Written answers

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      13. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committees and working groups or units he has set up or is planning to set up in his Department. [22340/20]
    • Departmental Functions
      19. To ask the Taoiseach if presidential voting rights will be included within the shared island unit of his Department; the timeframe for establishment of the unit; and the status of the process...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      37. To ask the Minister for Health if a review or analysis has taken place of the recent lockdown in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23430/20]
    • Hospital Funding
      38. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is proposing to address the lack of adequate resourcing of University Hospital Kerry within the South/Southwest hospital group; if his officials...
    • Medical Cards
      41. To ask the Minister for Health the system for providing medical cards to persons on palliative care; if a means test applies; the length of time the application process takes; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      44. To ask the Minister for Health when the restrictions on visits to maternity units will be lifted at Cavan General Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      48. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent monitoring body for Sharing the Vision will be established; the details of the membership of the body; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      49. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a community nursing and residential care unit at Midleton Community Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      51. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that persons who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the Pandemrix vaccine receive appropriate compensation without the need...
    • Disability Services Provision
      52. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects health and social care services for persons with disabilities to be fully restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23429/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding additional supports to children and adults with disabilities and complex needs who have been...
    • Hospital Services
      54. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the central sterile services department, CSSD, at Roscommon hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23275/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      56. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 50-bed ward block development at Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23276/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      57. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for removing spectators from the matches of an association (details supplied), notwithstanding the controlled measures to limit the spread of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      59. To ask the Minister for Health when educational day services for children and adults with special needs will reopen; his plans for the reopening of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the services provided at local hospitals, such as Monaghan hospital, in view of the additional pressures other centres will inevitably face...
    • Medical Cards
      61. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce medical cards for cancer patients and terminally ill patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23643/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      62. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure consistent and regular testing of all healthcare staff in view of the fact that the instance of Covid-19 among health care workers here is...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      63. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Wexford. [22357/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the treatment pathway devised for mesh implant survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23650/20]
    • Hospital Services
      65. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reopening of district hospitals for older persons and palliative care that have been closed to allow staff to be redeployed elsewhere due to...
    • Health Services Staff
      66. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to fast-track the recruitment process for medical professionals throughout the health service; his views on the slow recruitment...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      67. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his intervention to prevent the closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork. [23672/20]
    • Dental Services
      68. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle waiting lists and deliver public dental and orthodontic care; his further plans to expand eligibility; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      69. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE wig allowance varies in terms of the amount one receives based on where one lives in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      70. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the key recommendations and lessons contained within the publication of the Covid-19 Mayo University investigation...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      71. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the waiting times to obtain an appointment to see a rheumatologist in the mid-western areas of the country in view of the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      72. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the mental health crisis, which has worsened since the onset of Covid-19 and the cancellation of services. [23759/20]
    • Cancer Services
      73. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the clearing of the CervicalCheck backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23653/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      74. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities on the waiting list for assessment for early intervention; and the average waiting time to get an assessment. [22328/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      75. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can ensure access to services such as elective procedures, mental health services, endoscopy and oncology treatments that have been...
    • Maternity Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-evaluate and relax restrictions on pregnant parents being accompanied by their partners in hospitals before, during and after birth on...
    • Hospital Equipment
      77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE to ensure flexibility for the procurement of catheters from a company (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will...
    • National Children's Hospital
      78. To ask the Minister for Health the new estimated completion date of the national children’s hospital in view of the recent stoppage of work; if the estimated cost is now likely to...
    • Mental Health Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Health his views on mental health services including psychiatry services in County Louth; his plans for the services; and the resources that have been allocated to...
    • Disability Support Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has carried out an analysis into the effects of the ongoing closure of day centres for adults with disabilities; the number of day...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deliver on commitments to persons with scoliosis and reduce wait times for care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure more regular publication of localised statistics on Covid-19, especially in view of the significantly differing incidence of the virus within...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce CAMHS waiting lists in the Cork north Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23693/20]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Health if investment in neurological and neurorehabilitation services will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23427/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Health when disability services will resume operation; the additional budget that has been allocated to meet the costs of adhering to public health advice; and the...
    • Paediatric Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the full reopening of paediatric emergency services at Tallaght Hospital as was promised earlier in 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services
      87. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment of need in each CHO; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Midwifery Services
      88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being conducted into the midwifery-led unit in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23425/20]
    • Medical Inquiries
      89. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; his further plans to gather better data to understand the extent of the impact of same;...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      90. To ask the Minister for Health the status of publicly funded fertility care as promised in the programme for Government; the form of supports that will be available; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      91. To ask the Minister for Health when disability day services will be fully reintroduced for all those who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23655/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      92. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regular testing for Covid-19 of home care workers in view of the vulnerability of the clients they are caring for through age or...
    • Health Services Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. [23679/20]
    • Hospital Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in hospitals permanently; his further plans to increase the current 45 ICU beds in view of the worrying recent increase in the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      96. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to increase the uptake for the flu vaccine the 2020-21 winter season; if his Department has prepared analysis into the costing of...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      98. To ask the Minister for Health if weekly Covid-19 testing will be extended to categories (details supplied) that are essential to the running of the country; if he will report on the plan for...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      99. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in the Cork north Lee local health area; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      100. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be given under the capital project in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for phase II of the National Rehabilitation Hospital,...
    • Care of the Elderly
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening and operation of day care centres for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23692/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      102. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he is undertaking with his Northern Ireland counterpart to intensify an all-Ireland approach to tackling Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      103. To ask the Minister for Health the status of prostate screening in view of the steep drop in referrals from general practitioners in spring 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      104. To ask the Minister for Health when a commencement order will be given for the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020. [23671/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      105. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursement for a cross-border directive operation has not been paid to a person (details supplied) a year after the payment was made by the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Trade Agreements
      107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the Mercosur deal and the way in which it will impact farming here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Waste
      115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the plan of the Minister with responsibility for climate action, communication networks and transport to introduce...
    • Forestry Sector
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the forestry licensing system. [24110/20]
    • Harbours and Piers
      120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed deepwater quay at Ros a' Mhíl harbour, Connemara, County Galway, will be included as part of capital expenditure...
    • Agrifood Sector
      121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he is taking further steps to ensure the viability of the agrifood industry, notwithstanding recent indicators in...
    • Food Imports
      123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the analysis his Department has carried out on the potential impacts of the importation of US lobster under the recent limited EU-US...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the transitionary period of the Common Agriculture Policy; the schemes that will remain operational; and his plans...
    • Forestry Sector
      125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures being taken to expedite the issuing of felling and afforestation licences; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Potato Sector
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply to the EU for a derogation on the ban of diquat on behalf of potato growers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Exports
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he foresees the possibility of expansion of the markets for agrifood exports here with particular reference to...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on funding for CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/20]
    • Farm Costs
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports planned to compensate the farming community for losses and the impact that Brexit uncertainty, sterling volatility and...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make the Agriculture Appeals Office an entirely independent and discrete body. [24038/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications for animals moving across the Border from Northern Ireland to here and vice versa for slaughter or as carcasses in...
    • Forestry Sector
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licence applications received each month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the corresponding figure for the...
    • Animal Diseases
      133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will reconvene the tuberculosis forum; his views on whether farmers' faith in this forum is being eroded; and if he will make...
    • Potato Sector
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a derogation on the ban on the use of diquat on potato crops in view of the fact that ten EU countries, including...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a series of submissions by campaigners (details supplied) regarding the upcoming agriculture appeals (amendment) Bill 2020 will be...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size of the inshore fishing fleet; the number of boats which availed of the tie-up scheme; the way in which such funds were paid...
    • Forestry Sector
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate action he is taking to address the backlog of cases in the forestry appeals systems. [24036/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was consulted on the decision to cease testing in meat factories and food processing plants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Diseases
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended purpose of issuing bovine tuberculosis herd history herd risk letters to farmers; the cost involved in the process; and...
    • Timber Supply
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the urgent steps he is taking to avert a raw material supply crisis of logs in the timber industry and looming layoffs for...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timescale for the completion of discussions on the future funding of CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23970/20]
    • Animal Diseases
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence issued by his Department entitled Bovine TB Herd History Risk Statement and Report sent to farmers which...
    • Beef Industry
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for specific designation EU PGI status for Irish beef; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbours and Piers
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; the reason construction has stalled; and when the upgrade is...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the sheep welfare scheme. [23968/20]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Citizens' Assembly
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the plans in place to establish a citizens' assembly in 2021 to discuss the proposal to bring a directly elected mayor to Dublin. [23299/20]
    • Census of Population
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the measures being taken by the CSO for the preparation of the census due to Covid-19. [23109/20]
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      148. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the support available to small business that were impacted by recent flooding in Clifden, County Galway; the conditions that apply to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      149. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason businesses which failed to pay their rates demand for 2019 are able to draw down the restart grant based on the demand...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      150. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of full-time staff by job title working in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 1 September 2020....
    • Job Losses
      151. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 8 September 2019, the outcome of discussions held by the Western Region Enterprise...
    • IDA Ireland
      153. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the provision of water and sewerage facilities for the IDA lands at Athenry, County Galway (details supplied); and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      154. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if consideration will be given to a broadening of the criteria for the business restart grant plus; if a consecutive grant will be...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      155. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a local enterprise office will be funded for Drogheda and east County Meath to assist the largest town in the area to deal with...
    • IDA Ireland
      156. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the investments by IDA Ireland at a property (details suppled) in County Mayo; the planning status of the site; the process to update...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      158. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if supports have been considered for the self-employed and small businesses that do not qualify for the restart grant or the...
    • Departmental Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the purchase of environmental compliance, that is, statistical transfers from other members states; the...
    • Exploration Licences
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the commitment on page 36 of the programme for Government to end the issuing of new licences for...
    • Geological Survey of Ireland
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of a survey (details supplied); the details of the contractual basis on which the programme operates; and if...
    • Bord na Móna
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €15 million for peatlands rehabilitation includes those already committed allocations; and if not, if it...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if terrestrial television broadcasts will be required to include subtitles. [24180/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work carried out to date on the Avoca mines remediation project plan; the timeline for future proposals; the value...
    • National Broadband Plan
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband strategy in view of the fact that broadband speeds here are among...
    • Telecommunications Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if measures have been considered to encourage phone network providers to waive data roaming costs for Irish persons who...
    • Proposed Legislation
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the climate action bill promised within the first 100 days of Government; and if he will make a statement...
    • Climate Change Policy
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in fines Ireland is likely to face in 2020 and 2021 as a result of not achieving renewable energy and carbon...
    • North-South Interconnector
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent to date on the North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23350/20]
    • Departmental Schemes
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of a new scheme for retrofitting of homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the impact that levies on diesel are having on many hauliers (details supplied); and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for transition of State vehicles to electric; and the funding set aside to enable the transition. [23562/20]
    • Postal Codes
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the secondary uses for Eircode that have been formally considered and deemed appropriate; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to reduce single-use plastic particularly in the food and beverage sector; if he will...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount collected from the PSO levy from electricity customers in each of the years 2010 to 2019, in tabular form;...
    • Waste Management
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be no need for increased incineration facilities here in view of his announcement of ambitious new...
    • Electricity Grid
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being put in place to ensure that the projected additional €9 billion cost to the electricity...
    • Waste Management
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to utilise the potential of anaerobic digestion; his further plans to consult with farmers, communities and...
    • Climate Change Advisory Council
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action taken on the 2019 recommendation by the Climate Change Advisory Council to seek advice on appropriate target...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether further supplementary plans will be required to ramp up the construction and delivery of offshore...
    • National Broadband Plan
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide high-spread broadband to the residents and school at a location (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Energy Prices
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a scandal (details supplied) in the UK and the recent measures put in place by UK...
    • Departmental Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Legislative Programme
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of legislation to legalise e-scooters on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to allow for a return to sport for children in and out of schools in view of the fact that sport has been linked to 55...
    • Road Projects
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of construction of the northern ring road. [23340/20]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if free travel card holders who are in receipt of a disability allowance payment will be facilitated to book transport tickets online for...
    • Road Network
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funds from the active travel measures allocations and the climate change adaptation allocations 2020 can in County Cork be rolled over...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will resume on a full-time basis in Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23497/20]
    • Heritage Sites
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions attached to the €2.6 million fund awarded to Shannon Heritage in August 2020; the sites on which this fund will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps a person (details supplied) should take regarding a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23550/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric State vehicles as a percentage of the overall number of vehicles. [23562/20]
    • Sports Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public funding that has been given directly or indirectly to an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years; and if he...
    • Road Safety
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to local authorities that have yet to complete the 30 km residential speed limit review within their...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next sports capital programme grant application process will be open; the funding available for the programme in 2020 and 2021;...
    • Public Transport
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the provision of public transport services on routes that are frequently used by schoolchildren in addition to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the position of the chief executive officer of an organisation (details supplied), which was extended in 2016 for a four-year period...
    • Driver Test
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants waiting for a driver test nationwide; the average waiting time for driver tests; the number of driver testers...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue to a request by a person (details supplied) to review the green list and travel policy regarding countries which...
    • Public Transport
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers boarding at each train station from Dublin to Enfield, County Meath, in the past three years in tabular form;...
    • Driver Licences
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding driver licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23369/20]
    • National Car Test
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some NCT centres will not accept cash and have a policy of taking cards only, which is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if mask wearing in taxis is a mandatory requirement similar to public transport; if not, if it is treated differently; if he will engage...
    • Departmental Schemes
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is such a delay in the processing of the wheelchair-accessible vehicle and the electric small public service vehicle...
    • Driver Licences
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a further extension to driver licence renewal dates as previously to allow staff to process the large volume of...
    • Mental Health Services
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mental health supports in place for elite and international athletes who are injured or in recovery and athletes who are in...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when sections 1-68 of Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 comes into effect. [23722/20]
    • Driver Licences
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to expedite the renewal of a driver licence due to exceptional...
    • Electric Vehicles
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce or increase funding to allow the expansion of the low-emissions vehicle toll incentive; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [23783/20]
    • Motor Tax
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the requirement for an email address for a person to renew his or her motor tax online; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if transport providers will be instructed to accept Leap cards as loading ports on buses in view of the fact some providers are not...
    • Airport Policy
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the airport authority has the legal entitlement to charge persons who drop off passengers to the airport; the public benefit that will...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when sections 4 and 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2016 will come into force. [23891/20]
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2021 if the amount of funding for public service obligation increased by 7%. [23892/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the responsibility of his Department for recording and monitoring passengers entering Ireland; the role his Department plays in the...
    • Driver Test
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the substantial waiting lists for driver tests due to the necessary cancellation of service during the...
    • Public Transport
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers boarding at each of the individual train stations from Dublin to Newbridge train station, County Kildare, in the...
    • Airport Passenger Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nationality of the 26 passengers on board an aircraft (details supplied) that flew from Washington DC and landed in Dublin Airport at...
    • Road Projects
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on the Sallins bypass construction project; the stage each component is at; the projected dates to open the 9A M7 junction,...
    • Driver Licences
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in respect of the National Driver Licence Service; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the delays in driving tests in each test centre; the amount of time applicants are awaiting a test; and the age profile of applicants in...
    • National Car Test
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars that failed the NCT for dipped headlights in June, July, August and to date in September 2020. [24142/20]
    • Public Transport
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make additional funding to Bus Éireann to allow Leap card loading on buses. [24147/20]
    • Roads Maintenance
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Fota Road in Cobh, County Cork; and if funding will be allocated to upgrade same. [24153/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical...
  • Department of Finance
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the help-to-buy scheme to include non-new builds in rural areas. [23477/20]
    • Civil Service
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the person's role as a retained firefighter; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if taxi drivers will be transferred to the wage subsidy scheme in view of the fact they have lost 80% of their business and have been removed from the...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the eligibility of a person who has purchased a site with a derelict home on it that will be demolished in favour of a new build but must pay local property...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the potential that some employers might not be fully passing the wage subsidy scheme payment to their employees; the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles that have been registered through the VRT system in each month during 2020; the total revenue received in VRT payments in each month in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers on the employment wage subsidy scheme by county. [24145/20]
    • Tax Code
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance when a review of the tax bands will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23296/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the employment wage subsidy scheme as it relates to cash flow issues for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the filing of income tax returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23347/20]
    • Insurance Coverage
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on insurance companies that are unwilling to compensate policy holders that have paid for specific business interruption cover in the event of an...
    • Tax Code
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to impose further increases in diesel levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if the decision will be reviewed to cease the temporary wage subsidy scheme to public houses that remain closed in view of the fact that these employers are...
    • Insurance Coverage
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if the difficulties that householders living close to bodies of water have in getting home insurance cover will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the stay and spend scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23545/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of VAT will be reduced on hospitality services to 5% to help struggling businesses to survive in the foreseeable future; if the full-year...
    • Tax Code
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of excise applicable to alcohol sold for consumption on licensed premises will be reduced to help struggling businesses to survive in the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a requirement for firms that have been afforded section 110 status under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 by the Revenue Commissioners to state in...
    • Mortgage Lending
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to entering further negotiations with the lending banks regarding a possible extension of mortgage breaks for those who...
    • Value Added Tax
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected from residential electricity customers in each of the years 2015 to 2019; the VAT that was collected from all electricity...
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in carbon tax on residential gas customers in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23635/20]
    • Banking Sector
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the take-up of the TLTRO III by Irish pillar banks individually and collectively; the way in which this compares with the current EU average;...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the advice received by his officials regarding the revised help-to-buy scheme announced in the July stimulus package; the projected deadweight cost of the...
    • Tax Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to Exchequer of removing stamp duty on credit cards; his views on removing stamp duty in view of safety concerns regarding the use of cash as a...
    • Tax Yield
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue raised from a reduction in the threshold on the value of Irish property owned to €2 million from €5 million; and if he...
    • Aer Lingus
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the indicative cost to the Exchequer to repurchase a shareholding in a company at percentage rates (details supplied) in tabular form. [23747/20]
    • Financial Services Sector
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer relating to governance and regulation of the financial services industry; the potential estimated revenue accrued from a levy at...
    • Tax Reliefs
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2020 and 2021 of the e-worker tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23749/20]
    • Legislative Programme
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Bill 2019; when he expects to have it enacted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who entered into a mortgage break with a bank will have their credit rating negatively affected by this decision; and if he will make a statement...
    • Motor Insurance
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some insurers are unfairly seeking to take advantage of the benefit-in-kind concession granted to encourage...
    • Energy Efficiency
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering incentives for households in view of the success of the home renovation incentive for persons to upgrade the energy efficiency of their...
    • Departmental Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Exchequer funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical amount and percentage...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new timeline to deliver on the recommendations of the OECD for the publication of an equality budgeting statement...
    • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an mbíonn aon dualgas ar Ranna rialtais daoine a earcú ón bpainéal d’Oifigigh Feidhmiúchain le Gaeilge,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether, for optimum corporate governance, all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should...
    • Garda Stations
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a Garda station (details supplied) that is not in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23285/20]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if works will be carried on a sluice gate system to have it operating properly and to alleviate flooding in the locality (details...
    • Regional Development
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to publish the review conducted in 2019 of the European regional development funding in Ireland known as the Crowe review; his...
    • Departmental Funding
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the financial and humanitarian support fund for businesses affected by flooding can be extended to householders and residents who do...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of flood protection works in Bantry, County Cork. [23471/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce a more efficient way of declaring a pension payment for those living abroad, particularly those who have a...
    • Workplace Discrimination
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the proposed new ground for discrimination based on socio-economic disadvantage status as set out in the programme for...
    • Budget 2021
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of progress of a well-being budgeting framework; if the framework is set to be included in budget 2021; if not, the expected...
    • Public Sector Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will categorically rule out moratoriums in the public services in 2021, particularly in areas in which staff shortages have been...
    • National Development Plan
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the national development plan in terms of project scheduling and prioritisation due to Covid-19; and if he will make...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the past investment both public and private in building and construction in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the projected...
    • Departmental Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical...
    • Coastal Protection
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 9 September 2020, the membership of the interdepartmental group on managing coastal change;...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place by the OPW to deal with the recurring flooding problem in Clifden, County Galway; when it is expected that work will...
    • Regional Development
      309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address the regional inequalities and facilitate the administration of regional funds by regional assemblies and not...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the cost of the flood defence system installed in Bandon, County Cork; if a copy of the Natura 2000 impact statement...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Harbours and Piers
      313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the €500,000 for preparatory works for the upgrade of Inis Oírr pier and breakwater has been confirmed; if so, the...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for a school (details supplied) that has now been closed coming up on four years; her further plans on reopening the...
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faoi stádas an iarratais (sonraí tugtha) atá ós comhair na Roinne ó Chomhlacht Forbartha Inis Meáin;...
    • Departmental Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for a community hall (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23584/20]
    • Imeachtaí Comóraidh
      317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici aon chomóradh a dhéanamh ar leath-chéad bliain ó bhás duine (sonraí...
    • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
      318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbíonn aon dualgas ar Ranna rialtais daoine a earcú ón bpainéal d’Oifigigh Feidhmiúchain le...
    • Wildlife Protection
      319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting five additional full-time wildlife grade 1 inspectors and five additional full-time...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she views certain conditions of the stabilisation package for Gaeltacht Irish colleges as contradicting the stated initiative,...
    • Public Sector Staff
      321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether recruitment for all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should carry out...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available to artists who may be preparing work or composing pieces for performance in 2021 or 2022; and if...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Licence Applications
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to implement an online licensing system for the issuing of wildlife licensing permits; the number of permits issued...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure the recent flooding of businesses and premises in Bandon, County Cork, is not repeated....
    • EU Regulations
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position adopted concerning the EU REACH committee to ban the use of lead ammunition; the details of meetings held within...
    • Hare Coursing
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if licences for the capture of hares for the 2020-21 hare coursing season have been issued; if not, when licences will be...
    • Animal Diseases
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to implement a national survey of hare and rabbit populations to determine the prevalence of RDH2; and if he will...
    • Fishing Industry
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23796/20]
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to apply designations in respect of the EU biodiversity strategy; his further plans to consult with landowners and...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the pyrite and mica defects scheme to counties other than Mayo and Donegal, such as County...
    • Departmental Bodies
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the terms of reference and the work plan for the new national coastal change management strategy steering...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if responsibility for Traveller accommodation has been delegated to one of the Ministers of State within his Department; if...
    • Property Tax
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out a review of the local property tax allocations across the State (details supplied). [23406/20]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to homes in County Clare that have been affected by pyrite; and his plans to extend the pyrite...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report he has requested from the Residential Tenancies Boar, RTB, on the eviction on Berkeley Road, Dublin 7, will be...
    • Departmental Reports
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of departmental reports that are pending publication; the titles of the reports; the dates he anticipates the...
    • Legislative Measures
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be introduced to require local authorities to publish minutes of pre-planning consultations; and if he...
    • Housing Finance Agency
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if provision will be made to enable community co-operatives to apply to the Housing Finance Agency for finance; and if he will...
    • Foreshore Issues
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 30 July 2020, the way in which adjacent to the functional area is defined; if it...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 9 October 2019, if consideration has been given as to the way in which local...
    • Local Authority Rates
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the local authority rates waiver to a minimum of 12 months for tourism businesses. [23476/20]
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the RTB will resume oral hearings; if a party to a dispute can refuse to have a dispute hearing online or via...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the building of affordable houses in Galway city and county will be approved; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Tree Preservation Orders
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tree preservation orders issued by the four Dublin local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in...
    • Rental Sector
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options open to residents who are being charged excessive ground rent by the landlords or owner of their houses especially...
    • Departmental Schemes
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has and will bring forward to assist apartment owners and multi-unit developments that are or have experienced...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a submission made by Cork County Council on the taking in charge of a wastewater treatment plant in...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Residential Tenancies Board has a role to play in helping students and their families attempting to receive refunds...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position regarding the ban on evictions; the steps being taken to protect tenants and prevent an increase in...
    • Rental Sector
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that tenants can take to protect themselves if they feel that their landlords are putting them under pressure, for...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Good Friday Agreement
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to ensure the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. [23517/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to protect the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit withdrawal agreement. [23518/20]
    • Working Holiday Visas
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the working holiday application of a person (details supplied) will be progressed as a matter of urgency [23956/20]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has resumed processing foreign birth registrations, which were ceased due to Covid-19; if not, when processing will...
    • International Agreements
      364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken in response to the withdrawal of Poland from the Istanbul Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23300/20]
    • EU Issues
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to reinforce the commitment to the rule of law throughout the EU in view of the worrying developments in some...
    • International Relations
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has voiced concerns about the ongoing violence and unrest in the United States of America over previous months; and if he will make a...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of missions undertaken since the establishment of the 2018 election observation roster; the location of each mission; the persons...
    • International Relations
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by Ireland at EU level to express opposition to the ongoing harassment and arrest of opposition leaders in Belarus; and if...
    • Passport Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when both the Cork and Dublin passport offices will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23951/20]
    • European Council Meetings
      374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to assist refugees affected by the fire in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece; and if he will raise the issue at the EU...
    • Departmental Projects
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical...
  • Department of Defence
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      376. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contributions by Ireland to PESCO since joining in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/20]
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      377. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the involvement by Ireland in EU Common Security and Defence Policy missions over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Data
      378. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force as of 31 August 2020; the ranks across the three services and the gender breakdown of same in...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      382. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will engage with an association (details supplied) to ensure the implementation of the high-level implementation plan as part of the...
    • Departmental Projects
      383. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical amount...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bus Éireann buses servicing a school run (details supplied); the number of pickups along the route; and when those who do not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention and that of NPHET and the HSE have been drawn to the fact that the exchange of teenage school students from other European...
    • School Transport
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines and requirements by which Bus Éireann is bound when providing school transport with regard to distance to pickup points; the...
    • School Staff
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures being put in place to improve pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional immediate supports that will be provided for the students of a school (details supplied) while a building is being sourced; and if...
    • School Transport
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the public health protocols that are applicable to private service providers of the school transport system; if the services can...
    • Autism Support Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of opening an ASD unit in a primary school. [23342/20]
    • School Transport
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for school transport by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23346/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make available a place in a special school for a child (details supplied) which would meet the child's additional needs; and if she...
    • School Transport
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when places on a school bus will be provided for persons (details supplied); and if the issues associated with the places and service will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for urgent funding to replace or repair a leaking roof over several classrooms; if...
    • School Transport
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport for three pupils attending the ASD unit at a school (details supplied) will be approved immediately; and the reason for the...
    • School Curriculum
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to ensure that the texts studied at second level are inclusive of Travellers and persons of colour; if advice has been...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an allowance for a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23460/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline regarding the construction of a new build for a school (details supplied); and if funding is in place for the project. [23466/20]
    • School Transport
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to pupils (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23506/20]
    • Teacher Supply Panels
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a supply teacher panel for the north west of Connemara, County Galway; her further plans for teacher absences for the...
    • State Examinations
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the algorithm used to calculate students grades did not respect the teachers' assessments of students grades, particularly in private...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the playing pitches associated with a school (details supplied) are up for sale; if so, the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken in respect of children of highly vulnerable parents or grandparents who still have to attend school, potentially...
    • School Transport
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for school bus transport refused by county for the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 school terms, in tabular form. [23572/20]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      416. 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. [23586/20]
    • School Transport
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communications she has had with Bus Éireann regarding school transport provision over the past two months; and if she is satisfied with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the relocation of a school (details supplied); if it is the only school being proposed for the site; and if she will make...
    • State Examinations
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that must be taken by students who wish to sit the leaving certificate examination later in 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNA positions will be provided to a school (details supplied). [23712/20]
    • School Transport
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23728/20]
    • Home Schooling
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance and information has been provided to parents who have decided to homeschool their children due to Covid-19; if so, if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 30 July 2020, if the school appealed the reduction of staff ratio allocated for the 2020-21 school...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clear guidelines have been given in writing to each post-primary school to the effect that if a pupil in the school has medical certification...
    • School Transport
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy on school bus placement (details supplied); and if there is a rule that students must attend their nearest school as per the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for same; the status of the application; and...
    • School Inspections
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the school inspectorate in view of the fact that formal inspections have paused; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if public health HSE or his Department have the mobile numbers of principals in primary and post-primary schools nationwide in the event of...
    • School Transport
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific guidance plan for buses which service schools and persons with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status the development of a Gaelchampas at a location (details supplied). [23867/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a major extension to a school (details supplied). [23868/20]
    • School Transport
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to pupils (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23884/20]
    • School Equipment
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidelines will be issued regarding the practical aspects of geography (details supplied) including fieldwork; if funding will be set aside...
    • School Transport
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23943/20]
    • School Accommodation
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the possible delays to a school (details supplied) transferring to its new premises; if this matter can be expedited...
    • Schools Building Projects
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planning position in regard to the new post-primary school for south Drogheda, County Louth; if she will provide other relevant updates on...
    • Education and Training Boards
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB, headquarters in Drogheda, County Louth; the reason for the...
    • DEIS Scheme
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS review has been completed; if so, the outcome; if the review will benefit schools in the County Louth and east County Meath area; and...
    • School Transport
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of students (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23982/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she has considered an open-window policy at all times in schools in order to increase ventilation in an attempt to decrease...
    • Schools Building Projects
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have a permanent building; if a detailed schedule for the work will be provided; the date on which planning...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparation that has been undertaken to facilitate urgent same-day Covid-19 tests for teachers to allow for the continuity of care of...
    • School Transport
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional transport can be provided for post-primary pupils attending college (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on face covering exemptions for secondary school students; the circumstances in which a student may be exempted from wearing a face...
    • State Examinations
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redress or opportunity for a review for a student (details supplied) whose school awarded grades for the 2020 leaving certificate that were...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instructions provided by her Department to schools in respect of outdoor breaks for students under the Covid-19 response plan for safe...
    • School Transport
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra coaches and vehicles and the associated additional seating capacity obtained by her Department for school transport up to 11...
    • DEIS Scheme
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 23 June 2020, if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has applied for DEIS status. [24119/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided for the construction of the new school in Baymayne, Dublin 13; when construction works will be completed; and if...
    • State Examinations
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which predicted grades were accepted by her Department for the leaving certificate applied from persons who are not accepted as...
    • Youthreach Programme
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which inspectors from her Department can inspect the teaching practices in YouthReach centres in a classroom of resource staff and...
    • Departmental Projects
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by her Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical amount and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Bereavement Grant
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the bereavement grant of €850 that was abolished in 2014 will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the anticipated cost to the Exchequer in 2021 of a waiver of waiting days on social welfare payments by category of payment;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to assist those over 50 years of age who have found themselves unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
    • Low Pay Commission
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the design implementation and the evaluation of the universal basic income pilot committed to as part of the...
    • Disability Allowance
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the disability allowance assessment criteria for those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis is not representative...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for personal public service number applications; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a backdated pandemic unemployment payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments for disability allowance will remain fortnightly. [23344/20]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23361/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of farm assist payments are excluded from receiving the enterprise support grant in order to...
    • Departmental Staff
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of eligible staff who can apply for the higher executive officer competition in her Department. [23450/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to workers who may lose work due to possible future localised lockdowns when the pandemic unemployment...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme from 30% to 40%, 50%,...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving payments under the fish assist scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment will be made to those over the age of 66 who are still working but are currently losing out on income to make up...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [23539/20]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for an overpayment amounting to €5,063 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
    • Pensions Reform
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the commission on pensions will be established; the terms of reference and membership of same; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23602/20]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance she can provide regarding an application for back to education allowance for a person (details supplied); if...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare offices cannot deal with payment arrears that have arisen regarding the emergency Covid-19 pandemic...
    • Pension Provisions
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the pension rights of community employment supervisors; when she will be implementing the LRC...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making exemptions for those on Covid-19 payment schemes who wish to carry out courses with bodies such...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an employer can refuse to sign a UP14 form for an employee applying for jobseeker’s allowance for unpaid days that...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes can be made to ensure that telecommunications assistance can be enhanced in order that applicants with queries...
    • Island Communities
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports available to islanders travelling to hospitals to access cancer treatment and associated overnight...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to those in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance that must complete a course in advance of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the support available to householders whose houses were flooded to support them in the aftermath of the recent floods in...
    • Disability Allowance
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons in receipt of the disability allowance to go back to weekly payments if it is their...
    • Maternity Leave
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending paid maternity to 12 months. [24148/20]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it will be ensured that means testing for the back to education allowance includes childcare costs. [24178/20]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Resource Centres
      529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will review the funding mechanism for family resource centres and other types of facilities with the view to ring-fencing long-term...
    • Social Workers Register
      530. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in northern areas of Dublin waiting to be allocated a social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if capital funding is available for community childcare facilities to improve facilities such as access to toilets in order that they can...
    • Departmental Projects
      533. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Assistance Fund
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college (details supplied) is on the list of colleges eligible for funding for the Government assistance fund for students to assist them...
    • Third Level Admissions
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific provisions he is putting in place in conjunction with third level colleges for CAO applicants who sat their leaving certificate...
    • Third Level Fees
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reducing third level tuition fees in view of the fact that the majority of courses will be taught through blended learning...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI legislation will be reviewed regarding the criteria for independent students; the reason persons over 23 years of age are being assessed...
    • Third Level Admissions
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate students that received their first preference choice of course in 2020 in comparison to 2019; and if he will...
    • Student Accommodation
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to take action to assist students and their families that are trying to receive refunds for rent paid for student accommodation that...
    • Third Level Admissions
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third level institution will further extend the date for submitting a driver licence for a student (details supplied) for a paramedic...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for laptops will be extended to include a college (details supplied); if the college can avail of other Covid-19-related funding; and...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if earnings for 2020 will be taken into account when assessing eligibility for SUSI grants in view of the substantial reduction in income many...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports and-or increased funding that has been made available to the further and higher education sectors to deal with the...
    • Third Level Institutions
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding accusations of serious misconduct alleged against students and staff at Maynooth University (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in place to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23620/20]
    • Student Support Schemes
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in accessing the laptop grant scheme; and the reason certain colleges are not included in the scheme although some of their...
    • Third Level Admissions
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision not to award an eligible student (details supplied) a place on the HEAR CAO programme will reviewed based on the circumstances; and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships that have been furloughed; the number that have been made redundant as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Student Support Schemes
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the exclusion of students of Carlow College, the second oldest higher education institution in Ireland, from...
    • Third Level Fees
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request that the universities provide a fee waiver or other financial support for the students in the doctorate in clinical psychology...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of third level students who receive each level of SUSI support such as full maintenance grants, full fees, 50% fees and so on; and...
    • Student Accommodation
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are special allocations or preferences given to persons with specific or special needs such as autism in the application for on-campus...
    • Student Support Schemes
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a report (details supplied) that stated that 17,000 students would be able to avail of free laptops; when they can apply;...
    • Third Level Fees
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that students from Northern Ireland will not be requested to pay non-EU fees to study here regardless of ongoing Brexit...
    • Student Support Schemes
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when laptops ordered to assist students with online and blended learning will be available to Cork Institute of Technology students; and if he...
    • Departmental Projects
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by his Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical amount and...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Stations
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda station at Freshford, County Kilkenny, is being disposed of by public tender. [23502/20]
    • International Agreements
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not signed the Lanzarote Convention to date; when Ireland will sign the convention; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to introduce equality legislation prohibiting discrimination on grounds of socio-economic disadvantage;...
    • Direct Provision System
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the White Paper on direction provision will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23626/20]
    • Citizenship Applications
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Civil Debt (Procedures) Act 2015 will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23362/20]
    • Citizenship Applications
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23368/20]
    • Garda Warrants
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a search warrant sought by An Garda Síochána can be signed by a peace commissioner; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Provision System
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of persons working in direct provision centres who have received training on LGBT+ issues in line with indicator...
    • Public Consultation Process
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the public consultation on hate speech and hate crime will be published; if so, the date it will be published; and if she...
    • Legislative Measures
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider amending legislation to toughen penalties for dog theft; the other measures which are currently being...
    • Direct Provision System
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to each direct provision service provider in 2019; the number of residents at each direct provision centre; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      583. 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); when...
    • International Agreements
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made towards Ireland signing up to the optional protocol to the Convention against Torture and the associated...
    • Garda College
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra resources will be provided to the Garda College in Templemore in 2021. [23596/20]
    • Family Reunification
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of the join family visa applications in the case of persons (details supplied); when...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when all parts of the Judicial Council Act 2019 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23614/20]
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a statutory inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Direct Provision System
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the expert group on direct provision will be publishing its recommendations; if there is a timeline in place for same; and...
    • Garda Operations
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the past few weeks a large amount of fireworks have been set off in north...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects all sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to be commenced, in particular Part 8; and if...
    • Licence Applications
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements for not-for-profit organisations to obtain a public dancing licence; the minimum and maximum length of time...
    • Garda Operations
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be secured for a new Garda operational course in quarter 4 of 2020. [23791/20]
    • Garda Recruitment
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for the Garda band will happen in quarter 4 of 2020. [23792/20]
    • Garda Data
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within the Carlow Kilkenny Garda division that have successfully completed the competency-based...
    • Garda Strength
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí by division from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Measures
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the law on assisted dying or assisted suicide or physician-assisted suicide; and if she will make a...
    • Community Policing
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the community policing forums will be re-established in central areas of Dublin; and if meetings of the forums will be...
    • Deportation Orders
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals that were refused leave to land in airports here between March and August 2020, by gender,...
    • Immigration Data
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the criteria and process used by border officials when deciding whether or not to let a person into the country will be made...
    • Visa Applications
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has entered Ireland on a volunteer visa can apply for a more permanent visa while in the country in which they...
    • Courts Service
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the Courts Service capital building and refurbishment programme increased by 12%....
    • Court Accommodation
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the refurbishment of the existing courthouse in Tuam, County Galway, which is on the Courts Service's...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of overseas passengers arriving through Dublin Airport since 1 August 2020; the level of compliance in filling out...
    • Leave to Remain
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process to be followed or appropriate section to be contacted in the case of a person (details supplied); the action that...
    • Visa Applications
      612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda College
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be further graduations of probationer gardaí from the Garda College, Templemore, for the remainder of...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Cavan-Monaghan division as of 31 December 2019 and 7 September 2020, in...
    • Garda Training
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for a Garda mountain bike training course in quarter 4 of 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prisoner Data
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convicted sex offenders who will be released in the next 12 months under the current remission system having...
    • Deportation Orders
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons born here who have been deported as per the Constitution Act 2004 since its enactment in tabular form;...
    • Crime Data
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions that took place in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020 under the Criminal Justice Act...
    • Garda Operations
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of fireworks seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020,...
    • Departmental Projects
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by her Department; the expected rise in cost in both...
  • Department of Health
    • Disabilities Assessments
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an autism assessment from initial referral to acceptance by the early years intervention team, from acceptance by the early...
    • Medical Cards
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation to increase the income limit on medical cards will commence (details supplied). [23538/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department provides supports or services for families or individuals experiencing parental alienation syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours funded across County Tipperary and nationwide; the specific care packages that are receiving funding; the number of hours...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 test centres in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; his plans to open additional centres; his further plans to relocate existing centres; if so,...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street to St. Vincent’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the increase in income threshold for those over 70 years of age to access medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23288/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that will be implemented to support those whose mental health has suffered as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to clear the backlog of cancer screening checks that have built up due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 31 August 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Disability Services Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability currently being provided as of 31 August 2020 or latest date available by CHO area in tabular...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 31 August 2020 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, by...
    • HSE Data
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively by each LHO area as of 31...
    • Mental Health Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2020. [23323/20]
    • HSE Data
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 31 August 2020 or the latest date available; the way in which the number compares with...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 31 August 2020 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • Medical Cards
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if doctors can charge for blood tests for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/20]
    • Suicide Incidence
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to releasing suicide figures on a county basis in order for NGOs and charities working in this field to target support and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23337/20]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      656. To ask the Minister for Health when prescription charges will be reduced for medical card holders and persons over 70 years of age as per measures announced in budget 2020; the reason for...
    • Disability Services Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities that have reopened in County Tipperary since their closure due to Covid-19; and the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      658. 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. [23353/20]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be referred for treatment under the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for those who do not drive or have access to a car to travel to Covid-19 test centres for testing; the way in which such provisions can...
    • General Practitioner Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an out-of-hours doctor service in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/20]
    • Medical Cards
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if a reassessment of eligibility for a medical card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23372/20]
    • Health Services Access
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been told she must wait another two years for an eye test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23381/20]
    • Dental Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists in Portlaoise, County Laois, are refusing to take medical card patients even though they are already...
    • General Practitioner Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for Shannon Doc offices across the mid-west region of counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary in view of ongoing concerns for the future of the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if a minor ailments service will be instituted in community pharmacies here similar to the system which operates in Northern Ireland in order to alleviate...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if the reduction in the drugs payment scheme is going ahead in September 2020 as announced in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23390/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health when diabetes reviews of hospitals and prairie care settings resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the motorised transport grant; when it will be reopened to applicants; if there is an alternative scheme being prepared; when it can be expected...
    • Disease Management
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if all new diagnoses of hepatitis C here are immediately being referred to the highly successful treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the vacant roles within the diabetes services in the mid-west University Hospital Limerick, UHL, group to be filled to elevate the backlog in...
    • Family Resource Centres
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review the funding model for counselling services being run by family resource centres across County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of youths and adults awaiting counselling services across the mid-west over and under 18 years of age and waiting three, six and more than 12 months...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting BreastCheck screening services in the mid-west by county in tabular form. [23411/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      679. To ask the Minister for Health when the UHL group will be receiving funding to hire additional dietitians for diabetic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23413/20]
    • Disease Management
      680. To ask the Minister for Health when there will there be a diabetes self-management education programme available in the mid-west. [23414/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      681. To ask the Minister for Health when we can expect UHL to have adequate diabetes nurse specialists in their adult diabetes service as per the recommendations of the National Survey of...
    • Health Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be insulin pump therapy offered to adults with type 1 diabetes in the mid-west (details supplied). [23416/20]
    • Disease Management
      683. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to offer diabetes self-management education courses to the adult sufferers of diabetes in the mid-west. [23417/20]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the mid-west awaiting eye appointments by county; and the length of time they have been waiting, whether three, six or more than 12...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if patients attending public and private hospitals for procedures have to take a Covid-19 test before they are admitted; if the patient will be expected to pay...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to a request by a person (details supplied) to review the green list and travel policy on countries which have a lower Covid-19 rate...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not provided a Covid-19 testing centre in Drogheda, County Louth; if the HSE will review this position; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the position to be employed by dance schools under the public health guidelines in respect of the numbers that can be accommodated in classes and other...
    • Medicinal Products
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cases regarding the drug Duogynon (details supplied); and the research undertaken by his Department on the use of this drug....
    • HSE Staff
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff redeployed to deal with Covid-19 by county in tabular form. [23492/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the impact on the assessments of needs process of the redeployment of HSE staff. [23494/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health when a training centre (details supplied) is expected to reopen; the reason it has not reopened to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23508/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed extension of free general practitioner care for persons aged six and seven years of age will be available; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Staff
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in County Kildare; the areas covered by the nurses; the number of nurses per district; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services Provision
      699. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent psychology services and occupational therapy services will be made available to a person (details supplied) who applied for an assessment of need...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests conducted to the end of August 2020; the number and percentage which were positive; the estimated number and percentage of false...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the annual funding provided to a mental health charity (details supplied) in County Kildare since its inception; his plans to fund the charity in the future;...
    • Disability Support Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the problems Covid-19 restrictions are causing to service users attending an association (details supplied), who are now...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if the latest restriction on groups of 15 outdoors will be clarified with regard to caravan parks in which families are only allowed use their own caravans,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if a method of hospital to general practitioner communication (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the communication model will be introduced nationwide...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter relating to a speech and language assessment for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      707. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical cannabis access programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      710. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the outdoor group size permitted under Covid-19 regulations of 14 September 2020 (details supplied). [23555/20]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      712. To ask the Minister for Health when the publication of a pricing review of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, which was due to be published in 2017, can be expected; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the PCR Covid-19 test; if he has received reports on the test since he became Minister; and if so, the...
    • National Public Health Emergency Team
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made appointments to NPHET since he became Minister; if so, the persons appointed; the dates they were appointed; and the way in which he signed off...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the status for those working in contact tracing in University College Dublin regarding the offering of pay and contracts; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Suicide Incidence
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that died by suicide in 2019 by age, gender and CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/20]
    • Disability Services Data
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult speech and language therapists operating in County Wicklow; and the services available to adults in need of such care in cases in which...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has stopped providing the median age of those whot died with or of Covid-19 since 12 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women availing of cervical screening since 1 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23623/20]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      721. To ask the Minister for Health when the statutory tribunal established for the purpose of assessing claims against the State arising from its negligence in the provision of cervical...
    • Disability Support Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an appointment; when the person will receive an appointment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding medical scientists will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for arranging a test for a person who does not have access to a car to drive himself or herself; if there is a backlog or delay in handling such...
    • Hospital Facilities
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23707/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure if a child on a waiting list for a psychology appointment turns 18 years of age before he or she receives treatment; if they join another list;...
    • Medical Cards
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if the extension of general practitioner only cards to those up to eight years of age is going ahead in September 2020 as originally planned. [23710/20]
    • Budget 2021
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that is used to determine if a minor and-or child requires a test for Covid-19; if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details...
    • HSE Staff
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the HSE pest control services in CHO 9; and if there are vacancies awaiting to be filled. [23721/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health workers in employment in terms of whole-time equivalents and by profession; the way in which this has increased in view of Covid-19 in...
    • Disability Services Provision
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if a thorough plan will be outlined for the reopening of day services for those with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22333/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      735. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase public investment in public health and medical research in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22647/20]
    • Departmental Schemes
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the status of phase one of the pilot scheme for personalised budgets; if the uptake for the pilot scheme has been properly advertised to ensure there is a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in supplying the required equipment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for an assessment of needs in County Cork. [22375/20]
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for HIQA inspections of nursing homes to include infection inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made by HIQA employees in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of staff that made protected...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      742. To ask the Minister for Health when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23795/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if guidelines in relation to visits to nursing homes will be amended to allow visits by families, subject to wearing personal protective equipment,...
    • Mental Health Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides supports or services for parental alienation syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23802/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      745. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation amending and updating the fair deal scheme will be brought to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23804/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has been notified of significant adverse outcomes including hospitalisation in women who were prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol in 2019 and to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      749. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further streamline Covid-19 testing and to increase its capacity to reduce the number of days of schools missed by schoolchildren and work days by...
    • Primary Care Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Health when each of the primary care services, such as X-ray, chiropody services and physiotherapy services, at Belmullet Community Hospital that were ceased in...
    • Hospital Admissions
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols being put in place in order that patients may be admitted directly to Belmullet Community Hospital having full regard for Covid-19 screening...
    • Mental Health Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23825/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET will consider changing the 50% capacity on post-primary school buses in view of increasing evidence that students are being left on the side of the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns about the deployment of speech and language therapists and other allied health professionals by the HSE for...
    • Primary Care Centres
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans extending the opening hours for primary health centres to elevate demand for acute accident and emergency hospital settings and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for reopening general practitioner clinics for routine medical assessment for patients who require a medical examination and have tested negative...
    • National Public Health Emergency Team
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the reason NPHET is blocking the release of the risk register under a freedom of information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23859/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of an independent inquiry to investigate the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate here; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Data
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families that have received consultations with the genetics service in Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin, to establish if their child or...
    • Health Services Provision
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for families with a positive diagnosis of foetal anticonvulsant syndrome to access care pathways and community supports that were...
    • Disability Support Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health his policy with regard to the care of persons with special needs, in particular the apparent change in the level of care to be provided under service level...
    • Hospital Staff
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in Letterkenny University Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Help Service
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for home help hours will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23887/20]
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      773. To ask the Minister for Health when the rare diseases technology review committee, RDTRC, is scheduled to meet in 2020; the frequency with which he expects the committee to meet in 2021; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas passengers arriving through Dublin Airport since 1 August 2020; the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator form; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      778. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [23923/20]
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if services (details supplied) are considered as serving a public health function similar to 12 steps and SMART recovery meetings. [23929/20]
    • HSE Data
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults in each LHO area awaiting a mental health services appointment at the end of August 2020 or the latest date available; the number waiting...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CNU project on the Dublin Road, Drogheda, County Louth; the details of the most recent specification brief on the project; and if he will...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital in Ardee, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant details; and if...
    • Primary Care Centres
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed Dundalk primary care centre; if a site has been secured; if so, the full list of services that will be provided on site; the reason...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      786. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation of the €10 cap on hospital car park charges will be introduced to the Lourdes hospital car parks in Drogheda, County Louth...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Covid-19 tests in which the swab taken to lab result time exceeded 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours, respectively in July and August 2020, by...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE failed to input to the expert group on tobacco of the European Commission regarding breaches of the ban on menthol cigarettes when the issue...
    • Disease Management
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide care for post-Covid-19 patients who may suffer ongoing fatigue or develop post-viral fatigue syndrome and if unable to get the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the reason respite services have not resumed in a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24001/20]
    • Cancer Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available to islanders travelling to hospitals and overnight stays to access cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      794. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine list; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the paediatric cardiology network in University Hospital Galway has been developed to date in 2020. [24019/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of derogations from requirements to self-isolate for contacts of confirmed cases that have been granted or given within the HSE; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Communications
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken formally with the Director General of the WHO since 1 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24053/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting 120 extra paramedics. [24054/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the financial support in place for persons with multiple sclerosis to obtain dual-control cars for medical and safety reasons; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disease Management
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) is accepted as an illness which can lead to disability; if a person with the condition can expect his or her...
    • Disability Services Provision
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if the disability section of the HSE website will be updated to provide more detailed information on management and supports to include policies or guidance...
    • Departmental Strategies
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if the disability inclusion strategy 2016-21 is fully inclusive and representative of the issues faced by those in the 18 to 65 years of age demographic who...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting scoliosis procedures; his plans to overhaul waiting lists in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24087/20]
    • Cancer Services
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which cancer patients continue to receive appropriate treatment in time; the number on waiting lists for such treatment; his plans to meet their...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in dealing with all waiting lists for various procedures in public hospitals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24089/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the provision of the Naas General Hospital extension of facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24090/20]
    • Hospital Data
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds available to the public hospital sector; the number in the private sector; the extent to which both can combine to provide the...
    • Health Services
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has identified the areas of the most serious pressure for facilities throughout the public hospital sector; his plans and proposals to...
    • Home Care Packages
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he plans to improve facilities and staff numbers available for homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24093/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts at all levels awaiting to be filled throughout the public health sector in hospitals and community care; the extent to which numbers have...
    • Hospital Staff
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultant posts awaiting to be filled; the number of such posts already filled in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he plans to facilitate ready access to mental health services in respect of children and adults in all areas nationwide without exception;...
    • Disability Support Services
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can foresee the restoration of support services for all children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which consideration is being given to the provision of alternative community-based health facilities or accommodation at St. Bridget’s...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and other health services are being restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      838. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied at the extent to which the public and the private sector have combined their efforts to deal with the Covid-19 virus; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Data
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which heart and lung transplants have continued throughout the Covid-19 crisis; the degree to which he foresees the need for changes in this...
    • Medical Cards
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the time taken to process medical cards is being reduced; if cancer patients continue to receive special treatment in this regard; and if...
    • Departmental Budgets
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he envisages the availability of adequate resources to meet the full requirements of his Department arising from normal running costs in...
    • National Children's Hospital
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing progress in relation to the construction of the National Children’s Hospital; the extent to which progress is in line with previously...
    • Hospital Data
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of cancer screening at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 [24114/20]
    • Hospital Services
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order an urgent independent review of all departments and specialities at Letterkenny University Hospital following the recent findings of the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the needs of a person (details supplied). [24118/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; the structures and leadership of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24122/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 contact tracing regime; the number employed for same; the number seconded from elsewhere; the areas from which they are seconded;...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests conducted, evaluated, results delivered and contacts traced in each of the weeks since the beginning of March 2020 to the end of...
    • Nursing Staff
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student nurses currently working or who will be assigned to work in each hospital; the institution of education of each; and if they will receive...
    • Disability Services Data
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy in each CHO by age and length of time waiting for assessment, in tabular form. [24149/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding he will make available to disability service providers; and the organisations he has received detailed additional budgetary needs from,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      858. To ask the Minister for Health his views on redefining the age brackets when reporting Covid-19 cases in children and young persons based on categories (details supplied). [24167/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reimburse all type 1 diabetics using FreeStyle Libre devices similar to the scheme previously approved for children and young adults. [24168/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if a CAMHS unit will be established in east County Cork [24170/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      862. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide x-ray or dexa services in the new HSE centre in Bandon, County Cork [24171/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the details of capital investment in building residential services for persons with disabilities [24172/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if SI No. 326 of 2020 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 13.(1)(c) will be amended in view of...
    • Hospital Services
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the previous three-day diagnostic angiogram service at University Hospital Waterford which was being provided by the mobile cath lab now removed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for cataract treatment are being reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24198/20]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Sales
      867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made to the register of sellers and suppliers and the register of premises by county. [23379/20]
    • Beef Industry
      868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to ensure that there is not a conflict between the requirements contained in recent letters being sent to...
    • Forestry Sector
      869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to address the backlog in applications for planting permits and felling licences in the forestry section;...
    • Brexit Supports
      870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which €5 billion Brexit Reserve Fund will be distributed within the EU and within Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of complaints made to his Department which caused an investigation into a pig farm owned by a person (details supplied);...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      872. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23332/20]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to a TAMS payment for a person (details supplied); when it will issue to them; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Sales
      874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the online sales of dogs is regulated; if this will be reviewed in view of the recent increase in dog thefts; and if...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with farmers to ensure that participants in the beef data genomics programme will not face penalties due to not...
    • Land Issues
      876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation provided to farmers for blanket bog land under their control; his plans to provide additional supports to those with...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to increase the upper limit ceiling in the pig and poultry investment scheme under TAMS II; if so, the new upper limit...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs per applicant on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2019, by county, in tabular form....
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the CAP allocation made available to Ireland in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23531/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for his Department; the amount claimed by his Department, that is staff payroll costs, staff subsistence costs and...
    • Agriculture Industry
      883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the total penalties imposed by his Department on farmers in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23535/20]
    • Felling Licences
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a backlog in felling licences leading to the importation of the raw material for pallets while thousands of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a new agri-environmental scheme or an extension of the GLAS scheme at the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Harbour Fees
      888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 19 November 2019, the status of the review of harbour charges for fishermen; and if he...
    • Farm Inspections
      890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received a complaint regarding an unannounced inspection on a farm (details supplied) in which the farmer...
    • Site Acquisitions
      891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding a folio (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23816/20]
    • Animal Diseases
      892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/20]
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imported in 2018 and 2019 in view of the fact that there is a significant difference in the CSO figures and...
    • Animal Diseases
      894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for writing to farmers identifying animals in the herd that are at high risk of contracting tuberculosis and requesting...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the outcome of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review in County Donegal; the townlands excluded; and the reason...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); if the person has recourse in the case; if a late application can be accepted under the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Common Agricultural Policy. [24154/20]
    • Proposed Legislation
      901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when new legislation on forestry will be brought forward. [24155/20]
    • Food Industry
      902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the food ombudsman will be set up; when farmers will feel the effects in terms of prices for produce; and if he has a strategy...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to regularise the seaweed harvesting industry in a manner that protects traditional techniques of harvesting...
    • Teagasc Activities
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc is classified as a non-profit body; and if so, if the criteria for the classification will be provided. [24160/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific welfare standards being set as a condition for future funding for the greyhound sector from the Horse and Greyhound Fund...
    • Greyhound Industry
      906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the project of establishing a traceability system for racing greyhounds has been be put out to tender (details supplied); and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the crisis in the forestry industry due to the backlog of cases in the forestry appeals systems. [24163/20]
    • Departmental Bodies
      908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on immediately reconvening the tuberculosis forum; and if he will chair the process. [24164/20]
    • Rural Development Plan
      909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to facilitate persons in Ireland participating in the European Commission's public consultation on rural...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his recent meeting with an association (details supplied). [24166/20]
    • European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
      911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, funding for Ireland per year during the current programme since 2014;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      912. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current membership of the Celtic Sea herring advisory committee; the representation of the membership of the committee in...
    • Fishing Industry
      913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact study has been carried out to examine the financial implications for Ireland’s fishers of the EU decision to...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Grant Payments
      915. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a grant application (details supplied) will be adjudicated on and paid out. [23358/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      916. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises. [23468/20]
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      917. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog breeding establishments licensed in each county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      920. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports her Department has made and plans to make available for community groups and organisations that have lost significant...
    • Grant Payments
      923. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for a car park by a school (details supplied); when a decision is likely; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      924. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the community facilities scheme increased by 40%. [24020/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      926. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the mobile broadband task force; and if she has met with same. [24151/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      927. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Exchequer-funded projects over €1 billion overseen by her Department; the expected rise in cost in both numerical...

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