Written answers

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the funding provided to crèches that was conditional on them not increasing their prices; the way in which the matter is...
    • Child and Family Agency
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will carry out a review into the funding model for family resource centres and other community services under the remit of Tusla....
    • Childcare Services
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he plans to take to improve the pay and conditions of childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30625/20]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his position and actions either taken by his Department or scheduled for the future on archival infrastructure to ensure truth for mother...
    • Asylum Seekers
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand on the provision of funding for asylum seekers; the way in which this funding will address accommodation issues in the...
    • Deportation Orders
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether a policy change is required in the interests of the safeguarding of minors in cases in which Tusla is notified that a...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason that, in order to qualify for the national childcare scheme, NCS, parents need to have a public services card, given that other...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on introducing sick pay for early years education workers; and if he has held meetings with trade unions or member organisations...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the issues surrounding the registering of CHICK numbers as this is also having an impact on the quick...
    • Early Years Sector
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the development of career pathways in early childhood education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30618/20]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to assist refugees and in particular children affected by the fire in the Moira refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece; and if he will...
    • Budget 2021
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand on the provision in budget 2021 to give an additional €5 million to youth services; if he will address existing...
    • Childcare Services
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for an improvement in pay and conditions for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/20]
    • Traveller Community
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that the Traveller community enjoys real equality in society here; the programmes his Department has in...
    • Early Years Sector
      53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the oversight group to oversee the development of the baby box programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30832/20]
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of any equality proofing of budget 2021 that his Department was involved in; and if he will make a statement on...
    • City and County Child Care Committees
      55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a timeline in place for the implementation of the Workplace Relation Commission agreement of August 2019 between SIPTU and city...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of progress to fulfil his plans to expand capacity care for unaccompanied refugee children here; the timeline of same; his plans...
    • Budget 2021
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand on the provisions contained in budget 2021 that intend to reduce child poverty in Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to assist refugees and in particular children affected by the fire in the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the letters issued by Pobal to providers in relation to refunds; and the reason his officials are seeking refunds from providers whose...
    • Asylum Seekers
      62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the engagement by his Department with children within the asylum system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if requests for PPE have been made by childcare and early years education providers since August 2020; and if so, if he will provide a...
    • Bereavement Leave
      64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason early childcare providers who have lost immediate family, even from Covid-19, and who take days off for the funeral have been...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      65. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding and status of the widespread testing plan for residents of direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to make special arrangements in relation to the funding of crèches on offshore islands to ensure they are viable with a small...
    • Youth Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process of the development of a youth service in an area with a growing population such as Rathcoole, County Dublin (details supplied)....
    • Health Services
      68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being put in place to support children in statistically vulnerable groups to reduce the uptake of addictive habits such as...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has taken formal responsibility for disability matters. [31349/20]
    • Childcare Services
      70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are some serious ongoing issues in terms of the service Pobal is providing for...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he still accepts the sixth recommendation of a person (details supplied) to provide a suitable memorial to the victims and survivors of...
    • Direct Provision System
      72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the publication of the White Paper on replacing the direct provision system; the details regarding funding set aside in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the abolition of the student contribution to fees for third level due to it being a barrier to access to education; and if he will...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider removing the rules within SUSI that do not allow students to be reclassified from the point of entry unless they take a...
    • Student Accommodation
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions have taken place with the private purpose-built student accommodation providers in relation to providing flexible arrangements for...
    • Third Level Admissions
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to increase further the number of places in third level to account for demographic changes to ensure that the CAO 2021...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a significant increase in funding is required to ensure that the SUSI grant covers the genuine costs related to access third...
    • Third Level Institutions
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund laptops for third level staff to help teach remotely. [31246/20]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the criteria for calculating SUSI grant eligibility to include whether a parent is in receipt of the working family...
    • Budget 2021
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the omission of financial supports for part-time students in budget 2021; and if part-time students will be eligible for the planned...
    • Technological Universities
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university status bid of Dundalk IT, DKIT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31378/20]
    • Student Accommodation
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issues for students who have paid for student accommodation but whose colleges have now shut in the short and or medium...
    • Budget 2021
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the manner in which the hardship funding of €50 million announced by his Department on budget day will be rolled out; and when it will be...
    • Student Accommodation
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with the third level institutions in relation to refunds of rent to students that rented on-campus accommodation and now...
    • Third Level Staff
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the practice of postgraduate students not being paid for teaching that they do; if he will investigate the...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 10 September 2020, his plans for the further development and expansion of local training initiatives;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he had with the Minister for Health and the Chief Medical Officer in August and September 2020 before a decision was made that...
    • Third Level Staff
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the pay and conditions for postgraduate students whot work in third level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Further and Higher Education
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional new opportunities being provided at third level and in further education for 2021 between those going via the CAO system,...
    • Literacy Levels
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and position regarding the ten-year adult literacy, numeracy and digital literacy strategy promised in the 2020 programme for...
    • Third Level Fees
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his rationale for not abolishing fees for the third level and postgraduate sectors in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which blended learning will proceed for the current academic year for the various subject areas; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of refunds by universities to students who paid for student accommodation in full and up front before the pandemic; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the change of circumstances option on SUSI applications made in 2020 can have consideration for applicants whot are currently experiencing a...
    • Civil Service
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a science and technology policy fellowship within the Civil Service to provide opportunities to scientists and engineers to...
    • Erasmus+ Programme
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safety measures in place for students that are either on an Erasmus programme for the current academic year or those considering embarking on...
    • Brexit Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being considered for third level cross-Border students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31379/20]
    • Research and Development
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he plans to take to improve the interface between the broader research community and the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make...
    • Climate Action Plan
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new initiatives in education and research his Department is planning in 2021 designed to accelerate capacity to deliver the infrastructures...
    • Mental Health Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with colleges and third level institutions to ensure that the recent allocation for mental health funding is benefiting...
    • School Accommodation
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has contacted colleges regarding accommodation refund issues at various campuses for students; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures, protections and oversights that will be in place for those taking up apprenticeships and training to ensure the quality of the...
    • State Examinations
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address concerns regarding CAO points inflation in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29947/20]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of his Department’s estimate for salaries, wages and allowances for 2021. [31367/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of his Department’s 2021 estimate for a specialised sexual offences unit. [31368/20]
    • Cabinet Committees
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the detail of each Cabinet Committee; the membership of the committees; the committees that have met to date; and the committees that have not met. [30841/20]
    • Regional Aid
      122. To ask the Taoiseach the value of regional aid granted under the regional aid guidelines granted by his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department in each of the past seven...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if a member of a union (details supplied) will be appointed to the Commission on the Future of Media. [30706/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage and absolute terms. [31752/20]
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Legislative Measures
      125. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No, 189 of 6 October 2020, if he will consider legislative measures so that workers are not at a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      126. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the financial supports available to persons that are pub owners and the sole employee of the pub in view of the increase to level...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      127. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has received a submission from a body (details supplied) seeking relaxation on deadlines and compliance rules due to the...
    • Tax Rebates
      129. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to restore the employer statutory redundancy rebate, which was abolished in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      130. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when the post of head of administration at the Labour Court will be filled; and the length of time this post has been vacant. [31178/20]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      131. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting seven additional HEO inspectors and 35 EO inspectors for Workplace Relations Commission....
    • Health and Safety Authority
      132. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the allocation of €4 million in budget 2021 for Health and Safety Authority pay is for pay restoration; if it is additional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      133. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 13 October 2020, if he will provide a breakdown of each NACE sector compliance with...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      134. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to incentivise construction companies to engage apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31446/20]
    • Health and Safety Authority
      135. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of HSA inspectors hired since the beginning of July 2020; the additional resources that have been provided to the HSA from...
    • Departmental Offices
      136. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a hybrid warfare self-assessment to identify critical State functions and find vulnerabilities within and between...
    • Defective Building Materials
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the requirements of the defective blocks scheme (details supplied) that limits...
    • Departmental Reports
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has finalised the energy poverty report; when the report will be published and made available; and if...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will adopt at the European Council the position of Irish MEPs and that of the European Parliament on the EU...
    • Departmental Schemes
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the retrofitting schemes presently available for old houses and following budget 2021; the details of same; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the roll-out of the national broadband plan will be expedited; if rural areas of County Kildare will be prioritised;...
    • Budget 2021
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the retrofit plans announced in budget 2021 including the target completions, the total budget, the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals in place for upgrading the junctions at which they intersect with roads (details supplied); if funding was provided to...
    • Noise Pollution
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legislation will be introduced to deal with the problem of noise emanating from motorbikes particularly at night-time; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31327/20]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when official notification from his Department will issue to an organisation (details supplied) in regard to a grant under the jobs...
    • Driver Test
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30935/20]
    • Air Accident Investigations
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 9 September 2020, when he was informed of a disclosure (details supplied); the reason this...
    • Driver Licences
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can have the BE driving qualification added to the person's driving licence by the NDLS; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the extension of the validity of NCT certificates in view of the backlog situation that currently exists at NCT centres...
    • Departmental Schemes
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered introducing scooter sharing here; if he will consider a series of trials in urban areas that have been...
    • Haulage Industry
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide grant aid to support and stimulate the growth of rail freight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31128/20]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the penalties that are available for offences under section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 2004. [31177/20]
    • Driver Licences
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) who is over the age of 70 years cannot renew his or her driver licence online in view of advice to...
    • Airport Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding allocated to Shannon and Cork airports; the conditions of the funding; the timeline of payment of same; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the expiry date on all driving licences for a period of six months will be extended in view of the long waiting times for appointments...
    • Bus Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 27 November 2019, the current status of the project (details supplied). [31291/20]
    • Road Network
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the speed limit on the M7 from the Naas Johnstown junction into the Red Cow will now be upgraded from 100 km per hour to 120 km per...
    • Coast Guard Service
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the training, seamanship and experience undertaken by the Irish Coast Guard that equates to that of the Naval Service; and if there are...
    • Driver Test
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the long wait times for driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/20]
    • Taxi Licences
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a taxi driver licence application by a person (details supplied). [31584/20]
    • Bus Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of all bus shelters that will be erected in 2020 and 2021, by county and location in tabular form. [31613/20]
    • Road Projects
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if budget 2021 contains a commitment to a project (details suppled). [31614/20]
    • National Car Test
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a further extension of NCT certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31640/20]
    • Driver Test
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a person’s need for driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31652/20]
    • Dublin Bus
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fleet size of Dublin Bus in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Value Added Tax
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply a 0% VAT rate on animal vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31026/20]
    • Tax Reliefs
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered a review of the young trained farmer stamp duty relief; if the age limit of 35 years will be increased to 40 years; if relief from stamp...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if further mortgage moratoriums will be supported for workers who are in forced closure lay-off, such as employees of restaurants without outdoor dining areas...
    • Value Added Tax
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the possibility of lowering VAT rates for socially distanced, streamed or online events. [31075/20]
    • Insurance Coverage
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several major insurers have left the live events industry; and his plans to work with the arts, entertainment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the matter of back pay for employees of an airline (details supplied) for the period March 2020 to August 2020 during which they had been...
    • Value Added Tax
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific goods and services in the tourism and hospitality sector entitled to the temporary reduction in VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for businesses to avail of the new weekly Covid-19 restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31688/20]
    • Imports Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume and value of marked gas oil (details supplied) imported here in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30920/20]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which providers of hire purchase agreements and personal contract plan agreements will be authorised and fully regulated by the Central Bank and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses that reopened after the first lockdown for a period of approximately two months and which have now closed due to level 3 restrictions can now...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance when the issuing of primary medical certificates for disabled drivers and passengers will resume following a court decision in June 2020; and if those that...
    • Tax Reliefs
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 90% agricultural relief in relation to agriculture relief from CAT will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31048/20]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the criteria used to award the SBCI managing director a performance bonus in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if companies that have availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and or the employment wage subsidy scheme are precluded from paying dividends to...
    • Tax Code
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to increase the category A tax free threshold parent and child from €335,000 to €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the favourite nephew or niece relief to favourite successor to reflect changing demographics and family structures; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission from a body (details supplied) seeking relaxation on deadlines and compliance rules due to the exceptional pressures created...
    • Ministerial Communications
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in the past three months. [31176/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if beauty salons are part of the reduced VAT rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31434/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses and employees respectively on the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Tax
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties in County Galway, excluding Galway city, currently exempt from paying local property tax; the financial loss to the Exchequer...
    • Brexit Issues
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is planned to limit VAT rebate under the retail export scheme for international visitors, non-EU, to purchases over €175 as part of the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance his policy in relation to the continuation of the vehicle registration tax, VRT, relief on fully electric cars. [31547/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if dry cleaning, laundry and tailoring services are included in the recently announced reduction in VAT rates from 13.5% to 9%; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the diesel rebate scheme since its inception; the number of licensed road hauliers registered to claim the rebate; the amount paid to same in 2019...
    • Departmental Offices
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage and absolute terms; and if...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Magdalen Laundries
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if guidelines have been prepared, agreed and set in place in relation to recommendations in the report of the Ombudsman on the Magdalen...
    • Garda Stations
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the replacement of windows at Howth Garda station has commenced; the estimated cost of the project; and the expected duration of such...
    • Office of Public Works
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is the competent authority with responsibility for the River Friars at Newtownsmith, County Galway; and if...
    • EU Funding
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which it is planned that northern parts of Ireland and Northern Ireland will benefit from the next allocation of structural...
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €70 million from the carbon tax allocated for the ten carbon tax investment programmes and...
    • Departmental Offices
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage and...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s progress in expanding the equality budgeting programme. [31366/20]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if teenagers and young persons can be permitted to play sports without spectators present during level 3 due to the important role...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review on the Wild Atlantic Way that was carried out approximately two years ago (details supplied). [31583/20]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support efforts to provide sporting outlets for those over 35 years of age to keep them active and interested in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will work with the arts, entertainment and events community to help, financially and logistically establish...
    • Departmental Schemes
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is expected that details of a grant scheme will be announced (details supplied); the level of funding to be provided for...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Tourism Ireland's regional co-operative market access scheme was doubled. [31181/20]
    • Radio Broadcasting
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide additional sound and vision funding to the radio sector covering the period September 2020 to February 2021...
    • Departmental Offices
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to her Department in percentage...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning will continue to be granted to farmer family members if they are not the intended farmer, as many people can now...
    • Office of Public Works
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the second bridge over the River Liffey for Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Monuments
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in designing, tendering and doing further works at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street in order that they are ready for...
    • Land Ownership
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a Land Registry application by a person (details supplied); when this will be adjudicated; and if he will make a...
    • Water Services
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a formal report from Irish Water on the Achill Island water treatment plant; the proposed remediation works...
    • Defective Building Materials
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter regarding the defective blocks scheme (details supplied); if he will review the terms of the scheme to...
    • Electoral Process
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the decision to use personal public service or PPS numbers in the compilation of the electoral register; when he...
    • Electoral Commission
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current progress on the establishment of an electoral commission; when he plans to introduce necessary legislation...
    • Commercial Rates
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to release funds to local authorities for the commercial rates waiver scheme that applied up to the end of September...
    • Land Development Agency
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the Land Development Agency, LDA, and its capacity to accept freedom of information, FOI, requests in view of...
    • Valuation Office
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Valuations Office is bringing parties from other counties to Dublin during level 3 restrictions for...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Longford County Council has drawn down funding for Traveller accommodation in the past four years; and if he will make a...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the €40 million allocated in budget 2020 for the pyrite remediation and mica scheme for counties...
    • Budget 2021
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €90 million funding in budget 2021 for housing supports in each category for the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the duration of the study by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for research into the survival and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation that underpins the policy whereby a person with an interest in a former family home can avail of social...
    • Irish Water
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amounts claimed in expenses and travel claims of the Irish Water board since the establishment of Irish Water on an annual...
    • Local Authority Members
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on implementing the Moorhead report; his plans in this area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider changes to the tenant purchase scheme that would result in the inclusion of Part V properties in the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the maximum net income a couple with two children can earn and still quality for local authority housing; and if he will make...
    • Housing Policy
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the report of the working group established in May 2017 to review the 2005 planning guidelines on...
    • Budget 2021
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if budget 2021 contains a commitment to a project (details supplied). [31612/20]
    • Local Authority Functions
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Cork social housing task force; the number of times it has met to date; the reports completed to date by...
    • Departmental Functions
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has responsibility for allotments and community gardens; and if not, the Department or body that does. [31733/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in...
    • Local Government Fund
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the €36 million provided for the Local Government Fund; the planned purpose of same; and if he will...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      291. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the engagement with the Chinese Government in relation to the continuing rule of law crisis in Hong Kong; and if he will make...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider extending supplementary funding under the emigrant support programme, particularly for welfare-based organisations....
    • Travel Trade Sector
      293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeline for Ireland’s adoption of the EU traffic light system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31070/20]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke to the Governor of Washington during his recent visit to the United States of America. [31168/20]
    • Passport Applications
      295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current wait time for an online passport application; the reason for backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31211/20]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish financial aid given abroad in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by country, in tabular form. [31212/20]
    • Foreign Policy
      297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland has taken to support the rights of the Belarussian people to access free and fair elections; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a foreign birth registration application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Pension Provisions
      300. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to circumstances by which a person (details supplied) can re-enter the 2004 pension scheme; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      301. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the value of all contracts for goods or services, including drone technology, purchased by the Defence Forces from firms based in the United...
    • Departmental Properties
      302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or body that made the decision to fill in the hollow next to Donnelly's Hollow; the reason no infill licence was applied for; and if...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the complex legal, operational and management concerns with regard to a potential aligning of an association (details supplied) with a union;...
    • Military Honours
      304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the soldiers who were involved in the siege of Jadotville will be receiving medals of recognition; if so, when they expect can this; and if...
    • Departmental Offices
      305. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the departmental properties which have dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the restrictions in place under level 3 of the living with Covid-19 plan; if clarity will be provided for schools that have been...
    • School Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to regularise employment, terms, conditions and pension rights for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to cases in which children have been denied school bus places despite living distances up to 20 kilometres from...
    • Special Educational Needs
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for assistive technology will be complete and the device made available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive final approval for an extension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rights of Way
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agreements that have been reached by her Department with an organisation regarding an extension of the right of way at the new site for a...
    • School Accommodation
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of permanent classrooms confirmed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30958/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SEN classrooms for a school (details supplied) are autistic specific or for children with a range of additional needs; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30968/20]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/20]
    • School Transport
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 16 June 2020, when a person (details supplied) will receive the reimbursement payment. [30994/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of new school buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30996/20]
    • State Examinations
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outcome of the initial appeals in the context of the 2020 leaving certificate results will be available; the expected timeline for the...
    • Schools Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to ensure that the standard of education in EROC schools is in line with that in recognised school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 15 September 2020, if her attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) who is without a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a new school (details supplied) will be put out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31050/20]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not responded to or acknowledged a request for an investigation and review of an e-tendering process outcome...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the responsibility of her Department or each individual management board to ensure adequate PPE is supplied to teachers, staff and...
    • Stádas Scoile
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na critéir le haghaidh stádas meanscoile “scoil bheag” a bhaint amach; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
    • Schools Building Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31124/20]
    • School Transport
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a pupil (details supplied) is not being provided with school transport when all other children on the route have been given provided...
    • School Staff
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the difficulties posed by the pandemic in reorganising schools which are due to lose a teacher; if she has considered postponing the loss of...
    • School Equipment
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding and resources to enable schools to provide technology to staff members who require same; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Language
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exemption from studying Irish will be approved for siblings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31159/20]
    • School Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the terms and conditions of employment and pensions of school secretaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers required to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level from 26:1 to 23:1. [31170/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building project for a school (details supplied) which is due to be completed by 2021; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students will receive the results of their leaving certificate grade appeals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers from supply panels that have been deployed since schools have reopened by county in tabular form; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to protect teachers from Covid-19, including access to tests, when a child in their class tests positive; and if she will...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31208/20]
    • School Facilities
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school (details supplied) can provide online learning for students not able to attend class in person; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31231/20]
    • School Transport
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to school transport provision for siblings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31234/20]
    • School Staff
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of each of the teaching supply panels by county in tabular form; the number of teachers on each panel; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the request by a school (details supplied) for a larger bus to ensure transport for all its students while adhering to...
    • State Examinations
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes to the leaving certificate 2021 are currently being considered; and if a predicted grades option will remain for students that wish to...
    • School Transport
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31468/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31471/20]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the allocation of special needs assistants and rectify discrepancies in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend teacher illness of a family member leave during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31505/20]
    • School Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the inequalities for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31519/20]
    • School Transport
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make resources available to Bus Éireann for a child with additional needs to attend a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the problem of large classes in primary schools, especially in view of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Training
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deliver Irish courses for teachers who have trained in the UK but are now back in Ireland; if there are plans to deliver courses...
    • School Transport
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students (details supplied) in County Kerry who were unable to enrol in their nearest post-primary schools will be eligible for school...
    • National Council for Special Education
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the NCSE keeps and maintains records for the purpose of planning the provision of special education and support services, which it is required...
    • Special Educational Needs
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the circular, rule or other instrument which provides for her Department’s requirement that all new mainstream school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the timeline for the construction of permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by county for school transport allocated in budget 2021; and the number of additional seats which will be funded...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will carry out a review of ongoing issues related to Covid-19 in a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [31626/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress towards a building programme at a school (details supplied); the schedule being followed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a Teaching Council registration number by a person (details supplied). [31642/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are Covid-19 guidelines in place that allow access to schools for additional resources such as psychologists, speech and language...
    • School Transport
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding school buses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31678/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent to date on remediation works as a result of building defects in schools built by a company (details supplied). [31706/20]
    • School Accommodation
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 14 October 2020, the steps taken to date to secure accommodation, staff and other provisions in...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all schools included in the current capital plan will be protected and not excluded from the next capital plan following the upcoming review;...
    • School Curriculum
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise timeframe for the phasing out of religious education in schools; her views on achieving it in the lifetime of this Government; and if...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is still a commitment to develop a mechanism to allow certain qualified post-primary teachers to register as mathematics teachers...
    • School Staff
      378. 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. [31728/20]
    • School Facilities
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the J9 PRSI classification in the context of the temporary wage subsidy scheme assumes full-time employment of seven days...
    • Direct Provision Payments
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons seeking asylum who have moved out of direct provision accommodation in order to avoid overcrowding and are now...
    • Gender Recognition
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the provision of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to 16 and 17 year olds. [31763/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will create two types of pandemic unemployment payment; one for persons who are laid off temporarily and another for...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a matter in relation to pensions for community employment supervisors (details supplied); and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/20]
    • Pensions Reform
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the planning and timing schedules for the establishment of a commission on pensions; her views on ensuring the independence...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care grants in the past three years; the number of applications refused in tabular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts being made to issue arrears owing to those on the pandemic unemployment payment; if they will be paid before...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a PPSN application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      394. 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. [31102/20]
    • Invalidity Pension
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity benefit by a person (details supplied); and when she can expect to receive a...
    • Disability Allowance
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31135/20]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for jobseeker’s transitional payment in the case of a person...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for the one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Disability Allowance
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the matter of back pay for employees of an airline (details supplied) for the period March 2020 to...
    • Illness Benefit
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31188/20]
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if applicants for jobseeker’s payments are required to provide full credit card and debit card details as they appear...
    • School Meals Programme
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing grant funding under the school meals programme for a school (details supplied) that caters...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial support in the form of an exceptional needs payment can be made to homeless persons (details supplied) in order...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the weekly income taxi drivers can earn in addition to claiming the pandemic unemployment payment, in light of the collapse...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending free travel to include children who are being cared for by a carer receiving the...
    • Employment Support Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to relax the criteria stipulating that a person must be unemployed for at least one year in order to avail of the...
    • Pensions Reform
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reintroduction of the debt on the employer concept in social welfare and pension legislation to ensure...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those with reduced hours on the EWSS can access short-time work support from March to September; if some applicants have...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Invalidity Pension
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of persons receiving invalidity payments by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31538/20]
    • Employment Support Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details on the training, upskilling and reskilling available for those on invalidity payments; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be undertaken into an application for an increase for qualified adult and children in the case of a person...
    • Employment Support Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of EURES relocation allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to bring forward the increase in parental benefit from April 2021 to 2020, in view of the difficulty in...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can apply for back payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [31633/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used in deciding to pay the Christmas bonus to those on pandemic unemployment payment with the proviso that the...
    • Working Family Payment
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the working family payment threshold by €10 for all family sizes; the reason she did...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of places available on community employment schemes nationwide; the number of participants on the schemes at...
    • State Pensions
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to change the age eligibility criteria for the State pension; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to her Department in...
    • State Pensions
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a State pension in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Fuel Allowance
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for fuel allowance in the case a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a State...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Direct Provision System
      438. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refugees currently housed in emergency reception and orientation centres here; the number of such centres here; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      439. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider introducing legislation to facilitate breastfeeding in the workplace, including adequate breaks for breastfeeding and...
    • Youth Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider including a town (details supplied) in County Kildare in a youth development programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foster Care
      443. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if plans are in place to review the foster care allowance given that the allowance has not changed since 2005. [31052/20]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      444. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will have the issues raised in correspondence considered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31054/20]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      446. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in relation to an ECCE place for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31137/20]
    • Children in Care
      447. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under 12 years of age in Tusla care by area. [31149/20]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      449. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the retention of records of the Tuam mother and baby home will not be available for public viewing following the findings of the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      450. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to raise investment in the early years sector to bring Ireland from the bottom of the investment league in the OECD. [31384/20]
    • Childcare Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to deal with the precarious position of school age childcare, SAC, services in view of an internal poll of Early Childhood...
    • Youth Work Projects
      452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons waiting to enrol in the localise youth volunteering programme nationally. [31079/20]
    • National Childcare Scheme
      453. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when universal subsidy in the case of a person (details supplied) will issue to the crèche in question; if this matter can be...
    • Parental Leave
      454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will bring forward the implementation of the three-week extension of parent leave and benefit from 1 April 2021 for children born...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if information on the sustainability fund will be provided; the way in which it can be applied for; and the locations in which information...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address and clarify a series of matters (details supplied). [31637/20]
    • Child Protection
      458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of children at risk received in the past 12 months; the extent to which an adequate response followed; and if he will...
    • Migrant Integration
      459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which integration services are operational in all areas nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31660/20]
    • Equality Issues
      461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which equality prevails in the workplace in academia, health services and in the public and private sectors in general; and...
    • Child Protection
      462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate reporting facilities are available in respect of children at risk; if augmentation of such services is...
    • Care Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of day care centres that have reopened in County Cork; and the number that will reopen before 1 November 2020. [31713/20]
    • Childcare Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to provide financial support for childcare workers in view of the essential work they are providing at risk to themselves and the...
    • Departmental Offices
      466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage and...
    • Direct Provision System
      467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for the relocation of identified victims of trafficking out of direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget 2021
      468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the lack of childcare funding increases in budget 2021, particularly the national childcare scheme and early...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evidence required to prove irrevocable estrangement from a parent for the purposes of applying for the SUSI grant as in the case of a person...
    • Workplace Safety
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants currently awaiting the renewal of their safe pass registration card; the way in which the matter will be addressed; and...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Institutions
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with the HEA in relation to a GMIT decision to redeploy the GMIT Mayo campus business department to Galway with staff...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants will be made available to student nurses and midwives who are unable to work in healthcare facilities other than their student...
    • Victim Support Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to support students in third level education who report sexual assaults and to ensure that colleges take these reports...
    • Mental Health Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health supports provided to third levels students to help with the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Students
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary legislation will be drafted to remove international student insurance from the remit of health insurance providers; and if he...
    • State Examinations
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no specific plan was put in place to address the disadvantage faced by the 8,000 students who sat the leaving certificate prior to...
    • Medical Research and Training
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects or plans to upgrade medical research facilities nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31667/20]
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which bullying has been identified in academia; the actions taken in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31671/20]
    • Third Level Admissions
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the number of third and fourth level places available in the current year and...
    • Research and Development
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects innovation to become a major part of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/20]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the higher education grant system to ensure that students who would otherwise qualify for a grant due to a parent's income,...
    • Third Level Costs
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased over the past number of years; the extent to which the proportion of the national...
    • Third Level Institutions
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build or expand a higher education institute on the north side of Cork city. [31715/20]
    • State Examinations
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every student who was downgraded unfairly due to the calculated grades error has been offered the CAO choice they should have been entitled...
    • Third Level Institutions
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the colleges, universities, and third level institutions that receive funding from his Department and have dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and...
    • Departmental Offices
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage and absolute...
    • Disability Support Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is providing extra funding to increase support for students with disabilities due to the additional circa 5,000 student places being made...
    • Third Level Admissions
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will review the higher education access route application...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Offences
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of speeding fines that were recorded on the M7 between the Red Cow junction and the Naas Johnstown exit. [31452/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of premises in the hospitality sector inspected under the Covid-19 guidelines; the number of premises that were...
    • Garda Training
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 6 October 2020, if she will supply a copy of headquarters directive 75/2014; if...
    • Residency Permits
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) now qualifies for stamp 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31006/20]
    • Immigrant Investor Programme
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a community group that has investors ready to submit their application for the immigrant investor programme in respect of a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to a delayed citizenship process; and if she will...
    • Passport Services
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an original passport has been returned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the significant delays for essential service workers, including healthcare workers, getting...
    • Liquor Licences
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the law changed to allow licensed publicans to serve beer and tobacco outside (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that women prisoners are not subjected to threats or violence from other inmates; and if she...
    • Residency Permits
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Immigration Status
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Residency Permits
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Stardust Fire
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funds will be set aside to pay for the previous and ongoing work of the independent researchers into the Stardust fire...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked Garda vans that have come into the fleet to date in 2020; and the number of marked Garda vans that...
    • State Pathology Service
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting two extra full-time forensic pathologists for the Office of the State Pathologist. [31173/20]
    • Garda Training
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who successfully completed the standard and advanced motorcycle course in 2019 and to date in 2020;...
    • Garda Data
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each crime task force within Dublin as of 31 December 2019 and 12 October 2020,...
    • Legal Aid Service
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding will be allocated to legal aid to ensure that those who require legal representation, including those in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures in place to protect those in prison from Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Recruitment
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits that were to start training with An Garda Síochána for 2020; the number of the recruits that...
    • Prison Facilities
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 21 July 2020, the estimated amount of the allocated 2021 estimate for capital...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 15 September 2020, the number of cases prosecuted and e-scooters confiscated in...
    • Garda Recruitment
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the upper age limit for new recruits to An Garda Síochána in view of the increased recruitment...
    • Garda Data
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if statistical information will be provided for each of the years 2018 to 2021 in relation to An Garda Síochána...
    • Prison Accommodation
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current capacity of Loughan House and Shelton Abbey. [31570/20]
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used for selecting visiting committee members for the Irish Prison Service; the requirements in terms of...
    • Inspector of Prisons
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the 2019 and 2020 annual reports by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons. [31572/20]
    • Prison Staff
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overall ratio of staff to prisoners maintained across the Irish Prison Service; the number for Portlaoise prison; and the...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the resistance of local authorities to become the data controller for a scheme (details...
    • Family Reunification
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a family reunification will be expedited (details supplied). [31702/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to her Department in...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has secured funding in budget 2021 to replace either the helicopters or aircraft within the Garda air support unit....
  • Department of Health
    • Psychological Assessments
      542. To ask the Minister for Health when the child psychologist post that has been vacant at a centre (details supplied) since January 2020 will be filled, as assessments of need are not being...
    • Health Services Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when services such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy will be restored in full at a centre (details supplied) to clear the...
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for local authority vets to carry out inspections at local abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30987/20]
    • Pharmacy Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to unwind the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act for the community pharmacy sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if DIY and hardware stores can remain open under level 4 and 5 restrictions; and if same are considered essential retail. [31195/20]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      547. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 21 July 2020, the estimated amount of the allocated 2021 Estimate for capital expenditure that is expected to be...
    • Vaccination Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason providers of childcare are expected to pay for flu vaccines for their staff members despite the fact that in other sectors the State has committed...
    • Disability Services Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify alternative plans for day service users who, prior to Covid-19, were being provided with essential services at a centre (details supplied);...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      550. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which child mental health services are likely to be improved in line with the requirements as set out by indicators; and if he will make a...
    • Autism Support Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which support services for children with autism can be enhanced, with particular reference to various therapies, including speech and language...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child mental health services have been reviewed in an effort to ensure an adequate level of service to meet demand; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which children with disabilities are on hospital waiting lists for various procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31664/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to co-ordinate support services in respect of children with disabilities in order to ensure an adequate and readily available services in all...
    • Medical Research and Training
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an evaluation has been done into requirements in respect of medical research nationally; his plans to expand the services in the future...
    • Health Services Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a reconsideration of the HSE's decision to discontinue essential clinical health services relating to PrEP in the gay men's health service...
    • Patient Transport
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if a person driving a patient from Thurles to Limerick three times pera week for dialysis is entitled for be reimbursed for expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a definition of a dance and exercise class as outlined in the plan for living with Covid-19; the reason gymnastic classes can go ahead under...
    • Hospital Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that trauma orthopaedic clinics in Tallaght University Hospital remain closed due to Covid-19; and when these...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made for student nurses and midwives who will need testing for Covid-19 when moving between hospitals as part of their training; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if the consent of a parent or legal guardian of a person over the age of 16 years and diagnosed with autism or another intellectual disability is required for...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to families for disposal of medical waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30950/20]
    • Medical Cards
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reintroducing automatic renewal of medical cards in view of the rising cases of Covid-19 and increased restrictions...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      567. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [30957/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff trained and assigned to perform colonoscopies that were working in public hospitals from 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the wait time in excess of two years for obtaining an MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick for a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Maternity Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the provision made in budget 2021 to roll out specialist perinatal mental health services as outlined in the national model of care, including provision of...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €2 million allocated to County Wicklow as publicly announced from the €7.8 million in funding provided to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the amount a company (details supplied) is being paid per month for Covid-19 related services from March to September 2020. [30992/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the amount a company (details supplied) is being paid per month per Covid-19 test from March to September 2020. [30993/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31001/20]
    • Hospital Charges
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered reducing or waiving accident and emergency fees for pensioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31002/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to flu vaccines; the number of vaccines available for administration immediately; the timeline for future deliveries; if every person...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the format that permitted nursing home visits will take during level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31042/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a CORU registration will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31043/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for colonoscopies at a hospital (details supplied); and the number of persons waiting for three, six, nine months and so...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      581. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of self-isolating accommodation and associated guidelines for use for emergency and medical personnel who are required to...
    • Medical Cards
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31074/20]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the position of youth drugs liaison officer in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31115/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given permission on compassionate grounds to visit a family member. [31136/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to mitigate against any potential service emergency in the disability and residential care sector in view of the announcement by St....
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home bed places currently available in private nursing homes in County Kildare; the number in public or voluntary homes; the level of...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS general practitioners currently in the GMS systems throughout north County Kildare; the number of vacancies or replacements required to bring...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy decision has been made to reduce the number of beds and as a consequence patient accommodation in publicly funded nursing homes currently operated...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a farm as a private business rather than assets while assessing applications for the fair deal scheme (details supplied). [31160/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on an issue on the reimbursement from the cross-border healthcare directive in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Health Services Staff
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of three full-time paediatric occupational therapists for social care in County Kildare. [31165/20]
    • Hospital Equipment
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of addressing the infrastructural issues regarding the current neuro-interventional radiology thrombectomy equipment in Beaumont Hospital....
    • Health Screening Programmes
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of extending BowelScreen to persons aged between 55 to 74 years of age. [31167/20]
    • Home Care Packages
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a home care package by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) on buildings being leased as Covid-19 test centres.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31190/20]
    • Care of the Elderly
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a letter (details supplied) on funding long-term support and care for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31194/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can get an update on the reason for the delay in required day surgery in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin 4; when it will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the current end-to-end time for those who have received a close contact notification on the Covid-19 tracker application to expect to be contacted by contact...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the current average time from receiving a positive Covid-19 test result to the completion of contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls and texts that have been made to those who have travelled to Ireland and embarked upon the 14-day restriction of movements since...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when a suitable nursing home will be found for a person (details supplied). [31204/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had an operation cancelled. [31216/20]
    • Medical Cards
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some dentists are refusing to accept medical cards and patients have been forced to pay in emergency...
    • Vaccination Programme
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the provision and the management of 'flu vaccines; the number of vaccines available for the forthcoming winter and the way in which they will be...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health card, as recommended in the Magdalen commission report and agreed to in full by the then Government, has not been fulfilled or honoured;...
    • Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); if there will be a January intake for this; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can qualify for the drug payment scheme; if not, the reason for the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Internships
      611. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation impacting doctors who have graduated and are unable to secure an internship place for 2020, noting the financial and...
    • Health Services Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 16,000 healthcare staff who have been or will be hired in 2020 as outlined in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Data
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of subacute, AMU, acute inpatient and critical care beds in the public health system on 1 January 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      626. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2021 HSE National Service Plan will be complete; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31267/20]
    • Hospital Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community and rehabilitation beds in the public health system prior to budget 2021; the estimated number in the public health service if full...
    • Nursing Staff
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to continuing the practice of paying student nurses that reach a required standard of training a full salary when they are in...
    • Industrial Relations
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with trade unions and nursing representative bodies on the issue of trainee nursing pay. [31271/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clients attending a day centre (details supplied) who are now going to new activities on a weekly basis since the beginning of September 2020;...
    • Health Services Funding
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of funding for a facility (details supplied); the current stage of the project; if the project will now proceed with urgency; when he expects the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding multibuy promotions and their effects on obesity levels here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31295/20]
    • Hospital Data
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,146 acute inpatient beds announced in budget 2021 between funded permanent beds and temporary beds respectively; if he...
    • Community Care
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €150 million for enhanced community services announced in budget 2021; the specific measures costed; and if he...
    • Disability Services Funding
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €100 million for disability services announced in budget 2021; the specific measures costed; and if he will make a...
    • Budget 2021
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding allocated to each of the national strategies and expert reviews as announced in budget 2021 broken down by amount...
    • Nursing Staff
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nurse posts in the public system at the end of 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent hospital consultant posts in the public system at the end of 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if...
    • Budget 2021
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €210 million access to care fund in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31421/20]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount of additional funding provided for cancer screening services in budget 2021; the way in which the funding will be spent; and if he will...
    • Budget 2021
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the areas for the €58 million allocated under e-health in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Tests
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff for testing and tracing that will be provided as a consequence of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made provision for extending medical card eligibility for patients with a terminal illness in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute beds in the system, excluding critical care, at the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31428/20]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of acute beds, excluding critical care, projected to be in the system up until the end of the winter plan, that is, to the end of April...
    • Brexit Preparations
      686. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to arrange a replacement reciprocal scheme between Ireland and the UK for the European health insurance card, EHIC, in the event of a no-deal Brexit;...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      687. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a HSE-funded nationwide pharmacy-led "dispose of unused medicines properly" scheme for unused medicines; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      688. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to facilitate substitution by a pharmacist from a biological reference product to a biosimilar; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen a SouthDoc service in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if non-cohabiting couples are allowed to meet physically if they reside in different counties under level 3 and 4 restrictions; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Properties
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed sale by the Health Service Executive of a house (details supplied) will be postponed until an agreement has been reached with the family of the...
    • Medical Cards
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reviewing the decision taken on an application for a drug payment scheme card for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1207 of 8 September 2020, the details and information on the number of hospital laboratories that require some additional...
    • Traveller Community
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding that will be allocated towards services for members of the Traveller community in view of the increased funding for mental health...
    • Vaccination Programme
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for children who are deemed too old for the school catch-up programme for the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the face-covering regulations in place for retail and food service workers; the enforcement body that either a worker or a member of public can contact if he...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation to the national drugs strategy in budget 2020; the actual spend on the national drugs strategy; and the full allocation to the strategy in...
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation from budget 2021 for delivery of community action on alcohol; and when this funding will be made available [31494/20]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 18 September 2020, the status of same. [31495/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €15 million allocation for homeless persons and those in active addiction during Covid-19 will be allocated. [31498/20]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to reduce the maximum amount paid monthly on the drug payment scheme from €124 to €114 on 1 November 2020; and if he will make...
    • Respite Care Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health when a respite service (details supplied) will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31510/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical graduates from India are unable to register in Ireland as general practitioners even if they have completed the required registration exams;...
    • Hospital Data
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of recurring fully funded and staffed inpatient, adult critical care, acute medical unit and day case beds for each at year end in 2016, 2017,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      714. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      715. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be available to adult diabetics to assist in the management and control of their illness; and if he will make a statement...
    • Audiology Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of audiologists working in University Hospital Limerick in 2019 and to date in 2020; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in County Galway; the current waiting time for assessment; the number of patients on the...
    • Medical Cards
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the under-8s general practitioner card that was to be rolled out after budget 2020; and if he will extend it to those under 12 years of age....
    • Disability Services Provision
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an organisation (details supplied). [31546/20]
    • Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if the reference to the €1 million for task forces in budget 2021 is funding allocated from the three-year strategic health initiatives that are already...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional advice on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31562/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding from the mental health budget that has been withheld from the HSE by his Department in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls by county in which the ambulance had to leave its county base; the county the ambulance travelled to; and the time involved for...
    • Respite Care Services
      729. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the regional respite services provided by an organisation (details supplied) and increase service hours to the community; and if he will...
    • Suicide Prevention
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide ASIST suicide awareness training to 12,000 sports clubs on the basis of ten, 20, 30 and 40 persons per club; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to design an applied intervention mental health workshop to be delivered to coaches, volunteers and extended staff in the sports sector; and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disruption caused to the provision of disability services for an organisation (details supplied), which faces a legacy...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the status of operations and activity at Mallow General Hospital for June, July, August, September and October to date. [31616/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for all children for speech and language therapy by community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form; and the length of time the age...
    • Ambulance Service
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal on a 24-7 basis. [31624/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      743. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be receiving speech and language therapy. [31629/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      744. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy. [31630/20]
    • Medical Inquiries
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed when a teenager consistently presents at an accident and emergency department with headaches; and if a MRI scan is offered as...
    • HSE Data
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists available for both assessments and follow-up appointments for...
    • Hospital Data
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds free in hospitals in County Cork; and if measures are being implemented to ensure ICU beds are free for non-Covid-19 emergencies. [31643/20]
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date towards increasing the frequency of nursing home inspections as recommended in the nursing homes expert panel report,...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      750. To ask the Minister for Health when funding to support the delivery of community action on alcohol announced in budget 2021 will be made available; the way the funding will be distributed;...
    • Medical Cards
      752. To ask the Minister for Health when the income eligibility levels for qualification for a medical card for those over 70 years of age will be increased as was provided for in legislation...
    • Hospital Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded inpatient acute beds in the public system at the end of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and projected for the end of 2020 and 2021; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a child psychologist for CAMHS Wexford; if there are applicants for the position; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers currently assigned to County Wexford; the average number of contacts reached on a daily basis in the county through the tracing...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing drive-in Covid-19 test centres in which persons with symptoms can present without a general practitioner...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of confirmed Covid-19 cases in County Wexford for September and October 2020, by cases displaying symptoms and cases not...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of close contacts tested for Covid-19 through the tracing system in County Wexford for September and October 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Obesity Strategy
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the obesity policy implementation oversight group has met to date in 2020; the work programme for the group for the remainder of 2020; and...
    • Health Promotion
      765. To ask the Minister for Health when the progress report on A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of implementation for each of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health Report on Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome, May 2018. [31707/20]
    • Hospital Data
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the acute and community hospitals which have dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will access a doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31757/20]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on advertising including social media, broadcast, publications, online advertising, consultancy and production costs for the Be on Call for...
    • Hospital Staff
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants by specialist posts that are vacant in each hospital of RCSI Hospital Group as of 9 October 2020; the length of time each post has...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which increased funding for the BEEP scheme will be provided in view of the fact that the scheme in oversubscribed; and...
    • Forestry Grants
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is funding available for the maintenance of an oak plantation that is 150 years old and has significant environmental...
    • Climate Change Policy
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant will be made available to farmers for solar panels to slated farm buildings; if these farmers will be paid for...
    • Food Industry
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a national food ombudsman as per the commitment in the programme for Government (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Climate Change Policy
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided for low emission slurry spreaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/20]
    • Farm Safety
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the introduction of a farm safety scheme with increased funding for health and safety equipment under TAMS; and...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of sows in the intensive pig sector here that die prematurely or have to be put down prematurely due to sickness or...
    • Harbours and Piers
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a local authority applied for funding (details supplied) in 2018, 2019 or to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the call for €30 per ewe for the sheep welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/20]
    • GLAS Issues
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new GLAS (details supplied) in view of the fact that many farmers that were not already in the scheme...
    • Foreshore Licences
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a foreshore licence application by a person (details supplied); and the expected timeframe for a decision. [31141/20]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31203/20]
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late BEEP application will be accepted from a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Industry
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a system in place to commence providing beef market price transparency data and information from January 2021...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a BEEP appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31317/20]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when preparations will begin on a new Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31440/20]
    • Beef Industry
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the PGI application for grass fed Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31441/20]
    • Nitrates Usage
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will delay the decision to change nitrate regulations to allow farmers to adjust to the proposed changes; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Industry
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the approval for protected geographical indication status for natural Irish beef submitted by a group (details...
    • Fishing Industry
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking as a result of the High Court ruling that overturned Policy Directive 1 of 2019 which banned over 18 metre...
    • Fisheries Protection
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority in ensuring compliance with regulations concerning the minimum mesh size of nets;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the need to re-establish the Irish wool council to address a series of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that inadvertently lost out on an ANC payment in the past five years as they did not tick the ANC box on their...
    • Departmental Staff
      802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of portal inspectors and plant health inspectors recruited by his Department in each of the past three years in tabular...
    • Land Ownership
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the inordinate delay in processing freehold title queries relating to the Land Commission within...
    • Harbours and Piers
      804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the condition of Cleandra pier in Ardgroom, County Cork; if there are plans to fund remedial works; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to incentivise as best as possible, the use of traditional and more environmentally friendly grass types such as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to consult an association (details supplied) on the negative impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had in relation to...
    • Beef Industry
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef task force; the number of times the task force has met to date; the reports completed to date by same; and if...
    • Departmental Offices
      810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to his Department in percentage...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2019 area of natural constraints scheme overpayment will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Communities Facilities Scheme
      812. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding streams are available to a group (details supplied) to keep a centre open; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Services Programme
      813. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided to allow for a full-time staff member to be employed at a community centre (details supplied); and if she...
    • Local Development Companies
      814. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for local development companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31104/20]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      815. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress in relation to the provision of wastewater infrastructure for unsewered villages using the rural regeneration and...
    • Digital Hubs
      816. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of digital hubs opened in 2020, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31447/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      818. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1481 of 8 September 2020, the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Rural Regeneration Scheme
      819. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Athy food hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31443/20]
    • Walks Scheme
      820. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will grant farmers entry into the walks scheme for a green light for the Bantry active way as soon as possible; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      821. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an appeal application following the decision to refuse a centre (details supplied) funding under the Covid-19 stability...

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