Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      20. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the implications of delaying the census by a year. [28809/20]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a national afforestation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the sustainability of the fishery within the 6 nm limit following the recent decision of the High Court to...
    • Brexit Issues
      35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the difficulties that will face the...
    • Fishing Industry
      39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the 400 tonnes set aside for line caught mackerel is insufficient to allow the 1,560 boats that are smaller than...
    • Biocidal Products
      40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process used to grant approval to products (details supplied); the plans being put in place to rectify this process; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of external contracts for consultancy currently operating in his Department; and the overall cost of the contracts. [33524/20]
    • Trade Promotion
      42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is carrying out to develop new markets for Irish food and drink in view of Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional financial supports he plans to introduce for fishers around the coast from all sectors that have faced financial losses...
    • Agriculture Industry
      44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports provided by his Department to enhance the education of agricultural advisers in the areas of farmer mental health and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce total convergence as part of the new scheme replacing the current basic payment and greening schemes under the...
    • Felling Licences
      46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licence applications currently awaiting a natural impact status. [33521/20]
    • Beef Industry
      47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to develop a dedicated suckler brand; and the plans in place for the development of a dedicated...
    • Biocidal Products
      48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which a dangerous hand sanitiser was rolled out across the schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if underpasses will be eligible for inclusion under the next tranche of TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33304/20]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions at the EU Agriculture Council in relation to the funding of the CAP post-2020; and if he...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons operating in the licensed merchant sector will be formally designated as responsible persons with regard to EU Regulation...
    • Biocidal Products
      52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the other products that may be subject to a recall that may have implications for public health [33525/20]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to include farm safety in the CAP negotiation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33554/20]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to misleading claims being made regarding the environmental effects of methane from livestock; and if...
    • Beef Industry
      55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef task force; and his views on criticisms from farming organisations on its slow pace and lack of engagement with...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the measures in place to monitor the health and working conditions in meat plants to prevent further clusters of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to allowing socially distant in-person sales at livestock marts with viewing times for buyers; and if...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to increase the upper limit ceiling in the pig and poultry investment scheme under TAMS II; if so, the new upper limit...
    • Teagasc Activities
      59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investment in research that his Department is making through Johnstown Castle, County Wexford; the way in which this work benefits...
    • Agriculture Industry
      60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is working to develop opportunities for Irish agri-food business and primary producers through the bioeconomy; and if he will...
    • Farm Safety
      61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish an EIP for farm safety initiatives; the opportunities it will create; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Biocidal Products
      62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further action will be taken against the producers of a product (details supplied) which his Department removed from the biocidal...
    • Dairy Sector
      63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine The investment his Department is making in research through Moorepark, County Cork; the benefits this will have for farmers and...
    • Food Safety Standards
      64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which standards of husbandry, processing and traceability in the food sector here continues with particular reference to...
    • Farm Safety
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve tractor safety on farms in view of machinery being the biggest cause of farm fatalities; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to examine the impact of recent problems with the operation of marts; his plans to operate mart services effectively while...
    • Farm Safety
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department is taking to highlight the importance of farm safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33518/20]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to fund the remaining applications under tranche 17 and 18 of TAMS II before tranche 19 is decided. [33522/20]
    • Trade Missions
      69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the alternatives his Department is undertaking to trade missions in view of Covid-19 restrictions and the need to continue to develop...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the use of the gamma interferon test to eradicate bovine TB in the national herd; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Beef Industry
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his Department's response following the collapse of the online bidding system for livestock marts; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Industry
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which farmers and agri-food business can get involved in the bioeconomy; the role his Department is playing in developing...
    • Biocidal Products
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process involved in approving products (details supplied) for use here; the communications issues that led to a delay in the...
    • Farm Safety
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives his Department is undertaking to improve farm safety and to promote better mental health and well-being amongst...
    • Agriculture Industry
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for the indigenous wool trade industry; his plans to develop further business opportunities for the industry;...
    • Trade Promotion
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is continuing to support the development of new markets for Irish exports in the current Covid-19 and...
    • Beef Industry
      78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to ensure that farmers have access to livestock marts to ensure food production supply chains are secured;...
    • Biocidal Products
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process involved in approving products (details supplied) for use here; the communications issues that led to a delay in the...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      91. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to guarantee parliamentary oversight of existing and future regulations made pursuant to the Health Act 1947, as amended, in the event...
    • Disability Services Provision
      93. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding commitments by successive Governments to close all institutional settings by 2018; his views on the adequacy of the measures taken by...
    • Health Services Funding
      94. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the access to care fund announced in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33465/20]
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that persons who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the pandemrix vaccine will receive appropriate compensation without the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      96. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have been made to accommodate service providers such as drug taskforces, community groups and so on in local authority buildings due to the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which a service (details supplied) was discontinued; the person that authorised the removal and cessation of this contract with a company; the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      99. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to extend the opening hours for primary health centres to elevate demand for acute accident and emergency hospital settings and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      100. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his discussions with the 221+ patient support group in relation to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the steps he is taking to ensure the concerns of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of extra day services for persons with physical disabilities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; when services will resume to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      102. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks to ensure that when Ireland emerges from the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      103. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided in Budget 2021 for Sharing the Vision, the new national mental health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33456/20]
    • Health Services Reform
      104. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a standalone health board for County Kerry. [33306/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      105. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with a number of industrial relations disputes in the health service including those involving public health doctors and medical laboratory...
    • Vaccination Programme
      106. To ask the Minister for Health when out-of-hours flu vaccination clinics will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33287/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      107. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for changes in legislation to ensure better enforcement and adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. [31134/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      109. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made since June 2020 to put in place the refurbishment and new build project for the Abbeyleix Hospital [33284/20]
    • Carer's Support Grant
      110. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be directed towards the families under severe pressure caring for loved ones 24/7 in order that they can hire the necessary support privately...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he...
    • Disability Services Provision
      112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish and make available the capacity review of disability services conducted by his Department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Funding
      113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of disability funding to Section 39 organisations arising from Budget 2021. [31345/20]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the backlog in BreastCheck screenings as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment process by the HSE for community swabbers; the number of redeployed HSE staff that have been able to return to...
    • Hospital Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Health when St. Bridget’s hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary will be returned to normal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33303/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      118. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for increasing acute and critical care bed capacity in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33611/20]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      120. To ask the Minister for Health if a report on projects to upgrade nursing and residential homes in County Cork to HIQA standards will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      122. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for using district and community hospitals in the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33454/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      124. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided for disability services in County Donegal which have been heavily impacted by underfunding and the Covid-19 crisis; and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting times for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33452/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      126. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the growing public concern regarding the competency of Covid-19 testing and contact tracing services here. [24106/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Health when nurses on temporary contracts in the HSE will be given permanent contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33475/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) and developments in France regarding the prescribing of epilim, also known as valproate, to...
    • Cancer Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided for the restoration of cancer services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33568/20]
    • National Cancer Strategy
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding which will be allocated for the national cancer strategy in 2021; the total funding for the strategy in 2021 on foot of this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals being considered to intensify co-operation on an all-Ireland basis in relation to the introduction and implementation of restrictions such as...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33450/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      134. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of the Director of the Health Protection and Surveillance Centre will be filled with a full-time consultant contract with the relative pay...
    • Disability Services Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Health when the disability capacity review was completed; the person or body that carried it out; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the reason rapid testing has not been put in place to be used as part of the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33474/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that all contacts are traced within the 3 day recommended timeframe of a positive diagnosis; the measures he undertook to...
    • Home Care Packages
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare support hours will be provided for older persons in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33461/20]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding to local drugs and alcohol taskforces to support local projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33472/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the opening of a home (details supplied); the role his Department has played in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation regarding rheumatology treatment in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33455/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 15 September 2020, if the National Implementation and Monitoring Committee for Sharing the Vision has been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure increased capacity as the country enters the second wave of Covid-19; the cost per...
    • Hospital Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan has been developed for the future of services at Portlaoise Hospital which will include the continued provision of emergency department services...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken during this lockdown to ensure Ireland is prepared in the event of a third wave; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the publicly funded model of care for fertility treatment as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2020; the equivalent figure for the same timeframe in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine when it is available including the procurement of refrigeration equipment, the training of staff and...
    • Physiotherapy Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy will be reinstated for children with complex medical needs and chronic conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      151. To ask the Minister for Health the average turnaround time from initial contact with a general practitioner to confirmation of the result of a test for teachers. [28430/20]
    • Hospital Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to incorporate services in private hospitals into the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33555/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for further investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks; the number of whole-time equivalents...
    • Dental Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to the revision of the dental treatment services scheme; the engagements he has had with representatives of the dental...
    • Mental Health Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the perinatal mental health services available for women; his plans to improve or add to these services in the near future; the perinatal mental health...
    • Home Care Packages
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional homecare support hours recommended by the 2018 Health Service capacity review; the proportion of this provided in Budget 2021; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol and processes in place when a Covid-19 contact tracer encounters resistance and a failure to cooperate from the close contact of a positive case....
    • Hospital Facilities
      158. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the grant of tender award for development of a second cath laboratory at UHW before Christmas 2020 or sooner (details supplied); and if...
    • Audiology Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding audiologist consultations in view of the fact that on 1 October 2020 the waiting times for referrals were 79 weeks and 49 weeks for...
    • Disability Services Provision
      160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortcomings in day care services for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31355/20]
    • Health Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; the progress to date on implementing previous recommendations in this regard; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of contacts traced in relation to confirmed Covid-19 cases in schools. [28431/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the FreeStyle Libre to be available on the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the private hospital owners' association regarding access to those hospitals since he became Minister; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      167. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement of onpattro or patisiran will be included in the extra €50 million for new medicines access as committed to in Budget 2021; and if...
    • Disability Services Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33453/20]
    • Pharmacy Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new pharmacy contract and new community pharmacy services; when contract negotiations will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting face-to-face psychology appointments prior to March 2020; the number of appointments conducted in the period March 2020 to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      171. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET or his Department has drawn up a formal written memo or advice on zero Covid-19 in view of the Taoiseach stating he is unwilling to embrace zero...
    • Health Services Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia advisers to be recruited in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33451/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      173. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has put in place measures to address issues arising in the delivery of services in the context of Covid-19; if adequate resources remain...
    • National Carers' Strategy
      174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to review and update the National Carers’ Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      175. To ask the Minister for Health if there is evidence that Ireland has learned to manage the medical progress of Covid-19 in vulnerable populations since spring; and the way in which it is...
    • Hospital Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for delivering elective only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33612/20]
    • Food Safety Standards
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the management and funding of veterinarians who certify small-scale abattoirs and its impact on the processing of animals in abattoirs....
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commission on the Future of Policing
      178. To ask the Taoiseach if he has further considered the report of the commission on policing in Ireland; his plans to implement its main recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      179. To ask the Taoiseach if the plan for living with Covid-19 framework document will be made available in accessible format for blind and visually impaired persons. [33595/20]
    • Central Statistics Office
      181. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nearly 200 permanent and backup field interviewers in the Central Statistics Office are currently off the road and...
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      182. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 21 July 2020, if he will provide the link to his published diary on his Department’s website. [32355/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      183. To ask the Taoiseach if the national framework for living with Covid-19 has a regulatory basis in statute or regulation or of it is purely advisory. [32405/20]
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      184. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated amount of money spent on media training for Ministers and Ministers of State from 27 June 2020 to date. [32887/20]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      185. To ask the Taoiseach if he will meet with the four archbishops as per their meeting request. [33243/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      186. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded the contract;...
    • Data Protection
      187. To ask the Taoiseach the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33853/20]
    • Census of Population
      188. To ask the Taoiseach the consideration given to the five-year census of population, which would have been due to take place in 2021; if preliminary work has taken place; if resources have...
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      189. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a business (details supplied) that sells a mix of products can remain open with a non-essential part sectioned off; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      191. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if those business owners in receipt of the State pension can qualify for business supports during level 5 restrictions; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      193. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 15 September 2020, the number of businesses that applied for the humanitarian assistance...
    • Examinership Arrangements
      194. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on whether current legal regimes such as examinership and schemes of arrangement are fit for purpose or need to be revamped...
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      197. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of onsite inspections by HSA personnel of construction sites since the announcement of level 5 restrictions; the findings...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      204. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if industry specific supports have been considered for those who rely heavily on weddings as their primary source of income (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      205. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if window cleaners are allowed to operate under the current level 5 restrictions in view of the lack of social contact in their work....
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      206. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of HSA inspections at bookmakers each month since February 2020; the number found non-compliant; and if he will make a...
    • Company Registration
      207. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the Companies Registration Office extension for annual company filings, which expires on 31 October 2020, will be extended. [32379/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      209. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if dog groomers and dog training can still operate under level 5; if so, the guidelines for the sector; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if funds or plans are in place to provide for innovation enterprise digital hubs to facilitate remote working clusters and small...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      212. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if animal caring centres that operate in a crèche manner service are permitted to remain open under level 5 restrictions; and if...
    • Product Labelling
      215. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if there is requirement for businesses selling goods online to display the country of origin of the goods; if not, if he has given it...
    • Remote Working
      216. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to develop remote working opportunities further and improve the facilities and conditions to encourage remote working,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      217. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if there is funding for chambers of commerce or tourism to avail of for website or App development; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      218. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports in place for sole traders and small businesses that closed due to the new restrictions yet have to pay rent and bills to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      219. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a person who lives further than 5 km from his or her work is allowed to travel to his or her business for the purpose of packing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      220. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason it was stated that travel agents qualify under the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, scheme when it was...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      221. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a business (details supplied) which is currently unable to operate as a restaurant due to Covid-19 restrictions, is able to...
    • Employment Rights
      222. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of progress to introduce a right to disconnect in 2020; the level of engagement he has had with the Workplace Relations...
    • Programme for Government
      224. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the establishment of sectoral task forces as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      225. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the expanded new role of the local enterprise offices as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      226. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to instances of non-essential outlets in shopping centres opening and trading under level 5 which...
    • Fines Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide details of fines, including the amounts, his Department or agencies under his remit, have paid since 1 January...
    • Departmental Contracts
      230. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if there is a form of funding that can be applied for by a person that works as a personal trainer and that wishes to establish a gym...
    • Brexit Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of the most recent estimate undertaken by his Department on the impact of Brexit post-January 2021 on employment by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      235. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to roll out a nationwide campaign to promote purchases from Irish websites and stores offering click and collect over the...
    • Company Registration
      236. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a derogation of the standing sanction of mandatory audit of accounts for two years to SME businesses that fail to file their...
    • Data Protection
      237. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33842/20]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan
      238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Broadband Plan contract includes fines for delays in the roll-out of the plan or financial incentives...
    • Fisheries Protection
      240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the restocking of freshwater fish continues on an ongoing basis; the degree of this work annually...
    • Fishing Industry
      241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which freshwater fish catches such as salmon and trout have fluctuated in each of the past ten years to...
    • Fishing Licences
      242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when historic salmon fishing angling licences will be restored to all fishing areas with particular reference to...
    • Fuel Prices
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32294/20]
    • Consumer Rights
      244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the requirement for all utilities and telecommunications providers regulated in Ireland to provide a dedicated and...
    • Communications Market Regulation
      245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will write to all telecommunications providers regulated in Ireland to ask them to provide free landline to...
    • Public Consultation Process
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the public consultation on removing barriers to energy efficiency in the rental sector by addressing the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocation for his Department for 2021 by project. [32444/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the requirement to have an Eircode for broadband installation can be removed temporarily to allow those awaiting an...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to families for the disposal of medical waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of domestic gas and electricity disconnections for failure to pay a bill in each month to date in 2020; and...
    • Energy Policy
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action which has been taken to prevent the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will arrange for the publication of a detailed timetable for the provision of broadband for each townland in...
    • Postal Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the delays in the provision of post codes for new builds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review a case (details supplied); the status of the roll-out of broadband in this area; and if he will make...
    • Energy Policy
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is feasible to remove Ireland’s dependency on gas by 2030; his plans to import gas rather than use Irish...
    • National Broadband Plan
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address maters contained in correspondence (details supplied) from Monaghan County Council in relation to...
    • Environmental Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps Ireland has taken to move in line with the European Green Deal as outlined as a priority by the European...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provision being made to provide community dividends in which renewable energy projects are being developed in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details...
    • Exploration Licences
      268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number, categories and expected expiration date of all existing licences in relation to current licences issued by...
    • Departmental Projects
      270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of and position regarding the Avoca mines remediation project; the amount of funding set aside in 2020; the...
    • Ministerial Functions
      271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he has used his power under section 10A of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999; the area of policy...
    • National Broadband Plan
      272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in place to improve broadband connections for those in the Dublin area who suffer from poor broadband...
    • Data Protection
      276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33843/20]
    • Commission for Communications Regulation
      277. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of complaints made to the Commission for Communications Regulation in 2019 by the name of the company in...
    • Commission for Regulation of Utilities
      279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of complaints made to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in 2019 by the name of the company in...
    • Energy Policy
      281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to rely on onshore and offshore wind-generated electricity over the next ten years; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if access to the CIS will be provided to urban local authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that made the decision preventing flights out of Ireland to EU states; whether it was a Government decision or whether...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to provide support to travel agents on the basis that they have been effectively operating at level 5, with little or...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving instructors are allowed to operate under levels 4 and 5 of the living with Covid plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the risks to the State with regard to the service delivery options provided for the next generation search and rescue contract; his...
    • Coast Guard Service
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific constraints (details supplied) that prevent the Irish Coast Guard Service from providing a full 24-hour service to the HSE;...
    • Imports and Exports Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether Ireland has the capacity post-January 2021 to have an uninterrupted continuation of the import and export of goods...
    • Driver Test
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow access to the testing centre toilets and facilities, or seek an appropriate solution in the interests of public health,...
    • Ports Facilities
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the improvements made to Rosslare Europort as part of the Brexit preparations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider upgrading the east coast rail line between Belfast and Rosslare to increase capacity between Belfast, Dundalk,...
    • Taxi Licences
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider waiving and refunding the annual cost of taxi registration during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if National Driver Licence Service centres can remain open during level 5 restrictions; if driver licences that are due to expire will...
    • National Car Test
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if NCT centres will remain open; and if tests that have been booked prior to the level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from...
    • Driver Test
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver test centres will remain open; and the arrangements that will be in place for driver tests when level 5 restrictions come into...
    • Driver Licences
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if under level 5 restrictions there is a plan in place to accommodate persons from Northern Ireland seeking to exchange their driver...
    • National Car Test
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons can travel outside the 5 km radius to attend a NCT test that has been booked prior to level 5 restrictions due to come into...
    • Driver Licences
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 23 September 2020, the progress which has been made by the Road Safety Authority to...
    • Budget 2021
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the funding announced for Shannon Airport in Budget 2021 will be allocated; the way in which it will be spent; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver tests, driver theory tests and NCTs are proceeding under level 5. [32507/20]
    • Rail Network
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and-or his predecessor have conducted a costing regarding the doubling of the rail line from Maynooth to Kilcock, County Kildare;...
    • Air Pollution
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of work of the urban transport air pollution group (details supplied); the work programme of the group; when the group will...
    • Driver Licences
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on the changing of a UK driver licence to an Irish licence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Cycling Policy
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide grants and-or supports in line with the cycle to work scheme to those in receipt of the old age pension that wish to...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce cameras to address motorists illegally parking and to support enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NCT testing centres will be closed for the duration of the new Covid-19 restrictions with workers pay maintained at least at the...
    • Driver Licences
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend all driver licences due for renewal that cannot be extended online during the current stage of the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Rail Network
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the repairs which have been undertaken on foot of the 2011-2030 rail network strategy review which highlighted capacity issues in...
    • National Car Test
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further extend the NCT certificate dates in view of the whole country now being at level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the potential of the Air Corps to participate in the search and rescue operations; if this has been factored into...
    • Driver Test
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is an essential worker. [32867/20]
    • Driver Licences
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidance can be offered to persons that need to apply or already have appointments to have their UK driver licence transferred to an...
    • Public Transport
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the establishment of the national public transport forum; if he has identified the groups he will consult as part of the...
    • Rail Network
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of establishing a commission to conduct an economic evaluation of higher speed rail links between the main cities in view of...
    • Transport Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans to legislate for e-scooters and e-bikes as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the position regarding driver lessons during the Covid-19 emergency period level 5 restrictions; if persons including...
    • Taxi Licences
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider waiving or reducing fees for the renewal of a five-year taxi licence and the annual PSV licences in view of the...
    • Public Transport
      330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues related to the reduced capacity on public transport services: his plans to address the issues;...
    • Driver Test
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to issue refunds if requested by the person (details supplied); if he plans to minimise the waiting times in view of the...
    • Water Levels
      333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter relating to surface water at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons who had a theory test cancelled as a result of level 5 restrictions can be facilitated with new appointments as soon as the...
    • Driver Licences
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an R plate for drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on excluding private coach operators from the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if action will be taken to ensure that sufficient capacity will be provided on a Dublin Bus route (details supplied). [33221/20]
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the terms of options to be explored in the feasibility study on extending the metro to the south west and the...
    • Driver Test
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for applicants for the driver licence theory test and driver test; the reason for the long delays in getting...
    • Cycling Facilities
      342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is proposed that two cycle bridges be constructed over the Dodder river within 400 m of each other (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contracts;...
    • Driver Test
      344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants who have being given a date for their driver theory test and who have had...
    • Driver Licences
      345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures being put in place for those who need to renew a driver licence but who are facing lengthy delays and have been told they...
    • Driver Test
      346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons with driver tests scheduled during the current level 5 restrictions will be given priority once scheduling reopens; if the...
    • Driver Licences
      347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to allowing Irish residents to exchange their UK driver licences remotely ahead of the Brexit deadline in...
    • Driver Test
      348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA is asking driver test applicants who are booking a driver test during the level 5 Covid-19 restrictions if they are essential...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to legislate to make masks and face coverings compulsory for passengers in a taxi. [33573/20]
    • Railway Stations
      351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on installing a lift at Ennis Railway Station, County Clare, to accommodate persons with mobility issues; and if...
    • Driver Test
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements being made to ensure that those who had been given a date for a theory test in order to apply for a provisional licence...
    • Aviation Policy
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he or his officials have had with the airline industry to ensure speedy refunds for cancelled or diverted flights by...
    • Driver Test
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting an appointment to undertake the driver theory test in County Dublin; the average waiting time; and the...
    • Driver Licences
      356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with the Road Safety Authority to discuss the best way to maximise capacity required to tackle the waiting...
    • Driver Test
      357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test in County Dublin; the average waiting time for an appointment to undertake the test; and the...
    • Driver Licences
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Question No. 580 of 21 May 2019, the status of the introduction of the exemption provided for under the EU directive by which...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body responsible for replacing wooden fencing on land that has been compulsorily purchased; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the final report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit into the crash of Rescue 116; when the report will be concluded;...
    • National Car Test
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason NCT certificates were backdated to the original date of an appointment when two appointments were necessary due to faults with...
    • Driver Test
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason driver theory tests have been suspended under level 5 restrictions when many theory test centres are already well equipped to...
    • Greenways Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in respect of the allocation of funding for the completion of the Grand Canal greenway with particular reference to...
    • Data Protection
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33855/20]
    • Driver Test
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driver test for a front-line worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving into Ireland on a weekly basis from 5 October 2020, by country of departure including seaports and...
    • Driver Test
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with officials from the RSA to discuss the backlog in both driver tests and driver theory tests; if consideration has been...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      379. To ask the Minister for Finance if the six-month moratorium on business loans which has now expired will be extended in view of the stricter Covid-19 restrictions. [32299/20]
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      381. To ask the Minister for Finance the distributional impact of increases in the carbon tax from budgets prior to 2021 had on different income groups; and the compensation measures taken to...
    • Retail Sector
      382. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed introduction of a minimum spend restriction for all tourists of €175 under the retail export scheme, the highest possible...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      383. To ask the Minister for Finance if the fuel rebate scheme can be reintroduced for coach tourism operators, taxi drivers and other transport providers in the industry that can prove that...
    • Departmental Bodies
      384. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of and position regarding a developmental role for NewERA in view of the commitment in the programme for Government; if it will evolve strategies...
    • Retail Sector
      385. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that the retail export scheme threshold will not change. [33099/20]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      386. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department will reissue primary medical certificates for disabled drivers and passengers in view of the fact this has been suspended following a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      387. To ask the Minister for Finance if a car dealership can be considered for the EWSS if its turnover is down (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33185/20]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      389. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the disabled drivers scheme and the VAT and VRT off the fuel for scheme recipients if a disabled driver purchases an electric car;...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      393. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding UK registered cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/20]
    • Home Building Finance Ireland
      396. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for loans to Home Building Finance Ireland since its establishment; the number of loan approvals; the number of loan drawdowns; the...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      398. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the bike to work scheme as part of the Budget 2021 process to allow more cohorts access the scheme, including the self-employed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      399. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will clarify the formula that was used to calculate the average net weekly pay under the terms of the TWSS for a person paid...
    • Insurance Coverage
      402. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take measures to ensure that insurance companies offer reasonably priced insurance policies to persons whose homes have been deemed at risk of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      403. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in relation to the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32472/20]
    • Retail Sector
      412. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an independent report (details supplied) detailing the benefit of the existing retail export scheme on supporting tourism...
    • Corporation Tax
      414. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that a company (details supplied) has paid €700 million in tax-free dividends to its parent company in the three years since the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      415. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 20 October 2020, if he will expand on the way in which the possibility of the State acting as an insurer for...
    • Motor Tax
      416. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish details of the changes to motor tax and VRT rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32681/20]
    • Departmental Reports
      417. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected publication date of a report on capping the cost of licensed moneylenders and other regulatory matters in response to the public consultation...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      418. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will support this campaign to retain rural services; if his Department has engaged with a bank on...
    • Tax Reliefs
      419. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a review of the benefit-in-kind rates and allowances for 2020 due to restrictions on movement and the closure of business as a result of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      421. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 14 October 2020, the reason a number of persons (details supplied) failed to qualify for any of the Covid-19...
    • Financial Irregularities
      422. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to research carried out by an organisation (details supplied) on financial abuse and the erosion of financial independence for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      423. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter relating to the employment wage subsidy scheme with regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      424. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reintroduction and extension of the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32986/20]
    • Living City Initiative
      425. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties either renovated or converted under the living city initiative for 2019; and the average amount per successful claim. [33004/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      426. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the provisions of the stay and spend scheme to include the purchase of vouchers for accommodation or food purchase during 2021; and his...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      429. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the deadline for the completion of a deal with NAMA’s preferred bidder for the development of the former Irish Glass Bottle site in Dublin...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      431. To ask the Minister for Finance the way regulated financial service providers, including pillar banks and alternative lenders, will be required to handle distressed commercial loans; if the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      434. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded...
    • Tax Reliefs
      435. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence of 23 September 2020 issued to his office; if he will consider introducing measures in the Finance Bill to modify the benefit in...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      436. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an update from a bank (details supplied) following his meeting; if the group will commit to the future of a bank in Ireland for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      438. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the date for filing returns for tax and CRO to the end of February 2021 in view of the current lockdown; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Lending
      439. To ask the Minister for Finance the recent discussions between him, his officials and banks regarding the fact that mortgage applicants who are in receipt of the employment wage subsidy...
    • Tax Code
      440. To ask the Minister for Finance if the objective of the carbon tax is to change consumer behaviour in favour of the environment; and the reason carbon tax is the same on smokeless coal as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      441. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent reported comments (details supplied) by the ECB head of banking supervision regarding the payment breaks; his further views the need...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      443. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the financial transactions associated with land registered which was sold by NAMA to a company (details supplied); the price paid to NAMA for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      444. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33665/20]
    • Data Protection
      450. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33844/20]
    • Tax Reliefs
      451. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees in relation to recent changes around tax relief for those working from home were able to claim the daily rate of €3.20 as a remote worker...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      453. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name of project,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Contracts
      454. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the procurement process for the maintenance contract relative to Government Buildings, Hebron Road,...
    • Garda Remuneration
      455. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of ending the two tier pay scale for members of An Garda Síochána recruited post-2013; and if he will make a...
    • Charities Regulation
      456. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been a review of the State spend on the non-profit third sector in the past 10 years; his plans to carry out a review to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      457. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Kenmare flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32401/20]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      459. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has plans in relation to the pension provisions for retirees of some categories of semi-State pension funds such as RTÉ that...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      460. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to carry out dredging works and sluice gate maintenance on the rivers Brick and Shanow in County Kerry as the rivers...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      461. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the equality budgeting programme has been expanded into other Departments; and if so, the details of those Departments. [32665/20]
    • EU Bodies
      462. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the SEUPB will operate post-Brexit; if it will continue to be jointly chaired by him and the Northern Ireland Finance...
    • Office of Public Works
      463. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has made new recommendations on the future plans for OPW office space in a post-Covid-19 environment with respect to...
    • Public Sector Staff
      464. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine working arrangements for public sector staff as specified in Guidance and FAQs for Public Service Employers during...
    • Traffic Management
      465. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to prepare a traffic management plan for the Phoenix Park; when it is expected that the public consultation...
    • Legislative Measures
      466. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to proceed with the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 which has passed second stage in the 32nd Dáil; the way in which he...
    • Public Sector Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding is in place to facilitate the phased return to work on a part-time basis for full-time contractual public sector workers...
    • Flood Risk Management
      468. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 6 October 2020, if he will make reports from local authorities on the flooding events in...
    • Prison Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to sign off on a pension increase for retired prison officers under the financial emergency measures in the public interest,...
    • Public Sector Pay
      471. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason employees of public bodies and those in the public sector do not qualify as e-workers for payments of up to €3.20 per...
    • Departmental Contracts
      473. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contracts;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all planned and incomplete flood relief and management schemes in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      475. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding can be drawn down via the Office of Public Works to address long-standing flooding issues effecting 54 farmers along the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      476. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016, by...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      478. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he received correspondence from a local authority regarding flood defence works (details supplied). [33624/20]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      479. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to honour the Labour Court recommendation to provide an occupational pension for community employment supervisors; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      480. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital and current allocation to his Department in 2020; and the amount spent of both to date. [33701/20]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      481. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 22 September 2020, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      482. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the groups of public servants earning under €70,000 who have still to have their pay reductions reversed under the financial...
    • Data Protection
      483. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33850/20]
    • Garda Stations
      484. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Clare division that were refurbished by the OPW over the past 18 months; the nature of works that were...
    • Office of Public Works
      485. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW spent on capital works projects at tourism and heritage sites under its remit in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Mental Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the mental health of men and women in the live music industry, particularly those at risk of drug and alcohol...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      487. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given consideration to deeming leisure and fitness facilities essential businesses; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      489. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any of the €50 million allocated to the live events sector will be allocated specifically to help the trade show and...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      490. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to change the rules of the RTÉ pension scheme or similar schemes in view of fears that there may be an effective...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      491. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason and evidence used in the decision to close gyms under level 5 restrictions. [32552/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      501. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the proposed national velodrome at Abbotstown, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      502. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the requests of the Irish Gold Tour Operators Association for direct and immediate government supports in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      503. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if gyms will be deemed an essential service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32930/20]
    • Departmental Funding
      505. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the call of an organisation (details supplied) for a substantial increase in the business continuity fund for coach...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      507. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the evidence and logic employed when deciding to close down an outdoor and controllable sport such as golf under level 5...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      516. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Fáilte Ireland adaptation grant of €2,500 is available only to restaurants and cafés that sell alcohol;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      518. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given the final sign-off on guidance for indoor sport at level 3, if not, when she will sign off on these guidelines;...
    • Census of Population
      519. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preliminary work that has taken place with respect to the publication of the 1926 Census of Population; the lead in time...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      520. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the restart grant for non-registered bed and breakfasts from...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      522. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to free local newspapers under level 5 restrictions in order to ensure that they can survive the lockdown...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      528. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if specific gyms or training centres have been nominated to facilitate ongoing training for professional and elite sport under the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      530. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department has put in place for sports clubs and groups such as marching bands that have rent on halls and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      531. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason elite athletes have an exemption that allows them to travel for their sporting matches and not restrict their movements...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      534. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be available for clubs that are struggling financially due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will...
    • Tourism Industry
      535. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the aspects of Budget 2021 which relate to tour operators taking into account the decline in tourism activities here particularly...
    • Departmental Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support provided by her Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support...
    • National Orchestras
      538. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the areas in which the €8 million additional funding promised in Budget 2021 to transfer the National Symphony Orchestra to...
    • National Concert Hall
      540. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Concert Hall will receive an additional funding in 2021 separate from the funding for the National Symphony...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      541. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €3 million additional funding promised to the National Cultural Institutions in Budget 2021, separate...
    • Arts Council
      543. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the additional funding for the Arts Council announced as Covid-19 contingency funding in Budget 2021 is a one-off allocation...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      545. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an organisation (details supplied) can register for funding under the sports capital programme; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      546. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      549. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      550. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when applications for the sports capital grant will be opened for the next round of funding; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      551. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Fáilte Ireland adaptation grant; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      552. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of golf clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an organisation (details supplied);...
    • Data Protection
      554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33854/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the agreement to proceed with elite GAA championship matches; if it was planned in this approach that...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s 2021 funding commitments, funding streams and targets for the retrofitting of local authority homes,...
    • Housing Issues
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the €2.4 billion announced in budget 2021 will be spent on the HAP and RAS schemes; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if administrative work carried out by a public servant in a local authority is an essential service; and if these workers can...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons are permitted to travel beyond the 5 km limit in order to view accommodation that they wish to rent or purchase;...
    • Hare Coursing
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33650/20]
    • Electoral Process
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for electoral reform with regard to enabling persons such as MEPs and permanent representatives who work in EU...
    • Wildlife Control
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the deer population has fluctuated nationally in the past ten years; the extent to which culls have taken...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which various native bird species including songbirds are extinct or are threatened with extinction; the extent...
    • Wildlife Control
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the otter population has fluctuated in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if floating regasification storage units typically used for liquefied natural gas transfer will be regulated under the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of villages and towns in County Tipperary that do not have wastewater treatment plants. [32308/20]
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a rental property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32330/20]
    • Departmental Funding
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for the multi-annual programme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32351/20]
    • Coastal Erosion
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 333 of 15 September 2020 and 143 of 13 October 2020, if the steering group will visit...
    • Rent Increases
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections in place to prevent rent increases for those whose income has been impacted by Covid-19 restrictions beyond 30...
    • Planning Issues
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if under the latest level 5 restrictions the statutory time frames for the planning process and judicial review process will...
    • Defective Building Materials
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 13 October 2020, if the schemes that he refers to includes the pyrite remediation...
    • Housing Provision
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing unit that has been assigned as a Traveller specific unit can be reallocated to the general housing stock if...
    • Derelict Sites
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide grant support for the restoration of derelict and traditional cottages and houses particularly those that...
    • Inland Waterways
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the works related to the Ulster Canal that are to be completed in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Service
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the staffing shortages in the Dublin Fire Brigade; the impact of retirements on the...
    • Legislative Process
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Tailte Éireann Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32544/20]
    • Electoral Process
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in implementing the Constitutional Convention recommendation from 2013 that measures be taken...
    • Wildlife Control
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including deer management as an essential service under the updated Covid-19 guidelines (details...
    • Housing Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of low-cost sites that have been made available in the past year for persons to build a home or for a small...
    • Housing Provision
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been on the housing waiting list since 28...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan whose loans have already been...
    • Allotments Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the owners of allotments are permitted to travel outside their 5 km to access their food production under level 5...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the NPWS put a specific farm plan scheme in place for farmers within the catchment of...
    • Planning Issues
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group established to review Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2005 in...
    • Student Accommodation
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on the subject of refunds...
    • Commercial Rates
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a wide-ranging review of the current commercial rates regime and engage with stakeholders including an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the calls of a charity (details supplied) for a €20 million rent arrears fund to be included in...
    • Electoral Process
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review structures of local government in particular consideration of reintroducing directly elected town councils...
    • Local Authority Staff
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a position (details supplied) will be advertised. [33000/20]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time for an assessment by homeless services in the mid-west region Clare, Limerick and Tipperary when...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget that was allocated to Clare County Council for homeless services in 2019; and if this entire budget was spent in...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed affordable home shared equity scheme will be open for applications; the number of homes that will be made...
    • Rental Sector
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken and plans to take to encourage landlords to list their vacant apartments on the rental market at a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review policy in relation to the way business rates are applied to renewable energy projects with a view to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that sets the income threshold for persons to apply for local authority housing; and if the income...
    • Local Authority Contracts
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Planning Issues
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the An Bord Pleanála decision to grant planning permissions which breach building height levels in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have had discussions with local authorities individually or collectively regarding encouraging...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the 9,500 new build social homes targeted for delivery in 2021 by SHIP new builds, SHIP turnkeys, AHB new...
    • Housing Data
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of SHIP construction units in each local authority for 2018 and 2019, in tabular form. [33330/20]
    • Local Authority Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the promised €1 million payment to Galway County Council will be made; the reason it has been delayed to date; and...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the tenant purchase scheme review; his plans to amend the scheme to allow tenants in homes classed as apartments...
    • Hare Coursing
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rabbits and hares that have tested positive for RHD2 since 1 January to date in 2020; the locations in which...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow approved applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan but who are on the employment wage subsidy scheme to...
    • Planning Issues
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 134 and 135 of 14 October 2020, if existing planning permissions that have already...
    • Burial Grounds
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate care being taken of the Quaker burial ground opposite Brú...
    • Planning Issues
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to widening the remit of An Bord Pleanála to hold meetings and stakeholder discussions...
    • Wildlife Protection
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a dedicated wildlife crime unit; the location the unit will be based; the number of staff that will be...
    • Data Protection
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33848/20]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of engagement that his Department has had to date with the County and City Managers’ Association to date in...
    • Commercial Rates
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities and his Department plans to address the large reduction in commercial rates to Clare County Council...
    • Local Authority Functions
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities and his Department will consider bestowing town status on the heavily populated Westbury Shannon Banks...
    • Building Regulations
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on amending building regulations to make it mandatory for public buildings to include changing places and toilet...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      649. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an exemption can be made for a two-year working holiday authorisation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare due to the Covid-19...
    • Brexit Issues
      651. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will explain his reference to the European Commission in the context of his statement in Dáil Éireann on the European...
    • Diaspora Issues
      652. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set a date for a referendum on extending presidential voting rights to persons living outside the State. [33821/20]
    • Public Inquiries
      653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the British Government to establish a public enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied). [33824/20]
    • Irish Aid
      654. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of aid allocated to Sudan by Ireland in the past three years; the amount that has been actually drawn down by Sudanese active...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      655. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the suspending of Irish contributing election observers to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and if...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      656. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and the proposed response to protests currently taking place in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32427/20]
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      659. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of North-South Ministerial Council meetings held in the past ten years and to date in 2020. [32940/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      660. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the EU wide travel system; when he expects Ireland to participate; and if distance restrictions that may be in place for Irish...
    • EU Programmes
      661. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland will take to move in line with the priorities outlined in the European Commission 2021 work programme by President Ursula...
    • Diaspora Issues
      662. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of and position regarding efforts being made relating to the undocumented Irish persons in the United States of America; and if...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      663. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if action has been taken or considered in view of the targeting of Azerbaijani citizens by the Armenian Government in the missile attacks on...
    • Equality Issues
      664. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the membership of the new UN disability committee and the voting that will take place later in 2020 (details supplied). [33237/20]
    • Departmental Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the...
    • International Relations
      667. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Turkish Government in relation to recent worrying comments regarding France; and if he will make a...
    • British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
      668. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it is planned for the British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference to meet next; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Aid
      669. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance Ireland has provided to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33384/20]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      670. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to open an embassy in either Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Montenegro; and if he will make a...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      671. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements he has had with Science Foundation Ireland in relation to its participation in the Ireland House strategy; and if he will...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      672. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the post of Irish ambassador to Latvia will be filled on a permanent basis. [33702/20]
    • Data Protection
      673. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33845/20]
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Honours
      674. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if medals will be awarded to the surviving soldiers from the siege of Jadotville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32545/20]
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      675. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the complex legal, operational and management questions posed by membership of a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      676. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a report was undertaken in relation to the surveillance operation of a ship (details supplied) blown on to the coast of County Cork in...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      677. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans or those of the Defence Forces in relation to a military hospital (details supplied); if discussions have taken place to date between...
    • Military Honours
      678. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the members of the 35th Battalion of the Army that fought at the siege of Jadotville will be awarded a medal for their bravery: if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      679. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid annually for the past three years to private airline companies for the movement of Irish military personnel to and from overseas...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if cadets that have been deployed again to the front line as contact tracers and contact tracing trainers and have had their their training...
    • Defence Forces Data
      681. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at the end of September 2020; and the number of personnel in full-time induction training in terms of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      687. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the...
    • Air Corps
      688. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific constraints (details supplied) that prevent the Air Corps from providing a full 24-hour service to the HSE; and if he will make a...
    • United Nations
      689. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount due and paid to Ireland from the UN as part of the peacekeeping contract over the past three years; the amounts outstanding; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider permitting the Permanent Defence Force and Reserve Defence Force to play a wider role in contact tracing; and if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      691. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the investigation into the filling in of the hollow next to Donnelly's Hollow to conclude; the progress of same; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      692. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring the old Curragh post office building back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33830/20]
    • Data Protection
      693. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33840/20]
    • Naval Service
      694. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to have LÉ Niamh undergo a mid-life refit. [33858/20]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      695. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Funding
      696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be released to a school (details supplied) for the construction of a physical education hall for which planning permission has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funds available to meet the Covid-19 compliance costs of a fee-paying primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the HSE is carrying out a risk assessment of the schools, and if not, the person or body that will; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; if she has identified the groups that he will consult with as part of the review; if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools without music room facilities can resume their studies offsite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33125/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place can be made available in a special school for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33707/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if more than one location is in contention. [32303/20]
    • School Facilities
      703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to improve water supply to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, as the school has a "do not consume" notice in...
    • School Funding
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence from me on a matter, the steps taken to assist by way of providing emergency funding to a school (details supplied);...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been notified by the HSE that they have had a case of Covid-19 since schools returned in September; and if she...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32344/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a guarantee that a school (details supplied) that moved many of its teaching facilities to the local GAA centre, in order to comply with...
    • State Examinations
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make available the data set used to calculate the final results for 2020 leaving certificate students, in anonymised form, to the...
    • School Transport
      709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32367/20]
    • School Funding
      710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has been refused an extension in funding for an administrative deputy principal; and if the...
    • State Examinations
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the calculated grades process and the Reasonable Accommodations at the Certificate Examinations, RACE, students that for the...
    • School Completion Programme
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to move the school completion programme across to her Department; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Designation
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand and prioritise the transfer of viable schools to community national schools, as outlined in the programme for Government....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have closed again since schools reopened due to Covid-19 clusters; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to schools that are scheduled to lose teachers on the new enrolment numbers in order that they could have the...
    • School Completion Programme
      718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in each county on the schools building programme; the number of schools in each county that have had buildings completed since summer...
    • School Accommodation
      719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension planned for a school (details supplied); if a copy of the project management plan for the build is available; when...
    • School Facilities
      720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be expedited in respect of the provision of additional facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • DEIS Scheme
      721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent announcement in budget 2021 in relation to the reduction in class sizes relates to DEIS band 1 senior schools only; if this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the completion of the ongoing construction of the sports hall in a school (details supplied) in view of the recent entry into...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will provide guidelines to deal with the situation. [32599/20]
    • School Transport
      724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided to a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32602/20]
    • School Staff
      725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortfall in numbers of substitution teachers available in the substitution teacher panel to a school...
    • School Facilities
      726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an IT upgrade will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32623/20]
    • Traveller Education
      727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure Travellers have their educational needs met, that discrimination against Travellers in school settings is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have a new school building for a school (details supplied) completed by September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 should take in circumstances in which parents and teachers are of the view the HSE is not...
    • State Examinations
      731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students sitting the leaving certificate examinations will be awarded 100% in their oral examinations as promised in March 2020. [32694/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure sufficient cover for absences to maintain class bubbles and pods intact; the steps she will take to ensure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if increased levels of supports, resources and access to assessment of need will be made available immediately to children in disadvantaged...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to improve the pupil-teacher ratio in line with the European average. [32697/20]
    • DEIS Scheme
      735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure supports are in place and available to students who need them as they transition from DEIS 1 to DEIS 2 or other...
    • State Examinations
      736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) can request another appeal of their leaving certificate results after their first appeal was rejected; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place for the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32719/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32733/20]
    • School Transport
      741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review into the Bus Éireann school transport system; and if additional measures will be taken to ensure that all children...
    • DEIS Scheme
      743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €5 million investment for DEIS schools in Budget 2021 will be allocated. [32783/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to employ health professionals in schools to screen children that could be sent to school with Covid-19 symptoms. [32803/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied); if additional supports will be put in place for leaving certificate students; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32846/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a project (details supplied) considering that it is two and a half years since approval in principle was sanctioned for a...
    • DEIS Scheme
      748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to reduce class sizes for DEIS band one junior vertical schools to bring them in line with DEIS band one senior schools;...
    • State Examinations
      749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the dates for exams will be announced for the June 2021 leaving certificate; the plans in place for the exams to take place; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional capacity is being put in place for students relying on school transport to ensure they get a seat on the bus in County Roscommon;...
    • School Enrolments
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the lack of educate together school places to serve families in the Finglas, Dublin 11 area; the steps she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management which under the provision of the Education Act 1998 are charged with the direct governance of a school has the right...
    • School Accommodation
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32909/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a medically vulnerable SNA at a school (details supplied) can be facilitated with working from home. [32918/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fetal alcohol spectrum disorder has been adopted as a recognised learning difficulty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32920/20]
    • School Enrolments
      759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details on provisions in place with schools for children of returning Irish diplomats to Ireland when their posting abroad has ceased to be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive an extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32959/20]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a properly resourced taskforce to identify and implement measures that will support children and young persons in DEIS and...
    • School Textbooks
      763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the free school books pilot scheme to all non-fee paying primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a...
    • Education Fees
      764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review on the possibility of ending the voluntary contribution system in non-fee paying primary and secondary schools; and...
    • Capitation Grants
      765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore the capitation rates to 2010 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32971/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been made available for principals to assist them with the contact tracing in schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be provided to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33022/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); if she will meet with Deputies from County Wicklow regarding the school;...
    • State Examinations
      769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will be allowed to be awarded 100% in their oral exams as promised in March 2020 (details supplied). [33058/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision on same will be made; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is being made available for a special autism unit at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when this funding will be made...
    • Schools Building Projects
      772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in securing the satisfactory completion and handover the new buildings for a school (details supplied); if she will provide details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of money spent on the Educational Testing Service. [33101/20]
    • State Examinations
      774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new date for the planned leaving certificate exam 2020, which was scheduled to commence on 16 November 2020, has been agreed; if so, if she...
    • School Staff
      775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the results of successful and unsuccessful appeals from the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the effects of Covid-19 were able to be considered as a factor for lower enrolment numbers that projected under appeals for the primary...
    • School Transport
      777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that all eligible families that have paid for school transportation, including those that paid after the deadline of 4 August...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 17 September 2020, if the briefing document provided to her on her appointment as Minister has been...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied) can be further reviewed for the school year 2020-21 following an unsuccessful appeal. [33140/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timescale for the provision of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); the position regarding the appointment of a design team for the...
    • School Transport
      783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of persons (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33178/20]
    • School Staff
      784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in respect of a newly qualified teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33181/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [33219/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters regarding schools and positive tests for Covid-19 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve funding as a matter of urgency for the provision of universal access at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of each contract; the...
    • School Enrolments
      790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of discussions her officials have had with Fingal County Council officials in 2019 and to date in 2020 on future educational needs in...
    • School Accommodation
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is actively seeking alternative accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is making a contingency plan to allow 2020 leaving certificate students to sit their exams in June 2021 if they cannot go ahead in...
    • School Enrolments
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding a school (details supplied), whereby a new Educate Together secondary school is unable...
    • School Accommodation
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the request for additional classroom allocation at a school (details supplied) to address a waiting list of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction on permanent buildings will commence at a school (details supplied). [33376/20]
    • School Staff
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a chief executive of an ETB can make a discretionary referral to the occupational health service of an employee who has been certified fit by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has issued advice to primary school principals instructing them that if a child must isolate on grounds of the Covid-19...
    • Schools Building Projects
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new build for a school (details supplied), the steps taken to deliver this new build to date; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with special schools on possible further restrictions; if her Department has looked at ways in which special schools could...
    • School Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to regularising the employment, terms and conditions and pension rights of school secretaries; and if she will...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency works scheme application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33497/20]
    • School Staff
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of funding changes in Budget 2021, combined with the fact that a school (details supplied) student figures have recovered during the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a school (details supplied). [33690/20]
    • School Transport
      817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications her Department received from applicants in county Galway for the July provision transportation grant in which an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can engage in outdoor learning outside of the school grounds under Covid-19 level 5 guidelines (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school build (details supplied); the stage plans are at for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the two tier pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33825/20]
    • Data Protection
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33841/20]
    • School Accommodation
      823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to an additional first year class in a school (details supplied) for the academic year beginning in September...
    • School Transport
      824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two children (details supplied) did not receive a place on a school bus; if she will take measures to facilitate these children; and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name of...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when further details will be announced regarding the way in which self-employed persons in receipt of the pandemic...
    • Disability Support Services
      828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures taken to support persons with disabilities who are on low incomes and will be financially challenged by recent...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      829. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support calls for the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities to be improved to boost employment...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      831. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review of the case of a person (details supplied) can be undertaken with a view to explaining the reason payment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the extension of parental benefit is not coming into effect until April 2021; if she will consider bringing this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back-to-work enterprise scheme is reckoned as income in the calculations when a pandemic unemployment payment claim is...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      834. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme that is due to expire on 23 October 2020 could have their...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a reduction in funding to the RSS scheme in the proposed Estimates for 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the policy on the household budget scheme, which may suit local authorities and housing bodies but,...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be entitled to a higher weekly rate of jobseeker’s allowance...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full-time students in further and higher education can continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment and enter new...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
      841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32397/20]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review into community employment schemes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32431/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of the carer’s allowance who dedicate their lives to caring for a family member are not...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32470/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who comes off the pandemic unemployment payment for short-term seasonal work should reapply for the pandemic...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of community employment schemes under level 5. [32505/20]
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rules in place for returning emigrants who sign on for a jobseeker's payment currently; if payment is withheld for two...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on the pandemic unemployment payment are restricted to undergoing a night-time or online course and not a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a PPS number and the pandemic unemployment...
    • Redundancy Payments
      853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a statutory redundancy payment will be released for a person (details supplied) who ceased employment on 29 February...
    • Pension Provisions
      854. 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. [32562/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of eligibility for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of a jobseeker's payment who has applied for and been accepted for a community employment scheme can...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached on the provision of pandemic unemployment payment support to a person (details supplied); and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be considered eligible for upskilling in view of the level 5 restrictions. [32594/20]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend legislation to ensure that new applicants for jobseeker's benefit who were in receipt of carer’s...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can collect social welfare payments such as jobseeker’s allowance on a fortnightly basis rather than...
    • Pension Provisions
      862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an EU citizen who is resident in the State for over five years is deemed to meet the habitual residence condition for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was self-employed, pays tax but does not make PRSI contributions is eligible for the pandemic unemployment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was a carer for their parent until 19 September 2019 has been issued with a letter...
    • Fuel Allowance
      868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension
      870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a €300 pandemic universal payment but that will now be moved to a higher...
    • Social Welfare Code
      876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to reviewing the rules around maternity benefit in order that persons that have been on...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a delay in issuing PPS numbers to persons returning here; and the steps being taken to deal with this delay....
    • Pension Provisions
      878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available for a person (details supplied) who has been told they do not have enough stamps for a contributory...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if household social welfare inspections are permitted to take place under level 5 [32873/20]
    • Working Family Payment
      882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parent households and two parent family households availing of the working family payment over the past...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare sanctions for jobseeker’s payments ceased during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32935/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the scheme for self-employed workers to earn up to €480 a month and retain the PUP to PAYE...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reform of the child maintenance system; if she will address key issues such as calculation, facilitation and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she is taking to prioritise and protect supports for lone parents, having regard to the recommendations of the...
    • Food Poverty
      891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address food poverty in children and to ensure that no child goes hungry; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will continue to support the annual Social Inclusion Forum as an important means of promoting engagement...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has considered supporting the introduction of returnships in partnership with employers to support women...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider equalising the income thresholds for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for one and two...
    • Child Benefit
      895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making child benefit payable to families with children over the age of 18 enrolled in secondary school...
    • Carer's Allowance
      897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to backdating arrears of carer’s allowance six months prior to date of application in...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the proposed universal basic income pilot that was set out in the programme for Government; and if there is...
    • Fuel Allowance
      900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) qualify for the fuel allowance or other benefits. [33054/20]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      901. 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); and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a delay in processing a jobseeker's allowance application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for processing PUP applications for counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan under the level 4...
    • Illness Benefit
      906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) with a confirmed Covid-19 related illness had their enhanced illness benefit payment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further documentation was received by her Department from a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made in...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 15 September 2020, the number of individuals which applied for the humanitarian...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the pandemic unemployment payment to workers in an airline that are out of work due to the Covid-19...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review for back to education allowance can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a jobseeker's allowance and childcare allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when Covid illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33258/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department plans to centralise and gather information from INTREO offices to obtain a national picture regarding...
    • Food Poverty
      920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that its services currently...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      921. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to a person over 66 years of age who is impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and self-employed but cannot...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the time on the scheme for all community employment scheme participants for a period during...
    • Citizens Information Services
      924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Citizens Information centre in Ros Muc, County Galway is still functioning; the status of same; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33367/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a change was made to the Covid-19 PUP in respect of PRSI contributions; if she will report on the new operational...
    • Disability Allowance
      928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability claim which has been upheld on appeal by the social welfare appeals office (details supplied) will go into...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of payment a person (details supplied) will receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33627/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a Covid-19 or related payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appointment to facilitate an application for jobseeker's benefit can be facilitated for a person (details supplied);...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to €180 for children...
    • Fuel Allowance
      935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if having a member of one's family on a social welfare payment and living with that person would disqualify that person from...
    • Training Support Grant
      936. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 14 October 2020, if a decision has been made on an application for a training...
    • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
      937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the BTWEA after being told by a case worker that they were eligible; the...
    • Invalidity Pension
      938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a disability pension in 2019; the number of refusals; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      939. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33852/20]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      940. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a personal public services number in order to be able to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      941. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the right of self-employed persons to the pandemic unemployment payment, illness and disability...
    • Illness Benefit
      942. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation regarding entitlement to illness benefit for the self-employed; and if a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      944. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is an accepted practice for social welfare inspectors to carry out unannounced visits to the homes of persons receiving...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Parental Leave
      946. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to widening the timeframe in which new parents can take their additional three weeks of parental leave...
    • Bus Services
      947. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32634/20]
    • Traveller Community
      948. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being taken to increase job opportunities for Travellers and ensure they are not discriminated against in accessing...
    • Parental Leave
      949. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the additional three weeks' parental leave will not be available until April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      950. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1016 of 30 July 2020, the reason 13 places have not yet been allocated under Phase 1 of the IRPP; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      951. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide funding to support Down's syndrome language development for young children aged three to six years of age in preschool....
    • Parental Leave
      952. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider making changes to new parental leave arrangements announced in budget 2021 in order that the three-week extension would...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has considered allowing for a provision that would account for Covid-19-related school absences (details supplied). [33216/20]
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      954. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of Wexford women’s refuge; the current occupancy level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33407/20]
    • After-School Support Services
      955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will clarify the regulations regarding after-school care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/20]
    • Maternity Leave
      956. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes he plans to make in respect of the parental and maternity leave schemes in 2021; if indicated changes can be brought forward to...
    • Victim Support Services
      958. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 13 October 2020, the approximate waiting times for victims of sexual abuse to receive...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      959. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding the amount of bureaucracy involved for childcare providers wishing to avail of the national childcare scheme; if his...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce mandatory paediatric first-aid training for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32743/20]
    • Youth Services
      961. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the €5 million funding announced in the Budget for youth services (details supplied). [32804/20]
    • Early Years Sector
      962. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports the early years sector will receive for the duration of the level 5 restrictions in view of the fact they are...
    • Financial Services Sector
      963. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the research from an organisation (details supplied) on financial abuse and the erosion of financial...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department carried out a data protection impact assessment on the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of his engagement with the forum for the survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, including the number of meetings, since he took...
    • Legislative Programme
      966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the introduction of legislation to ensure the survivors of mother and baby homes have access to the archive of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support provided by his Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 13 October 2020, when they will commence and issue. [33159/20]
    • Departmental Reviews
      969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will order an immediate and extensive review of the engagement between Tusla and persons (details supplied) which resulted in the...
    • After-School Support Services
      970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Number 22 of 20 October 2020, if he will specifically answer the question in relation to term time when...
    • Departmental Contracts
      971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, following findings in the fifth interim report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation regarding the Bessborough Home...
    • Adoption Data
      973. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that both natural parents and adoptees can more easily access their children or parents, as the case may...
    • Public Services Card
      974. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person needs to hold a public services card in order to access the national childcare scheme and its financial assistance element; and...
    • EU Funding
      975. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the national and EU funding initiatives for local authorities engaging in social inclusion initiatives with regard to migrant communities...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      976. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which persons will be able to make paper-based applications for the new national childcare scheme. [33669/20]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      977. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the sixth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made available to Deputies; and if he...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      979. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the volume of correspondence his Department has received relating to the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      980. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when personal data access requests will be available through his Department, as per general data protection regulation, GDPR, guidelines...
    • Children in Care
      981. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care with an assigned and without an assigned social worker, per region, in tabular form; the length of time...
    • Youth Services
      983. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the information being collected and collated relating to young persons in rural areas, particularly in the north west; the supports and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an expedited testing regime for the childcare sector to keep providers open; and the reason teachers can receive the flu...
    • Data Protection
      986. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33839/20]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Cabinet decision last week on the application of general data protection regulation, GDPR, to mother and baby home records,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to students being denied refunds on private student accommodation after returning home due to ongoing Covid-19...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) who had been offered and accepted a CSO college offer subsequently had that offer removed, despite the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that less than 5% of adults with Down's syndrome secure meaningful employment due to barriers in...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the income thresholds and means test to qualify for the SUSI grant and increase the value of the maintenance grant levels to...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the student assistance fund allocation by 20% to address the needs of students affected by Covid-19 income loss;...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand eligibility for the SUSI grant to part-time students studying in publicly funded further and higher education and training...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if music or drama schools are included in the education exemption for level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33024/20]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to full or part payment of registration fees. [33052/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to situations in which persons have been informed that they have lost their SUSI grant entitlements due to the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that incomes from social protection, including the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, are not...
    • Third Level Fees
      1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following the announcement in budget 2021 of an extra €250 payment for third level students who have either paid their college fee or...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured safe pass courses can be delivered online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32411/20]
    • Third Level Institutions
      1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on third level institutions failing to offer a reduction in fees to students at a time when classes are online and many of the...
    • Nursing Education
      1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate placements for nursing by 250 places in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traveller Education
      1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure Travellers have greater access and opportunities to avail of third-level education; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Costs
      1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if both higher education institutions and third level institutions are moving all classes online for the next six weeks under level 5...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      1009. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement blended learning for English language schools; if there are plans to offer further advice to English language schools in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of all research funding that has been made available for research on Covid-19 in tabular form; the amount that has been allocated;...
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial reserves of each university, technological university and institute of technology in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter in relation to possible issues arising from being in receipt of PUP and applications for SUSI grants (details...
    • Third Level Staff
      1018. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report in relation to recruitment processes at the University of Limerick produced by a person (details...
    • Education and Training Boards
      1019. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CDETB has plans to repair the clock on the Rathmines College building. [33028/20]
    • State Examinations
      1020. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding grading errors and college places (details supplied). [33029/20]
    • Ministerial Briefing
      1023. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 17 September 2020, if the briefing document provided to him on his appointment as Minister has been...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      1024. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if HEIs and SUSI will extend the deadline by which a student must withdraw from a course before losing eligibility to receive a SUSI grant to at...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the administrative process and computational method of allocating funding to specific institutions under the support for contract researchers...
    • Technological Universities
      1031. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocations in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 to assist the development and progression of technological universities by project and...
    • Budget 2021
      1032. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location and estimated budget of the higher education building projects envisaged in budget 2021, in tabular form and those approved in...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      1033. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public private partnerships his Department is currently engaged in; the name, cost and timeframe of each; the name of all private parties...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1035. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current weekly rates for full apprenticeship programmes; and if a participant will receive an annual increase to their weekly rate while...
    • Nursing Education
      1036. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for undergraduate nursing and midwifery in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Teagasc Activities
      1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in Teagasc colleges can avail of the laptop scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1039. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Domestic Violence Services
      1040. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of State funding provided to charities and support organisations for female and male victims of domestic violence...
    • Land Issues
      1041. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a land price register similar to the property price register; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Death Certificates
      1042. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite the details on the cause of death for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Remuneration
      1043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which new entrants pay for members of An Garda Síochána under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      1045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if local authorities can be data collectors for CCTV footage used for crime prevention; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      1046. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the reform of the...
    • Residency Permits
      1047. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the dispatch of a permit for a person (details supplied); if the permit been dispatched; and if so, when. [32307/20]
    • Irish Prison Service
      1048. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the local complaints procedure for the Irish Prison Service; and when she will extend the Ombudsman’s...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1051. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the sections of Bills enacted by the Houses of the Oireachtas yet to be commenced by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • International Time Zones
      1052. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the daylight savings time arrangements for 2020-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32420/20]
    • Departmental Functions
      1053. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the transfer of immigration functions to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will...
    • Prisoner Data
      1054. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently serving prison sentences in the State; the length of sentences on average being served; the...
    • Probate Applications
      1055. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32574/20]
    • Immigration Policy
      1056. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the seriousness of a medical condition can be taken into account as a means of expediting the processing of an application...
    • Legislative Measures
      1057. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to promote the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019 that sought to increase the maximum sentence for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1058. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a bingo activity (details supplied) can be categorised similar to drive in cinema; the person or body in her Department...
    • Passport Services
      1059. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty that has risen for Venezuelan citizens resident here whose passport has...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      1060. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding which is being set aside in budget 2021 to purchase new Garda vehicles; the number of new Garda vehicles...
    • Garda Equipment
      1061. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north division for each year from 2009 to...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      1062. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officerss attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north division for each year from 2009 to...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      1063. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in DMR north for each year from 2009 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the areas...
    • Visa Applications
      1064. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of visa applications for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      1065. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person has been absent from the State for more than six weeks in a year, if the six weeks absences are deducted in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1066. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Legislative Measures
      1067. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1044 of 30 July 2020, the status of the amendments to the Harassment, Harmful...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1069. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nationality breakdown of all new Irish citizens from 2014 to 2020 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      1071. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address concerns regarding the rise in the incidence of individuals being held in 19- to 21-plus hour isolation...
    • Courts Service
      1072. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be made available to the courts to deal with the backlogs that are building up due to deferred...
    • Immigration Status
      1073. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a case pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in the case...
    • Deportation Orders
      1074. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons born in Ireland deported from the State in each of the years 2005 to 2019. [33750/20]
    • Garda Data
      1076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 19 November 2019, if she will request the overdue data from An Garda...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      1077. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the last date on which she and-or her officials were briefed with an update by the DPP and-or An Garda Síochána in...
    • Garda Training
      1078. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 2 October 2018, the level of firearm training provided to armed Garda personnel...
    • Garda Data
      1079. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána by rank and district who are actively carrying a firearm as part their...
    • Garda Stations
      1080. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí per station in County Kildare; the number of Garda vehicles available full-time to each station; and...
    • Data Protection
      1081. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33849/20]
    • Travel Documents
      1082. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can enter Ireland on a tourist visa. [33863/20]
    • Immigration Data
      1083. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stamp 3 permissions provided by INIS to dependent young persons aged 16, 17 and 18 in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      1086. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new Irish citizens signing an affidavit of loyalty to the State while citizenship ceremonies are cancelled during the...
    • Immigration Policy
      1087. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the analysis her Department has carried out with regard to upgrading existing dependent stamp 3 permissions to stamp 4...
    • Alcohol Sales
      1090. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions currently in place to regulate for alcohol delivery services; and her plans to implement further regulations....
    • Legislative Measures
      1092. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 22 October 2020, the way in which persons born here or who are long-term resident...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1093. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s plan or strategy to facilitate the return of office workers to city centres for the next 12 months. [32204/20]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) from a local hair salon owner. [32246/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will address the current situation for children with profound needs in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the definition of a close contact for the purposes of Covid-19 tracing in primary and secondary schools; if this definition used by the HSE...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health if local authority vets who had been funded by the Food Safety Authority to inspect animals for slaughter in the small abattoirs and butchers have had their...
    • Health Services Staff
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the pay gap between section 38 and 39 workers who provide services for children and adults with an intellectual disability, as it is...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has decided to partake in the rescEU stockpile of medical equipment; if not, the reason; if so, the breakdown of the supplies received; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health if exemptions to the 14-day restriction of movements can be given to those who work in an area that requires travel in and out of Ireland (details supplied);...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process of a typical new capital project from end to end, that is, from design to planning to procurement to build; the different stages...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided to teachers who are in close contact with a student in their class who is diagnosed with Covid-19; and if they are deemed to be a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Kildare who have been impacted by the redeployment of disability clinicians to address the assessment of need backlog. [32881/20]
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a report from the Ombudsman for Children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32902/20]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of possession of drugs for personal use; the considerations being given to future changes to the law in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passenger locator forms completed and processed in September 2020; the number of persons contacted following their arrival here via this...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €100 million allocated in budget 2021 to the disability sector; the amount allocated to new funding; the amount previously...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made to support the drug and alcohol task forces with extra funding for the extra costs incurred in their response to the Covid-19...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health his views on adding products of a company (details supplied) to the medical cannabis access programme; if there are plans for expanding the products to be...
    • Health Services
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32302/20]
    • Hospital Services
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new radiology intervention suite at Connolly Hospital; and the number of additional full-time staff that have been recruited to date. [32304/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra full-time staff that have been provided to the rapid access chest pain unit at Connolly Hospital. [32305/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32312/20]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health if regular physiotherapy can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32317/20]
    • Home Help Service
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home help packages by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32323/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a definition of a close contact for the purposes of Covid-19 tracing; if this definition used by the HSE is in line with WHO and ECDC...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will have an adequate supply of the adult winter influenza vaccination for general practitioner surgeries and pharmacies in County Wicklow; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools his Department or the HSE has notified that have had cases of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32334/20]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health his plans place resume BreastCheck services; when plans will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32337/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32345/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of teachers, SNAs and all school staff being offered the flu vaccination free of charge has been examined. [32346/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health if persons working in a company (details supplied) are considered essential workers [32348/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a commitment to improving access for children with special needs and autism to education (details supplied) and to specialised therapies such as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passengers who have arrived in Ireland who have been found to have not adhered to the 14-day quarantine period. [32375/20]
    • Health Promotion
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32384/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE workers who have been seconded or volunteered to work with the HSA or in contact testing or tracing by occupation in tabular form; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre sensor will be available for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32400/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the individual costs involved in the €700,000 refurbishment of St. Michael’s unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [32407/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €20 million in the Budget assigned to support for voluntary bodies providing disability services to support the Transforming Lives...
    • Hospital Staff
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health if all student nurses and midwives will be paid for the work they do in hospitals as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale and evidence for the decision to limit the numbers attending funerals to ten persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32413/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the winter flu vaccination programme; when it is due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32425/20]
    • Hospital Groups
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the values of the document of a religious order have not been amended or replaced in the constitution for a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) will retain the legal right to mortgage any or all parts of the publicly funded National Maternity Hospital under the current...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conclude the governance review of the drugs approval and procurement process which was scheduled for completion by the end of the second quarter...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations that occurred due to knife assaults in each of the years 2005 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health if a child and teen physiotherapist can continue on a one-to-one basis for children with disabilities such as muscle dyspraxia and Asperger's syndrome under...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Framework for Living with Covid-19 has a basis in statute or regulation or if it is purely advisory; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address staff recruitment issues in homecare provision; if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) on this matter; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health if dance schools can be recategorised as educational institutions for the purposes of Covid-19 restrictions to allow them to continue to operate during...
    • Ambulance Service
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount the HSE spent on private ambulances in the south-east and mid-west regions in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Staff
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health the placements within the health service that student nurses are paid for and those they are not; the estimated cost of payments and number of recipients for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from each hospital and relevant centre who have been provided with healthcare worker accommodation since the beginning of the Covid-19...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health if disability services will remain open for the duration of level 5. [32504/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health if play therapy is classed as an essential service; if so, the guidelines in place for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32514/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      1171. To ask the Minister for Health the composition of the health intelligence unit; the number and grade of all staff in the unit; the remit of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised by an association (details supplied) regarding operating under level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on...
    • First Aid Training
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding first aid and safety training. [32524/20]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1175. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for primary medical certificates by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32525/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); the steps he is taking in relation to the funding crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32526/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a legal obligation on persons to wear face coverings when entering retail businesses; if not, his plans to introduce such an obligation; if so,...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health if recovery support programme meetings are to be allowed continue under current level 5 committees. [32536/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists employed directly or indirectly of the HSE that have been redeployed for Covid-19...
    • HSE Staff
      1181. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Business Services is the only body within the HSE with responsibility for recruitment and filling of positions; and if so, the number of...
    • HSE Reports
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Valproate Response Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32547/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); if so, if he has considered the findings of the report; if similar measures are being...
    • Home Care Packages
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare packages by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32550/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and evidence used in the decision to close barbers and hairdressers under level 5 restrictions. [32553/20]
    • Audiology Services
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that audiology services are minimally disrupted in view of the latest Covid-19 restrictions in view of the urgency of the appointments for...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health the status of taxi services for the disability sector at present, particularly in circumstances in which persons were collected from their home before the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32601/20]
    • Medical Cards
      1192. To ask the Minister for Health when a new medical card will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) can continue providing services to children with disabilities during level 5 restrictions; and if the organisation will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health if gymnasiums can be kept open through level 5 in order to enable persons to engage in individual training to support their physical and mental health; and if...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to achieve pay parity and address the two tier pay issue for hospital consultants both on type A, B and C contracts; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health the rules that apply for taxi services to Dublin Airport if the distance from home or work is more than 5 km to the airport but still within County Dublin;...
    • Maternity Services
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health the rules with regards to level 5 restrictions regarding the attendance of a designated partner in maternity wards, specifically the terms included in...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32638/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of planned new primary care centres in Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32656/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health if a farm shop business that sells produce on the basis of a seasonal harvest, in respect of which customers travel to reap that harvest from distances of in...
    • Respite Care Services
      1212. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide a timeline and an update on the provision of respite care for person (details supplied) who has been identified as a code red by their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to counter pseudoscience, falsehoods and denial in respect of Covid-19; his views on whether the State is doing enough to counter...
    • HSE Funding
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will re-examine funding for residential places in CHO 6; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Provision
      1215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elderly persons or those with underlying health conditions have to wait for weeks to get the flu injection (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1216. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) can travel outside of their 5 km radius for the reasons outlined in order to maintain their mental health and well-being; and if...
    • Dental Services
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32691/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1219. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); when the reimbursement of cross-border medical costs thresholds changed; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding the rheumatology department at UHK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32699/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to avoid hunting becoming the cause of the spread of Covid-19, for example, in respect of unnecessary travel, close proximity to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32712/20]
    • Audiology Services
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health if access to paediatric audiology services will be maintained during the level 5 restrictions and beyond; if audiologists may be redeployed for contact...
    • Self-Harm Prevention
      1227. To ask the Minister for Health if staff of the national self harm registry will be classified as essential workers in this lockdown, which they were not during the last lockdown resulting...
    • Suicide Incidence
      1228. To ask the Minister for Health if the period during the last lockdown and the period of the current lockdown will be prioritised in the way in which data pertaining to suicide is collected,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1229. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the R number is calculated; and if this is in line with international best practice for the validation of computer systems [32723/20]
    • Palliative Care Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health the long-term Covid-19 plan for persons with disabilities in residential care facilities. [32724/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health if, under current restrictions, outdoor swimming is allowed as a fitness activity for a person who lives more than 5 km from the coast; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1235. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 test centre can be reopened in Athlone in view of the rise in cases and the increase in testing persons that cannot drive and will have to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health if additional investment has been made in the past six months on testing and tracing and on acute hospitals; and his plans for investment going forward. [32746/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the FreeStyle Libre device for adults (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32750/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase contact tracing for Covid-19; and if he has considered asking volunteers to carry out the process. [32751/20]
    • Health Services
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32763/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of close contacts contacted via the Covid-19 tracker application since it was launched by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Insurance
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health if it is now policy for public hospitals to refuse admission and care to a patient that holds private health insurance until such time as the private health...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national children's hospital; when the development is expected to be finalised; the current anticipated final cost of the project; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health if two-parent households can avail of casual childminding services, that is, grandparents minding in their own home or the household’s home under new...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32777/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have school specific contact tracing teams; the detail of same; the way in which it will be delivered; when it is planned to roll this out; and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1253. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected under the fair deal scheme in each of the past five years; the number of persons contributing to and availing of the scheme in each year;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1255. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32802/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1256. To ask the Minister for Health if organised window visits by appointment at nursing homes will be permitted under the level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of flu vaccines; and his plans to obtain a supply of same in order for persons that need to and or want to avail...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the travel abroad statistic is arrived at; if he will provide the statistics on this since records started to be collected (details...
    • Hospital Services
      1260. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be considered for approval for the rheumatology department in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied) to address the care...
    • HSE Expenditure
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health when the next HSE capital plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32824/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      1263. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects under way and planned, by county, undertaken by his Department or the HSE, in tabular form; the cost at this point and the budget; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health if painters and decorators are allowed to enter homes to carry out their work under new level 5 restrictions. [32832/20]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is handing over the governance, care and accommodation needs of vulnerable persons in sheltered accommodation to an approved housing body;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1267. To ask the Minister for Health if his office receives daily or weekly reports on Covid-19 positive cases and the number of tests taken and contact tracing calls made; if so, the person or...
    • HSE Staff
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health his views on agency staff employed by the HSE; his further views on recruitment within the HSE as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding high-risk surgical patients; his plans to address the backlog of surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32894/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions on partners and-or accompanying persons attending for labour and prenatal appointments in the maternity services under levels 4 and 5 of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff working for a State agency (details supplied) have been provided with the same level of Covid-19 protections as permanent staff, including the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32923/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1285. To ask the Minister for Health the reason applicants with clinical experience and qualifications are considered for Covid-19 work, with specific reference to non-clinical tracers'...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €10 million funding allocated for the national drugs strategy; the amount of funding allocated to drug and alcohol task forces; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the 5 km travel limit for persons who live in rural areas in view of the unreasonable restrictions this will place on persons...
    • Home Help Service
      1290. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to receive additional home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/20]
    • Medical Cards
      1291. To ask the Minister for Health if food supplements and gluten-free products will be covered under the medical card scheme in view of the fact that these products can be expensive; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1292. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to deal with the already extensive waiting lists for patients with arthritis for rheumatology appointments and so on as the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1293. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding has been assigned in budget 2021 to address the digital divide to ensure that persons with disabilities and other disadvantages are not...
    • Disability Support Services
      1294. To ask the Minister for Health if additional support will be provided for specialist training providers for persons with disabilities such as National Learning Network; and if he will make...
    • Assisted Suicide
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel or section within his Department or the HSE have ever conducted an ethical review of the Groningen protocol which originated in the Netherlands...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the use of do not resuscitate orders within the health care system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      1300. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is working on legislation to introduce a no-fault compensation scheme for vaccine damages in line with commitments in the programme for...
    • HSE Staff
      1302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare personnel that have been recruited by the HSE since March 2020 whose previous employment was in nursing homes and or caring for the...
    • Respite Care Services
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on same and on the model of care adopted for this respite centre; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons contacted as part of contact tracing efforts that refuse to co-operate with the requests for information and refuse to get tested....
    • Medical Cards
      1309. To ask the Minister for Health if the means test for medical cards for persons with disabilities will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33055/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy [33056/20]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1311. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to a unit in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33077/20]
    • Health Services
      1312. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to a complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33078/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume child and adult intellectual disability respite services in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties families...
    • Respite Care Services
      1314. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services for both children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the Inishowen area of County Donegal will be resumed; if alternative...
    • Hospital Services
      1315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to the histopathology departments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33093/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the approximately 2,000 persons that tested positive for Covid-19 and asked by the HSE to alert their own close contacts were teachers, SNAs or...
    • Nursing Staff
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community registered nurses that have yet to have their salary increased in line with the agreement reached following the 2019 industrial...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33126/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to the cross-border directive will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33128/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health the financial support provided by his Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021. [33133/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 7 October 2020, if he will provide a breakdown of the €5 million to each company and the service they...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for a further MRI scan. [33139/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions within CAMHS Wexford south. [33160/20]
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department or the HSE has received from pharmaceutical companies in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [33163/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      1330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of breaches there have been of Part IV, regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Medicinal Products (Controls of Advertising) Regulations 2007; and the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1333. To ask the Minister for Health when accessories for a hospital bed can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33183/20]
    • Home Care Packages
      1334. To ask the Minister for Health when a full homecare package can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33184/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1335. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the current waiting lists at general practitioners and pharmacies for persons receiving the flu vaccines; the status of the...
    • Substance Misuse
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health when the emergency funding to offset the costs of delivering drug and alcohol services in the context of Covid-19, which was announced during the Dáil...
    • Nursing Staff
      1337. To ask the Minister for Health if nurses who worked the night shift on 24 to 25 October 2020 that had to work an extra hour due to daylight savings time will be paid [33240/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of acquiring a Covid-19 vaccine; the estimated number of vaccines initially required; the estimated cost of administering the vaccine; and...
    • Cancer Services
      1339. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume BreastCheck screening services; if the recent move to level 5 will have an effect on the resumption of his service; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for the primary medical certificate programme in 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33297/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      1343. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to a medical card holder that is prescribed a drug (details supplied) prior to undertaking a colonoscopy; the actions a medical card...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1344. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation in which adult day care centres for persons with disabilities are not implementing their new programmes for service users and in...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      1346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33322/20]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has met with a group (details supplied) since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33323/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      1348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors here; the number that have qualified as consultants and are not employed as consultants; and the number of public health...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1350. To ask the Minister for Health the public health measures being put in place to ensure the isolation of Covid-19 infection within the Travelling community, the rate of which has increased...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1351. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which priority testing for essential workers and healthcare workers operates in practice; the turnaround time for same; the way in which...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1352. To ask the Minister for Health if all Covid-19-related services relating to general practice and general practitioners are free-of-charge; if this applies in the case of out-of-hours GP...
    • Home Care Packages
      1353. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a contract; when additional homecare hours announced in the winter plan will come on stream; if additional staff...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1354. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a group of environmental scientists feeding into NPHET; if not, the reason; and the amount allocated to improve ventilation in buildings (details...
    • HSE Funding
      1357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of budget 2021 funding for breastfeeding; the funding being made available to implement the national breastfeeding action plan;...
    • HSE Expenditure
      1358. To ask the Minister for Health if costings were carried out in relation to the implementation of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan; if so, if he will provide a breakdown of these...
    • Hospital Expenditure
      1359. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the 600 new rehabilitation beds announced in budget 2021 will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33352/20]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      1360. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned replacement hospital for St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis, County Clare. [33353/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider using the Reserve Defence Force to help with contact tracing for Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1364. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of supply of child flu vaccinations that have been ordered by pharmacists to be provided within primary school...
    • HSE Staff
      1365. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer of service for a person (details supplied) from the HSE to the Department of Education will take place. [33373/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      1367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons seeking mental health supports in Galway city to date in 2020; the way in which this compares to the previous five years; if there were...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1368. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differing implementation of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s Covid-19 guidance on visitations in...
    • Parking Charges
      1370. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to waiving parking fees for front-line staff in hospitals in view of the level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Access
      1371. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place and being considered to ensure that arthritis sufferers can access rheumatology services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy,...
    • Home Help Service
      1373. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to the relevant Department as part of budget 2021 to support those receiving home help and other vital services in the home...
    • Hospital Services
      1374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review being conducted into a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30675/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1375. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to fully reopen services such as speech and language, occupational physiotherapy and child psychology services. [30621/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1377. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria applied by the HSE for testing in cases in which a person is a close contact but does not have the Covid-19 app installed. [31560/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff numbers on track and tracing and swabbing duties for 2020 and 2021, including details of those employed directly with the HSE and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1379. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the recent announcement by St. John of God Community Services that it will be withdrawing from the provision of disability services...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [33431/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1381. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied at the modelling carried out by NPHET in circumstances in which it is predicted in its letter of 15 October 2020, recommending a move to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1383. To ask the Minister for Health if a closed Covid testing centre (details supplied) could be reopened given the increase in Covid cases and given the fact that it leaves some persons...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1385. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a facility owned by an organisation (details supplied) that provides a range of necessary community-based services to...
    • Respite Care Services
      1386. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will resume for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33498/20]
    • Hospital Data
      1389. To ask the Minister for Health the location of additional and existing critical care beds, acute beds, subacute beds and community beds provided for in Budget 2021; the administrative...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1390. To ask the Minister for Health if maternity visitation restrictions can be eased to make room for social bubble, social and household exclusive support network; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      1394. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting times being imposed on children and their parents when availing of State-provided orthodontic care; his plans to tackle the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1395. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure a permanent increase in the capacity across the health service; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the substantial deficits currently experienced by section 38 and 39 disability service providers are eliminated; the...
    • Voluntary Sector
      1397. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to ensure that the recommendations of the independent review group examining the role of voluntary organisations is fully...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the most recent CAMHS waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33448/20]
    • Dental Services
      1399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic procedures in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33449/20]
    • Health Services
      1400. To ask the Minister for Health when a registration number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33623/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      1401. To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses on job placement in hospital and care settings are being paid by the HSE or another body; the rates of pay they are receiving and entitled...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33635/20]
    • Cancer Services
      1405. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the backlogs experienced in the symptomatic breast and prostate services referred to in the HSE's winter plan; and the length of time it will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only scientists registered with CORU can be considered to perform Covid-19 testing roles; if he plans to expand the criteria to consider...
    • Medical Cards
      1407. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33659/20]
    • Hospital Services
      1408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the laboratory service at St. Michael's Hospital had its hours of operation reduced on 5 August 2020 back to pre-pandemic levels (details...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in an assessment of need being carried out for a person (details supplied). [33668/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      1410. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant obstetrician for University Hospital Galway. [33675/20]
    • Hospital Services
      1414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at Wexford General Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [33679/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1415. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the confirmation from the HSE that the amplification cycles used in PCR testing here runs between 40 and 45 amplification cycles, in view of the...
    • Health Services
      1416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries carried out on children to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33698/20]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      1417. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the annual general practitioner training intake to 280 places. [33699/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      1418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists working in the public health services within County...
    • Medical Cards
      1420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card renewal assessments carried out since the removal of the restriction on renewals; the number of medical cards withdrawn as a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of the public who applied to be contact tracers; the number employed; and the number who started in each of the months of 2020 to date...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      1426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts on the first day of each month of 2020 to date; the latest available date for October 2020; the number of consultant...
    • Health Services
      1427. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue to the parents of a child (details supplied) who is availing of early intervention services in County Galway; the reason for...
    • Hospice Services
      1429. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on an initiative to develop a hospice unit in Drogheda, County Louth to serve the population of the north east; if the HSE still has plans to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1430. To ask the Minister for Health the supply situation for child flu vaccines presently in reserve stock; the way in which his Department is allocating stock for school inoculation programmes;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 passenger locator forms completed and submitted from 1 September 2020 to date in 2020; the resources he has made available ahead of the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1433. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional funding announced in budget 2021 for mental health will be allocated in tabular form; the amount that will be provided to...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists that are offering a full schedule of care in a public HSE setting; the number that have been redeployed on a full-time...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that are offering a full schedule of care in a public HSE setting; the number that have been redeployed on a...
    • Health Services Funding
      1436. To ask the Minister for Health the allocated budget for neurological services here; his plans for distribution of same throughout the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      1437. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [33775/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      1438. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the 2021 Budget for his Department to meet in full the capital projects in addition to extra costs arising from Covid-19; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      1439. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he expects to increase staffing levels throughout the HSE in order to ensure the smooth delivery of services in all areas nationally with...
    • Health Services
      1440. To ask the Minister for Health the areas throughout the health services in respect of which he is most concerned in respect of the ability to deliver to the public a quality service in line...
    • Health Services Reform
      1441. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is satisfied in the context of the development of the health services in line with the objectives of Sláintecare; if there are...
    • Dental Services
      1442. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which a waiting list exists for orthodontic services; the plans in place to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      1443. To ask the Minister for Health the specific and short-term measures he plans in order to address deficiencies in the mental health services including child mental health services; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1444. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to be in a position to improve the quality and extent of support services for children with special needs including the provision of maternity...
    • Health Services Staff
      1445. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he expects to approve the recruitment of extra staff to various levels throughout the HSE with particular reference to areas in respect of...
    • Medical Cards
      1447. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the processing of medical cards can be expedited with a view to minimising delays in which serious illness is concerned; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1448. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the waiting list for hip replacements; the plans in hand to overhaul such waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33793/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1450. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE remains capable of dealing with further surges in Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33795/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      1452. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which efforts are being made to fill the various consultant positions throughout the HSE with a view to ensuring the provision of available and...
    • Medicinal Products
      1453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orphan or new drugs currently awaiting approval to qualify for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33798/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1454. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the availability of access to Covid-19 vaccines here as soon as such vaccines are approved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Data
      1455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children suffering from mental health issues hospitalised throughout the HSE in each of the past ten years to date; the degree to which...
    • Health Services Provision
      1456. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which cataract treatments are available in all areas nationally without exception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33801/20]
    • Eating Disorders
      1457. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which services are readily available for children suffering from eating disorders nationally; the plans to improve the quality and extent of...
    • Legislative Programme
      1458. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/20]
    • Pharmacy Services
      1459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a new community pharmacy contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33832/20]
    • Data Protection
      1461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019 [33847/20]
    • HSE Agency Staff
      1462. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contract of a person (details supplied); if they are employed directly by the HSE or by a third-party company; the cost to the HSE of their...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1463. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the selection of a company (details supplied) to conduct recruitment for the additional staff for swabbing and contact tracing; the reason for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis from 5 October 2020; and the number of calls which were successfully answered on a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1466. To ask the Minister for Health when the new HSE primary care centre at Edenmore, Dublin 5 will be opened; the estimated cost of the new building; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1467. To ask the Minister for Health if the sensitivity of the PCR test for Covid-19 used in Ireland differs from that used in other jurisdictions; if his Department has considered emerging...
    • HSE Staff
      1470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff currently redeployed to the testing and tracing system from other areas of the health service; the number from each specialty that are...
    • Medicinal Products
      1471. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all sanitising products supplied by the HSE are in compliance with recognised standards; and the safety assessment a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1472. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure all medically-vulnerable persons with serious underlying conditions in the CHO2 area will have access to the flu vaccine; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1474. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the 5,533 assessments of need for children which are overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33940/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the 13,419 persons aged under 18 years of age that are awaiting an initial assessment of speech and language therapy; and...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      1476. To ask the Minister for Health his response to an organisation (details supplied) with regard to its call for a six-month pause on recruiting vital nursing home staff; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1477. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation with regard to the provision of ShannonDoc out-of-hours services in Thurles and Roscrea, County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      1478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the situation at St. Brigid’s Community Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. [33948/20]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Medicinal Products
      1479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an application for a PCS number for an eco-friendly hand sanitiser to be fast tracked or for a temporary...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the recent announcement of €2.4 million allocated to the greyhound industry. [33589/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      1481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is taking so long to set up the defined contribution pension fund for workers (details supplied); and the reason it...
    • Medicinal Products
      1482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take to safeguard public funds in view of the ViraPro scandal. [33828/20]
    • Beef Industry
      1483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Covid beef subsidy is due to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32287/20]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for the introduction of new farm schemes such as the rollover of GLAS and extension of TAMS; the options available to...
    • Animal Welfare
      1485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dog grooming and dog training falls under essential animal welfare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/20]
    • Live Exports
      1486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ships licensed for the carrying of livestock out of Ireland for live exports; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who inadvertently omit to tick the ANC box on their online BPS application form are being penalised when it is...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, following an extension of pillar 1 of CAP in order to ensure that direct payments could continue to farmers, pillar 2 CAP...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments of GLAS 2019, ANC and BPS will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Management
      1493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling licence can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and when they can expect it to be issued. [32429/20]
    • Forestry Data
      1494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and the decisions made for licences for felling, afforestation, forest road works or aerial...
    • Forestry Sector
      1495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of progress made to date on the implementation of the Forestry Act 2020;and the schedule for implementing same. [32441/20]
    • Bord Bia
      1496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers' levies collected for An Bord Bia can be reconstructed as voluntary contributions in order to allow for accountability...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the problem of sand and silt build-up at the fisheries harbour at Cé Heilbhic and the...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      1498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received funding under the organics scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated date of publication for the draft TB eradication strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/20]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to assess and develop the capacity to construct and support marine based renewable energy projects here with...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to exploiting the current potential of Ros an Mhíl harbour in Connemara to support the marine...
    • Forestry Sector
      1503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of and position regarding the installation of a new barrier in Donadea Forest Park that can allow entry for visitors into...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      1504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to resolve the exclusion of agricultural students from third level supports provided to other...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the scheme will open for applications for tillage farmers to receive funding for ploughing straw into soil; the rates of...
    • Farm Safety
      1506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which farm safety organisations can seek to avail of funding announced in budget 2021 and managed via the European...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds with a TB reactor in each of the years 2015 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [32644/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      1508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons appointed to the forestry appeals commission or divisions thereof since 30 September 2020; the professional...
    • Bord Bia
      1511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers organisations will be allocated positions on the technical advisory group for oversight of the grass-fed standard; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be put in place for marts as a result of the move to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; if provision will be made...
    • Forestry Sector
      1515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an analysis on job losses in the forestry and timber industry to date as a result of ongoing...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/20]
    • Farm Inspections
      1517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out in Ireland in 2018 and 2019 under the nitrates directive and the nitrates action...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhound racing will be permitted to continue to take place at level 5 of the national framework for living with Covid-19; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 2 April 2019, if he will provide a full update in relation to plans within his...
    • Beef Industry
      1522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of efforts to secure protected geographical indication, PGI, status for Irish beef; the views of different stakeholders...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the export of agricultural produce to China; the volume of beef exported to date in 2020; when he expects the protocol...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      1524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he plans to take following the recent High Court ruling on the exclusion of large trawlers from inshore waters; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the participants in a new pilot agri-environment scheme will receive a payment for participation in the scheme in 2021; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      1527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department had issued approval for the use of a product (details supplied), the date of approval; the procedures employed...
    • Fishing Industry
      1529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which negotiations among coastal states and the EU are being progressed in the context of the imminent departure from the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding secured for the roll-over of TAMS, BDGP, ANC and sheep welfare schemes in 2020; the level of co-funding that will be...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33386/20]
    • Fisheries Protection
      1534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Irish fishers are limited to a strict catch and release policy for the bluefin tuna species only for multiple large...
    • Legislative Measures
      1535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify a matter on SI 448 of 2020 (details supplied). [33432/20]
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      1536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the reference year for the sheep welfare scheme could be changed from 2016 to the census from 2020 to allow young farmers to...
    • Livestock Issues
      1537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the conditions applicable to mart sales at present and enable the presence of a limited number of buyers at the...
    • Harness Racing Industry
      1538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider progressing with legislation to place harness racing on an equal footing with the greyhound and sports horse...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      1539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a sheep welfare grant will be made available in respect of 19 sheep in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      1540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a record of premature deaths in the pig industry is not kept by his Department; the number of inspections that are...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he will put in place to support the development of a high-welfare, outdoor-reared pig and poultry sector as set out in the...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      1543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plastic fragments are permitted in animal feed; the percentage of plastic that is in animal feed; his plans to introduce...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      1544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the increase in funding in budget 2021 for the organic farm scheme will be allocated; the number of farmers that did not get...
    • Forestry Grants
      1545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no Forestry Appeals Committee hearings took place during the week of 26 to 30...
    • Afforestation Programme
      1546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which tree planting is being encouraged nationally; the incentives available or under consideration; if tree species...
    • Herd Data
      1547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the national beef herd has increased or decreased in the past five years to date; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Sector
      1549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied in respect of markets for all dairy produce in the post-Brexit era; the measures taken to...
    • Beef Exports
      1550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied in respect of markets for all beef and beef products in the post-Brexit era; the measures...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      1551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the overseas market for Irish lamb in the future notwithstanding Brexit; and if...
    • Poultry Industry
      1552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied in respect of markets for all poultry and poultry products in the post-Brexit era; the...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      1553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken to date to ensure the minimum disruption of overseas markets for Irish pigmeat and pigmeat products; and if he...
    • Food Exports
      1554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of measures taken to protect the integrity of Irish food exports post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Industry
      1555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that EU standards in respect of all food products on sale here will apply post-Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow flexibility with BDGP targets in view of the fact that normal livestock trading has been put into chaos; and if he...
    • Livestock Issues
      1557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow livestock marts to take place with buyers present during level 5 restrictions with adequate precautions in place;...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      1558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the views of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on the issue of the placing of...
    • Data Protection
      1559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33838/20]
    • Livestock Issues
      1560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mechanisms are in place through online mart sales to ensure that a number of buyers are not using the one internet protocol...
    • Agrifood Sector
      1561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to work towards carbon reduction targets in the agri-food sector while at the same time protecting...
    • Felling Licences
      1562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences issued by his Department and by the independent appeals committee, respectively in each week in...
    • Fishing Industry
      1566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to safeguard the Irish fishing industry in the context of Brexit; the contingency plans in place to support...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds which have TB restrictions placed on them; if his Department can remove restrictions on herds more quickly after...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which the hand-sanitiser ViraPro received PCS certification; if the product was tested by his Department before...
    • Livestock Issues
      1569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the upgrade of internet facilities in marts as a matter of urgency; his plans to reopen marts before the end of...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1571. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if access to the LIS will be provided to urban local authorities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Library Services
      1572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider public libraries to run click and collect services under level 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1576. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action she has taken in relation to whistle-blower disclosures made to and regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1481 of 8 September 2020, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      1581. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if assistance can be provided to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32742/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1582. 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...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address a matter in relation to Leader funding (details supplied); if she will provide clarity on Leader allocations for...
    • Rural Development Plan
      1585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position of a new national rural development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33015/20]
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      1586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the programmes available in her Department to facilitate the development of locally based innovation centres, for example, similar to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration has been given to a specific funding package for towns and villages to enable tidy towns committees or a chamber of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider extending the completion date required for works funded under the auspices of the town and village renewal...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date in rolling out the broadband connection points under the national broadband scheme contracted out by her...
    • Data Protection
      1592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33851/20]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by...

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