Written answers
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Social Partnership Meetings
17. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all meetings of the Labour Employer Economic Forum that have taken place since the Government was established, including all subgroup meetings; the issues...
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Third Level Institutions
18. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if universities and third level institutions are bound by SI 146 of 2000 Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice on Grievance...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
20. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures being taken to help businesses that have no income to alleviate the pressures of commercial rents that have remained the...
- Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme
21. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 30 September 2020, the number of Microfinance Ireland rescheduled 616 performing loans...
- Social Partnership Meetings
22. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of all meetings with social partners with regard to proposals for statutory sick pay since taking office; the details of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if research has been conducted by his Department on the potential excess office space under development in Dublin city; his views on...
- Regional Development
25. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the estimated timeframe for the delivery of a development task force for north Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Renewable Energy Generation
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to an increase in the annual budget for the recently opened support scheme for renewable...
- Just Transition Fund
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to increasing the just transition fund by 20% from €6 million to €7.2...
- Electric Vehicles
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to increasing the number of rural 44KW and 50KW charging points for electric vehicle...
- Public Service Obligation Levy
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to concerns the impact of a 130% increase in public service obligation levy will have on...
- National Broadband Plan
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot access broadband which is only 30 meters from their house....
- Public Service Obligation Levy
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there will be a 130% increase in the PSO levy charged to all electricity customers in 2020/2021; if he has...
- Warmer Homes Scheme
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant levels available for works under the various SEAI schemes for householders that is warmer homes, better energy...
- National Broadband Plan
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the issues raised by a local authority (details supplied) on infrastructure; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Travel Trade Sector
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding travel agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29194/20]
- State Bodies
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the details of the €2.6 million funding grant to a company (details supplied) was distributed; and if he will make...
- Road Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make the necessary arrangement to include the Limerick northern distributor road project in the forthcoming capital investment...
- National Transport Authority
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the mediation process that was taking place between two companies (details supplied). [29044/20]
- Road Projects
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is still the intention to complete a new pedestrian bridge across the River Liffey east of the Samuel Beckett Bridge. [29086/20]
- Driver Test
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 10 September 2020, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Traffic Management
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to carry out a study on the relationship between road speed limits and the impact on fuel consumption, journey times, air...
- Parking Regulations
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering using his powers under S.I. 135/2006 to increase the fixed charge penalty notice fines for illegal parking; if he is...
- Airport Passenger Data
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving here on a weekly basis from 7 September 2020 by country of departure, including seaports and airports in...
- State Bodies
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of visitors in attendance across the Shannon Heritage portfolio over the past five years by year and by site in each of the...
- Rail Network
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to increase the frequency of southbound DART services; and if these plans are being reviewed as a result of the...
- Driver Licences
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in appointments in National Driver Licence Service Dublin offices causing...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that the full value of the employment wage subsidy scheme supports are not being provided to staff of an airline...
- Value Added Tax
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the exemption of VAT, within the European Union VAT directive, on all farm safety equipment which will act as a vector to...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the recommencement of processing of applications under the disabled drivers tax concessions scheme following the Supreme Court decision on 18...
- Insurance Costs
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on resolving the cost of insurance crisis to aid SMEs to recover (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29022/20]
- Motor Industry
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if measures are being examined to incentivise the purchase of new cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29037/20]
- Tax Code
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be raised annually by implementing four new tax bands by amounts (details supplied) [29098/20]
- Tax Reliefs
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to persons who are working from home; and the conditions under which the reliefs can be claimed. [29156/20]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the possibility that the abrupt reversion of help-to-buy terms to those which applied before the July stimulus package might create a...
- Budget Submissions
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29203/20]
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of amending the employment wage subsidy scheme to the end of December 2020, 1 January to 31 March 2021 and 1 April to end of December 2021 (details...
- Tax Code
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments made through pandemic unemployment payment can be taxable by law in view of the fact that it was introduced under section 202 of the Social Welfare...
- Universal Social Charge
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the universal social charge for persons earning less than €90,000. [29258/20]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Stations
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status on the reopening of Rush Garda station, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28955/20]
- Flood Prevention Measures
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood protection works along the River Dodder; and the additional delays caused as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [29088/20]
- State Art Collection
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 23 September 2020, if he is satisfied that the items are being stored in a manner that is...
- Office of Government Procurement
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the list of OGP suppliers and the impact such a decision may...
- Flood Risk Management
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a river will be dredged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29189/20]
- Office of Public Works
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW has paid a private firm to maintain the gate at Grianan of Aileach Fort, County Donegal. [29222/20]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sector specific supports in place and or the plans to introduce support services for the arts sector. [26312/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a grant will be offered to musicians who predominantly work at live events to upskill or retrain within their field to be better...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings of the Covid-19 response group, as distinct from the tourism recovery task force, that have taken place...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Derelict Sites
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding derelict properties in rural parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28954/20]
- Housing Regeneration
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28953/20]
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that were received in round one funding of the urban regeneration and development fund in tabular...
- Home Loan Scheme
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the appeals process in the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. [28969/20]
- Derelict Sites
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put in place incentives to return to use, unused buildings and shops in towns and villages; his further plans to...
- Housing Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider developing operational guidelines on habitual residence, similar to those used by the Department of...
- Tenancy Protection Scheme
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to bring forward legislation for tenancies on indefinite duration as committed to in the programme for...
- Residential Tenancies Board
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented to increase Residential Tenancies Board inspections and enforcement; and if he will make...
- Social and Affordable Housing
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means tests that applied to determine eligibility for social housing schemes; and if he recognises a gap between this...
- Planning Guidelines
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he plans to implement to speed up the planning delays affecting the development of onshore and offshore renewable...
- Planning Issues
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the wake of the demolition of O’Rahilly house, if he will convene a multi-agency taskforce, including local...
- Deer Hunting Licences
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a licence will issue to a person (details supplied). [29204/20]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diaspora Issues
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the interdepartmental committee on the Irish abroad. [29047/20]
- Brexit Preparations
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the schedule for decision making on Brexit over the coming weeks. [29185/20]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person can register their interest in hosting and fostering unaccompanied minors arising from the destruction of the...
- Human Rights
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of the Uighur population in China particularly those in the north-west Xinjiang province; and...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of guidelines or policies governing the use of automated weapons systems and robotics by the Defence Forces; and if no such...
- Defence Forces Personnel
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who have been court-martialed for sexual offences in the past ten years; the number who have been convicted; the number...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and the estimated start and completion date. [28970/20]
- School Transport
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport structure for Covid-19 has been established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28949/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts she has made in respect of school premises being inspected to ensure Covid-19 health and safety requirements are met; and if she will...
- Gender Balance
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of female head teachers; the number of female teachers who applied for the position of head teacher in 2019; the number of male head...
- State Examinations
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the junior certificate core subjects of Irish, English and maths were given equally weighting during the process of calculating the estimated...
- Ombudsman for Children
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had regard to concerns raised by the Ombudsman for Children in the area of special needs resources. [28976/20]
- School Admissions
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent decision by a school (details supplied) to end its policy of allocating feeder status to a local national school was taken as...
- European Court of Justice Rulings
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Attorney General and her Department have completed the review of the State ex-gratia scheme which the Tánaiste informed Dáil...
- State Examinations
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if equal weight was given to Irish, English and maths and the two best subjects of students from the junior certificate; if not, if different...
- Emergency Works Scheme
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29015/20]
- Schools Building Projects
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the planned new school building for a school (details supplied) will include an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 15 September 2020, if further clarification will be provided regarding face covering exemptions for...
- School Transport
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision made by the school transport scheme on an application by a family (details supplied) for a school bus ticket will be reviewed....
- Schools Health and Safety
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all primary schools that are located on national route roads; her views on whether extra road safety measures should be in place...
- School Enrolments
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate an increased number of enrolments in respect of two new schools (details supplied) in view of the increasing numbers...
- State Examinations
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the way in which leaving certificate students examination results and other examination and grade related data are defined...
- Intellectual Property
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if copies of the clauses in the contracts with a company (details supplied) that relate to the definition and use of each of intellectual...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the duration of the existing illness benefit for teachers for Covid-19 related illness or exempt Covid-19 related absences...
- Schools Health and Safety
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with a primary school (details supplied) in County Meath regarding ongoing road safety issues at the school; and if she will...
- State Examinations
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the tendering process that resulted in Educational Testing Service getting the contract for the review of essential aspects of the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Living Wage
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to provide funding in budget 2021 to the universal basic income pilot which has already been...
- Low Pay Commission
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a recommendation from the Low Pay Commission in respect of increases which should apply from January...
- Departmental Offices
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reopen the public registrations office in County Longford. [29205/20]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on social welfare overpayments as detailed by the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if she will make a statement...
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who were on the back to work enterprise allowance scheme are been given an extension if their two year duration...
- Dietary Allowance
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reinstating the diet supplement in budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29010/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing self-employed recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment to work a certain number of hours...
- Aer Lingus
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) continues to refuse to sign social welfare...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €5 million in dormant accounts funding for persons with disabilities to support their access to employment...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of research being conducted on the short and long-term impacts of the pandemic unemployment payment...
- Citizens Information Services
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the opening of a new Citizens Information office in Shannon town, County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the way in which the pandemic unemployment payment is to be treated for the purposes of means...
- Pensions Reform
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29159/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms under which self-employed persons can claim a payment to assist with restarting their business which has been...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many student nurses who were supporting themselves through part-time health...
- Parental Leave
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dates for extension of paid parental leave and of unpaid parental leave over the next fifteen months. [29173/20]
- Pension Provisions
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring forward an auto-enrolment pension during the course of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Illness Benefit
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the short-term illness benefit can be claimed by the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29179/20]
- Working Family Payment
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the higher rate of child dependent allowance for children of 12 years of age and over will be reflected in the rates for...
- Back to Education Allowance
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance can be claimed without a waiting time for all traditional welfare payments and for the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new claimants of rent supplement which have come into payment since the Covid-19 pandemic commenced; and her...
- Disability Activation Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to funding tablets for jobseeker's supported by the EmployAbility service through the...
- Work Placement Programmes
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms and conditions which will apply to the Work Experience Programme which was announced as part of the July Stimulus;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to social welfare payment due to a loss of employment as a result of the current...
- Labour Activation Programmes
176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the ending of the JobPath and Turas Nua schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29240/20]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to youth work services in 2021 in order to provide more supports and activities for young persons;...
- Childcare Services
180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if clarity will be provided on the guidelines to playschools and crèches in relation to the prohibition of the use of plastic lunch...
- Childcare Costs
181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children for whom the basic €20 per week is paid; and the number for whom enhanced payments are made. [29169/20]
- Family Resource Centres
185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to review the funding model for counselling services being run by family resource centres across County Clare; and if he will...
- Youth Services
186. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has met with the HSE in respect of increasing funding to the youth services in County Kildare. [29233/20]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Universal Support Ireland
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for a SUSI grant; if there is an appeal for a student in their situation; and if he...
- Third Level Admissions
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) who sat the leaving certificate in 2019 and has marginally missed out on their preferred college offer due to the...
- Third Level Costs
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will be made available in budget 2021 to families of college going students that have paid full accommodation and college fees but...
- Student Assistance Fund
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the extension of the student assistance fund to all agricultural college students; and if he will make a...
- State Examinations
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the implications arising from the use of calculated grades in the leaving certificate 2020 for the CAO and college entry for...
- Student Support Schemes
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops delivered and allocated to each further education institution in tabular form. [29096/20]
- Third Level Admissions
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [29244/20]
- State Examinations
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be consideration given to the errors in the calculated grades, in the case that a student with HEAR or DARE status has a grade...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the take-up to date of the subsidy to employers for enrolling apprentices; the breakdown by sector; and if consideration will be given to...
- Springboard Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in the eligibility criteria for Springboard opportunities for support for postgraduate participation. [29256/20]
- Further Education and Training Programmes
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions under which persons can participate in the skills to compete programme announced as part of the July stimulus; and the duration...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Disability Act Employment Targets
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the report on compliance with Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 for 2018 and 2019 respectively; the...
- Personal Insolvency Arrangements
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29209/20]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the request being made by many campaigners to increase the number of refugees to 400 from the Moria refugee camp...
- EU Directives
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the amendment to the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 necessitated by the...
- Garda Data
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Equipment
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of guidelines or policies governing the use of automated weapons systems and robotics by An Garda...
- Child Custody and Access
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the forms of protections in place within the courts system to ensure that children and custody issues are not used as leverage...
- Prisoner Welfare
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29097/20]
- Citizenship Applications
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish Citizenship that were received 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [29208/20]
- Department of Health
- Health Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose and cost of a contract (details supplied). [29073/20]
- Health Services Staff
212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not confirmed to the HSE its intention to pay an outstanding award to a cohort of section 39 workers (details supplied). [29075/20]
- Disability Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the reintroduction of comprehensive psychology, speech and language and support services for children with special needs. [29147/20]
- Airport Passenger Data
214. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator form on a weekly basis from 7 September 2020, in tabular form; the number of forms which were...
- Primary Medical Certificates
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed for a primary medical certificate from March 2020 to date; if he is satisfied that any backlog issues have been addressed; and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for nursing home providers in the CHO9 area to innovate and support residents and their families during periods of enhanced Covid-19 protective...
- Disabilities Assessments
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessment of needs that took place in 2020, in each health office area in tabular form; and the amount of AON awaiting assessment to date in...
- Mental Health Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age admitted to adult mental health units for 2019 and to date in 2020, by county in tabular form. [28980/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
219. To ask the Minister for Health the rules governing alcoholics anonymous meetings under the Covid-19 restrictions regarding social distancing, numbers attending and other restrictions; and if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
220. To ask the Minister for Health when training can be provided for the use of an insulin pump for a patient (details supplied) who is in physical possession of same but is on a waiting list...
- Primary Medical Certificates
221. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Motorised Transport Grant
222. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to replace the motorised transport grant and provide an alternative transport support scheme to assist with costs for persons with a...
- Covid-19 Tests
223. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which businesses on the Old Mallow Road, Cork, have approached the HSE requesting additional signage for the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review travel advice with NPHET in respect of Cambodia in view of the low Covid-19 rate and strict inbound travel regime in the country. [29011/20]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
225. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each of the posts funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each cancer centre; the year funding began for each post; and if he will...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
227. To ask the Minister for Health if an application submitted in hard copy to CORU in March 2020 and followed by an application via email in July 2020 for recognition of international...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
228. To ask the Minister for Health the essential services that are required to close under level 3 restrictions. [29055/20]
- Addiction Treatment Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 930 of 29 September 2020, when additional funding to support the resumption of drug and alcohol services will be made...
- Vaccination Programme
230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the delivery by pharmacists of off-site vaccination clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/20]
- Health Services Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for counsellor roles from the recruitment drive be on call for Ireland; the number that were recruited for the position; and...
- Vaccination Programme
232. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to introduce legislation enabling pharmacists to administer off-site vaccinations in view of media reports; when the legislation will...
- Health Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health when contracts will issue to persons (details supplied); and when they will be remunerated. [29072/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
234. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which and at the cost of consultants (details supplied) who have been employed by the HSE for the purposes of providing consultancy services in...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
235. To ask the Minister for Health the National Treatment Purchase Fund funding figures for each of the cancer centres in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the variance in each...
- Vaccination Programme
236. To ask the Minister for Health when out-of-hours 'flu vaccination clinics will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/20]
- Health Services Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapists and the specialties of each that have been redeployed to contact tracing as of 30 September 2020 in each CHO and hospital group,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 cases involved workers in food and meat processing since 14 September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29157/20]
- Speech and Language Therapy
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a speech and language therapy funded through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29158/20]
- Health Services Charges
242. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year of each of charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29175/20]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
243. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concluded discussions on the possibility of encouraging the renting out of vacant homes of persons availing of the fair deal scheme by applying a...
- Health Services Charges
244. To ask the Minister for Health the charges that are made to private patients who are using public hospital facilities in either public wards, semi-private or private wards; and the...
- HSE Expenditure
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report into a service (details supplied) operations being managed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29191/20]
- Disability Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health if external services will resume for schools (details supplied) run by a religious organisation, such as speech and language therapy which ceased due to...
- Departmental Budgets
248. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working to for the transfer of the disability budget to the Department of Children, Disability, Equality and Integration; the overall budget...
- Medical Cards
249. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the eligibility criteria for medical cards for over 70 years of age. [29206/20]
- Budget Targets
250. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fulfilment of promises made in budget 2020 to increase the medical card income threshold for persons over 70 years of age, reduce the GMS...
- Health Services Staff
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE therapists within CHO5 who have been redeployed as Covid-19 testers and contact tracers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29212/20]
- First Aid Training
253. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is to be reinstalled to offer affordable first aid training to full-time home carers caring for persons with disabilities and special needs; and if...
- Health Services Reports
254. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent release of the national maternity experience survey, in particular the results that showed women experienced...
- Nursing Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses by area in tabular form. [29248/20]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1033 of 29 September 2020, if his Department records will show that in this case the herd met...
- Livestock Issues
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1019 of 29 September 2020, the time frame involved In completing DNA tests on animals; the date...
- Fishing Licences
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if small quotas of dogfish will be made available to inshore fishermen for a three-month period annually; and if he will make a...
- Felling Licences
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tree felling licence will be issued to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact the application was submitted on 13 May...
- EU Directives
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the EU clause contained in EU Directive 2019/6 allowing a professional person or responsible persons to issue a...
- Tax Reliefs
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to extending consanguinity relief from 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2025; and if he will make a...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to establishing a dedicated debt mediation service for farmers in which funds are ring-fenced and used...
- Tax Code
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to introducing a voluntary individual income volatility initiative to allow farmers deposit a defined...
- Agriculture Schemes
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to establishing a targeted annual investment allowance which would focus on smart agriculture,...
- Felling Licences
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29061/20]
- Afforestation Programme
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Kildare County Council in identifying publicly owned land banks to commence an ambitious planting initiative...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduced payment rate of areas of natural constraint 2020; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29081/20]
- Fishing Vessel Licences
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty points appeals mechanism outside of the courts will be put in place for fishermen; and if he will make a statement on...
- Beef Imports
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the standards for beef products being imported here from both inside and outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Veterinary Medicines
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if local co-ops will be in a position to dispense medication to farmers, as well as vets, to ensure that this does not become a...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Proposed Legislation
275. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to update the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 and the associated Rules and Regulations for the Regulation of Burial...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
276. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received from each local authority nationally under rural regeneration development funding since...
- National Broadband Plan
277. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of the broadband connection points that are now live by county; the date for each of the outstanding...
