Written answers
Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to advance the N80 relief road Mountmellick, County Laois. [25663/20]
- School Transport
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with parents affected by the removal by Dublin Bus of a dedicated bus service for a school (details supplied) for...
- Road Network
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding for the east-west link which is urgently needed in the north-east; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Taxi Licences
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the demands of representative groups of taxi drivers will be agreed to, namely to dissolve the taxi advisory committee and instead...
- Aviation Industry
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will bring forward sectoral specific legislation or measures to protect jobs in the aviation sector. [15878/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will continue to engage with representatives of taxi drivers in view of the difficulties they are experiencing due to the fall off...
- Transport Policy
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the draft Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Transport Strategy; his views on whether the document contravenes the climate change...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had engagement with the National Transport Authority in relation to tax-saver tickets and potential changes; and if he will make...
- Motor Tax
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a refund or motor tax credit will be issued to motorists that did not use their car or used it to a minimal extent during the Covid-19...
- Public Transport
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further decarbonise the transport fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/20]
- Road Projects
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2021 for the upgrading of a road (details supplied) in view of its strategic importance in counties Cavan...
- Haulage Industry
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with the road haulage and transport operators with regard to the reduction of carbon emissions within the sector...
- Road Projects
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the N11-M11 project in north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25677/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of the IAA in oversight of the health and safety of passengers and workers in airports in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Electric Vehicles
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans to legislate for e-scooters. [25897/20]
- Railway Stations
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of a new DART station at Woodbrook, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25821/20]
- Public Transport
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need to review public service obligation contracts within the Cork east region in the categories of destinations,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that public transport is available to all those that need it during the Covid-19 crisis in view of the fact that most...
- Rail Network
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate the funds required for a feasibility study on the Navan to Kingscourt rail line; and if he will make a statement on...
- Airport Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/20]
- Light Rail Projects
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a feasibility study for light rail in Galway will be undertaken and or commissioned by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Bus Éireann
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the factors used to decide the creation or depreciation of rural bus stops by Bus Éireann. [25660/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered providing masks and hand sanitiser at public transport stops and hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Airport Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place for Shannon Airport. [25668/20]
- Road Safety
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the issue of illegally driven scrambler bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22243/20]
- Electric Vehicles
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the electrification of the bus and rail fleet. [25880/20]
- Rural Transport Services
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase funding for LocalLink services in the upcoming budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25676/20]
- Rail Network
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand our national rail network to further reduce emission via high speed low emissions rail as the programme for Government...
- Railway Stations
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for a rail stop in place in Crusheen, County Clare. [25669/20]
- Airport Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with the DAA in relation to protecting jobs at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/20]
- Rail Network
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the programme for Government proposal on DART expansion; if it will include the DART underground; if the DART routes will be...
- Transport Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy in relation to the pricing of publicly funded transport services within the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports being proposed to support the chauffeur industry in view of the fact revenue of members is down 98% in March and April, 2020...
- Road Projects
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funds for the road infrastructure budget for projects such as the Cork, Mallow, Galway outer bypass, N4 and N5 will be ring-fenced in...
- Railway Stations
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Kishoge railway station will open; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25665/20]
- Light Rail Projects
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of the 25 extended trams for the green line LUAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24988/20]
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Commercial Property
58. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the rights a commercial tenant (details supplied) has in circumstances in which a landlord goes into receivership and the tenant took...
- Grant Payments
59. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an anomaly in the restart grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health and Safety Authority
60. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of HSA inspections of airport terminals or airline operations to ensure they are complying with workplace safety measures...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
61. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the recourse an employee has if their employer demands they attend the workplace rather than working from home with no apparent...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Litter Pollution
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports, funding schemes and grants which are available to schools participating in An Taisce green schools...
- National Broadband Plan
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26026/20]
- Natural Gas Imports
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implications of the upcoming policy statement on banning the importation of fracked gas on the planned LNG project...
- Waste Management (1 comment)
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to allegations that local authorities are allowing construction waste to be buried under...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Driver Licensing Service
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NDLS (details supplied) is calling persons over 70 years of age to attend appointments for the renewal of their driver...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/20]
- Driver Test
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to increase capacity at driving test centres in order to clear backlogs for testing in view of the ongoing Covid-19...
- Bus Services
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the information desks at both Tralee and Killarney bus stations will reopen in view of the fact they have been closed for some time;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to transpose the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, guidelines on safe air travel into enforceable regulations here;...
- Roads Maintenance
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available for structural repair works and a pedestrian bridge associated to Ardfinnan Bridge, County Tipperary...
- Driver Test
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the backlog in driver tests (details supplied); and if additional funding will be provided to address the matter....
- National Driver Licensing Service
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision can be made for bus drivers whose licences are due to expire in September 2020 in view of the delay in accessing NDLS...
- Transport Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the current situation of transport services for persons with disabilities in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he can assist the transport sector to recover after Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Network
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the upgrading of the national road network in areas throughout the country that have not benefited from such...
- Road Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the upgrading of the M4 from Kilcock to Dublin with particular reference to the urgent need to alleviate current...
- Rail Network
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in the preparation of the DART to Maynooth and further afield to such locations as Kilcock and Enfield with a view to...
- Aviation Industry
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the short to medium-term steps he can take to support air transport in the context of the Covid-19 crisis with particular reference to the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate checks are taking place at airports and ports in relation to dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration Tax
90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26004/20]
- Budget Process
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a bespoke package of supports in budget 2021 for chauffer drivers. [26186/20]
- Cycle to Work Scheme
93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the cycle to work scheme to cover the purchasing of child seats or trailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26243/20]
- Value Added Tax
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing VAT from 13.5% to 9% for hospitality and tourism activities for 2021, calculated on the same basis as the increase from 9% to...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the request for support measures outlined from the branch of an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is in receipt of the new employment subsidy scheme for its workforce; if so, the reason; the oversight and safeguards in place...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will put the case to the banks and lending institutions to extend the mortgage payment break for those workers who are still laid off due to Covid-19;...
- Tax Reliefs
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if a series of matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be given consideration; the steps that will be taken to alleviate the...
- Banking Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his discussions with a bank (details supplied); if he will be in contact with the bank; his views on the impact of job losses and a loss...
- Mortgage Lending
100. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on protecting those with home loans with a bank (details supplied) in the event of a sale of the mortgage loan book of the bank; and if he will make...
- Credit Unions
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the Central Bank in relation to credit union regulations that require a majority of members to sign up to a death benefit scheme in...
- State Claims Agency
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs associated with claims finalised by the State Claims Agency in each year since 2010 by awarded damages, legal costs, medical fees, engineering fees...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Stations
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the reopening of Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26198/20]
- Tax Code
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to the request for support measures outlined from the branch of an organisation (details supplied) in...
- State Properties
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a use of a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26090/20]
- EU Funding
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for considering centralising funding from the European Regional Development Fund in Dublin rather than being used in the...
- Garda Stations
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timescale for the refurbishment or upgrading of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason all senior amateur adult club championship GAA games can continue but not senior amateur adult soccer games under level...
- Gaeltacht Policy
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the identity of the purchaser for each of the public lands and properties listed in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 347...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ainneoin nach féidir mionsonraí faoi dhíolcháin ar leith a thabhairt, an ndearnadh luacháil...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to protect the event management industry from the devastation caused by Covid-19 restrictions; and if she...
- Sports Capital Programme
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the sports capital grant scheme will open in 2020 for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26124/20]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Regeneration Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Cork events centre. [26010/20]
- Invasive Plant Species
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body responsible for the eradication of Japanese knotweed if the source is on one property and is encroaching on...
- Local Authority Housing
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for the modernisation and regeneration of a flat complex (details supplied) to bring it up to the...
- Home Loan Scheme
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the Rebuilding Ireland scheme to date in 2020; the number of applicants who have been...
- Planning Issues
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the avenues of appeal available to people after An Bord Pleanála has delivered a verdict; if there is a higher planning...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active rental accommodation scheme tenancies. [26112/20]
- Hare Coursing
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the renewal of the national coursing licence; his views regarding the renewal of same; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if issues faced by planning authorities will be reviewed regarding the taking in charge process particularly concerning...
- Water Charges
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request Irish Water to give an exemption from water charges to community councils and voluntary groups which...
- Homeless Persons Supports
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 39 homeless persons have died in Dublin to date in 2020; and if he will make...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Working Holiday Programmes
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a working holiday application will be processed as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided and matters addressed in relation a recent incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Foreign Policy
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the highlighting by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the lack of respect by Spain for international...
- Good Friday Agreement
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action taken to protect small businesses particularly along the Border counties in view of the potential damage that the UK Internal...
- Passport Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in relation to an application for a passport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Properties
132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of plans for the Nenagh military barracks site, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26120/20]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for a SNA can be looked at again for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26014/20]
- State Examinations
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to set up a formal appeals process for students that have had their leaving certificate results downgraded by her Department as against...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when after-school facilities such as homework clubs may open in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26033/20]
- School Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 15 September 2020, if a school, having previously appealed a reduction in staff under grounds...
- Departmental Correspondence
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26053/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child, who has a letter from a doctor confirming they are unable to wear a mask on medical grounds, can be exempt from wearing a mask whilst...
- School Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a permanent voluntary redeployment scheme for post-primary teachers to allow for an option for relocation similar to that...
- School Transport
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is being refused school transport. [26108/20]
- School Facilities
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a request to part fund a hall for a school (details supplied) that has no indoor recreational areas; and if the funding will...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of engagements that have taken place with the landowner of a proposed new school site (details supplied) since July 2020; if there has...
- Schools Building Projects
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building of a new school (details supplied) has completed the tender stage; if the contract has been awarded; if so, when building work...
- State Examinations
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals process for leaving certificate students unsatisfied with their predicted grade to appeal the grade rather than the...
- School Facilities
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for a sports hall. [26160/20]
- School Staff
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a detailed update sought on behalf of a person (details supplied) from her office on 3 September 2020 will be provided; and if she will make...
- State Examinations
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis under which the results of a leaving certificate student (details supplied) were downgraded; the opportunities they have to appeal this...
- School Transport
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the school transport scheme; when the review will commence; if submissions will be invited as part of the process; and if she...
- School Staff
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received an additional teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26190/20]
- School Transport
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two children (details supplied) in County Mayo are not being allocated school transport in view of the fact that that other children...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure proper ventilation for schools to deal with Covid-19 (details supplied). [26196/20]
- School Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of prefabs for a school (details supplied) for the 2020-2021 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will move to a compulsory purchase order of land in Buncrana, County Donegal to secure the long delayed sites for new schools...
- School Accommodation
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26203/20]
- State Examinations
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the technical report from officials in her Department on the calculated grades and standardisation process will be published; and if she will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on implementing flexibilities into the staffing schedule for primary schools to enable schools to retain teachers to ensure that...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests received for additional special needs assistants from schools in County Cork; and the number of requests that have been...
- School Facilities
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in County Cork without hot water facilities; and the steps taken to rectify such issues in view of...
- Minor Works Scheme
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifying criteria for schools to be eligible to receive the minor works grant; the schools in receipt of the grant in County Cork; the...
- School Transport
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when concessionary bus places will be offered in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staged timelines for a tender (details supplied). [26264/20]
- School Transport
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the contracts of private bus operators with respect to public service obligation agreements through Bus Éireann; if contracts...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment such as former workers of a company (details supplied) who have no...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the income limit for back to school allowance to €700 to allow a couple who have both lost their...
- Community Employment Schemes
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme will be extended for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Fuel Allowance
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26064/20]
- Registration of Deaths
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if meetings to give personal and sensitive details in relation to the filing of a form for the registration of a death will...
- National Childcare Scheme
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a NCF payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a diet supplement payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Data
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active rent supplement payments. [26113/20]
- Carer's Allowance
186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer’s support grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of arrears owed to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26119/20]
- Fuel Allowance
188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process undertaken to issue arrears due to recipients and former recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment; the...
- Child Support Payments
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to children allowance payments; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
192. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if flexibility will be shown to a person (details supplied) who has missed out on an EECE scheme place by three days. [26102/20]
- Childcare Services
193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if information will be provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to a Montessori school. [26130/20]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Health Professions Admission Test
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to those who sat the 2020 health professions admissions test, HPAT, exam to use their 2020 HPAT results to gain...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI applications for the 2021-2022 academic year will consider the fact that many students were on the Covid-19 payment due to the...
- Technological Universities
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to help alleviate the shortage of medical scientists by way of a graduate-entry course at...
- Student Grant Scheme
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will be made available for a mature student (details supplied). [26107/20]
- Third Level Education
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the industries, that is, education, health, information technologies, financial services, legal services and so on which provide payment to...
- Third Level Admissions
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make additional third-level places available in high demand courses to ensure that students that were downgraded in their leaving...
- Third Level Education
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to communications from NUI Galway to postgraduate research students for them to undertake unpaid teaching...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all higher education institutions are implementing a physical distance of 2 m under all circumstances possible as required in the...
- Crime Data
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sexual harassment or assault cases of students and staff in each third level educational institution between 1 January 2013 and 1...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of enhanced protective measures to be implemented by higher and further education institutions in view of heightened Covid-19...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidents, reports made or complaints received of academic bullying throughout all universities in each of the past eight years to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Disability Services Provision
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the poverty rates of persons with disabilities which is 10% higher here than the EU average; and if she...
- Naturalisation Certificates
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed and clarified; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Eligibility
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for naturalisation and or stamp 4 in the case of a person (details...
- Court Orders
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of attachment orders, community service orders, prison orders and recovery orders in each of the years 2016 to 2019...
- Direct Provision System
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the direct provision centres operating in County Meath; and the contact details for same. [26135/20]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to eligibility for residency status, stamp 4 or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Visa Applications
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency or an extension to the current visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Deportation Orders
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered; the reason for revoking the set aside at this time, if the...
- Asylum Applications
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding processing an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Procedures
220. To ask the Minister for Health when an important procedure will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26005/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
221. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lessen the restrictions in maternity hospitals on persons who can be in the birthing room during labour in view of restrictions in other parts of...
- Covid-19 Tests
222. To ask the Minister for Health if some maternity hospitals have the facilities to carry out quick turnaround Covid-19 testing; if this facility can be extended to cover partners of pregnant...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a HSE publication (details supplied); if it will be implemented and applied here; and if the excessive restrictions placed...
- Covid-19 Tests
224. To ask the Minister for Health the priority level provided to Covid-19 tests from teachers. [26019/20]
- Disability Services Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of children (details supplied); if his Department can investigate this case and others with a view to resolving...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adjusting public health guidelines surrounding weddings by which 150 persons can attend a church ceremony yet only 50 can attend a...
- Mental Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26032/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
231. To ask the Minister for Health if there are research teams or research clinics set up to treat and research the conditions those recovering from Covid-19, post-covid19 infection are...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
234. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for consultations with audiologists in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26039/20]
- Mental Health Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inequalities that exist between professional psychology doctoral training courses; and if there are plans to address...
- Medical Cards
238. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the threshold for medical card eligibility for the over 70s will change; and the date on which prescription charges will be reduced. [26050/20]
- Mental Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health when the mental health service in County Mayo will reopen, specifically a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26052/20]
- Hospital Facilities
240. To ask the Minister for Health when a new landing pad will be in place in CUH (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26072/20]
- Medical Cards
241. To ask the Minister for Health when the prescription charges for medical card holders over 70 years of age will be reduced as per budget 2020. [26073/20]
- Pension Provisions
242. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase is due on a HSE pension to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26078/20]
- Technological Universities
243. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to help alleviate the shortage in medical scientists by way of graduate-entry course at TU Dublin; if his...
- Nursing Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will allocate funds to pay student nurses returning to work in hospital settings for placement in the coming weeks; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to establish the national psychology placement office which will be tasked with examining the funding for all trainee psychologists; and if he...
- Ambulance Service
246. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Thurles, County Tipperary and surrounding areas has been left without ambulance cover for long periods due to personnel being requested to cover...
- General Medical Services Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Health the dentists currently operating the general medical scheme in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/20]
- Child Protection
248. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 21 July 2020, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26141/20]
- Health Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health his views on delays to developmental checks for young children; if he has concerns in this regard; when these developmental checks by public health nurses will...
- Speech and Language Therapy
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for all types of assessments, including speech and language per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
251. To ask the Minister for Health if therapists employed by the HSE have been redeployed to Covid-19 testing centres; if so, the number; if further redeployment of therapists is continuing; and...
- Health Services Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that strike action by public health specialists is avoided; his further plans for these specialists in their request for consultant status;...
- Audiology Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of audiologists in each CHO area; the number of vacancies in each CHO; if audiologists are being redeployed to Covid-19 testing; if so, the number;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
255. To ask the Minister for Health the services providing a healthcare or public health function that have been closed or prevented from operating due to the current level 3 restrictions in...
- Vaccination Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of the flu vaccine ordered for the country; the reason for the shortage of same (details supplied); and if sufficient supply will be guaranteed...
- Mental Health Commission
257. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the chairpersons of mental health tribunals on the list of those retained by the Mental Health Commission. [26158/20]
- Vaccination Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Health if the current advice on the potential impact of the winter flu vaccination programme on the susceptibility to other respiratory viruses (details supplied)...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
262. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was notified by a company (details supplied) of a Covid-19 outbreak; if so, when; the actions taken; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Procedures
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/20]
- Paediatric Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant position for a paediatric diabetic nurse at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Facilities
265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to increase acute bed capacity at University Hospital Limerick; when the 60-bed modular unit and the planned 96 bed ward block...
- Disability Services Provision
267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a laptop and software; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26188/20]
- Medicinal Products
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of imfinzi for advanced lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26189/20]
- Ambulance Service
269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls made to the ambulance service in Thurles, County Tipperary from 1 January to 1 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the promotion of rights for persons with intellectual disabilities in Budget 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
273. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the delivery of flu vaccinations has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26211/20]
- Departmental Contracts
274. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on hiring private public relations companies and communications consultants by his Department between 1 March 2020 and 21 September 2020; and...
- HSE Staff
275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in occupational health departments in the HSE; and his plans to recruit additional staff [26226/20]
- Midwifery Services
276. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE responded to the call by an association (details supplied) in March 2020 to examine and assess the amount of antenatal care that...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
278. To ask the Minister for Health if he or NPHET have considered procedures to introduce sub-county restrictions to counter future clusters or rising transmission rates of Covid-19 which is...
- Covid-19 Tests
279. To ask the Minister for Health when a Covid-19 test result will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26261/20]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Legislative Measures
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020 will come before Dáil Éireann in view of the urgency of the situation...
- Forestry Sector
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application by a person (details supplied) to plant forestry in Kilrush, County Clare will be finalised; and if he will make...
- Horse Sport Ireland
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the application by Horse Sport Ireland to become a commercial semi-State body; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Directives
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are being informed that EU priority habitats of community importance (details supplied) are ineligible for CAP...
- Land Issues
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of farmland that have been lost to erosion and notified to his Department via changes in land parcel...
- Coillte Teoranta
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters in relation to Coillte Nature (details supplied). [26044/20]
- GLAS Issues
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers are given an opportunity to rectify works uncompleted before being penalised under the rules of the GLAS scheme in cases...
- Animal Diseases
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to ensure that the new antiparasitic medicine regime to be implemented from January 2022 retains a...
- Departmental Correspondence
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of correspondence sent to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in June 2019 will to be sent to them. [26165/20]
- Animal Diseases
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 650 of 28 July 2020 and 254 of 10 September 2020, if the information (details supplied) has...
- GLAS Issues
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason funding is being deducted as a penalty for non-compliance with GLAS rules from a farmer (details supplied) who has an...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was notified by a company (details supplied) of a Covid-19 outbreak; if so, when; the actions taken; and if he will...
- Animal Diseases
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle herds in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in which no additional animals were bought but...
- Beef Industry
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the PGI submission by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26180/20]
- Bord Bia
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of Bord Bia in respect of the negotiation of contracts on the price of beef at international trade fairs and in the...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the latest round of EMFF fisheries local action groups funding announced on 21 September...
- Nitrates Action Programme
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will delay the proposed nitrates changes (details supplied) until the formal review of the regulations next year and...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- CLÁR Programme
301. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to the request for support measures outlined from the branch of an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
302. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when libraries will reopen to the public under current NPHET recommendations; if plans are in place for same; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
303. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason community organisations that are designated company limited by guarantee, are not included in the Covid-19 stability scheme...
- CLÁR Programme
306. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an application will be assessed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26043/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
307. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be made available through the Covid-19 town and village renewal accelerated measures grant scheme; and if...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
309. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funds granted to villages with a population of under 1,000 persons under the town and village renewal scheme by each local...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
310. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase digital infrastructure and connectivity in County Cork in view of the increased number of persons working from...
