Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Advisers
      23. To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers allocated to him; and the cost of each adviser in salary, expenses and so on. [26651/20]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide more affordable housing options in the Dublin area and put affordability at the heart of the housing...
    • Fire Stations
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the start date for the construction of the new fire station in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the capital advance leasing facility rules will be amended to allow approved housing bodies to provide both social and...
    • Housing Policy
      44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered a scheme to encourage the turning of over-the-shop premises into housing as a way to revitalise rural...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the way in which the management plan for SPA and SAC the Gearagh, County Cork, is progressing; the next...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a restoration of the eviction moratorium will be supported in view of the most up-to-date homelessness figures; and if he...
    • Defective Building Materials
      49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if provision will be made in budget 2021 for a latent defects redress scheme. [28368/20]
    • Planning Issues
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns about alleged planning irregularities in Wicklow County Council; his plans to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that persons have been on the housing waiting list for two decades, that more than 68,000 persons and...
    • Fire Service
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns about recruitment and retention within the retained fire service; and if he will...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the increasing length of time it is taking to process HAP applications; and his further views on the impact the...
    • Housing Provision
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing needs analysis will be commissioned for the offshore islands in view of the fact that housing has been identified...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Galway social housing task force; the number of times the task force has met to date; the reports completed...
    • Water Quality
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the role of the EPA in ensuring water quality on Achill Island; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been consulted on the role his Department can play in ending direct provision. [28325/20]
    • Local Authority Funding
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans regarding local government budgetary shortfalls in Louth County Council due to Covid-19, rising local government...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service; his priorities in respect of the service in budget...
    • Planning Issues
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will issue a circular to planning authorities arising from the Flemish decree judgment of the European...
    • Land Development Agency
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of projects under construction or planning for Cork under the Land Development Agency; and the locations of same....
    • Home Loan Scheme
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the refurbishment costs in addition to the capital costs...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the outstanding issues in respect of the lack of designation of special areas of conservation here and the consequences of...
    • Housing Provision
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the acute housing shortage in County Mayo; the steps that will be taken in 2020 to address...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of income eligibility limits for social housing will be finalised; if it will be ensured that limits for areas...
    • Water Pollution
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his engagement with Irish Water on the matter of pollution on the south Dublin coast; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for cost-rental housing provision in regional towns to accommodate those unable to secure a mortgage from...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of a national choice-based letting scheme and website to support households accessing the scheme;...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of criteria which each local authority applies with respect to residency for persons looking to access homeless...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the issue of councils not accepting for housing supports new applicants who are in receipt of Covid-19 payments will be...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding not already committed that was allocated in the July stimulus to small sewerage schemes in villages; and...
    • Housing Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that the vast majority of strategic housing developments awaiting planning or having received planning...
    • Housing Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the way in which the commitment in the programme for Government to make housing a social and economic imperative...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to introduce a social housing passport scheme to allow households to move from one local authority list to...
    • Wildlife Protection
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the historically low level of prosecutions for wildlife crime, said to be only 90 prosecutions over the past eight...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implementation plan for family-oriented Housing First by Louth County Council; the expected timeframe and resources; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a scheme will be put in place for private sector rent write-offs for tenants who have lost income as a result of the...
    • Housing Policy
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his review on co-living. [28370/20]
    • Land Development Agency
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the function and remit of the Land Development Agency; when the inventory of State-owned lands...
    • Ministerial Communications
      85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list will be published of the communications, meetings or exchange of documents he has had with the developers of Moore...
    • Housing Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for ending the eviction moratorium in view of the fact that many industries such as the events, hospitality and...
    • Postal Voting
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for postal ballot eligibility will be expanded in order to align them with those in Northern Ireland. [27753/20]
    • Regeneration Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when replacement housing in the Moyross regeneration area will be completed as part of the Limerick regeneration framework...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • US Presidential Election
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the upcoming US presidential elections and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement during his visit to Washington, DC; and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Washington, DC, USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/20]
    • Brexit Preparations
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Brexit Readiness Action Plan and the role of his Department in implementing same. [25029/20]
    • EU Issues
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the call by the Hungarian President for the resignation of the European Commission Vice President for Values and...
    • International Sanctions
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response by Ireland to attempts by the United States of America to reimpose sanctions on Iran. [28451/20]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had discussions during his recent visit to the United States on the difficulties facing the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland and the EU have taken to address the ongoing instability in Yemen; his plans to increase Irish Aid funding; and if he will...
    • Brexit Issues
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to contact Mr. Michel Barnier and his UK counterpart in view of recent statements on Brexit from the UK Government. [23760/20]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans there to extend Ireland’s diplomatic footprint through the EU and the world in order to forge new alliances post Brexit;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for a colour-coded common travel agreement within the EU in respect of foreign travel during Covid-19. [28428/20]
    • Human Rights
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his counterparts across Europe, with the Chinese Government and-or with the Chinese Ambassador the human rights...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports of escalating violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan. [28454/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of securing the movement of higher education students, staff and research funding between the two jurisdictions on the island of...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the developing situation at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional supports have been provided to the Palestinian people to help suppress the current Covid-19 surge; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to show solidarity with the people of Belarus at this time of unrest; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to progress referendums on Irish unity. [22612/20]
    • Human Rights
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the ongoing detention of defenders (details supplied) of women's rights in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average wait time for applications in the foreign births register section; the capacity at which the section is operating; and if he...
    • Foreign Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the barring of the Catalan President from public office; if the issue will be raised with his EU counterparts. [28452/20]
    • UN Security Council
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of preparations and changes made by his Department to ensure full participation by Ireland as a member of the UN Security...
    • Foreign Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken to support the people of Yemen. [28336/20]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK Foreign Secretary on the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main obstacles to a deal between the European Union and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/20]
    • Programme for Government
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that will be taken in 2020 and the resources that will be made available to deliver on the commitment in the programme for...
    • Visa Agreements
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made on establishing an E3 visa agreement between Ireland and the United States of America; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use the upcoming role of Ireland on the UN Security Council to highlight the ongoing human rights violations being perpetrated on...
    • Brexit Preparations
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to make alternative provisions in respect of the post-Brexit era in the event of no agreement and limited...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commission on the Future of Media
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the establishment of the Future of Media Commission outlined in the programme for Government; the timeline for progression of same. [28281/20]
    • Planning Issues
      148. To ask the Taoiseach if the group of experts from the public service, academia, NGOs and the private sector has been convened as committed to in the programme for Government to devise a set...
    • Departmental Staff
      150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick...
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Health and Safety Authority
      151. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSA; the estimated full-year cost of their employment; and the percentage of...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      152. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of workplace inspectors in the employ of the Workplace Relations Commission; the estimated full-year cost of their...
    • Trade Agreements
      153. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the publication of a report commissioned on the economic and sustainability impact assessment for Ireland of the...
    • Work Permits
      154. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a person working in Ireland under the work permit programme can transfer to another employer in the same specific sector; and if...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      157. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that an organisation (details supplied) is refusing to engage unions on issues relating to...
    • Job Losses
      158. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will intervene in situations in which employees of meat processing plants are laid off due to the fact they live in direct...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      159. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will authorise Enterprise Ireland to release some funds granted under the disruptive technologies programme to companies such...
    • EU Directives
      160. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown,...
    • Industrial Development
      161. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28698/20]
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      162. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his Department will be producing an action plan for jobs in 2020 or 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28715/20]
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the basic eligibility criteria for businesses to avail of the credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      164. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures being considered to support SMEs facing difficulties with commercial rents and arrears due to significantly reduced...
    • Company Liquidations
      165. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the steps he will take in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied) to ensure there is a fair settlement for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a county-specific list is to be published of all establishments that will participate in the spend and save scheme; if this list...
    • Departmental Contracts
      167. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or...
    • Departmental Staff
      168. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Recycling Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the expected circular life expectancy of plastics has been explored in the context of a deposit and return scheme...
    • Food Waste
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to ensure that proposals such as reducing the sale of multi-buy packs or buy-one-get-one-free...
    • Waste Management
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he plans to allow for permit exemption for specific waste streams under Article 24 of the 2008 Waste...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a thorough environmental impact assessment has been carried out to take account of unintended harmful consequences...
    • Energy Efficiency
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of upcoming SEAI grant schemes for works on private dwellings. [28182/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on additional car charging points (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a location (details supplied) will have access to fibre broadband in view of the instruction to work from home...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the smart meters being rolled out by the ESB under the smart meter programme are capable of differentiating between...
    • Energy Production
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant is available for persons generating their own energy; if not, his plans to introduce a grant; and if he will...
    • Energy Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review by his Department of the security of supply of natural gas and electricity networks here; if...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 22 September 2020, if a decision has been made on the resumption of works...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland will permit a contractor to commence works under the better energy...
    • National Broadband Plan
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a definitive timeline for the rollout of high-speed broadband in County Cork will be provided. [28516/20]
    • EU Directives
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law;...
    • Post Office Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give consideration to the recommendations in the report prepared for an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Legislative Measures
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider legislative measures in which workers and students are not at a loss in terms of light, heat and...
    • National Broadband Plan
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will be connected with a high-speed broadband connection; and if he will make a...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the case that works on the SEAI warmer home scheme were suspended or are suspended due to Covid-19; the number...
    • Departmental Contracts
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or...
    • Departmental Staff
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install continuous welded rail along Stoney Road, North Strand, Dublin 3, as part of the DART expansion programme. [28099/20]
    • Public Transport
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of current Exchequer funding provided for 2019 and forecast to be provided for 2020 and 2021 for the provision of public...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the emergency designation of five strategic maritime routes as PSO routes for a period of three months will be extended; if so, the...
    • Greenways Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a dedicated greenway from Blackrock to Greenore, Carlingford, County Louth (details supplied). [28213/20]
    • Driver Test
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will be facilitated for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the 7 a.m. train from Dublin to Cork which goes through Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/20]
    • National Development Plan
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the €8.6 billion allocated for transport as part of the National Development Plan that has been drawn down; and the...
    • Taxi Licences
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all public service vehicle renewal fees for licences issued in respect of taxis. [28135/20]
    • Taxi Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of providing electric and disability accessible vehicles for the entire taxi public services vehicle fleet,...
    • Driver Licences
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons resident in Ireland who hold a UK driver licence that have not exchanged their licence for an Irish licence ahead...
    • Driver Test
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that driver instructors that are legally required to accompany their learner drivers to test...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further supports will be made available to protect jobs in the travel agents sector; if a special range of supports are being...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further details will be provided on the search and rescue carried out for two paddleboarders (details supplied) on 13 August 2020; and...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the road collision reporting guidelines produced by an organisation (details supplied); his views on...
    • Bus Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans by Bus Éireann to close a number of its intercity routes, including the x8 from Cork city...
    • Driver Licences
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the renewal of a driver licence will be expedited due to exceptional circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Aviation Policy
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the change in Dutch aviation policy in which a maximum aircraft movement cap was introduced on...
    • Bus Services
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if routes 51, Galway to Cork, will be maintained on the current route. [28312/20]
    • Driver Test
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment for a driver test. [28318/20]
    • Ports Policy
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a possible development of a free-zone at Rosslare Europort, Rosslare, County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an exchange agreement exists between Ireland and the UK regarding recognition of driver licences; if licences from the UK but that...
    • Transport Costs
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of BusConnects for the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28541/20]
    • Road Projects
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and timeline of the N11-M11 interchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28581/20]
    • Driver Licences
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis of NDLS requiring a physical copy of Irish residency permit cards in circumstances in which PSC cards cannot be produced; and...
    • Fines Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • Road Safety
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures are being taken to clear glass from cycle lanes, particularly on the N11; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential negative impact on the movement of Irish freight within and outside the EU due to a disorderly Brexit; and his...
    • Brexit Preparations
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capacity on direct routes to continental ports and the contingency capacity should additional support be needed due to a disorderly...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, the total amount of additional Covid-related Exchequer expenditure for...
    • Driver Licences
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to deal with the long delays in getting appointments for driver licences in Dublin; if his attention has been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase supports to designated regional airports to cover all core activity costs for 2020 in view of the travel...
    • Aviation Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the City of Derry Airport is included in the forthcoming regional airports programme to reflect that 40% of the...
    • Rail Network
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his vision for the way in which the communities from the south west, the west and on to counties Sligo, Donegal and Derry can be...
    • Fines Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in fare evasion fines from 1 March to 29 September 2020 by Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Luas operators. [28777/20]
    • Driver Test
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on tests for driver licences in view of circumstances in which persons have been given an appointment for...
    • Driver Licences
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is permissible for holders of Northern Ireland licences who work for the Irish Coast Guard to remain on the...
    • Driver Test
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test for zero to three, three to six, six to nine and more than nine months, respectively, in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the instructions or guidance being given to public transport operators regarding persons who are unable, due to a physical or mental...
    • Light Rail Projects
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the decision, as per the current DART west scheme, to cease the line at Maynooth; and if he plans to extend the project to...
    • Road Projects
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of the M7 Naas-Newbridge bypass upgrade, M7 Osberstown interchange and R407 Sallins bypass; if the project has come in on,...
    • Driver Test
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional staff and testers will be hired in the Naas driver test centre in order to clear the backlog of driver test applicants; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media...
    • Departmental Staff
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September, by month, in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements...
  • Department of Finance
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the expiry date for the help-to-buy scheme; and his plans to extend it. [28141/20]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has not received VRT quotes; when the situation will be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28592/20]
    • House Prices
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures which have been introduced to prevent developers increasing house prices in line with the increases to the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance when the decision was taken to suspend processing all primary medical certificate applications by the HSE; if applicants have been informed that the scheme...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if the stay and spend scheme will be extended to a bed and breakfast (details supplied) in County Kerry that is not registered with Fáilte Ireland; and...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the diesel rebate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28111/20]
    • Insurance Industry
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a practice (details supplied) in relation to insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28134/20]
    • Tax Credits
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of flat rate expenses being carried out by the Revenue Commissioners; if this review has been impacted by Covid-19; if the Revenue...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of all correspondence between an association (details supplied) and his Department, including offices of all Ministers of State...
    • Tax Collection
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to preliminary tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in County Wexford that availed of the wage subsidy scheme; the total amount provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Policy
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider some form of tax relief for the renovation of vacant housing property which will result in the additional availability of dwellings; and...
    • Value Added Tax
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the upcoming Budget, a reduction of the tourism VAT rate to 9% to assist the hospitality and hotel sector; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Instruments
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to banks withdrawing the negative equity trade up product; if he will engage with them to reopen it to applications; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by directive of the lump...
    • State Claims Agency
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason State Claims Agency figures have doubled since the previous year; the reasons for this; if the cause can be clarified; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance the support that will be made available to persons on the pandemic unemployment payment or employment wage subsidy scheme that receive notification from their...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the tax status of those employed in recent months and availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [28695/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that processing VAT refunds on diesel for haulers has increased from three months to nine months; if his further...
    • Tax Code
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider implementing an optional 40% rate of automatic withholding tax for self-employed persons providing services to the State at the option of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide...
    • Departmental Staff
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his meeting with a person (details supplied) on 1 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/20]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of paying TDs all salary increments due between now and the end of 2021. [28127/20]
    • Weather Events
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the visit by the Minister of State for the OPW, if he will seek reports from the local authorities on the recent flooding...
    • Office of Public Works
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason some equipment in a park (details supplied) has been removed while the same equipment is in other OPW sites; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; when he expects construction to start; if an estimate of the full...
    • Garda Stations
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Tipperary division that were refurbished by the OPW over the past 18 months; the nature of works carried...
    • Public Sector Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 30 June 2020, if the LRC recommendation (details supplied) will be honoured; the action...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • Pension Provisions
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposals in respect of increases proposed for An Post pensioners have been considered by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total space in square metres occupied by car parking space at Donnybrook Garda Station, Dublin 4; the precise number of car parking...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of pay structures of the medium term project being led by his Department relating to the high level plan...
    • Departmental Data
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide statistical information and costings (details supplied) in tabular form. [28667/20]
    • Standards in Public Office Commission
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Secretary General of his Department consulted with SIPO in advance and-or after the fact regarding their appointment to an...
    • Office of Public Works
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will be requested to carry out the necessary works to recover the remains of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media...
    • Departmental Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • State Bodies
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of salaries, expenses and so on paid to Board members of RTÉ in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans regarding cancelled events and festivals in County Louth (details supplied). [28210/20]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when applications will be open for the next phase of sports capital grants (details supplied). [28212/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of the website of her Department (details supplied). [28214/20]
    • An Coimisinéir Teanga
      312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht soiléiriú a thabhairt i dtaobh na hidirghníomhaíochta a bhí aici le RTÉ ó dheimhnigh an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the advice and position of sporting clubs and organisations in County Dublin to travel outside of the county to participate and...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital grant scheme funding rounds will be opened in 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to her Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of additional expenditure in 2021, in comparison to 2020, disaggregated by precommitted expenditure, such as...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a capital sports grant appeal by a club (details supplied) will be examined. [28837/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social...
    • Departmental Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wildlife Protection
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposal in respect of the seal culling scheme that was recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the review by his Department of the decision of the European Court of Justice known as the Flemish decree; if...
    • River Basin Management Plans
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of farmers that participated in the Shannon Callows farm plan scheme; the cost of the scheme in each year in which...
    • Land Issues
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the historical 25” ordinance survey map for folio No. WD1515 is conclusive proof of the boundary of this folio...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Dublin City Council's application under Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund for works in the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless persons and families in 2019 and to date in...
    • EU Directives
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of fines issued to the State under Annex V of the European Habitats Directive regarding the conservation of the...
    • Housing Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved in principle and drawn down in each local authority area in the first two...
    • Planning Issues
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to granting a ministerial order to extend planning time periods in counties at level three of...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the investigation into the death of 23 buzzards in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum net income limits in the Social Housing Assessment Regulations; and if he will make a...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible within current legislation to resolve issues in which local electoral areas are partially within rent...
    • Local Authority Housing
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the future progress of fabric replacement schemes; and the way in which it can be expanded within Cork city to take in greater...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria which apply regarding the sale and allocation of new houses and housing developments in Gaeltacht areas to ensure...
    • EU Directives
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the...
    • Local Government Fund
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status as of 29 September 2020 regarding a local government funding baseline review which sought to inform the...
    • Housing Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to roll out affordable housing in the midland's region. [25963/20]
    • Septic Tanks
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of septic tank inspections and the number of prosecutions for same in County Wexford since inspections started; and...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of development plans agreed by local authorities nationally relevant to his Department and planning policy; his...
    • Energy Efficiency
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a timeframe is in place for the completion of the retrofitting of social housing in view of the urgency of the matter....
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed in the Residential Tenancies Board; a breakdown of the sections of the staff within the...
    • Water Quality
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made on the reduction of lead, pesticides, aluminium, trihalomethanes and cryptosporidium in drinking...
    • Archaeological Sites
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the application for funding under the community monument fund for Togher Castle, Dunmanway, County Cork;...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when decisions will be made on applications made to the urban regeneration and development fund 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the application process for persons to apply for the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regeneration Projects
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when refurbishment of houses in the St. Mary's regeneration area will be completed as part of the Limerick regeneration...
    • Commercial Rates
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if businesses that are accessing the commercial rates waiver can continue to do so if they are also on the vacant sites...
    • Youth Homelessness Strategy
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to date and the proposed timeframe for the development and completion of a national youth...
    • Electoral Commission
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to date and the proposed timeframe for the development and establishment of the electoral commission...
    • Housing Estates
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Tipperary County Council has been refused funding under the multi-annual funding programme to proceed with the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he has extended the pyrite mediation scheme to County Limerick while refusing to do the same for homeowners...
    • Local Authority Housing
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been secured to purchase arising from his call for housing; a breakdown of the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding required to deliver an integrated constructed wetland as a treatment system for the village of Glen, County...
    • Local Authority Housing
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify the precise number of affordable local authority houses he expects to provide by county based on the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to ensure the availability of adequate resources through the Rebuilding Ireland home loan...
    • Local Authority Housing
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects local authorities to refurbish void houses in the coming year thereby alleviating the threat of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the sewerage treatment works in County Kildare to meet...
    • Heritage Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he proposes to support, fund and-or develop specific heritage projects throughout County Kildare with...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units acquired by local authorities in 2018, 2019, and to date in 2020, in tabular form under the standard and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social...
    • Departmental Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Aircraft
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on diplomatic clearances sought from Ireland by embassies in advance for overflight of Irish sovereign airspace by foreign states...
    • Brexit Preparations
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans which have been considered to ensure no infrastructure or checks are placed along the Border. [28473/20]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland contributes to reducing global poverty (details supplied); the strategies being taken to reduce humanitarian need...
    • Human Rights
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the widespread detention of prominent human rights activists, journalists and opposition leaders in Bahrain in view of the...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing humanitarian situation in Lesbos, Greece; if he has engaged with his Greek and other European...
    • Brexit Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement held with the European Commission and other EU agencies to prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports reported lost or stolen to the Passport Office in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of his Department in expanding university places in Derry. [26807/20]
    • EU Migration Crisis
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support being offered to assist with the fallout following the fire at Moria refugee camp; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will he meet with victims and survivors of the Glenanne gang. [25602/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress with the UK Government regarding the UK customs preparations for Brexit. [26652/20]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is sending observers to monitor elections under the auspices of the OSCE this year; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • Military Aircraft
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of diplomatic clearances sought from Ireland by embassies in advance for overflight of Irish sovereign airspace by foreign states...
    • Brexit Issues
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress is being made between the European Union and the UK in the context of Brexit; the extent to which alternative...
    • Conflict Resolution
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the discussions taking place at EU and UN level to address the situation at various war zones worldwide including the Armenian...
    • Irish Aid
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multilateral aid from Ireland continues to find the destination for which it was intended; the exceptions...
    • EU Enlargement
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which discussions between the EU and countries in the western Balkans continue in the context of EU enlargement; the level of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      408. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and the UN continue to monitor the activities of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue in the Middle Eastern peace process, in particular with reference to the need for permanent structures...
    • Northern Ireland
      411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the UK Government on the decision not to prosecute British soldiers for their role in the Bloody Sunday...
    • Culture Policy
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the embassies in which cultural officers for Ireland have been appointed; the date of each respective appointment; the number of...
    • Human Rights
      413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has personally raised the issue of correction camps in Xinjiang province in China with his Chinese interlocutors; if the issue has...
    • Brexit Issues
      414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made on securing additional direct shipping routes to the continent in order to circumvent the UK landbridge; and...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the situation pertaining to the refugees in Lesbos; the number Ireland plans to accept; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media...
    • Departmental Staff
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      418. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a circular (details supplied) details the fact that members of the Defence Forces are classed under the same pay and conditions as public...
    • Defence Forces
      419. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of a matter (details supplied) in relation to the awarding of medals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28278/20]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      421. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a club (details supplied) will be permitted to use again the Gaelic pitch at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6, which it has used...
    • EU Directives
      422. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      423. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific timeframe for which the two completed reports, with regard to the R2 Tech 2-6 pay arrangements of the high-level plan Strengthening...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      425. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to extending the upper age limit for sergeants to 56 years of age and senior non-commissioned officers to 60...
    • Defence Forces
      426. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the dates on which the Curragh forum has met over the past three years; the details of its work programme; if there have been recent...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      428. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Curragh forum has discussed the infilling of the hollow next to Donnelly’s Hollow; the details of the discussions; the actions...
    • Departmental Contracts
      429. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he engaged a third-party company in each of the years from 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring...
    • Departmental Staff
      430. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the Public Service Pay Commission's recommendations on recruitment and retention in the Permanent...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adherence to distancing, capacity and other anti-Covid-19 measures on buses serving a school (details supplied) will be investigated. [28092/20]
    • School Accommodation
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28097/20]
    • Autism Support Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder class places at primary level for new enrolment available for the year 2021-2022 in Bray, County Wicklow;...
    • State Examinations
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an example will be published of the way in which the algorithm used in calculating leaving certificate grades works; the measures taken to...
    • DEIS Scheme
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will engage with DEIS 1 schools in the Dublin 8 area to see the way in which the band 1 designation can be improved and that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by her Department when it compelled 39 schools across south Dublin in July 2020 to open special needs classes; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary school transport applications received by county after the closing date of 4 August 2020; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school is within its right to refuse admission to a student on the basis that the student is unable to wear a mask due to a medical...
    • Schools Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school pupils who are in classes of more than 20, 25, 30 and 35 students by county, respectively; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a commitment that the Covid-19 level of capitation funding for each primary school pupil will be maintained at a minimum in the...
    • School Staff
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the number of primary school assistant principal posts will be restored to pre-2009 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a reply on their leaving certificate appeal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Boards
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants who applied for redeployment through GRETB; the number of successful applicants in the past three years; her plans to...
    • School Funding
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams within her Department that provide for the construction of school sports halls; and the process by which the school applies...
    • School Facilities
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an upgrade of broadband can be expected for a school (details attached) in County Dublin; and if broadband plans can be accelerated due to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistant, SNA, allocation for a school (details supplied) will be re-examined for the school year 2020/2021. [28362/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special needs unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28390/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on school minor works project in each of the years of 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and...
    • School Transport
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two pupils (details supplied) in County Mayo are not being accommodated on the school bus in view of the fact that there is capacity...
    • School Catchment Areas
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boundaries surrounding Belmayne, Balgriffan, County Dublin will be reviewed in view of the fact the area has undergone significant...
    • School Transport
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a bus pass was refused for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28505/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a case in County Carlow (details supplied). [28509/20]
    • School Management
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 21 July 2020, the status of the further submission under consideration in her Department; if the...
    • Autism Support Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a situation at a primary school (details supplied) with an attached autism unit in which children in the unit...
    • Schools Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for post-primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively in tabular...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to minimise the movement of SNAs in circumstances in which they currently care for many students in different classes making...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her officials will engage with a school (details supplied) to expedite the provision of a permanent site for the school within the Ballybrack...
    • School Transport
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for school transport to be provided to a Gaelscoil (details supplied). [28591/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to her Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • School Admissions
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department was informed or consulted on the change in the admission policy of a school (details supplied); the advice which can be...
    • State Examinations
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason so many students were downgraded from H1 to H2 in the recent leaving certificate examination, especially when those students were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, if she will provide the total amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer...
    • School Staff
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to end the ongoing pay inequality for teachers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28694/20]
    • School Curriculum
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied) following a letter to her Department dated 2 September 2020; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate students in County Kerry that have had errors with their calculated grades identified; the nature of these...
    • School Curriculum
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the levels of computer literacy amongst students leaving secondary school; the computer literacy education second level...
    • Schools Building Projects
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new educational campus at Fortunestown Lane, Saggart, Co. Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28754/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of contracting all third-party companies to deal with the leaving certificate grades in tabular form. [28764/20]
    • School Admissions
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken by a national school to ensure that a neighbouring secondary school continues to recognise a national school as a...
    • School Transport
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when CIÉ will be providing school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a dedicated fund will be established for schools to support the purchase of PPE for medically vulnerable and pregnant teachers in view of the...
    • School Curriculum
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop an online curriculum for primary school children isolating at home due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoileanna nationally; the breakdown by county; the percentage of total primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in secondary schools studying different subject areas for the leaving certificate in particular trades; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the errors in determining the leaving certificate calculated grades; if the State will be compensated for the errors; and if...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families in County Kildare that have requested home tuition supports in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of applications that...
    • Departmental Contracts
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was a tender process that secured the contractor (details supplied) for the modelling of the predictive grade system; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Registration of Deaths
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislation that outlines the time frame in which deaths must be reported; the current time frame; her plans to shorten...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can still claim the pandemic unemployment payment in cases in which they are on the pandemic unemployment payment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that will be provided to assist persons that have to take time off work to self-isolate in cases in which a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive the correct rate of pandemic unemployment payment; when arrears will be issued...
    • Fuel Allowance
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be considered for the fuel allowance on a temporary basis to allow the fuel allowance to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the various rates of pandemic unemployment payments, including the sectors in which the...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social welfare payments to €350 per week; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of granting a €1,000 bonus to all recipients of the carer's allowance. [28184/20]
    • Living Wage
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of moving all social welfare claimants, including pensioners, to a living wage. [28185/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to commence the restoration of the carer’s allowance income disregard to ensure those on the average...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s support grant will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28239/20]
    • Carer's Benefit
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility for carer’s benefit to include those who are self-employed; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for domiciliary care allowance will be extended to children residing in hospitals; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a report on proposals to enact a pension for family carers in recognition of their invaluable...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding community employment participants that are over 55 years of age; the maximum number of years they can...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to the Covid-19 payment in the case a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to the implementation of the Labour Court recommendation that community employment supervisors...
    • Carer's Benefit
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 22 September 2020, if a review of the carer’s benefit application will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Wexford in receipt of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment by age range (details...
    • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments to those on the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme will be extended for the period in which those on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a State (contributory) pension will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a means test relative to a claim for a State (non-contributory) pension for a person (details supplied) will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons that had pandemic unemployment payment claims that were not paid will receive their backdated arrears; if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pension increase due to workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/20]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      526. 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. [28597/20]
    • EU Directives
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to her Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 22 September 2020, if this jobseeker’s benefit application will be...
    • Departmental Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment, by county in tabular form....
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will take in budget 2021 to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to improve jobseeker...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if students can continue to claim the pandemic unemployment payment in circumstances in which they were in part-time...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the road passenger transport operators based in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Westmeath, Leitrim and Longford that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants accepted for payment of the pandemic unemployment payment in August 2020 and separately in September...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether social welfare inspectors should be able to enter the homes of local authority tenants to carry out...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to extend the qualifying criteria for the enterprise support grant to include persons in receipt of a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Christmas bonus for those in receipt of social welfare will be paid this year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of applications (details supplied) for PPSNs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28775/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question please provide the total amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact they made the application...
    • Departmental Contracts
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or...
    • Departmental Staff
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Protected Disclosures
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention or that of his predecessor has been drawn to a protected disclosure that was not investigated by Tusla or a nominated...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters by year to date; a breakdown of costs...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the small number of unaccompanied minors to be taken in here from the Moria refugee camp following the fire there; and his...
    • Childcare Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter in relation to a nursery (details supplied). [28569/20]
    • EU Directives
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • Youth Work Supports
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if increased investment will be provided to youth work services in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/20]
    • Student Support Schemes
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the situation faced by minors and young persons who have been born here or who are long-term resident here but are not Irish,...
    • Deportation Orders
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department or agencies under his remit are informed or notified of minors being deported from the State; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will acknowledge receipt of a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28734/20]
    • Childcare Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if increased childcare supports will be rolled out to new mothers who are unable to return to work and are therefore down an entire salary...
    • Departmental Contracts
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media...
    • Departmental Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason carer’s benefit is included as reckonable income as part of a SUSI application when carer’s allowance is not; and the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received and approved under the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme since March 2020, by county in tabular form; and...
    • Language Schools
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will remain in place for language schools to allow the industry to protect itself and recover over the next 12 to 18 months; and if...
    • Third Level Costs
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to assist parents and students who have paid for accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Support Schemes
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students who have been denied SUSI because they did not meet the criteria; if other supports are available to persons...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work to facilitate apprentice hairdressers getting back on site to continue their educational training; and if he will engage with...
    • Third Level Costs
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed or expected in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awarded their second choice place in DCU and has...
    • Nursing Education
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional third level college places in nursing will be provided; the location these places will be provided; the closing date for...
    • Third Level Costs
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the way in which the additional funds for universities are used; if he has been involved in any talks about a...
    • Nursing Education
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered financial assistance or concessions for student nurses and midwives on nursing programmes when they are prevented from...
    • EU Directives
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, if he will provide the total amount of additional Covid-19-related Exchequer...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he supports the principle of persons born in the State who are not Irish, UK, EEA or Swiss nationals and who qualify under the residency and...
    • Student Support Schemes
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision in place or that will be put in place for students who have limited or no access to Internet connectivity; and if he will make a...
    • International Students
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence was received from this Deputy on 23 September 2020 regarding a letter from international students in Ireland; and if a reply...
    • Departmental Contracts
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring...
    • Departmental Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September, by month, in 2019 and to date in 2020; the pay arrangements that...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a residency clause was in place stating that the children of returning Irish emigrants must have been resident in the State for three out of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parental Leave
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 23 September 2020, when the additional three-week parental leave will be enacted;...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an offer has been made to the Greek authorities to accept a significant number of asylum seekers impacted by the disastrous...
    • Property Management Companies
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a management company is obliged to invite all owners that pay service charges to the AGM of the management company under the...
    • Garda Stations
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for Donnybrook Garda station, Dublin 4; and if it will continue to operate under the current reduced hours. [29087/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of single persons, families, children and number of persons being accommodated in the temporary direct provision...
    • Family Reunification
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification by a person (details supplied). [28154/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to be accommodated in the Dominick Street Complex direct provision centre, Galway, by unit in tabular...
    • Data Protection
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received greater clarity and guidance on the way in which the GDPR safeguards apply in the case of children after...
    • Asylum Seekers
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expand the plans to lease properties in Galway city centre to house asylum seekers nationwide and to remove asylum...
    • Departmental Contracts
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied), its subsidiaries and each body and local...
    • Crime Data
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of animals reported stolen or missing to An Garda Síochána in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the administration of civil justice; when the review will be published; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to her Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the...
    • Garda Training
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol in An Garda Síochána to act upon reports of a potential suicide. [28394/20]
    • Prison Deaths
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths in custody by year, by prison, by gender and by cause of death in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to...
    • Residency Permits
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Irish residency permit card renewals; the current turnaround time; if there is a procedure in place for urgent...
    • EU Bodies
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Irish position regarding the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; the formalised permanent cooperation there is...
    • Deportation Orders
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason her Department does not collect statistics on the number of minors deported from the State; if this has always been...
    • Immigration Status
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for her Department’s policy paper on the regularisation of undocumented persons; if it will be open to...
    • Visa Applications
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the inordinate delay regarding a review of a stamp 4 visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Garda Stations
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to provide a new Garda station in Citywest, County Dublin which has been the subject of a long campaign...
    • Legal Aid Service
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Legal Aid Board office in Finglas, Dublin 11 which has temporarily relocated to Smithfield Law...
    • Residency Permits
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Insurance Costs
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to revise legislation on the duty of care or negligence in the context of the ongoing insurance crisis; and if she...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the findings of the Law Reform Commission report Capping Damages in Personal Injuries; and if she will...
    • Social Media Regulation
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make social media companies accountable in Irish law for false, misleading and defamatory publications on social...
    • Garda Deployment
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of population numbers to each Garda for every county here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28856/20]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided under the Garda youth diversion scheme in the past two years; the amount provided to each project during...
    • Student Visas
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision taken on 25 September 2020 to limit all students on a stamp 2 will be reconsidered in view of the fact that it...
    • Departmental Staff
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disease control workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSPC; the estimated full year cost of their employment; and the percentage of...
    • Occupational Therapy
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if it is necessary to redeploy occupational therapists to Covid-19 testing centres in view of the fact that there is already a waiting list of up to two years...
    • Protected Disclosures
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which whistleblower accounts will be managed now that a service (details supplied) is to close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28903/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/20]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 8 September 2020, the status of the investigation; the date of publication of the report; if he will report on...
    • Income Inequality
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if the inequality in income vis-à-vis a trainee, a child and educational psychologist and a clinical psychologist undertaking a doctorate who receive a...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing Spinraza to persons with spinal muscular atrophy type 3 such as a person (details supplied). [28102/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      633. To ask the Minister for Health when permission will be given to senior citizens day centres to open, even in a limited way to help tackle the isolation which elderly residents in the complex...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      634. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the import and distribution of medicinal cannabis through community pharmacies following a referral from a general practitioner or consultant; and...
    • Suicide Prevention
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if a suicide crisis assessment nurse will be provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [28122/20]
    • Health Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for an event (details supplied); if he will provide a contact person for the event organisers to liaise with either in the HSE or his...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28142/20]
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been issued with a summons in respect of an alleged breach of guardian ad litem regulations given that they were...
    • Dental Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years, by LHO in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that had their appointments cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic from 2 March 2020 to 1 September 1 2020, by HSE CHO region in tabular...
    • Dental Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class by CHO region that prior to service disruption due to Covid-19, that is the beginning...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the average WTE number of dental staff redeployed as part of the Covid-19 efforts, by HSE CHO region, on a weekly basis from 1 March to 1 September 2020,...
    • Dental Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults by HSE CHO region that are waiting for dental treatment under general anaesthetic; the maximum waiting period per region; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff redeployed and deployed through the Be on Call for Ireland campaign and other campaigns as part of the swab, test and trace system to...
    • Medical Cards
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to raise the threshold from €900 to €1,000 for over 70s couples who apply for a medical card; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Bodies
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disease control workplace inspectors in the employ of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC; the estimated full-year cost of their...
    • Care of the Elderly
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when community social daycare facilities for older persons are expected to reopen; when respite care facilities will open their doors for older persons and...
    • Health Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health when full services will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28218/20]
    • Proposed Legislation
      654. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory homecare scheme that will provide for appropriate respite each year and a carer needs assessment for full-time carers; and...
    • Medical Cards
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if the carer general practitioner visit card will be extended to carers in receipt of the carer's support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were allocated home help support in County Monaghan for each year since 2015 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the number of home...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 testing centres in west County Cork will be reinstated. [28255/20]
    • Audiology Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that audiology services are minimally impacted by Covid-19 with particular reference to ensuring regular testing, as required;...
    • HSE Properties
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is willing to lease its property in Tipperary Town, County Tipperary to a person who would be interested in developing and operating a facility that...
    • Health Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) in County Carlow will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28273/20]
    • Departmental Funding
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the disability sector, particularly a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28279/20]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to recruit a paediatric gastroenterologist in the Cork area as currently no such service is provided; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      663. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the Covid-19 testing system here by using a new test (details supplied) that only takes 15 minutes to provide results; and if he will make...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      664. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a study conducted on levels of vitamin D (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28308/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if ballet schools come within the definition of schools, early learning and childcare services as defined in the Plan for Living with Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home help waiting list in County Mayo as of 29 September 2020; the number of persons awaiting homecare packages in County Mayo;...
    • Medical Cards
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards will be provided for those women that have had severe life altering and ongoing complications from transvaginal mesh implants (details...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in counties Cork and Kerry that have been redeployed to testing and tracing; and the locations in which staff have been redeployed from in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if the nasal flu shot will be rolled out in schools; if parental consent must be sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28348/20]
    • Care of the Elderly
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to reopen day care centres for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28358/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      673. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 14 July 2020, if an urgent appointment for surgery at Temple Street Hospital will be expedited for a person...
    • HSE Data
      674. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 15 September 2020, the statistics gathered on staff derogations from requirements to self-isolate; and the basis...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests taken in a location (details supplied) to date; the number of positive cases at the same location; the number of persons that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all Covid-19 cases for the period of March 2020 to date in County Wexford by county council electoral divisions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      678. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to locate additional Covid-19 testing centres in County Wexford or the north Wexford area; if so, the locations in which the test centres will be...
    • Vaccination Programme
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a sufficient supply of the flu vaccine for all who choose to have it administered in the coming months; if he foresees a shortage of flu...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that have been declassified following incorrect classification as being Covid-19 related (details supplied); the correct number of deaths...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and therapy appointments in County Tipperary; if full speech and therapy services have resumed in the county; if...
    • Respite Care Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health when day and overnight respite sessions will recommence in each community health organisation, in tabular form. [28400/20]
    • Hospital Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a new dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning unit in South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of general practitioner services in Balbriggan, County Dublin, which has created lengthy waiting lists...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 testing facility will be opened in Balbriggan, County Dublin; if not, if a facility will be opened in another area of north County Dublin which...
    • HSE Staff
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the HSE pay those employed as contact tracers working in tracing centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/20]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being paid for fully or partially by the State in the various nursing homes run by a private operator (details supplied); the amount...
    • Disability Services Provision
      691. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 3 June 2020, the steps he will take or has taken to provide the services and supports for a person (details...
    • HSE Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the ongoing roll-out of the SAP payroll system throughout the HSE; the number of HSE employees directly involved in the project; the number of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if a custom-made orthotic device will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28501/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if an earlier appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28503/20]
    • Wards of Court
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the professional fees (details supplied) paid to facilitate ward of court applications brought by the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2017 to...
    • Health Services Funding
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that adult day services has received to date (details supplied). [28508/20]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health when moneys paid by a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed. [28510/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff including general practitioners will be deployed to Balbriggan primary care centre in view of the long waiting times for general...
    • Home Help Service
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home helps that have retired from the HSE since 2008; the number of new home helps that have been employed in the same period; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the HSE to cap monthly quantities of vital lifesaving prescribed products to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 related deaths reported in August and September 2020 that occurred in a hospital setting; the other settings in which these deaths...
    • Medicinal Products
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure greater use in prescribing generic and biosimilar medicines; the estimated extra saving envisaged next year by the increased...
    • Medical Cards
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical card threshold for persons aged over 70 years will be increased. [28570/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of children (details supplied); if he will request an urgent case conference to discuss the health, services and...
    • Home Care Packages
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to issue guidelines to home care service providers that will ensure clients do not lose out if a carer cannot make an appointment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish details of the reason behind the requirement for face coverings in schools, including any international evidence or risk assessments...
    • Home Care Packages
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours and home care packages provided nationally in each of the past five years; the number of such hours in north County Kildare in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the refurbishment works at Kanturk Community Hospital; the time frame for their completion; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by directive, of the lump...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 29 September 2020, if there is an addiction or recovery policy unit in his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to local and regional drugs task forces, in particular to deal with the impact of Covid-19, in budget 2021 and in line...
    • Health Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine or medical procedure can be administered on a mature minor, that is, over 16 years of age with an intellectual disability without the consent of...
    • Ambulance Service
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees of the national ambulance service; and the number on sick leave currently by county in tabular form. [28677/20]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      721. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available for type 1 diabetes patients through the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health his views on legislating to allow nurses to prescribe controlled drugs and opiate substitution therapy, for example, methadone and buprenorphine, as was...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health his views on enhancing independent regulatory oversight and inspection on addiction treatment services, such as through HIQA; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish a Traveller and Roma mental health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28687/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the body to which a respite care centre (details supplied) can apply for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28696/20]
    • Home Help Service
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly who were granted home help hours in 2020; if numbers are above or below the national average; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cycles used in the PCT testing here for the detection of Covid-19; if he has concerns regarding the over-sensitivity of these tests; the steps he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28712/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      732. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, the amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer expenditure for 2021 for his Department and...
    • Medical Records
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that St. James's Hospital expedite the provision of medical records by the hospital as required by a patient for Tallaght Hospital and as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if both Gorey and Thomastown district hospitals had been designated as Covid-19 step-down facilities; if the step-down designation of both Gorey and Thomastown...
    • Disabled Drivers Grant
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for a primary medical certificate that are now on hold as a result of the Supreme Court ruling of 18 June 2020; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the reason SouthDoc in Blackpool, Cork, is closed; and if a timeline can be given for the reopening of this facility. [28739/20]
    • State Claims Agency
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the State Claims Agency is opposing claims by those who allege they have developed narcolepsy as a result of a faulty batch of the swine flu vaccine...
    • Medical Treatment Complaints
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the first narcolepsy case related to a claimed bad batch of the swine flu vaccine to go to trial was not settled before an estimated €10...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the National Public Health Emergency Team. [28778/20]
    • Dental Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the distribution of PPE to dentists. [28780/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if a provision can be made in relation to the case of persons (details supplied) [28786/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a health appointment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28787/20]
    • Health Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are being considered to make eye tests outside of school testing at high street opticians free for children under 12 years of age who are on medical...
    • Health Services Staff
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if carers employed by the HSE who are required to travel on official business will be paid the travel and subsistence rates approved by his Department; and if...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the type of contracts that will be offered to the additional 700 swabbers and 500 contact tracers provided for in the winter plan; and if he...
    • Care of the Elderly
      759. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to reintroduce day care services for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28834/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by profession or type of employment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28838/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres here; the breakdown by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28843/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of population to general practitioners for each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28845/20]
    • Medical Cards
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering changing the medical card payment process for general practitioners from a fixed annual payment per medical card holder to paying the GP...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if longer notice will be given to businesses when announcing changes to Covid-19 restrictions to prevent unnecessary losses; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons tested for Covid-19 in each residential centre for persons with a disability in the CHO7 area in the past month; the number of persons...
    • Mental Health Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide funding to prevent the closure of the mental health charity (details supplied) in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      772. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide routine Covid-19 testing for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28876/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent speech and language therapists employed by the HSE for the catchment area of County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting speech and language therapy in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/20]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent physiotherapists employed by the HSE for the catchment area of County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide...
    • Departmental Staff
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Health Services Staff
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional staff or whole-time equivalents who have been sanctioned for the purposes of supporting the forest service...
    • Greyhound Industry
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which funding for the greyhound industry was spent in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, for example, the...
    • EU Regulations
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in place to ensure conformity of regulations between Ireland and Northern Ireland in view of proposed new EU regulations...
    • Animal Diseases
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of cattle that go down with TB and are actually that are found to have it when slaughtered in the factory; and the...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspectors in his Department employed as inspectors at meat processing and food processing facilities; and the...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants per county per year since 2015 for the organic farming scheme; the number of successful applicants; and if...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth nár chuir a Roinn fáisnéis i nGaeilge ar fáil don phobal maidir leis an bpróiseas...
    • Environmental Investigations
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the analysis carried out by his Department into the carbon sequestration potential of coniferous forests here; the comparative...
    • Fisheries Protection
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of requests made to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, by other EU member states with regard to the application...
    • Agriculture Industry
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available for farmers that wish to start snail farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28506/20]
    • Harbours and Piers
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the dredging of Howth harbour; if it remains his intention to lodge a planning application for the Howth dredging...
    • Forestry Grants
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dedicated sector-specific supports will be provided to the forestry sector in view of the impact of Covid-19 on same. [28588/20]
    • EU Directives
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of salaries, expenses and so on paid to members and employees of an organisation (details supplied) in each of the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding a breach of the nitrates regulations. [28726/20]
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 22 September 2020, the date he proposes to have a veterinary presence on livestock...
    • Fishing Industry
      802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details on any fish and shell fish quota swaps that the State has made with other EU States in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that none of his predecessors signed off on the equivalent of SI 318 of 2020 this year, before An Taoiseach did so on 26...
    • Departmental Contracts
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media...
    • Departmental Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      808. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of emergency funding provided to community projects since March 2020, by name of the project, sector and type of funding in...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €1 billion Rural Regeneration and Development Fund that has been drawn down; and if she will provide the...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      812. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made under the town and village accelerated measures round 3 scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      813. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost to her Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown...
    • LEADER Programmes
      814. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans in place for a rollover and transition funding for the 34 LEADER companies across the country whose contract ends on 31...
    • Departmental Contracts
      818. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media...
    • Departmental Staff
      819. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay...

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