Written answers
Thursday, 5 November 2020
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Housing Regeneration
13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 23 September 2020, if the inter-departmental steering group to review the suggested...
- Post Office Network
14. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will recognise the importance of the post office network for rural towns and villages. [33152/20]
- Flexible Work Practices
15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the development of town and village hubs and broadband connection points announced in the budget, including the...
- LEADER Programmes
16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the LEADER programme in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34083/20]
- Community Services Programme
17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided to projects supported by the community services programme to make up for shortfalls as a result...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will ensure the expansion and continued funding of the rural regeneration and development fund and CLÁR scheme given the...
- LEADER Programmes
20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided for new LEADER projects for 2021; the funding identified for the delivery and administration of the LEADER...
- Tidy Towns Committees
21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to hold a tidy towns competition in 2021. [34152/20]
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful applications under the 2020 town and village renewal scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the...
- LEADER Programmes
23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding being provided for the LEADER programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34168/20]
- Rural Development Programme
24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new rural development policy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34162/20]
- Local Improvement Scheme
25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided for the local improvement scheme under the CLÁR programme in 2021; and if she will make a...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase SICAP funding for areas of disadvantage in Dublin. [34156/20]
- Flexible Work Practices
27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has assessed the scope for replicating the Ludgate Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33395/20]
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided for the town and village renewal scheme since July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34085/20]
- Housing Regeneration
31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding to develop master plans to revitalise town centres and encourage more persons to live in town centres announced...
- Rural Recreation Policy
32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work being carried out by her Department to support investment in outdoor recreation amenities such as greenways, cycleways and...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the initiatives she is taking to support town and village renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34096/20]
- LEADER Programmes
35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the LEADER programme and the transitional arrangements from this programme cycle to the next. [34172/20]
- Programme for Government
36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the islands action plan will be published as per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement...
- LEADER Programmes
37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if specific funding will be provided for new projects under the LEADER programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the commitment to expand the town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and...
- National Broadband Plan
39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the differing technological capabilities of broadband connection points compared to the service areas will eventually receive under the...
- Programme for Government
40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new rural policy promised in the programme for Government which is planned to build on the Action Plan for Rural...
- National Broadband Plan
41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 300 high-speed internet hubs announced under the national broadband plan on 19 November 2019 will be delivered; and if she...
- CLÁR Programme
42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for CLÁR funding for group water and sewage schemes in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- LEADER Programmes
43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has explored the role that LEADER companies can play in supporting small rural business to overcome the challenges posed by...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if towns or villages located within Dublin City Council can avail of the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a...
- Flexible Work Practices
46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures she is taking to support broadband connection points and digital hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Participation Networks
47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which public participation networks and local community development committees will be supported in the next year in the...
- Climate Change Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the opportunities for rural development of a switch to a more climate resilient agriculture. [33396/20]
- CLÁR Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce successful projects under the 2020 CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Flexible Work Practices
51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of the 275 publicly-accessible broadband connection points promised by the end of 2020 that are now live by county; the...
- LEADER Programmes
53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide funding in 2021 for the administrative costs of LAGs administering the LEADER programme on the ground and for...
- CLÁR Programme
54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if CLÁR funding is to be made available for tertiary roads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34082/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to ensure the spend of all the capital allocation to her Department for 2020 in view of the low capital spend...
- Rural Development Plan
56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to bring forward a new rural development strategy as a successor to the Action Plan for Rural Development 2017-2020; and if...
- Harbours and Piers
57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the development of Inis Oírr pier will commence soon; and the timeline for same. [34023/20]
- Rural Development Plan
58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to bring forward a new rural development policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34025/20]
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Bereavement Leave
59. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to restore the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Dáil Order Paper; his plans to pursue this...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
60. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his engagements to date with SOLAS in regard to the termination of the safe pass card expiry date exemption; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
62. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason a business (details supplied) is not eligible for the 40% restart grant top up that wet pubs and nightclubs received; and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Wind Energy Generation
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on offshore floating wind given the programme for Government stated ambition for 30 GW of floating wind...
- Foreshore Issues
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied). [34220/20]
- National Broadband Plan
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the geographical areas in which the national broadband plan is presently rolling out infrastructure and household...
- Electricity Generation
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement aspects of an EU directive (details supplied) that provides owners of microgeneration units the...
- National Broadband Plan
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will avail of efibre broadband. [34478/20]
- Broadband Service Charges
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding engagement with internet providers in respect of the cessation of the application of excess usage...
- Brexit Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured there will be no additional costs for persons resident here using mobile phones in any part of the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Ferry Services
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a ferry operator (details supplied) requires truck drivers to share cabins on its route...
- Transport Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding securing additional capacity on direct sea routes from Ireland to continental Europe; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34192/20]
- Air Accident Investigations
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the aviation expertise of the membership of the review board to re-examine certain findings of the Draft Final Report of...
- Driver Test
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to learner drivers that have been unable to finish their EDT lessons and driver examination due to Covid-19 level 5...
- Driver Licences
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans the address the substantial issues faced by US driver licence holders seeking to secure an Irish driver licence upon return or...
- Public Transport
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monitoring system in place for potential overcrowding issues on the DART service due to the reduction of capacity under level 5 of the...
- Driver Licences
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans ensure that driving licences due to expire over the coming weeks during level 5 restrictions will be extended until these...
- Driver Test
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driver theory test in each month since January 2020; if those persons that have had their driver...
- Public Transport
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which will be taken to ensure that there are adequate bus and rail services available to take essential workers, particularly...
- Air Safety
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the minimum distances that helicopters must adhere to when flying over residential areas and or when travelling on flight paths directly...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34228/20]
- Value Added Tax
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been consulted on proposed changes to the retail export scheme; his views regarding the potential effect of these changes on the retail sector,...
- Tax Rebates
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the case of first-time buyers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/20]
- Property Tax
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the local property tax paid by local authorities on social housing stock in 2019 and to date in 2020, by local authority in tabular form. [34450/20]
- Primary Medical Certificates
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the reintroduction of primary medical certificate assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include those on TWSS and EWSS for eligibility for the Christmas bonus available to those on the pandemic unemployment payment; if not, the reason...
- Tax Reliefs
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the average value of VAT reclaim purchases per customer, per outlet under the retail export scheme; the number of reclaims in the last full tax year; the value...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 schemes. [34360/20]
- Financial Services Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Central Bank in relation to the suspension of the Euroclear system last week; the reason this has happened so many times in...
- Tax Reliefs
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue forgone through tax reliefs related to forestry by income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, value added tax, gift and...
- Brexit Preparations
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and-or the Revenue Commissioners have conducted an impact assessment in the context of the retail export scheme post-Brexit; and if he and or the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if all recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal have been implemented; the recommendations that are outstanding; when they will be implemented; and if he will...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of supplementary pension entitlements for post-1995 retirees within the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding construction works at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the long delay in the...
- Flood Relief Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will officially sign off on the flood relief scheme for the River Slaney, Enniscorthy town, County Wexford. [34512/20]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to a group (details supplied) that seem to be ineligible for any of the current supports other than the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if recreational shooting within 5km of a person's home comes under the exercise exemption as set out within level 5 of the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of approved applications under the Fáilte Ireland Covid-19 adaption grant as of 31 October 2020; the amount drawn...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding one-to-one music lessons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34373/20]
- Sports Facilities
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will undertake to facilitate meetings within her Department, FAI and Louth County Council to support discussions on the...
- Sports Capital Programme
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital scheme will reopen to applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34480/20]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Covid-19 Pandemic
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidelines have been issued to date to local authorities in relation to council meetings convened in a virtual space or on...
- Homeless Persons Data
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of deaths that occurred in homeless accommodation, emergency accommodation and among rough sleepers by county in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on social housing waiting lists in County Donegal; the number of tenants in receipt of HAP and RAS or...
- Planning Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the delays in the planning and application process for both on-shore and off-shore windfarms which are...
- Local Authority Housing
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the condition to be residing in council accommodation for two years will be eased when requesting a transfer in cases in...
- Gaeltacht Policy
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to ensure that local authorities take the effect that large scale developments in Gaeltacht areas...
- Local Authority Funding
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities by local authority in 2019 and to date in 2020. [34451/20]
- Commercial Property
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant commercial units registered with local authorities by local authority in tabular form. [34486/20]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal have been implemented; the recommendations that are outstanding; when they...
- Social and Affordable Housing
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion and publication of the 2018 review of income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised views against the refoulement of Syrians to Lebanon and Syria with his EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on...
- Consular Services
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation of 17 Irish teachers owed money by a school (details supplied); the consular assistance...
- Passport Services
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will continue to process passport applications during the current lockdown given that the right to enter and leave the...
- Departmental Correspondence
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Foreign Conflicts
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken in relation to the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- North-South Implementation Bodies
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the All Ireland consultative forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34411/20]
- EU Enlargement
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland on the future enlargement of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34412/20]
- Human Rights
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if an investigation has been undertaken by his Department in...
- Brexit Negotiations
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at EU level in relation to Brexit and the implementation of the withdrawal agreement and the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Equipment
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the certification that was accepted, provided or process undergone to allow the education sector procurement agreement on each of the products...
- School Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation pertaining to 17 Irish teachers that are owed money by a school (details supplied); if this...
- School Accommodation
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new educate together school in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34211/20]
- Schools Data
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educate together national schools and secondary schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17, respectively in tabular form. [34212/20]
- School Accommodation
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a permanent educate together non-denominational primary school in the Killester area; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a bus service to date (details supplied). [34221/20]
- School Facilities
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have a PE hall by county; the percentage of schools that do not have same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Data
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the geographical areas within County Wicklow that determine the demand for school places; the data sources being used to determine demand in each...
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria under which primary schools are eligible to access the substitute teacher panel; the factors that determine if a school is not...
- School Accommodation
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of accommodation in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34233/20]
- School Transport
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two pupils (details supplied) did not receive a seat on the bus in 2020-2021 in view of the fact that they had a seat every other...
- School Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an update to the Covid-19 tracker application in order that it can be paused; if she has concerns that this...
- School Accommodation
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of development for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34401/20]
- Schools Building Projects
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a proposed school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34402/20]
- School Curriculum
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to address the issue of students in Waterside and Feltrim, County Dublin, choosing alternative education options rather...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations being given to the resumption of in person church services upon return to Covid-19 level 3 restrictions as part of the...
- School Catchment Areas
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be a feeder school for a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34406/20]
- Schools Health and Safety
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of a no blame occupational injury scheme has been considered for teachers and workers in the education sector; if not, her...
- School Transport
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34444/20]
- State Examinations
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the procedure for students that are sitting the higher Irish language leaving certificate exam in November 2020, in the...
- DEIS Scheme
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior DEIS 1 schools will benefit from a reduction in the pupil teacher ratio announced in budget 2021; the position regarding the planned...
- Covid-19 Tests
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that Covid-19 testing systems for primary and post-primary schools are adequate to ensure that no delays occur in providing...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of applications by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34195/20]
- Social Welfare Code
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot use their homemaker credits. [34253/20]
- Personal Public Service Numbers
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a delay in applications for PPSN cards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34391/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a living alone allowance will be approved and backdated for a person (details supplied). [34424/20]
- Community Employment Schemes
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34477/20]
- Personal Public Service Numbers
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the current waiting list of persons applying for PPS numbers; and if she will consider increasing the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to resettle Syrian refugees currently located in Lebanon as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the correspondence his Department has had with the Collaborative Forum on Mother and Baby Homes during 2020; the future plans for the...
- Equality Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on Ireland’s vote of the election of the committee overseeing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
- Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative delivery plans SOLAS has put in place to assist first-time applicants to safe pass, construction skills and quarrying skills...
- Further and Higher Education
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications submitted to date to higher education and further education and training institutions to undertake first aid responder...
- Student Unions
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding engagement with student unions regarding refunds or potential tax rebates for private and or on-campus who have been...
- Graduate Support Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the graduate outcomes for young persons and students in County Donegal; his plans to enhance the opportunities for graduates...
- Student Support Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that have received or been approved for financial support from the student support scheme for accommodation purposes can use this for...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Prison Accommodation
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a detailed reply will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 1 October 2020 in relation to prison conditions in the...
- Visa Applications
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has ceased processing visa applications in respect of non-national family members of persons lawfully...
- Naturalisation Applications
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation being processed; the number that are over 24 months in process since the...
- Garda Data
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average age of a member of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34413/20]
- Naturalisation Applications
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the name of a person (details supplied); and...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position and progress to date in the determination of an eligibility for naturalisation and or stamp 4 in the case of a...
- Asylum Applications
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure available to a person (details supplied) to facilitate an appeal against the decision refusing their application...
- Naturalisation Applications
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Garda Stations
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if urgent consideration can be given to the provision of a Garda station for areas (detailed supplied) in County Dublin in view...
- Community Policing
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a community policing unit in a Garda sub-district (details supplied) in County Dublin; the number of...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal have been implemented; the recommendations that are outstanding; when they will...
- Department of Health
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for CAMHS services, per region, indicating the length of time that persons are waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Insurance
199. To ask the Minister for Health if there are exemptions for the lifetime community rating for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34497/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
200. To ask the Minister for Health if reflexology is considered an essential therapy in relation to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34179/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
202. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a right total hip replacement operation at University Hospital Waterford [34196/20]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
203. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 14 October 2020, the reason a wheelchair recommended by the Central Remedial Clinic is not on the approved list...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Health if private music schools are included in the permissible activities under the Covid-19 regulations to attend a school, higher education institution or other...
- Hospital Appointments Status
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding appointments at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34224/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
207. To ask the Minister for Health if persons can exercise by hunting within 5km of their homes under SI No. 448 of 2020 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 8)...
- Prescriptions Charges
208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription charge as announced in 2019. [34236/20]
- Disability Services Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 31 October 2020 or the latest date available; the number on the...
- Disability Support Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided as of 31 October 2020 or the latest date available by CHO area in tabular form....
- Disabilities Assessments
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 31 October 2020 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by LHO...
- Physiotherapy Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a diagnostic scan at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available; the number waiting less...
- Health Services Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available; the...
- Audiology Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available; the...
- Ophthalmology Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available;...
- Health Services Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a dietetic appointment in primary care at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available; and...
- Podiatry Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available; the...
- Speech and Language Therapy
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a first assessment for speech and language therapy at the end of October 2020 or the latest date...
- Hospital Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the in-patient day case active waiting list at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available;...
- Dental Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme in primary care sites in the HSE CHO 8 region to date; the number of dentists that...
- Primary Care Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 31 October 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 31 October 2020 or the latest date...
- Home Care Packages
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 31 October 2020 or the latest date available; the way in which the number compares to...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 31 October 2020 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by the type and speciality of...
- Hospital Groups
256. To ask the Minister for Health the income received by each hospital group from the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2020 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an...
- Medical Cards
258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 31 October 2020; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number of each type of card issued on a...
- Hospital Data
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of October 2020; and the total number to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34304/20]
- Ambulance Service
261. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1...
- Emergency Departments
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during October 2020; the number to...
- Ambulance Service
263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in October 2020; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than 4, 4 to 8 months and more than 8 months for treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,...
- Nursing Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff nurses employed at the end of October 2020 or the latest date available; and the equivalent figure for the same date in 2019. [34352/20]
- Disability Services Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is being provided to operate a facility (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34370/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
309. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an update to the Covid-19 tracker application in order that it can be paused; if he has concerns that this feature is being...
- Disability Services Provision
310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34392/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
311. To ask the Minister for Health if final guidelines have been made regarding maternity hospital visits during the Covid-19 pandemic; if restrictions will be eased to allow partners to attend...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
312. To ask the Minister for Health the reason neuromuscular therapy services have been deemed not essential at present (details supplied); the basis on which treatment is being denied by such...
- Health Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the rising numbers on waiting lists for access to rheumatology resources in view of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if he...
- Healthcare Policy
314. To ask the Minister for Health if requests by an organisation (details supplied) for the implementation of the National Doctors Training and Planning report recommendations and the National...
- Health Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health if the findings of a recent Covid-19 survey by an organisation (details supplied) which held that 44% of respondents with inflammatory arthritis had an...
- Medicinal Products
316. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting of the rare diseases technology review committee in the week commencing 21 September 2020; the status of the assessment of the two...
- Stroke Care
317. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 29 September 2020, if further information will be provided on the estimated number of persons living with...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elite athletes such as elite swimmers are not allowed to continue training during the level 5 lockdown restrictions; if he has had any engagement...
- Health Services Staff
319. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract secured by a group (details supplied) to hire additional healthcare and administrative staff to deal with the Covid-19 crisis went through the...
- Health Screening Programmes
320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by those awaiting breast cancer screenings and checks in relation to increased waiting times; the steps he...
- Covid-19 Tests
321. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism to process Covid-19 tests within a matter of hours for family situations in which a relative is close to death and a swift in person...
- Hospital Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
323. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a person cannot exercise within 5 km of their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34446/20]
- Dental Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have withdrawn from providing medical card services in 2020; and the number of patients it is impacting. [34448/20]
- Air Ambulance Service
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of missions tasked in September and October 2020 to the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase is due in relation to a HSE pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
329. To ask the Minister for Health the value and nature of the contracts awarded to four companies (details supplied) in respect of the Covid-19 testing and tracing system; the procurement...
- Health Screening Programmes
330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists and the average waiting times for BreastCheck services by location; the reason for the delays (details supplied); and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
331. To ask the Minister for Health the data used regarding the decision to close golf courses under level 5 restrictions; the impact of golfing on the R number; the potential reduction in the R...
- General Practitioner Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) requested a copy of the Terms of Agreement between the Department of Health, the HSE and the IMO, regarding GP...
- Covid-19 Tests
334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 21 October 2020, if healthcare workers and their families can be prioritised for rapid testing and results,...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Hare Coursing
335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34201/20]
- Brexit Issues
336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the likely allocation to Ireland of the €5 billion EU Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34355/20]
- Land Issues
338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding a folio (details supplied). [34372/20]
- Dairy Equipment Scheme
339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of meal bin feeders that are eligible for grant aid under the dairy equipment scheme; if changes to the specifications in...
- Forestry Sector
340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the report FRL 2021-2015: Ireland, a National Forestry Accounting Plan published by his Department showing forestry is a...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ANC and single farm payments issued to date to farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the percentage of applicants still...
- Fishing Industry
342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of progress on coastal State negotiations on mackerel allocations for 2021; the way in which these negotiations are being...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
343. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the town and village renewal scheme funding programme; if there are plans for this programme to be extended to 2021 and...
- Library Services
344. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the provision of additional digital services through the library network as Ireland continues to live with Covid-19; and...
- Island Communities
346. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if budget 2021 is providing increased funding for the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34098/20]
- LEADER Programmes
347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €44 million allocated to the LEADER programme in budget 2021 that will be dedicated to new projects under...
- Rural Development Programme
348. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the analysis her Department has undertaken regarding the north west, in particular County Donegal; if her Department is examining...
- Rural Development Plan
349. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the provisions in place for funding for the LEADER projects in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34384/20]
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
352. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the number of applications on hand or pending in respect of the 2020 town and village renewal scheme will be announced; and if...
- Regional Development
355. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she and her Department have examined issues affecting the rural community with a view to addressing the most...
- Social Isolation
356. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department are addressing the issue of rural isolation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
359. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address basic issues of social and or economic deprivation in rural communities throughout the country; and if she will...
- Community Development Initiatives
360. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she and her Department have studied and assessed the need for community development in urban and rural areas with...
- Community Development Projects
363. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the schemes to assist in rural and community development are available to communities throughout County Kildare;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
364. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she and her Department have identified areas of special need arising from Covid-19 or Brexit in all areas...
- LEADER Programmes
367. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which applications have been made under the LEADER programme by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Walks Scheme
368. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are grants available for the planting of fruit trees or other types of tree on private lands that facilitate rural walkways...
