Written answers
Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Department of Justice and Equality
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will be put in place to conform with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the...
- Immigration Policy
13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to date to create new pathways for long-term undocumented persons and their dependants residing here; and if she...
- Policing Authority
14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the future role of the Policing Authority especially regarding the appointment of senior officers of An Garda...
- Direct Provision System
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the relocation of residents from a direct provision centre (details supplied); when she expects the final...
- Garda Transport Provision
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding made available to An Garda Síochána for the purchase of new vehicles; and if she will make a statement on...
- Direct Provision System
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she has had on the planning and roll out of vulnerability assessments to asylum seekers within 30 days of...
- Proposed Legislation
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the introduction of legislation to tackle hate crime. [22853/20]
- Courts Service
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners have...
- Statutory Instruments
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her responsibilities with regard to the coordination of new public health regulations with the Department of Health. [22854/20]
- Legislative Process
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department will play in overseeing new regulations being brought in by the Minister for Health that will be made...
- Direct Provision System
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if children in direct provision centres have returned to education; and the assurances she can provide that all children who...
- Garda Equipment
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the promised phased implementation of a mobility project (details supplied); if gardaí on duty now have...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Prison Links workers are not on the approved contact lists resulting in...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to tag sex offenders following their release from prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22917/20]
- Public Consultation Process
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on conducting research into incidents of verbal and physical racist abuse as suggested by an organisation (details...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with communities in Kilrush, Newmarket and Charleville, County Cork, to ensure the delivery of CCTV schemes....
- Liquor Licences
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the alcohol licensing legislation to include age verification and delivery hours for online purchases of...
- Passenger Data
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if publicly available data is being collected on the nationality of those entering Ireland via flights from the United States of...
- Gambling Sector
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of a gambling regulator. [22852/20]
- Garda Equipment
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the use of spit hoods by An Garda Síochána; her further views on whether they should be discontinued as...
- Direct Provision System
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an inquiry or examination into the circumstances relating to the recent tragic death of an asylum seeker in emergency...
- Crime Data
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of ramming of Garda vehicles each year in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Cybersecurity Policy
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in both legislation and possible organisational changes in tackling cybercrime in view of the numerous media reports...
- Domestic Violence
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rate at which the crime of domestic violence has increased; her views on the way in which the figures are representative of...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the backlog of applications for visas and work and residency permits with the Irish Naturalisation and...
- Direct Provision System
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process will be superseded by the forthcoming...
- EU Directives
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on and the status of the discontinuing seasonal changes time directive-639 for Ireland; and if she will make a...
- Court Accommodation
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the redevelopment of the Family Law and Children’s Court complex on Hammond Lane, Dublin 7; the estimated...
- Citizenship Applications
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which applications for citizenship and stamp 4 are up to date; if particular steps have been taken or are in hand...
- Cumas Gaeilge sa Gharda Síochána
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality an bhfuil sé mar bheartas ag a Roinn a chinntiú go lonnófar comhaltaí den Gharda Síochána a bhfuil...
- Garda Stations
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to the closing of further Garda stations; her policy in this regard; the number of Garda...
- Emergency Services
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the staged deployment of a new national computer-aided dispatch system to capture emergency calls and dispatch of...
- Parental Alienation
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a working group will be established to consider all aspects of parental alienation including consideration of a referral of...
- Sex Offenders Treatment Programme
50. 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. [22916/20]
- Commission on the Future of Policing
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report of the commission on the future of policing in Ireland; if the agreed document drawn up by the three...
- Crime Prevention
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the serious issue of drug-related intimidation and reporting in County Louth. [22993/20]
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Flood Relief Schemes
53. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if targeted supports will be provided for businesses in the areas affected by flooding in western areas of County Cork recently. [23162/20]
- Employment Rights
54. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a refund will issue for an employment permit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23077/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
56. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of HSA inspections of meat processing plants that have been carried out for compliance with Covid-19 regulations since 12...
- Trade Fairs
57. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if concerns outlined by a person (details supplied) in correspondence will be reviewed; if clarity will be provided for the sector in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
58. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of businesses which applied for the business continuity grant voucher scheme in counties Longford and Westmeath; the number...
- Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
59. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha chun na moltaí a rinne daoine (sonraí tugtha) san aighneacht a chuir siad faoi...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- North-South Interconnector
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the proposed north-south interconnector project will be undertaken as outlined in the Programme for...
- National Broadband Plan
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be rolled out to an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [23033/20]
- EU Issues
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount in fines Ireland is likely to face in 2020 and 2021 as a result of not achieving renewable energy...
- Water Services
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans for a Shannon to Dublin pipeline; the alternatives being considered; and the progress reached in...
- National Broadband Plan
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to fast-track the delivery of the national broadband plan in line with the commitment in the programme for...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Covid-19 Pandemic
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are grants available for the running of an office and so on (details supplied) during Covid-19 lockdown. [23074/20]
- Sports Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a successful funding application by a local authority (details supplied); if funding has been drawn down; the next phase in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extra supports being proposed to support the tourism industry here; the steps being taken to provide certainty to the tourism sector...
- Ministerial Meetings
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings he has had with an association (details supplied) since becoming Minister; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional facilities being provided for students who are taking public transport to school this academic year, bearing in mind social...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity will be provided on foreign travel advice (details supplied). [23056/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional supports will be provided to chauffeurs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23072/20]
- Driver Test
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority will provide an update on a driving test in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Aviation Industry
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the aviation industry will be expedited; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason those earning under €13,000 were made ineligible for the stay and spend scheme, including persons on disability and carer's allowance. [23160/20]
- Fuel Inspections
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of diesel fuel dipping tests carried out by State services in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of positive results...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will carry out a report and assessment of repairs required for two public sites (details supplied) under the control of...
- Public Sector Pensions
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has updated or altered the interpretation of pension abatement under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and...
- Statutory Retirement Age
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for some persons who work physically demanding jobs to retire at the age of 65 years of age; and if he is examining...
- Ministerial Advisers
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers employed in each Department; and the annual salary of each in tabular form. [23170/20]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the parliamentary consultative committee on the decade of commemorations will be reconstituted; the proposed make-up of the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a group, organisation or ombudsman to whom a community or group (details supplied) can complain if it feels...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Covid-19 delays within the Property Registration Authority in view of the fact that delays are impacting the town...
- Lease Agreements
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of acquisitions or leases on estates (details supplied); the number of houses that were leased; the estates in...
- Housing Data
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of non-Part V houses purchased by location in 2019 and to date in 2020; the cost; the developer; the housing mix;...
- Regeneration Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when decisions on a grant fund (details supplied) may be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23061/20]
- National Monuments
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reconstitute the ministerial Moore Street advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23125/20]
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department is discriminating against elderly persons that wish to purchase their home under the tenant...
- Local Authority Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €1 million emergency injection which was announced on 11 October 2019 was allocated to Galway County Council; if...
- Property Tax
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which changes to local property tax will benefit County Galway further to a statement by the Minister of State with...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department can take to facilitate a person (details supplied) in distress; and if legal or diplomatic assistance will be...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a list will be provided of medical conditions or diagnosis that preclude entry to the Defence Forces. [23213/20]
- Defence Forces Reports
100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the time frame for the proposed consultation process that will be undertaken prior to the finalisation of the commission on the future of...
- Air Corps
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an arrangement is in place with the Royal Air Force to police Irish airspace in order to intercept aircraft in the flight information region...
- Defence Forces Personnel
102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason military personnel that commenced their military service pre-2012 and that take up employment in the public service have their...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding has been provided to the private bus operators that are taking children to school and are burdened with additional costs...
- Teacher Training
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for student teachers for completing their placements in primary schools; if placements will go ahead in October and November 2020;...
- School Transport
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding travel costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23180/20]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teaching number will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23027/20]
- School Transport
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) to a primary school due to the circumstances as outlined in detail by their...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools have had to return PPE due to poor standard of the product; if the procurement...
- School Closures
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if support and assistance will be provided to the teaching and ancillary staff of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry following its...
- School Accommodation
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23054/20]
- School Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 14 July 2020, if the verification of service submitted by a person (details supplied) in County...
- School Transport
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a bus ticket for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23090/20]
- Oideachas Gaeilge
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach mbeidh tástálacha caighdeánaithe bunscoile le haghaidh léamh na Gaeilge curtha ar fáil ar...
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding substitute teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23165/20]
- Emergency Works Scheme
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 14 July 2020 and subsequent correspondence to her Department, when a school (details supplied) in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be made to allow the children of parents who are at high risk of Covid-19 to receive remote schooling rather than having to...
- State Examinations
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the leaving certificate calculated grades standardisation algorithm works (details supplied). [23184/20]
- School Transport
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently sanction extra capacity on a post-primary school transport route (details supplied) to reinstate school transport for five...
- School Funding
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dublin receiving an ancillary services grant in tabular form. [23195/20]
- School Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria required and the way in which a school applies for a full-time caretaker. [23196/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement for children to wear face masks while taking part in PE classes. [23207/20]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests received for additional special needs assistants from schools in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath that do not have hot water facilities; and the steps that have...
- School Transport
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Bus Éireann school transport portal will be reopened to accept payments for school transport; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Flood Relief Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if targeted supports will be provided for homes in the areas affected by flooding in western areas of County Cork recently....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the EWSS are also eligible to apply for the short-time work support (details supplied). [23173/20]
- Invalidity Pension
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on the case....
- State Pension (Contributory)
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for the contributory State pension; and if arrears are due. [23038/20]
- Child Maintenance Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of the members who make up the child maintenance review group; if the group has met to date; if it is expected to...
- Budget Process
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the priorities brought forward by stakeholders at the recent pre-budget forum; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pensions Reform
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 which contained important protections...
- Departmental Reports
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of report on the impact assessment of the current and projected future increases in carbon tax on low-income...
- Free Travel Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by those entitled to a free travel pass but are unable to access...
- Employment Support Services
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date referrals of jobseekers to contracted employment services will recommence; and when activation services for those...
- Community Employment Schemes
138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a change to the eligibility rules for community employment participants over 55 years of age in circumstances...
- Work Placement Programmes
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on providing funding for the supported employment service to independently operate its own work placement...
- Employment Support Services
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on providing additional funding for the supported employment service to enable the service to top-up welfare...
- Springboard Programme
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a further education course remains available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional supports will be provided to chauffeurs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Years Sector
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed introduction of baby boxes for all new parents will commence. [23154/20]
- Child and Family Agency
145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla by region; the number of social workers available for work, that is, not on maternity or...
- Family Resource Centres
146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a family resource centre at a location (details supplied); the way in which an application can be made in relation...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Admissions
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that have taken a gap year from their studies following the leaving certificate 2019 will receive support from his Department in the...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse available in the case of a person (details supplied). [23101/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the obstacles facing persons of diminished industries due to Covid-19 trying to secure third-level placements;...
- Technological Universities
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that Dundalk IT is the only institute of technology not to have formally linked into a consortium to obtain technological...
- Student Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that have taken place with the private purpose-built student accommodation providers in relation to providing flexible...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated of cost of reducing apprentice fees by 20%, 50% and 100%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23069/20]
- Student Universal Support Ireland
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 45 km to 24 km; and if he will make a statement on...
- Further Education and Training Programmes
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of local training initiatives in operation in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of participants for each of these years in tabular form;...
- Third Level Admissions
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with colleges and universities to enable the provision of additional places in high demand courses. [23149/20]
- Third Level Fees
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) to reduce student contribution fees in 2020 by €500. [23150/20]
- Student Grant Scheme
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on amending the student grant statutory instrument to enable students reclassify as their personal circumstances relevant to the...
- Social Media Monitoring
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or bodies working on behalf of his Department are monitoring social media for those that criticise government policy. [23153/20]
- Third Level Education
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with not-for-profit education, information technology and credit organisations such as organisations (details supplied)...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Probation and Welfare Service
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners have...
- Consular Services
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken to facilitate and assist a person (details supplied) in distress; and if legal or diplomatic...
- Female Genital Mutilation
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop and implement a national action plan to end the practice of female genital mutilation here by 2030; and if...
- Immigration Controls
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 7,455 persons that were refused entry here in 2019 that were subsequently detained in a prison or Garda...
- Social Media Monitoring
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or bodies working on behalf of her Department are monitoring social media for those that criticise the direct...
- Citizenship Applications
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applicants for citizenship are required to have a valid GNIB card in view of the fact the cards are not currently being...
- Garda Strength
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs and organised crime unit in County Louth in each of the years 2018 to 2019 and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources being allocated to An Garda Síochána to deal with the Covid-19 situation as restrictions ease. [23179/20]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rules which apply to local communities that wish to install CCTV equipment for the purposes of crime prevention and...
- Crime Data
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if crime and antisocial behaviour have increased in County Meath in recent years; and if so, the measures she is taking to...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); if the...
- Naturalisation Applications
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when urgent humanitarian consideration will be given to an application for residency or naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Deportation Orders
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to a person (details supplied) who has left the jurisdiction and returned to their homeland...
- Direct Provision System
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provisions are in place or are being negotiated to improve living conditions at the various direct...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Criminal Assets Bureau continues to be successful in dealing with organised crime in all areas...
- Legislative Measures
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed legislation to amend the law on Garda compensation in respect of more than 4,000 gardaí currently off...
- Garda Strength
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Síochána as of 1 June in each of the past five years to date and on 1 June 2020; and...
- Garda Stations
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various Garda stations throughout the country are in the course of refurbishment or replacement or...
- Prisoner Data
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners deemed to have absconded who have not been recaptured in each of the past seven years to date; and if...
- Gender Balance
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which gender balance is maintained throughout An Garda Síochána at all ranks; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug trafficking has been successfully curtailed throughout the Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make...
- Travel Documents
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when new travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
196. 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...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
199. To ask the Minister for Health the meat processing plants which have had Covid-19 outbreaks; and the dates of detection in tabular form. [23142/20]
- Medical Cards
201. To ask the Minister for Health if legislation necessary to implement changes to the medical card weekly income limit for persons over 70 years of age announced in budget 2020 has been...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23035/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances. [23040/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason exemptions have been made for certain occupations to avoid having to self-isolate when returning from a non-green list country since Covid-19...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 23 October 2018, the input provided for neurorehabilitation and allied neuroclinical services in County Meath; the...
- Disability Services Data
207. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 2 October 2018, if the funding has been provided year on year since 2018; if so, the services that have been...
- Health Services Staff
208. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the HSE provides backup services for clinical staff such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no neuropsychology service for persons with acquired brain injury (details supplied) in County Meath;...
- Health Services Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a day service for persons with acquired brain injury will be established in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
211. To ask the Minister for Health when staff will be returned to their regular positions providing services to persons with disabilities in the community teams in which clinicians that normally...
- Hospital Facilities
212. To ask the Minister for Health when the enabling works at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe will commence; when tenders will be sought for the construction of the 50-bed ward block; and if...
- Health Services Staff
213. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Clare can be considered for incremental credits. [23073/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
214. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 948 of 5 March 2020, if the issue at the health centre has been rectified; his plans to reopen the centre once Covid-19...
- Nursing Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no public health nurse at location (details supplied); if a nurse will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drugs Payment Scheme
217. To ask the Minister for Health when the monthly drugs payment scheme threshold will be reduced to €114 as provided for in budget 2020; when a commencement order will come into effect;...
- General Practitioner Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free general practitioner care for children under eight as announced in Budget 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Traveller Community
220. To ask the Minister for Health the new resources being provided to ensure that Traveller primary healthcare projects return to work safely business plans can be implemented [23106/20]
- Respite Care Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will resume at a unit for a child (details supplied); when the child will be able to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mobility Allowance
223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being undertaken of the mobility allowance; when details of a new scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has submitted to him to increase ICU capacity; and the number of ICU beds he expects to be available in acute care by the end of 202. [23122/20]
- Health Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of DNRs signed in the healthcare system by month between 1 January 2015 and 1 July 2020, in tabular form. [23156/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
226. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated impact of the redeployment of HSE therapists to work as Covid-19 testers and contact tracers on waiting lists and the opening of clinics. [23157/20]
- Disability Services Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Health when the full range of disability services will be resumed. [23158/20]
- Health Information and Quality Authority
228. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the annual overview report by HIQA on the inspection and regulation of disability services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will resume residency. [23174/20]
- Hospital Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of a lack of sonographer services in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
231. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
232. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cataract surgery in each hospital in which such surgery takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23190/20]
- Health Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the Sligo model of eye care; the reason for the delay; if alternatives to this model are being considered; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
234. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expanding free access to the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23193/20]
- Motorised Transport Grant
235. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23198/20]
- Air Ambulance Service
236. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an interruption to the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath, to date in 2020; the number of missions...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting for Covid-19 testing in counties Longford and Westmeath that are not registered with a general practitioner. [23208/20]
- HSE Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the HSE employed through employment agencies; the cost of same; and if the number has changed since the outbreak of Covid-19. [23210/20]
- Health Screening Programmes
239. To ask the Minister for Health when services such as developmental checks for children and health screening services are expected to return to pre-Covid-19 levels. [23215/20]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons who were referred to youth and adolescent mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2018, 2019 and to date in...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by county awaiting eye care treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [23218/20]
- Health Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with an optometrist by county. [23219/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
245. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the support and advice services available to persons experiencing long-term effects of Covid-19. [23222/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
248. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/20]
- Podiatry Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Wexford; the status of the service going forward; the number of persons on the waiting...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Farm Retirement Scheme
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details regarding the introduction to a new retirement scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23042/20]
- Felling Licences
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a tree felling licence application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [23079/20]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has an entitlement to the areas of natural constraints payment for 2019 and 2020. [23082/20]
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal by persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [23084/20]
- Animal Diseases
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 28 July 2020, if the information (details supplied) has since been provided to his...
- Cuanta agus Céanna
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar ché dhomhainmhara a fhorbairt i Ros an Mhíl; cén uair a bhfuiltear ag...
- Fishing Industry
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements with representatives of the fishing organisations prior to the introduction of the fishing penalty points system; and...
- Forestry Sector
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the resources and staff of the forestry appeals and licensing process to ensure that all licences and appeals...
- Social Media Monitoring
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or bodies working on behalf of his Department, are monitoring social media for those who criticise Government...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
261. 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. [23164/20]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- CLÁR Programme
262. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a CLÁR application by an organisation (details supplied); when a decision is likely; and if she will make a...
