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents by occupation and by directly employed and agency staff, respectively working in the health service; and if he will make...
    • Community Training Centres
      1274. To ask the Minister for Health if the venues used by community education providers that deliver courses and training, for example, community employment schemes can be regarded as education...
    • Dental Services
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to emergency dental cover in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21882/20]
    • Hospital Records
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is in possession of the files of Comhairle na nOspidéal regarding the federation of the County Hospital, Roscommon with Portiuncla...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1277. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a knee operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21894/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Public Health Emergency Team to consider allowing local meetings of a group (details supplied) to take place in cases in which...
    • Garda Investigations
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is cooperating with the investigation by An Garda Síochána into the death of a person (details supplied). [21937/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to clusters of Covid-19 in Letterkenny, County Donegal in late August 2020 which was referred to by a local general practitioner...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1282. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21948/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health if appointments for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21958/20]
    • Hospital Services
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume services at St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21984/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1330 of 30 July 2020, if the beds are at full capacity all year round; if not, the factors prohibiting them from being...
    • Medicinal Products
      1288. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug pembro will be provided for a person (details supplied); the process to achieve approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21993/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      1289. To ask the Minister for Health the reason advanced paramedics that are qualified and work in that capacity in the UK are not being recognised here by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      1291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the absence of paediatric palliative care in the south east; his plans to provide this service in the region; and if he will make a...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of occupational therapy services (details supplied) for the Farranfore and Castleisland areas of County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Obesity Strategy
      1295. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to A Healthy Weight for Ireland 2016–2025 Obesity Policy and Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22022/20]
    • Health Services
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22027/20]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      1298. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to regulate fertility treatment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      1299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from direct provision centres presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and or overdose by location...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homeless persons presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and or overdose by location in each of the years...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1301. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 21 July 2020, if he will make available copies of the NPHET document entitled Risk Register for each month since...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1302. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will take place again in University Hospital Kerry; when surgery will take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health the public health policy in relation to the testing of patients for Covid-19 prior to surgery; and if the same policy applies to public and private hospitals....
    • HSE Properties
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a location (details supplied). [22044/20]
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      1305. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide information regarding PrEP and U=U in information campaigns on HIV prevention including television and billboard advertising; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1308. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE nurses that would prefer to return to work on a phased basis after having contracted Covid-19 due to fatigue and other after effects, are required to...
    • Mental Health Services
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent each year throughout the work of the national clinical programme for dual diagnosis in developing the draft model of care [22070/20]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the full commencement of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; the reason some sections are not enacted as of month end August 2020;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1314. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22085/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1315. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Limerick city does not have a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist; the length of time the positions have been vacant; the recruitment...
    • Hospital Services
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in response to the recent report into gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy services will be available in Clifden, County Galway; the date for the service to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      1319. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce medical cards for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22109/20]
    • Dental Services
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for orthodontic services in HSE west is 3.5 to four years; his views on whether this is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the travel green list was not updated on 25 August 2020 in line with policy to include countries with the same or lower disease epidemiology to...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Expenditure
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on kidney dialysis in each hospital on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22126/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health if the way in which restrictions on indoor gatherings are affecting a group (details supplied) and similar peer to peer rehabilitation groups will be...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1326. To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround time for Covid-19 testing within acute hospitals both nationally and within Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health and civil service staff reassigned to track and trace duties both nationally and within County Kerry in tabular form; and the...
    • Hospital Staff
      1329. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of medical and clinical staff in departments (details supplied) in University Hospital Kerry at registrar level or above by consultant,...
    • Health Services
      1330. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for a patient to be provided with the xolair injection (details supplied). [22144/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1331. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational counselling available to front line staff that have had to deal with increased mortality rates during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22158/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health when a child psychiatrist will be allocated to Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22176/20]
    • Patient Transport
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health the transport services and subsidies available to persons that have various ailments and have to travel to different medical appointments; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Process
      1340. To ask the Minister for Health when the assisted human reproduction Bill 2019 will return to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22203/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1341. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients are being requested to pay for Covid-19 tests; and the measures that have been undertaken with health insurance companies in relation to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1343. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a cataract operation will be provided for a person (details supplied). [22257/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1344. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report by HIQA on the impact of wearing face masks and the recommended need to complete more quality research on their...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22270/20]
    • Cancer Services
      1347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of CervicalCheck; if smear tests completed by general practitioners are being processed and results returned within four weeks; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22276/20]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      1349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.793 of 7 July 2020, the number of first initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1353. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to assist families in County Limerick (details supplied) that have adult children with special needs in day care facilities that have...
    • Fuel Poverty
      1354. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the health impact arising from fuel poverty here; his further views on the need for greater investment to prevent fuel poverty and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1355. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to answer questions on the Covid-19 health restrictions in place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the phone voice...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been provided with a code to share random identifications for the Covid-19 tracker app; the number that proceeded to activate...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      1357. To ask the Minister for Health the annual number of individual claims from each state covered by the European health insurance card in respect of E111s issued by the HSE over the past three...
    • Medical Cards
      1362. To ask the Minister for Health the liability of medical card holders to pay for blood tests carried out at their general practitioners; if the HSE will refund patients that may have been...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      1363. To ask the Minister for Health when the winter plan for the health service will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1364. To ask the Minister for Health if a less invasive Covid-19 test will be provided for children under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/20]
    • Midwifery Services
      1365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff midwives working at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; the number of staff midwives on long-term sick leave; the number of staff...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1366. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a surgery appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22422/20]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1367. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22440/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1368. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the timeline for the plans to deal with the delays in assessing children for autism spectrum disorder by the HSE in County Wexford; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      1370. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand neuropsychology services for the CHO5 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22452/20]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for the resilience fund from charities operating within the community and charitable sector; and the number of applications...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied for Ireland’s call; and the number that were offered full-time positions versus agency positions in tabular form....
    • Health Services Provision
      1375. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for trachi-vented children; if rehabilitation care is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22464/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      1377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will...
    • Disease Management
      1378. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the review of the epidemiology of tuberculosis here considering the public health impact of having no BCG vaccination since April 2015; when...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of the widely used ozempic weight control medication from the drugs payment scheme; if the decision can be overturned, and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the report on the management of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 cases at Mayo University that was produced between June and July, 2020; and if he...
    • Nursing Staff
      1381. To ask the Minister for Health when a diabetic nurse will be appointed to Mullingar General Hospital (details supplied). [22498/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1382. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue to the parents of a child (details supplied) who is availing of early intervention services in County Galway; the reason for...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      1383. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to abortion (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22504/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1385. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations that apply in respect of opticians and optometrists in the interpretation of section 31A Temporary Restrictions (COVID-19) (Face Coverings in...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      1386. To ask the Minister for Health the incidences of MRSA in hospitals for 2019 and to date in 2020 since the outbreak of Covid-19. [22515/20]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an...
    • Medical Cards
      1389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied). [22541/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1391. To ask the Minister for Health if updated guidelines will be issued for front-line workers who are deemed very high risk to facilitate their return to work in view of the economic impact of...
    • Medical Cards
      1392. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to request further information will be reviewed view of the difficult circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1393. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for staff who are pregnant and cannot return to work due to having to use excessive sanitisers and disinfectants; if a Covid-19...
    • Hospital Data
      1394. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase the number of base adult critical care beds within the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Statutory Instruments
      1397. To ask the Minister for Health when a statutory instrument will be issued under the Health Services (Drug Payment Scheme) Regulations 2017 to give effect to the planned reduction of the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1398. To ask the Minister for Health when section 2 of the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 is to be commenced; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      1399. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to changes to the medicinal products regulations or other regulations to ensure efficient distribution of the flu vaccine and...
    • Cancer Services
      1400. To ask the Minister for Health when the three national cancer screening programmes will be up and running to full capacity (details supplied). [22617/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests being carried out on a daily basis by county in the weeks ending 23 and 30 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1404. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the way in which accident and emergency units are unsuitable for the presentation of persons in a mental health crisis...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1405. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which persons with mental health issues can discharge themselves in an unobserved and unaccompanied manner; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1406. To ask the Minister for Health his views on children with ASD being sent to mainstream schools that are not suited for their needs and demands; the process that parents must engage in to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will the review the advice on spectators attending sporting events with a view to revising the permitted number upwards; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      1408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the backlog in the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment for more than 12 months in CH07; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22773/20]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Legislative Measures
      1412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legislation is planned to further protect animals and pets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21090/20]
    • Pesticide Use
      1413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a PCS number (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22007/20]
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applications to the BEEPs scheme to date; the amount received by each individual; and the county each farm...
    • Beef Industry
      1415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the €50 million beef support scheme. [21148/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all materials, briefings, reports and correspondence relating to his consideration of the introduction of fees for forestry...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21421/20]
    • Undefined
      1418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      1419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding pair trawling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/20]
    • Fishing Licences
      1420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding oyster licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21445/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      1421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the prevalence of animal cruelty toward horses in urban areas; and the steps he is taking to...
    • Fishing Industry
      1422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a series of matters regarding to shellfish fishermen (details supplied) in Cromane Bay, County Kerry will be addressed; and if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      1423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry planting application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21599/20]
    • Greyhound Industry
      1425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of salaries, expenses and so forth paid to members of the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research carried out on the possible new uses for raw wool produced here and the possibility of processing wool in view of the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS grant application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21675/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      1428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the further resources that can be put in place to help publicly enforce animal rights laws regarding the neglect and abuse of...
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      1429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cuairt a thabhairt go luath ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; má tá, cé...
    • Forestry Sector
      1430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to deal with the backlog of applications for felling licences and the backlog of appeals of decisions...
    • Animal Welfare
      1431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to address animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/20]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the ANC review in County Donegal; the townlands excluded; and the reason they were excluded with details for each...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21842/20]
    • Public Consultation Process
      1434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public consultations being run by his Department. [21905/20]
    • Departmental Funding
      1435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to festivals; the name and amount granted to each festival or event that did not take place due to Covid-19 in...
    • Farm Safety
      1436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on advertising Farm Safety week in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [21907/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      1437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding the forestry sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21925/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      1438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the analysis his Department has carried out on the effect the draft EU/USA tariff agreement on tariffs will have on the lobster...
    • Forestry Sector
      1441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to forestry will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Industry
      1442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the 2019 pearl mussel scheme payments have not issued to farmers that were part of the Kerrylife project (details...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a riparian zone payment will be made to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Sales
      1444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been brought to allegations that the passports of Connemara ponies are being tampered with prior to sale of the...
    • Beef Industry
      1445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the two-hour travel limit that is proposed to apply to animals for which farmers would seek PGI status; the way in...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      1446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will act on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a top-up payment on the sheep welfare scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research his Department, State agencies or other researchers have carried out in relation to the potential for wool to be used...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      1448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce an early retirement scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22088/20]
    • Greyhound Industry
      1449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds by location exported to other jurisdictions in the past five years to date; the procedures and protocols in...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason proposals for the introduction of tuberculosis herd history and statements have been recommended by his Department prior...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      1451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a study has been carried out into the introduction of non-native honey bees here and the affect they are having on the native...
    • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
      1452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the €3 million to BIM that will be required to upgrade ice plants at various harbours...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the number of harbours that his Department are responsible for to include Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal....
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding tuberculosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22226/20]
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if outstanding payments are due to a person (details supplied) under the tuberculosis eradication scheme. [22256/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a payment to compensate sheep farmers in view of the market disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a sheep taskforce in relation to the long-term issues facing the sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      1460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation which will require a prescription to obtain common veterinary medicines; and if he will make a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the reasons one third of approved TAMS applications do not progress to a claim will be addressed; the effect of same on approving...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details regarding letters issued to farmers in relation to the beef data and genomics programme demanding repayment from...
    • Forestry Sector
      1464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to expand the reconstitution and underplanting the ash dieback scheme to include forestry not part...
    • Farm Safety
      1465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) if he will consider providing future support to such an organisation...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      1468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list of those that lobbied for the amendment to negate the need to report infectious diseases in meat plants in 2016 will be...
    • Beef Industry
      1469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef finishers scheme will be reviewed to incorporate cattle from here that are slaughtered in Northern Ireland (details...
    • Departmental Offices
      1470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the outcome of the ANC review in County Donegal; the townlands that were excluded; the reason they were excluded;...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or...
    • European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
      1473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and spent to date, respectively per project from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; and if he will make...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reconvene the tuberculosis forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22547/20]
    • Felling Licences
      1477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the backlog in the issuing of felling licences will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22696/20]
    • Beef Industry
      1478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for the beef finisher scheme beyond 9 September 2020; if he will extend the eligibility period beyond...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22771/20]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • LEADER Programmes
      1480. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that have been taken to advance the commitment in the programme for Government to increase the rate of aid available to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1481. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21683/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      1482. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of individual grants made under section 33 of the Control of Dogs Act 1986 for the provision of homes and shelters for...
    • Control of Dogs
      1484. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the local authority control of dogs statistics 2019 will be published. [22343/20]
    • Housing Regeneration
      1485. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural housing renovation grant which was first proposed in 2017 (details supplied); the amount of funding granted...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1486. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar achomharc ar iarratas a rinneadh faoin scéim dar teideal Covid-19: Stability Scheme...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      1487. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received under the stability scheme for community, voluntary, charity and social enterprise organisations...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      1489. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas ó scoil (sonraí tugtha) faoi scéim CLÁR 2020 (Beart 1) de...
    • Walks Scheme
      1490. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on an application by a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21875/20]
    • CLÁR Programme
      1491. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on CLÁR applications for 2020; the number of measures advertised under the programme in 2020; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures she will take to save community centres that have lost and continue to lose bookings due to public health advice on...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1494. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a CLÁR measure 3b application (details supplied). [22274/20]
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1495. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the revised local improvement scheme has a requirement that agricultural use much be proven for a road to be eligible for...
    • Departmental Offices
      1496. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1497. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed and or...

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