Written answers

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Future of Media Commission
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the membership of the Media Commission was selected; and if a person with local media and news publishing experience will be included in the Commission....
    • Departmental Contracts
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts with public relations agencies and management consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs in tabular...
    • Departmental Staff
      3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29415/20]
    • Cabinet Committees
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if a list of Cabinet committees that has been established will be provided; the membership and purpose of each; and the additional Cabinet committees he expects to be set...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      7. To ask the Taoiseach when the citizens' assembly on drug use will be convened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29282/20]
    • Question Heading
      8. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on public relations, promotion and advertising, including multimedia, in his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and up to 30 June 2020 prior to...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      11. To ask the Taoiseach the details of policy format and organisational process by which the groupings for Taoiseach oral parliamentary questions are decided within his Department. [30124/20]
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Departmental Titles
      13. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the date on which the statutory instrument to change the name of the Department of Business, Enterprise, and Innovation to the...
    • Building Regulations
      14. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will investigate the safety of window restrictors, which are difficult to open, to ensure they comply with standards under the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      15. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29926/20]
    • Industrial Disputes
      17. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to meet with striking workers (details supplied) who he has acknowledged have been treated poorly; and the actions he plans...
    • Grant Payments
      18. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount of moneys paid as of 30 September 2020 from the restart grant by county in tabular form; the amount of moneys paid as of 30...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      20. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on the extension of the Temporary Framework for state aid until at least June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Ireland
      21. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of new investment arising from IDA sponsored enterprises in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, in each of the years...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      22. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of new investment arising from Enterprise Ireland grant aided enterprises in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, in...
    • Company Liquidations
      23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the protections that are in place to stop companies from moving assets to other holding companies thereby reducing the potential for...
    • Work Permits
      24. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29917/20]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      25. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of a public policy on remote working. [29958/20]
    • Company Law
      26. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to expedite examinership lite for SMEs and microbusinesses (details supplied). [29959/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      27. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a bespoke support package will be given to pubs and restaurants that have to close due to level 3 public health restrictions; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      28. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of HSA inspections of workplaces that have been carried out for compliance with Covid-19 regulations from March 2020 to...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      29. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if supports will be put in place to assist seasonal businesses with rent costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      30. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has engaged with retailers offering designated shopping hours for vulnerable groups to encourage them to take steps to enforce...
    • Food Industry
      31. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the Athy food hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30326/20]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the criteria for the local enterprise office trading online voucher will be broadened to include social media...
    • Electric Vehicles
      33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the county councils that have applied for the electric vehicle public charge point grant; the reasons for the low uptake...
    • National Broadband Plan
      35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated for broadband connection; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 3 December 2019, when the review of the climate action plan will be...
    • National Broadband Plan
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a situation regarding houses on either side of an address (details supplied) whereby...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the delay in the provision of the warmer homes grants due to increased demand; his...
    • Environmental Policy
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the banning of single-use plastics here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/20]
    • Climate Action Plan
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department is examining the need for increased involvement in local community groups to engage...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of wind energy production and projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29944/20]
    • Energy Efficiency
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if commercial grants are available to assist a business in becoming more energy efficient and environmentally friendly...
    • Energy Prices
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has contacted electricity and gas providers in relation to proposed increases in prices during the Covid-19...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the impact the large increase in the PSO will have on electricity customers during...
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • An Clár Rialtais
      46. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment cén uair a chuirfear tús leis an Acht Forbartha Mianraí 2017; cén uair a bheidh sé ar fáil i nGaeilge;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for an expansion of the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme; his plans to allow persons that have availed...
    • Energy Efficiency
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30082/20]
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the provision of electricity connection for a business (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Greenways Provision
      50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specifications a greenway project must fulfil to receive funding; his views that the current one-size-fits-all approach to greenways...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings that have taken place since 1 August 2020 with the Dublin Airport Authority on the provision of an airport testing...
    • Parking Regulations
      52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address illegal parking of cars on pavements and cycle lanes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aviation Industry
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29572/20]
    • Public Transport
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated for LocalLink, by county, for each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29647/20]
    • Driver Test
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29661/20]
    • Proposed Legislation
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; when he expects the Bill to be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Motor Tax
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a case (details supplied) regarding a vintage car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29752/20]
    • Public Transport
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to provide extra buses and other forms of public transport in view of the way the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the nomination and election process for the taxi advisory committee; if there are vacancies on same at...
    • Driver Test
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver tests cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29818/20]
    • Light Rail Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to enter the proposed Lucan Luas line and or extension in the planning process (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Motor Tax
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide provisions for coach and bus services that have been asked to pay back tax for several months as a consequence of being...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the need to include County Wexford will be examined in a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a roads project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30146/20]
    • Light Rail Projects
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and timeline of plans for the delivery of the Luas to Lucan, County Dublin. [30185/20]
    • Rail Network
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an Irish Rail engineers' report on the upgrades made to the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line to determine if it is possible to...
    • Coast Guard Service
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the make and model of all seafaring vessels based at each Irish Coast Guard station in tabular form; the number of crew at each station...
    • Driver Test
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes proposed under EU Regulation 2020/698 to the A2 motorcycle driver licence test are to be adopted on 1 November 2020; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which County Clare will benefit from the expanded local bus service detailed in and funded by the July stimulus plan; and if he...
    • Coast Guard Service
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in providing a permanent Irish Coast Guard facility in north Connemara at the site of the airstrip at Cluain...
    • Road Projects
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Athy distributor route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30325/20]
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the processing of medical certificates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30061/20]
    • Insurance Coverage
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to address the price and lack of choice for insurance cover for walking and mountaineering guides; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the scheme to allow for persons building their own homes (details supplied). [30247/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns raised by employers that the delay of up to six weeks to receive subsidy payments under the employment wage subsidy scheme could...
    • Grant Payments
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance if the threshold for voucher bonuses from employer to employer will be increased from €500 to €1,000; if it will be made available across at...
    • Mortgage Lending
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a financial institution (details supplied) will not offer six-month payment breaks and moratoriums to persons...
    • Cabinet Committees
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance if the special Cabinet committee on insurance reform has met to date; the membership of the committee; the brief of the committee; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial support measures planned if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 4 designation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the recourse available for lenders that have disputes with financial institutions in circumstances in which loans have been sold off on a number of occasions...
    • Motor Insurance
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the increasingly high cost of motor insurance, in particular for young drivers and drivers of vehicles such as caddies; and...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29903/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments issued under the restart grant and restart grant plus will be exempt from payment of income tax and other tax liabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Value Added Tax
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 6 October 2020, if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing VAT refunds on diesel for hauliers from...
    • Bank Charges
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to assist families who are facing an inordinate number of direct debit and credit-related fees on top of account maintenance fees from...
    • Tax Reliefs
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to persons who are working from home; and if he is considering further tax credits to support workers in this regard. [30075/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lower the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30076/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if an employer remains eligible to recoup the maximum allowable weekly subsidy for an individual employee based on their average revenue net weekly pay,...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to price increases on new developments being imposed on first-time buyers availing of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will...
    • Tax Forms
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being assessed to support persons most in need of assistance with regard to the pay and file deadline (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered reintroducing the tax deductions on donations for charities in view of the shortfall many charities are facing due to the Covid-19...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Waterways Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a single authority to manage the River Shannon will be appointed to address issues including water level and maintenance of channels;...
    • Coastal Erosion
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an application has been received from a county council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29966/20]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Facilities
      116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to a local authority in the case of a facility that it owns that is at risk of closure (details supplied);...
    • Irish Language
      117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a study (details supplied) and its follow-up reports; the steps she is taking...
    • Sports Funding
      118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29594/20]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process for the appointment of a recruitment firm (details supplied) as the search partner for the selection of independent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the concerns of tour operators undergoing difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will...
    • An Clár Rialtais
      121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag an Roinn chun cúiteamh a thabhairt do chuideachtaí bus agus cuideachtaí...
    • Sports Funding
      122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider allocating increased funding to community sports clubs due to the decrease in revenue in 2020; and if she...
    • Arts Council
      123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding to the Arts Council in 2021; if she will provide details of the final Arts Council budget for 2020;...
    • Culture Ireland
      124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding to Culture Ireland for the international promotion of writers from Ireland through translation,...
    • Irish Language
      125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views in relation to investment being made in Irish language centres in towns and cities here (details supplied); and if she...
    • Physical Education
      126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to considering swimming lessons as essential education rather than a training or exercise class;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the advice and rules given to gym operators during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding their opening; and if she will make a statement...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if after ten years of reduced funding for Foras na Gaeilge she will provide an additional €4.5 million in budget 2021 to...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an additional €6 million will be provided to Údarás na Gaeltachta in its line budget to create jobs and...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an additional €910,000 will be provided for the Irish language community scheme, SPG, organised by Foras na Gaeilge to...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish a scholarship scheme as recommended in the investment plan agreed by 80 Irish language and Gaeltacht groups...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for cancelling dance classes for children as part of level 3 restrictions; the reason drama and singing classes can go...
    • An Clár Rialtais
      135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nár chaith a Roinn €1.72 mhilliún a cuireadh ar leataobh dóibh anuraidh le caitheamh ar...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek increased funding for the National Parks & Wildlife Service, NPWS, farm plan scheme in designated areas;...
    • Undefined
      137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to deal with the backlog of deer hunting licence applications; when persons can expect to have their licences...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider paying the compensation under the turf cutting compensation scheme in a one-off bulk payment as opposed to...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct county councils containing Gaeltacht areas to prohibit the building of housing estates for English speakers...
    • Departmental Bodies
      143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 15 September 2020, in respect of the national coastal change management strategy...
    • Housing Policy
      144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons on the HAP or RAS schemes are entitled to be placed on the transfer list; the location of the relevant document in...
    • Planning Guidelines
      145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the current legislation, regulations or both in view of the current number of persons working at...
    • Housing Provision
      146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to commence housing construction on the glass bottle site at Ringsend, Dublin 4. [29673/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the price range of homes to be available under the affordable housing scheme for first-time buyers; if a 10% deposit will be...
    • Water Quality
      149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter in respect of a location (details supplied). [29731/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the reviews of income limits for social housing by local authorities will be completed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fire Stations
      151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the refurbishment of a fire station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29763/20]
    • Defective Building Materials
      152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason affected homeowners in County Donegal have to pay 10% of the costs of making their homes safe under the defective...
    • Regeneration Projects
      153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual funding drawn down by Limerick city and county councils for regeneration projects in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Housing Agency
      156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the duration of time it takes the underwriter of the Housing Agency to adjudicate on loans can be reduced as it can hamper...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the HAP scheme; and his plans to change the level of support for each county to allow inter county HAP...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish a quarterly Traveller accommodation construction pipeline report similar to that currently produced for...
    • Housing Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish a quarterly serviced sites fund accommodation construction pipeline report similar to that currently...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the delivery of the 20,000 homes including 8,000 discounted price homes assisted through the Local...
    • Land Development Agency
      161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to publish new heads of a Bill for the Land Development Agency; and if he plans to consult with the Joint...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing first tenancies created in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the breakdown for...
    • Youth Homelessness Strategy
      163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recently published report into LGBTQ+ youth homelessness (details supplied); if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue guidance to local authorities to take prior breaches of building regulation into account under section 35 of...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of investigations that have been carried out for breaches of rent pressure zones; the number of same that were...
    • Electric Vehicles
      167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidelines will be issued on the need for electric car charging points in new estates; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Minister of State within his Department that is responsible for Traveller accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has formally notified An Gard Síochána of the demolition and removal of No. 40 Herbert Park, a protected...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of officials permanently assigned to the LIHAF section by grade in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Planning Issues
      172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are provisions in legislation for a second extension of duration for a planning application due to expire in December...
    • Commercial Rates
      173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the commercial rates waiver for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the pyrite mica scheme for counties Mayo and Donegal is more restrictive than the existing pyrite remediation...
    • Planning Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if floating storage regasification units (details supplied) qualify as infrastructure developments under the Planning and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the planned response and action to deal with the crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan. [29697/20]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will preserve and enhance the Overseas Development Aid budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29880/20]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is provision for persons with a disability in the rapid response and election observer public competitions; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Agreements
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which and the reason it was decided that embassies would refuse to process the issuing of visas that have been granted for...
    • EU Issues
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has outlined the Irish position on the move by the EU to qualified majority voting with regard to the EU and foreign policy to the EU...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Operations
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29569/20]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the former married quarters in the Curragh military camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29574/20]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which the Defence Forces intranet system was created and designed; the date on which it is due to be redeveloped; the estimated cost...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Naval Service or Army personnel who were prevented, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, from completing education or courses that would entitle...
    • Naval Service
      195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Naval Service planned to send ships to sea in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 but cancelled its plans due to personnel...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the effective strength and the establishment strength of the Reserve Defence Force by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      199. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of not subjecting the overseas pay of the Army and Naval Service to income tax in 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      200. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of soldiers recruited and discharged in each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020, for the Army, Air Corps and Reserve...
    • Air Corps
      201. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment strength for Air Corps technicians; the number of apprentices recruited in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of allocation unspent by the Defence Forces and his Department and returned in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; the subheads...
    • Departmental Priorities
      203. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken towards establishing a commission on the future of defence, as promised in the programme for Government; and if...
    • Brexit Issues
      204. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will reaffirm the commitment to working with the UK on defence issues after Brexit, as was previously agreed in 2015 with the...
    • Defence Forces
      205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when will the commission on the Defence Forces be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/20]
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider permitting an association (details supplied) to associate with a representative body; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      207. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to deal with issues in the Defence Forces concerning allegations of sexual abuse, bullying and harassment of personnel;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the duties undertaken by Óglaigh na hÉireann during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30304/20]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Examinations
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29565/20]
    • Departmental Programmes
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the future building programme; the works scheduled to be carried out under the programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if injury at work leave will be provided to teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29625/20]
    • Student Support Schemes
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding and resources will be provided to enable schools to provide for students who need access to technology and the internet outside of the...
    • School Curriculum
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29652/20]
    • School Transport
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary school transport ticket holders in County Kerry for each academic year since 2015 to 2020-21, in tabular form; and if...
    • State Examinations
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who sits the leaving certificate in November can elect to sit the exams in a school or educational setting in their area that are...
    • Third Level Admissions
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who did not receive an offer for a place on the course on their CAO applications due to places on such courses being...
    • School Staff
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a school (details supplied). [29698/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building for a school (details supplied). [29711/20]
    • State Examinations
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate will be investigated. [29712/20]
    • School Staff
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29725/20]
    • School Transport
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided in the case of persons (details supplied). [29757/20]
    • School Libraries
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate the school library fund; the amount of funding allocated to the fund in its final full year; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); if she will investigate the case to ensure all procedures were...
    • Autism Support Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the number of autism spectrum disorder places in primary schools, with particular emphasis on south County Dublin which is...
    • School Transport
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to three siblings in County Mayo (details supplied). [29797/20]
    • School Management
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of members of boards of management members for both primary and secondary schools in view of the escalation of restrictions to level...
    • State Examinations
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the lines of code containing the error in the context of the leaving certificate calculated grades model were last edited; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location the servers that hosted data relating to leaving certificate calculated grades is or are based; the company that hosts same; and if...
    • State Examinations
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) retired from an organisation or associated third party institute or foundation; and her views on whether it is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 203 and 204 of 20 May 2020, her plans to address the shortage of special class places in areas of County...
    • School Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in regard to the issue of school secretaries pay inequality; the date on which an acceptable proposal will be put...
    • School Transport
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 29 September 2020, when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a...
    • School Textbooks
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue best practice guidelines to teachers on the best way to approach textbooks that contain racist language or racial slurs; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of the building of a secondary school in Ballincollig, County Cork. [29905/20]
    • State Examinations
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact guidelines the schools applied to predict grades and ranking; if this was properly proofed; if this includes the junior certificate for...
    • School Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for school transport that are now availing of the stipend for private travel by county in tabular form. [29918/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29949/20]
    • State Examinations
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the appeals process for leaving certificate 2020 students will be complete and all results available; and if she will make a...
    • Autism Support Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to publish an autism strategy for Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30025/20]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes each year until the average is comparable to that of EU and OECD countries (details supplied). [30034/20]
    • Equality Issues
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to end pay inequality (details supplied). [30035/20]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the pupils of a school (details supplied) do not end up in overcrowded classes of over 30 children to a...
    • School Staff
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a provisional teacher allocation to a school (details supplied). [30040/20]
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a review of an application by a school (details supplied) under the emergency works grant. [30041/20]
    • School Transport
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 29 September 2020, the reason persons (details supplied) have not been facilitated with school...
    • State Examinations
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30119/20]
    • School Equipment
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an IT upgrade will be expedited for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30128/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 674 of 30 July 2020, the status of the new school on the Mercy Convent site in Naas, County Kildare; and if...
    • State Examinations
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the results of the leaving certificate calculated grading appeals will be known. [30169/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount due in respect of subcontractors who are due outstanding payment for works carried out at a school project (details supplied) in...
    • State Examinations
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an organisation (details supplied) or another independent body will carry out a full audit of the coding provided by a company for the leaving...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the long delay by the Teaching Council of Ireland in registering an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Transport
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a larger bus is not being provided to accommodate children in the case of children attending a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • State Examinations
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by gender of the calculated grades process in cases in which students had their predicted grades downgraded and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if enforced absences of teachers due to children going into isolation has been factored into allowed absences under the sickness absences...
    • State Examinations Commission
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a backlog in applications for certificates of results to the State Examinations Commission; and if receipt of...
    • School Staff
      281. 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. [30299/20]
    • School Transport
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30300/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); to appraise recent developments; her plans to bring this project to fruition; and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on increasing the school transport remote area grant to reflect the cost for children that live on an island and attend school on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Rights
      286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to tackle bogus self-employment. [29957/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of the old age pension or provide a special Covid-19 top up for the duration of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered assessing self-employed persons' income for the pandemic unemployment payment as income minus expenses...
    • Disability Allowance
      292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29564/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria for the white van grant (details supplied) will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if women who took parental leave in 2017 or 2018 will obtain credits for this period to entitle them to social welfare...
    • Invalidity Pension
      295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider facilitating a return to fortnightly social protection payments for persons that collect payments at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility criteria for a person that is in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment that wishes to apply for a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for persons applying for a PPS number. [29760/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a plan in place in her Department to quickly and efficiently process pandemic unemployment payment applications...
    • Fuel Allowance
      303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals for...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application to remain on the rural social scheme will be approved in the case of a person (details suppled). [29839/20]
    • Invalidity Pension
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding an application for an invalidity pension (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of officials in her Department who are private secretaries; the role, salary scale and allowances of each; the...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the back to education allowance can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29904/20]
    • Disability Allowance
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a condition under which sufferers are entitled to the disability allowance; and if she...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a PPS number by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person’s time on maternity leave is credited as a contributory period, either paid, credited, reckonable...
    • DEIS Scheme
      312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on buying individual portions of bottled water as part of the school lunch programme in DEIS schools; the...
    • Public Services Card
      313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an allowance will be made for the deployment of the mobile PSC unit in order that a person (details supplied) can receive...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the case of a person will be examined (details supplied). [30073/20]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the possibility of reducing the minimum threshold a person must be in receipt of social welfare in...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if former public servants who are not in receipt of a contributory State pension qualify for the living alone allowance and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial supports are available for wheelchair users who have a free travel card but that cannot use public transport to...
    • Disability Allowance
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application will be examined with a view to payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a jobseeker's payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30184/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a health worker that was in receipt of €600 to €700 per week that has had to stand down due to a Covid-19...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of payment to participants in the work placement scheme. [30294/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension of a person (details supplied) will be examined with a view to reconciling their tax records with their...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the need for increased funding for the National Youth Council of Ireland in view of the mental health impacts of the Covid-19...
    • Youth Work Supports
      331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an additional €4.7 million in funding for youth work services in 2021 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Attendance
      332. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address school absences in view of the results of the annual attendance report for the 2017 to 2018 school year; and if he...
    • Children in Care
      333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of Tusla in residential placements in the United Kingdom; the number on short term or specialist...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider setting up hubs at mother and baby home sites or nearby so that both the history can be preserved and that records...
    • Childcare Services
      336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports from parents that some crèches are no longer accepting the national childcare scheme...
    • Children in Care
      337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children aged under 12 and aged under 18 resident here by Tusla LHO area in tabular form. [29853/20]
    • National Childcare Scheme
      338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to part funding to allow them avail of the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Youth Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will increase investment in youth services including services such as an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Victim Support Services
      340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to expand the counselling services and supports available for victims of sexual abuse following court proceedings; and if he will...
    • Childcare Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason parents are required to keep their child’s full attendance up in a crèche or risk funding being cut in view of the...
    • School Attendance
      343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the truancy rate for children with a disability at primary and post-primary level; the engagement by school attendance officers with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions in place for childcare facilities with staffing difficulties due to Covid-19. [30110/20]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of ECCE deposits and the mechanism of refunds. [30121/20]
    • Childcare Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason qualified and experienced childcare providers that run their businesses from home are prohibited from registering with Tusla...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if allowance has been made for an increase in the income thresholds for the national childcare scheme; and the thresholds of proposed...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Institutions
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29575/20]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the terms of SUSI grants will be revised to reflect the 2020 income year, rather than the previous year, in view of the unprecedented...
    • State Examinations
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the way the leaving certificate process in 2020 impacted Disability Access Route to Education and Higher...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ballet teaching school sector are within Schools, Early Learning and Childcare services and Higher and Adult Education of the Resilience...
    • Springboard Programme
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of person (details supplied) that applied for a springboard course; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 6,500 students who were erroneously upgraded in the 2020 leaving certificate results who were given a place on a course through...
    • Citizenship Applications
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps to be taken by persons who are entering university while waiting on results from citizenship applications; and the documents that need...
    • Third Level Education
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot continue their course in further education online; the plans to introduce online classes for...
    • Third Level Admissions
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of actions taken to provide additional college places to students who have qualified for a different course following a review on foot...
    • Health Insurance
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the substantial increase in health insurance costs resulting from the Health Insurance Authority decision to categorise non-EEA...
    • Third Level Institutions
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of all National University of Ireland Galway legal fees in relation to court cases involving a number of staff (details...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Student Accommodation
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure affordable access to student accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Institutions
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30333/20]
    • Third Level Education
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided to college and university library services to enable students to access academic textbooks online; and if...
    • Third Level Admissions
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if colleges or universities that receive funding from his Department have asked students with disabilities or underlying health conditions to...
    • Third Level Education
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct third level institutions to enable all students to apply for the laptop scheme through a separate means-testing system. [30358/20]
    • Third Level Admissions
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many student nurses and midwives will return this week to unpaid placement; if he will work with...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a fairer share of refugees from the Moria camp, Lesbos, Greece, will be accepted here; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Maternity Leave
      371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to increasing maternity leave and benefit to nine weeks in acknowledgement of the difficult situation...
    • Direct Provision System
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of persons in the direct provision system for less than six and between six and 12 months; the numbers in excess of...
    • Visa Applications
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will issue a visa (details supplied). [30004/20]
    • Parental Leave
      374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 6 October 2020, her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Victim Support Services
      375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the Changing Places Ireland initiative (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications granted in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Data
      379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knife crime convictions in each of the years from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if automatic renewals of visas for Venezuelans whose passports expired will be provided, similar to what is currently provided...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of CCTV schemes that have been approved for funding since the scheme commenced; the way in which many of these...
    • Immigration Status
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) to regularise his status; and if she...
    • Probate Applications
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the last time a personal application was accepted by the Probate Office; the current post-Covid-19 wait time for personal...
    • Deportation Orders
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Operations
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide extra funding to An Garda Síochána to increase overtime and reinitiate the public order units...
    • Courts Service
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for hearings of family law issues (details supplied) in each of the District Courts, in tabular form; the...
    • Garda Data
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time gardaí attached to Dundrum Garda sstation, Dublin 14; the number of parking spaces at the station;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied). [29842/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to phase out the reliance on direct provision centres as a method of housing asylum seekers especially in view of the...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make changes to the youth diversion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29937/20]
    • Courts Service
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to ensure that court facilities are appropriately structured to hear family law cases separate to...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce paid leave for victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29939/20]
    • Citizenship Applications
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons waiting on results from citizenship applications. [30042/20]
    • Garda Vetting
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a delay in the Garda vetting process. [30060/20]
    • Visa Applications
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision on an appeal application for a long stay visa will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [30065/20]
    • Legislative Measures
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has included measures that will address the abusive practice of strategic lawsuits against public participation which...
    • Travel Documents
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if travel documents held by her Department will be returned to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Leave to Remain
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in renewing an application to remain here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Communications
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with a third party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, to conduct monitoring...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy on the wearing of face masks by prison officers while on duty in prisons; if the policy is in line with national...
    • Registration of Wills
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop a central register of wills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30172/20]
    • Courts Service
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin County Registrar is not sitting for taxation of costs hearings; and...
    • Immigration Policy
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the processes open to a child not born in the European Economic Area that wishes to join their parent here and is over the age...
    • Public Inquiries
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the final report by a judge of their scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied) will be...
    • Visa Applications
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30263/20]
    • Property Management Companies
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 6 October 2020, if all owners of a management company that pay service charges to...
    • Asylum Seekers
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30319/20]
    • Legal Aid Service
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for cuts to legal aid fees relating to persons in the international protection appeals process; and the impact same...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department's efforts to progress reforms to the fair deal, nursing home support scheme specifically reforms that will provide for the...
    • Education Costs
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if those undertaking educational psychology and counselling psychology doctorates will receive grants and funding as is the case for clinical psychology...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a funding application for the reopening of day services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29706/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to health and safety breaches at an ambulance depot (details supplied). [29728/20]
    • Medical Cards
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment to provide survivors of mother and baby homes with medical cards will be put in place. [29730/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      425. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29876/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve travel services for persons with disabilities. [30049/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the way in which gyms can operate indoors under level 3 restrictions. [30050/20]
    • Primary Care Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29566/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29567/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/20]
    • Departmental Reports
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the publication of the report by the implementation, monitoring and evaluation group established to examine the need for legislative change, the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support amputees with the financial cost of prosthetics in view of the fact that they are not included on the long-term illness scheme (details...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not provided for the reduction in prescription charges set to come into effect on 1 July 2020; if medical card holders will see the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if disability services will continue in level 5 Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. [29637/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE policy for remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular for hospital employees whose work can be done from home; if a forum is available...
    • Medicinal Products
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) is in short supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29643/20]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who suffers a failed abortion here will receive a repeat service if the failed procedure has caused them to pass the 12-week mark; and if he will...
    • HSE Staff
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the 12,500 additional health care staff posts following the recent announcement by the HSE in view of the fact that almost €1 million is...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for Covid-19 testing for staff and residents at two facilities in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/20]
    • Hospital Transfers
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29658/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29659/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person that is an Irish citizen that requires long term care that is resident in a nursing home in Northern Ireland can apply for the fair...
    • Dental Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for personal protective equipment for dentists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29665/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Rush, County Dublin will be without a general practitioner delivering HSE contract services; and his views on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary schools that has had a confirmed case of Covid-19. [29677/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding in addition to the €10 million recently announced will be made available to facilitate the resumption of day services and enhanced...
    • Health Services Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if a specialist multidisciplinary team will be recruited and established to deal with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. [29684/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if the process for the recent community swabbers positions (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29689/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a mental health crisis house at a location (details supplied); the date on which this development will go to tender; the cost...
    • Youth Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision to cease sports for children and young persons in community clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29704/20]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the working group to consider alternative approaches to the possession of drugs for personal use; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the required funding is provided for the increase in thresholds for medical cards as agreed in the Health (General...
    • Health Services Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts for adult and paediatric audiologists; the number of posts filled; the number of posts vacant by community healthcare...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improving access to treatment for persons with gambling addictions; if he will consider the results of a study of the nine community healthcare...
    • Health Services Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists available for assessments and follow-up appointments for children in...
    • Mental Health Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in mental health services for adults and children, respectively, by county, in tabular form. [29732/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the budget requested by each disability service to resume providing services for children and adults, in tabular form. [29733/20]
    • Period Poverty
      471. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the sub-committee on period poverty will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29753/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a drug (details supplied); if it is reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29759/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/20]
    • Dental Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request increased funding in budget 2021 to ensure the oral hygiene and dental sector is supported in the form of enhanced subsidies for general...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a response has not issued from the HSE to Parliamentary Question No. 1241 of 8 September 2020; the protocols in place between his Department and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if documentation is required to prove that a person is travelling across county lines to provide an essential care service; and if so, the documentation...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a Covid-19 test for persons (details supplied). [29843/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing swimming lessons to continue under level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29845/20]
    • Health Services Access
      479. To ask the Minister for Health when children (details supplied) will receive appointments for intervention. [29856/20]
    • Medical Cards
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the commitment to raising the income threshold on medical cards for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a...
    • Child Abuse
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of allegations of child sexual abuse that are recommended as unfounded each year by St. Clare’s Unit in Temple Street Hospital in each of...
    • Medical Cards
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the income limits for medical cards will be increased (details supplied); if there will be further delays; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      483. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1327 of 8 September 2020, the number of staff redeployed from March 2020 to date from University Hospital Kerry to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if rapid antigen testing 15 minutes will be considered as part of the long-term strategy to live with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive results from St. Vincent’s Hospital. [29901/20]
    • Health Services Access
      486. To ask the Minister for Health when the health centre in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29902/20]
    • Medical Cards
      487. To ask the Minister for Health when the income threshold for over 70s medical card will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      488. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the importance of ventilation within Covid-19 prevention guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29920/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if appointments will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29922/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if meetings of an organisation (details supplied) are allowed to continue in view of level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which minimum unit pricing for the sale of alcohol will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29956/20]
    • HSE Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the presentation given by the HSE in relation to airport texting will be provided; the date on which the presentation was given and to whom; and...
    • National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the use of the quality-adjusted life year in determining drug funding; the conclusions made to its effectiveness; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the growing number of non-alcohol fatty liver disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30008/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the level of service provision at a primary care centre (details supplied); his plans for its future use; if hours at the centre will be expanded; and if he...
    • Disability Services Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the deficits experienced by section 38 and section 39 disability service providers are eliminated; the date on which...
    • Health Services Reports
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the recommendations of a review (details supplied) are implemented; the recommendations acted upon to date; the timeline...
    • Respite Care Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for respite services. [30019/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied to the recruitment campaign for community swabbers in the CHO8 area; the number of community swabbers that have been...
    • Disability Services Provision
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to prioritise the full reopening of day care services for adults with an intellectual disability in counties Laois and Offaly; and if...
    • Health Services Provision
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made to provide transport to persons suspected of having Covid-19 who do not have means of transport; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if provision can be made on compassionate grounds for one visitor in full PPE to a care home under level 3 restrictions if the resident is suffering with...
    • Substance Misuse
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the misuse of nitrous oxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30057/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Adult Critical Care Capacity and Activity Census Report 2020 will be published. [30062/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the use of Citywest; his plans to extend the contract; his plans for its future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30067/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of the winter 'flu vaccination purchased; his plans for additional quantities to be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if supplemental Covid-19 funding will be provided in budget 2021 for an adult day service (details supplied) to enable a full return to services; and if he...
    • Respite Care Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for respite services in the budgets in each of the years 2015 to 2018, inclusive; the expenditure on respite services in the years 2016...
    • Dental Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children as young as six years of age with medical cards are being refused dental treatment (details...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for primary medical certificates that were approved in 2019 and for the first six months of 2020, by county or CHO basis; and if he...
    • Health Services Reports
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review being conducted into a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30106/20]
    • Emergency Departments
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure followed when a teenager consistently presents at accident and emergency with headaches; and if a MRI scan is offered as standard procedure....
    • Transport Support Scheme
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the transport issues facing many of the families which use a service (details supplied); if the service sought an...
    • Health Information and Quality Authority
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the level of national oversight that is in place and provided from HIQA and the HSE in view of the immediate medical support, advice and urgent assistance if...
    • Mental Health Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with mental health difficulties presenting to South Tipperary General Hospital in each year since the closure of St. Michael’s...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting and wait times, including for diagnosis, on cardiac care wait lists in County Waterford in each of the years 2017 to 2019,...
    • Primary Care Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community intervention team in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30143/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if teachers will be eligible for the free 'flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30149/20]
    • Cancer Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer referrals in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30150/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds available in the private healthcare system that would form part of a HSE deal with private sector hospitals to access their...
    • Health Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [30173/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30174/20]
    • Hospital Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted on a monthly basis to intensive care units here in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and in the first nine months of...
    • Medicinal Products
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process for those who have been refused reimbursement by the HSE for the use of the breast cancer drug pertuzumab despite a consultant...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the struggle by addiction recovery support meetings in County Clare to continue to provide adequate services in view of the...
    • Hospital Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many hospital groups are not availing of electronic prescribing for discharges; the reason in this regard, in...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      540. To ask the Minister for Health his views on antigen testing for Covid-19; his further views on whether this test can supplement or replace the laboratory testing of samples; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the National Public Health Emergency Team and its associated subgroups; if membership details have changed since the publication of the...
    • Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which documentation will be issued relating to confirmation of service requested by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Charges
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2013 to 2019, inclusive, and to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if home help staff are receiving regular Covid-19 tests; and if not, the reason (details supplied). [30236/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the additional Covid-19 related funding provided to Traveller healthcare projects to enable them to return to work safely in tabular form. [30244/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      554. To ask the Minister for Health when the capacity review of disability services completed in 2019 will be published. [30246/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapists and speech and language therapists in Cheeverstown are being reallocated to track and tracing. [30257/20]
    • Hospital Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 23 September 2020, the hours of operation of each such acute hospital stroke unit in tabular form; if it is a...
    • Undefined
      557. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/20]
    • Home Care Packages
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home care pilot scheme; and his plans to roll out the scheme further. [30292/20]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to clear the backlog of BreastCheck screening appointments; if appointments will be expedited; his plans to make BreastCheck screening...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Covid-19 roadmap for the reopening of day care services for older persons will be communicated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing homes by county; the number of private nursing homes by county; his plans for the development of further public nursing homes; and...
    • Voluntary Sector
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of section 39 funded organisations; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services Funding
      563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30317/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works to be carried out on a day care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30318/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapists in County Kildare have been reassigned to contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30327/20]
    • Occupational Therapy
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapists in County Kildare have been redeployed to other areas; the impact this is having on assessment waiting lists in County Kildare; and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day centres in Cork city and county that have closed since mid-March 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; the location of each centre; the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a Covid-19 test in each testing centre in County Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30342/20]
    • School Attendance
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a State-funded contraception scheme; if an implementation group has been established to progress this work; and if he will...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the measures introduced to prevent the operation of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies which seek to obstruct women seeking access to termination of pregnancy...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the backlog for assessment of need for children with a disability in the south County Kildare and west County Wicklow area;...
    • Health Services Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists in areas of County Cork (details supplied) in each of the...
    • Physical Education
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the reason extracurricular sporting activities for young persons are classified differently to in-school sporting activities (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Disability Services Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the timelines for the refurbishment of a health facility (details supplied); when services will resume at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of funding and payment plans for the continuation of schemes (details supplied). [29582/20]
    • Rural Development Programme
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek the maximum permissible level of national co-financing of 57% of the CAP Rural Development Programme post-2020; and...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the commitment in the programme for Government for a new REPS-2 programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide compensation for further losses during the transition period in view of Brexit uncertainty, the volatility of...
    • Brexit Supports
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to further strengthen the Brexit contingency fund announced in budget 2020 (details supplied) in order that...
    • Forestry Sector
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if €4 million will be allocated to restore the farmer premium and the introduction of a harvesting plan grant to assist forest...
    • Felling Licences
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a forestry licence by persons (details supplied) will be expedited. [29602/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the conditions set out in the replanting order (details supplied) adhere to circumscribed powers set out in the...
    • GLAS Issues
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS 3 appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29667/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which a chairperson will be appointed to oversee the implementation of a report (details supplied). [29907/20]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS will be expanded to include cattle underpasses in view of the risk to farmers crossing busy roads with cattle; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which an ANC and basic payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Issues
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a GLAS penalty appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Harbours and Piers
      596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital funding allocated and spent and the projects that have been delivered at the harbours under the remit of his Department...
    • European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of EMFF allocation in each of the years 2014 to 2019 and to date in 2020, that was spent on control and enforcement...
    • Harbours and Piers
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to each local authority for each of the years 2000 to 2019 and to date in 2020, for investment in piers and...
    • Fishing Industry
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revisit the allocation of fishing licences and sustainability measures within the six-mile limit (details supplied)....
    • Farm Safety
      602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm safety inspectors employed; the number of farm safety inspections in the past three months compared to the same...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided for the forestry activities of Coillte under the Forestry Programme 2015 to 2020, including the amount per annum...
    • Forestry Grants
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount owed to his Department for the repayment of forestry grants and premiums, including details of the length of time the sums...
    • Forestry Sector
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the cost benefit ratio for the forestry programme 2015 to 2020 was calculated in 2014 as 1:1.18; and if so, the reason for this...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Walks Scheme
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will seek an increased allocation of €2 million for the walks scheme with an increase in the number of walks supported...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a company (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision for the community and voluntary stability scheme; and if she...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      609. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Barrow blueway; the timeline for opening the blueway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29813/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a decision has been made on a Covid-19 stability fund appeal by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • CLÁR Programme
      611. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by a county council (details supplied); when a decision is likely; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30241/20]

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