Written answers
Thursday, 8 October 2020
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retired personnel from the Defence Forces who willingly and unselfishly offered their services to Ireland's Call to help with the...
- Defence Forces Equipment
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of analysis his Department has carried out into the potential impact of the lack of primary radar surveillance capability on the...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recommendations from the completed report on non-pay retention measures; and if it will be shared with the representative associations. [29119/20]
- Coast Guard Service
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to take the Irish Coast Guard air rescue service back into full public ownership. [28815/20]
- Departmental Budgets
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Vote 36 of budget 2021 regarding the Defence Forces and his Department's annual expenditure will be amended to include the Chief of Staff of...
- Air Corps
17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28519/20]
- Military Medals
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the time limits will be waived for the award of distinguished service medals and military medals for gallantry, with a view to awarding...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the high-level plan committed to implementing the review of technical pay for enlisted personnel by 04 January 2020 has been pushed...
- Defence Forces Review
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the commission on Defence will be established. [29139/20]
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the issue of formal recognition of an organisation (details supplied) in order to represent the interests of Defence Forces...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason NCOs who commenced service after 1994 in the Defence Forces and who are in receipt of technical pay for specialist functions are...
- Defence Forces Reserve
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the enrolment in the Reserve Defence Force; the proposals for recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29127/20]
- Military Aircraft
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the investigation into the incident when a helicopter door fell off and landed in a school in Clondalkin in May 2020; and if he...
- Defence Forces Personnel
29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to granting service contract extensions up to 50 years of age for privates and corporals providing they meet all...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the outcome of the review of mandatory retirement ages for commissioned officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29133/20]
- European Defence Action Plan
34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the proposed European defence fund constitutes funding from the EU budget being spent in a manner that has military or defence implications;...
- Cybersecurity Policy
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department plays in national cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/20]
- Defence Forces Equipment
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the value of all contracts for goods or services, including drone technology, purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms...
- Army Barracks
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the future plans for Custume Barracks, Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/20]
- Defence Forces Operations
40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional resources that have been provided specifically to deal with increased gangland activity in view of the role of the Defence Forces...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he will take to address the legacy of the administration of the anti-malaria drug, Melfoquine Lariam, which has had severe side...
- Defence Forces Strength
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if adequate staff remain available to crew the various sea-going vessels and aircraft with particular reference to ensuring the availability of...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if pay restoration for the Defence Forces is on target to be achieved in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28296/20]
- Military Medals
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if soldiers who served the State from 1968 to 1998 will be given a medal in recognition of their loyalty and service throughout the Troubles; and...
- Defence Forces Strength
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a shortage of personnel is affecting the operational efficiency of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28522/20]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if troops who undertook predeployment quarantine in Aiken Barracks, Dundalk, have been paid the armed peace support allowance; and if he will...
- Military Medals
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the continued refusal to honour the heroism of members of the Defence Forces who fought at the siege of Jadotville in the service...
- Defence Forces Operations
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the operations in which the Defence Forces are engaged in abroad; and the number of operations that were subject to approval by Dáil...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons recruited to the Defence Forces under the re-enlistment scheme announced in March 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
- Overseas Missions
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the provisions in place for Defence Forces personnel who will be serving overseas with the United Nations for a minimum of six months to receive...
- Civil Defence
55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing situation in the south Cork Civil Defence unit regarding treatment of staff and complaints...
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Export Credit Insurance
57. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to introduce an export credit insurance scheme for exporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29379/20]
- Company Closures
58. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the actions that have been taken since a company (details supplied) announced that it is to cease production; the engagements that...
- Departmental Contracts
59. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
60. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount drawn down and allocated to businesses by county of the restart grant and the restart grant plus in tabular form. [29360/20]
- Departmental Staff
61. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29403/20]
- Programme for Government
62. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when the Shannon estuary task force will be established as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Company Liquidations
63. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that stock and other assets from a company (details supplied) have been transferred abroad;...
- Work Permits
65. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of work permits granted each month to date in 2020; the countries from which the workers who were granted permits came; the...
- Departmental Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the breakdown of funding provided to IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in 2020; the core Exchequer allocation, additional capital...
- Trade Agreements
67. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on a recent report from a university (details supplied) with regard to the Mercosur deal and the way in which it contradicts...
- Redundancy Payments
70. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has discussed the proposals of unions (details supplied) to establish a fund to safeguard redundancy entitlements workers in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
71. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on whether businesses which were denied funding as part of the restart grant due to the fact it was oversubscribed prior to...
- Research and Development
72. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on whether Ireland is adequately investing in research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25959/20]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the mobile and broadband communications projects being undertaken with Mayo County Council and the...
- Departmental Contracts
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts with public relations firms and public relations consultants entered into by his Department for the years...
- Departmental Staff
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29404/20]
- Just Transition Fund
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the definition of a just transition; and if the information on which the definition is based will be provided. [29509/20]
- Public Service Obligation Levy
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on ring-fencing a percentage of the public service obligation levy for community-owned renewable energy...
- Electric Vehicles
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the roll-out of electric charging points in County Mayo (details supplied); the timeline for the roll-out;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Travel Trade Sector
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding the travel industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29326/20]
- Road Projects
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the tendering process for the Dunkettle interchange will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29338/20]
- Parking Regulations
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase fixed charge penalty notice fines for illegal parking from €40 to €100; and if he will make a...
- Traffic Management
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce automatic camera enforcement of bus and cycle lanes; if he will trial such an initiative within the administrative...
- Rail Network
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the initial studies as agreed in the NDP on the proposed railway line from Derry to Dublin have been commissioned; if he has spoken to...
- Bus Services
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with his counterparts in the Stormont Executive to develop sustainable and fair pricing structures for cross-Border bus...
- Driver Test
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources which will be given to each test centre to alleviate waiting lists times; and the waiting time and number of...
- Cycling Facilities
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 29 September 2020, if only one local authority has drawn down funding for safe cycling...
- Rail Network
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Irish Rail has not done an engineer's report on the Ballybrophy to Limerick railway line over the past number of years; and if...
- Road Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the Cork city north ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29339/20]
- Departmental Contracts
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including...
- Driver Test
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) who is a student nurse on placement in Limerick will receive a date for a driving test; and if he will...
- Driver Licences
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision can be made for drivers whose licences are due to expire in October 2020 in view of the delay in accessing NDLS appointments;...
- Bus Services
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter on the finalised BusConnects Dublin area bus network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29416/20]
- Driver Test
101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider instructing the RSA to waive the requirement for the biannual test for driver instructors which involves spending an...
- Road Safety Authority
102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Driver Licence Service and the RSA will be instructed to allow ADI driver instructors use toilets and hand washing...
- Road Network
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to investigate the placing of new rumble strips and chevrons as part of roadworks at the junction of the M50 and...
- Rail Network
104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA committee will be reviewed; if qualified railway and freight experts will be included on the panel; the name of personnel who...
- Driver Test
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if measures will be taken to address the lengthy waiting lists for driver tests. [29467/20]
- Tax Reliefs
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average consumer spend on a Taxsaver commuter ticket; the amount of tax relief consumers receive; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines given to HSE local offices for processing primary medical certificate applications following the decision to suspend processing of same in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter on the spend and stay scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29273/20]
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in view of the Supreme Court decision in which the court...
- Departmental Contracts
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs in tabular...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
117. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29365/20]
- Tax Reliefs
118. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the existing research and development tax incentive scheme to make it more streamlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29405/20]
- Tax Data
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed the remotely working from home e-working tax relief for the tax year 2019; the amount claimed; the average payment per...
- Fuel Oil Specifications
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the points of entry for the importation of marked gas oil (details supplied) here; the standards and conditions that apply to marked gas oil for use here; if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Community Employment Schemes
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to provide community employment supervisors access to pensions in line with the 2008 Labour Court recommendation...
- Coastal Erosion
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recent meetings have taken place with officials from the relevant Departments and stakeholders in respect of the coastal erosion...
- Departmental Properties
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of properties in the ownership of the Department at Killybegs, County Donegal, Howth, County Dublin and...
- Travel Trade Sector
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will give it further consideration in the...
- Flood Relief Schemes
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the progression of the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29337/20]
- Departmental Contracts
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including...
- Departmental Staff
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29412/20]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the State plans to commemorate the disappeared from the period of Ireland’s history from 1919 to 1923; if...
- Arts Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 1 October 2020, the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation...
- Departmental Contracts
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by her Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Departmental Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29411/20]
- Film Industry
134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding provided to Irish film production since 2010; if she will increase the amount for 2021; if she has sought to...
- Sports Funding
135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the large scale sport infrastructure fund; if grants approved earlier in 2020 still stand; if the commitment of at...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a mid-term review of the national framework for living with Covid-19 will be considered in order to ensure the elements...
- Swimming Pool Programme
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding her Department is providing to allow public swimming pools to continue to operate as a result of Covid-19; and if she...
- Sports Capital Programme
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a review of the 2018 sports capital programme has taken place; if she has signed off on the review; if not, when she plans to...
- Sports Facilities
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the development of an international kayak centre at Inner Harbour, Westport, County Mayo (details supplied). [29514/20]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Special Areas of Conservation
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent turf cutting and removal of same in the Carlingford Mountain special area of...
- Water Quality
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions being taken to reduce sewage dumping in Dublin Bay and to improve the cleanliness of the water for swimmers; and...
- Strategic Infrastructure Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if proposed applicants under the strategic housing development legislation are required to contact county childcare committees...
- Social and Affordable Housing
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes for affordable purchase in the known pipeline; the number of homes for cost rental in the pipeline; and if...
- Departmental Contracts
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Social and Affordable Housing
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of social housing provision; and his views on required changes to legislation or policy related to...
- Departmental Staff
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29398/20]
- Social and Affordable Housing
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review on household income limits in order to apply for social housing will be completed; the stage at which this...
- Planning Guidelines
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new wind energy planning guidelines will become operable; the reason for the ongoing delay since the draft...
- Social and Affordable Housing
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of efforts by his Department to deliver affordable housing on the Glass Bottle site, Ringsend, Dublin; and if the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Negotiations
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the latest discussions that have taken place with the UK Government on the ongoing dispute over the ownership of Lough Foyle;...
- Human Rights
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the worsening of the humanitarian and civil rights situation in Zimbabwe; his plans to raise this at EU...
- Departmental Contracts
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the WHO Covid-19 solidarity call to action, which promotes the notion of technologies to deal with Covid-19 as global public...
- Departmental Staff
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29406/20]
- Human Rights
160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the concerns he has raised with the Government of Mozambique about recently revealed extrajudicial killings of civilians by the Mozambique...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
161. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the special measures put in place to ensure there is no delay getting Ireland’s peacekeepers home on their due date without delays as has...
- Defence Forces Strength
163. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has carried out any analysis into the implications of the ongoing pay and staffing issues in the Defence Forces on Irish...
- Departmental Contracts
164. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the...
- Covid-19 Tests
165. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the requirement for members of the Defence Forces from around County Donegal, who are based at Finner Camp, County...
- Departmental Staff
166. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29401/20]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
167. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which issues in respect of pay and conditions in the military have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Missions
168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent of proposed deployment of Irish troops overseas on UN or other missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29532/20]
- Army Barracks
169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which accommodation at military barracks is in keeping with best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29533/20]
- Defence Forces Strength
170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of each branch of the Defence Forces throughout the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Training
172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel trained to the appropriate standard, are available for Naval Service missions; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Equipment
176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment including telecommunications continues to be updated and renewed throughout the Army, Navy Service and...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotions throughout the Army, Navy Service and Air Corps currently awaiting approval at each rank; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Data
178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women throughout the Defence Forces has fluctuated in each of the past ten years to date; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which payment has been received in respect of all overseas military deployment in the past eight years to date; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Strength
180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Navy Service and Air Corps continue to be prepared for emergency missions such as air, sea rescue or in assistance...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the introduction of a legal obligation on the NCSE to carry out on-site inspections in order to properly assess the suitability of...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be given a Teaching Council number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29271/20]
- School Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams that are available to primary schools for cultural and arts initiatives for pupils such as music classes. [29272/20]
- Special Educational Needs
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can be found a place in a school that will suit their needs, as per the recommendations of their early intervention...
- State Examinations
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason leaving certificate students 2020 cannot appeal their grades assigned to them in a similar manner to appeals from all other years...
- Schools Building Projects
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of the new permanent school building will begin at a school (details supplied); and when she expects the project to be...
- Departmental Contracts
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by her Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs...
- Special Educational Needs
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines available for schools to facilitate students who require individual resource support. [29373/20]
- Departmental Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29402/20]
- Schools Building Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will commit to fast-tracking the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the stage at which...
- State Examinations
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established and or plans to establish a compensation fund and or has amended her Department’s contingent liability in view of...
- School Accommodation
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider expanding the capacity of a school (details supplied). [29426/20]
- School Equipment
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of personal computers and WiFi in the homes of students at a particular disadvantage such as Traveller children will be...
- Schools Extra Curricular Activities
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports provided by her Department to support homework clubs for children at a particular disadvantage. [29428/20]
- State Examinations
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the integrity, validity and reliability of the process of national standardisation of leaving certificate calculated results was...
- School Transport
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a July provision school transport grant payment will issue to a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29473/20]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Redundancy Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress her officials are making on the implementation of the Duffy Cahill report; if a list of all meetings that have...
- Carer's Allowance
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in relation to an appeal for carers allowance. [29294/20]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the pandemic unemployment payment can be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Contracts
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by her Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Departmental Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29414/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment payment will be reinstated to a higher rate in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Disability Allowance
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on increasing disability allowance payments by €25 in budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the status of community employment supervisors; her plans to provide for their payments in view of the...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of payment including the jobseeker’s allowance, Covid-19 related support payable in the case of a...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Data Retention
216. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which county childcare committees can access childcare information (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to this...
- Departmental Contracts
217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the...
- Departmental Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29400/20]
- Budget Statement
219. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on investing €1.5 million in an assistive technology passport in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with third level institutions on foot of the coding error in the leaving certificate; and the institutions he has...
- Third Level Admissions
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional places created on a high demand third level course (details supplied) to meet additional need; and if he will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which distance can be applied on SUSI applications if the route from the home to the third level institution is shorter than from the...
- Departmental Contracts
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs...
- Third Level Admissions
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the CAO offered a place to a person (details supplied) which they accepted and made preparations for start of term, on an arts degree...
- Departmental Staff
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29407/20]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Garda Deployment
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the retention of the Garda roster in place since the beginning of lockdown; if changes should be made so as to...
- Residency Permits
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts
229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by her Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Visa Applications
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by Venezuelan citizens, such as a person (details supplied), who have...
- Citizenship Applications
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for the processing of citizenship applications; the measures being taken to deal with the backlog of...
- International Protection
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29385/20]
- Departmental Staff
233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29410/20]
- Departmental Records
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will release files in respect of reports from the C3 Division of An Garda Síochána, sent routinely to her...
- International Students
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements for ILEP students and schools which were informed by a circular on 25 September 2020 that they would have to...
- Immigration Status
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if progress has been made on a matter previously queried (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Direct Provision System
237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision; the number of households in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on...
- Immigration Status
238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appeal will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Health
- Pension Provisions
240. To ask the Minister for Health if a health board pension can be paid fortnightly rather than monthly for a person (details supplied). [29521/20]
- Disability Services Funding
241. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence funding for support services for persons with disabilities to enable the 2,900 persons with disabilities living in congregated settings...
- Disability Services Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to save St. John of Gods Services, Monavalley, Tralee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dental Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of dentists, dental nurses, clinical dental technicians and orthodontists working in primary care sites in the CHO8 area in February 2020 and June...
- Hospital Appointments Status
245. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1205 of 8 September 2020, which incorrectly refers to an appointment on 1 May 2020; the appointment referred to was...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add Cariban to the approved drug list under the drug payment scheme; and the medicines available under the drug payment scheme to treat...
- Hospital Appointments Status
247. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29280/20]
- HSE Properties
249. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are being considered for a disused building (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29283/20]
- Dental Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for orthodontic treatment on the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29285/20]
- Primary Medical Certificates
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been received for primary medical certificates in CHO 9 in 2020; the number of applications that have been processed to...
- Disability Services Funding
252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE audiology has not been ring-fenced as an essential service for children who are deaf and hard of hearing; if he will make a commitment to...
- Medical Cards
254. To ask the Minister for Health the exact date he will commence higher thresholds for medical card applicants over 70 years of age. [29325/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
255. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the medical advice which has been provided which prevents amateur soccer clubs playing matches in level 3 areas while allowing amateur GAA and...
- Home Help Service
256. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied) for the reinstatement of home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
257. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [29342/20]
- Departmental Contracts
259. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs in tabular...
- Hospital Groups
260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure Saolta Group undertake the urgent implementation of all necessary improvements laid bare by the recent HIQA Your...
- National Maternity Strategy
261. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the speedy implementation of the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 at Letterkenny University Hospital, including...
- Maternity Services
262. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the results of the recent HIQA Your Experience survey on experiences of maternity care in Ireland (details supplied); his further views on the...
- Vaccination Programme
263. To ask the Minister for Health if the 'flu vaccine will be made available for students and healthcare staff at third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29387/20]
- Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment and supports available through the HSE to children and adults who have EDS; his plans to provide comprehensive treatment through the HSE for EDS...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
265. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the WHO Covid-19 solidarity call to action, which promotes the notion of technologies to deal with Covid-19 as global public goods and urges...
- Covid-19 Tests
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists who have been reassigned to the Covid-19 testing and tracing response; the impact this...
- Airport Passenger Data
267. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision was taken to change the policy for passenger locator form follow-up calls in order that the purpose of these calls was no longer to monitor...
- Commencement of Legislation
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the outstanding sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [29395/20]
- Departmental Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29408/20]
- Disability Services Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Health when the deed of partial discharge for a location (details supplied) will be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29429/20]
- Covid-19 Tests
271. To ask the Minister for Health the average turnaround times at the Wicklow Covid-19 testing centre which serves County Wicklow and parts of south County Dublin (details supplied); and if he...
- Home Help Service
273. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29446/20]
- General Practitioner Services
274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for replacing general practitioners that retire; and the status of the matter with a predicted 700 general practitioners due to retire within the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
275. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29452/20]
- Health Services Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of a funding application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29459/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
280. 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. [29464/20]
- Cancer Services
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have been screened by BreastCheck from 1 January to 30 September 2020; and the number for the same timeframe in 2019. [29476/20]
- Maternity Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; the amount of...
- Mental Health Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided for mental health services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29479/20]
- HSE Waiting Lists
287. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for hip and knee replacement surgery in each hospital in which such surgery takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29483/20]
- Health Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health the status the establishment of the national psychology place office. [29486/20]
- Addiction Treatment Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that those availing of supports, such as community meetings for addiction and recovery, will continue to be able to do so if Ireland enters...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
291. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare workers who are close contacts of positive Covid-19 cases or close contacts of someone awaiting the results of a Covid-19 test are entitled to...
- HSE Waiting Lists
292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 30 September 2020 or the latest available date; and the number...
- Mental Health Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2020. [29496/20]
- HSE Waiting Lists
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 30 September 2020 or the latest available date; the way in which that compares to the...
- Disability Services Funding
302. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the statement by a federation (details supplied) that the €10 million in aid allocated to disability services in the...
- Covid-19 Tests
303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE medical or therapeutic staff, including dentists, nurses, physiotherapists, SLTs and OTs, that have been deployed to Covid-19 contact tracing...
- Medicinal Products
304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 5 March 2020, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/20]
- Nursing Education
305. To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses will be paid for work they do in hospitals. [29523/20]
- Covid-19 Tests
306. To ask the Minister for Health when health staff, such as speech and language therapists and occupational therapists currently carrying out contact tracing, will return to their pre-Covid-19...
- HSE Waiting Lists
307. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to access a service (details supplied); the number of children on the waiting list; his plans to tackle the waiting list; when the service...
- Disability Services Data
309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 30 September 2020 or latest date available; and the number on...
- HSE Waiting Lists
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list by each local health area as of 30 September 2020 or the latest date available the number waiting less...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the organisational review of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority that was carried out and his plans to implement the...
- Departmental Properties
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of properties in the ownership of the Department at Killybegs, County Donegal, Howth, County Dublin and...
- Harbours and Piers
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to continue to work with Donegal County Council and Foyle Port on their proposals to develop the Greencastle Harbour; if he...
- Fishing Licences
322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address specific issues over licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29329/20]
- Immigrant Investor Programme
323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of his Department’s submissions to the immigrant investor programme evaluation committee on the...
- Departmental Contracts
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Hare Coursing
325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29368/20]
- Departmental Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29399/20]
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the accuracy rate of the bovine TB skin test; the number of false negatives and false positives, respectively; the role methodology...
- Harbours and Piers
328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application was made by Wexford County Council in 2018 for funding to repair storm damage to the slipway at Seaview, Kilmore,...
- Food Industry
329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of producer group organisations his Department has approved; the number of producer group applications being considered or...
- Departmental Schemes
332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 16 April 2019, when he plans to introduce a voluntary farm building relocation scheme;...
- Afforestation Programme
333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the 27 recommendations in review of approval processes for afforestation in Ireland the Mackinnon...
- Fishing Industry
335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the report of the fishing and seafood development programme from the Northern Ireland Department...
- Forestry Grants
336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry application in the case of a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Contracts
337. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by her Department; and the remit of these contracts...
- Departmental Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29413/20]
