Written answers

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Brexit Supports
      40. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if extra supports are being provided to businesses in Border counties in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      41. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on the best way in which to attract further foreign direct investment jobs for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Data Centres
      42. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the discussions his officials have had with IDA Ireland with regard to the development of data centres in line with the policy of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      43. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that the Covid-19 related supports provided are adequately addressing the negative aspects of...
    • Company Liquidations
      44. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his engagement with the liquidators appointed to a company (details supplied); his plans to ensure the workers currently in dispute...
    • Brexit Preparations
      45. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to support the food processing industry post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34985/20]
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      46. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if budget 2021 has provided further support for local enterprise offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35041/20]
    • Programme for Government
      47. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the plans he has to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government of building County Cork as a viable alternative to Dublin...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      48. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will be bringing forward legislation to ensure workers have a right to disconnect from their work outside of office and work...
    • Brexit Preparations
      50. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the preparations that have been made to protect Irish businesses in the case that there is no agreement on Brexit between the EU and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      51. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders that work as taxi drivers that continue to have work...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      52. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if research has been carried out or is planned on the comparative effects of different levels of lockdown has had on small businesses...
    • Data Centres
      53. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the discussions his officials have had with IDA Ireland with regard to the development of data centres; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      54. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the engagement he has had with pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on...
    • IDA Ireland
      55. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if investment in County Meath through IDA sponsored enterprises will be increased ensuring more IDA backed investor visits to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      56. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of each of the funding supports available to small and medium businesses and enterprises; and the amount each fund has...
    • Job Creation
      57. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans for creating jobs in County Clare in view of the recent job losses in the county due to plants such as a company (details...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      58. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the national SME growth plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35116/20]
    • Industrial Disputes
      59. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of his plans for the resolution of an industrial dispute (details supplied) in view of the recent breakdown in talks at...
    • Driver Test
      60. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the industrial relations dispute between assisted driving instructors and the Road Safety Authority...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      61. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the progress in providing a right to sick pay to workers in the context of the pandemic. [35096/20]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      62. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports that have been provided to businesses impacted by recent flooding in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Centres
      63. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Policy; and if...
    • Company Liquidations
      64. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will report on the convening of a multi-stakeholder forum on the issues regarding employee's rights in the cases of liquidation...
    • Gift Vouchers
      65. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a consumer-focused gift voucher guarantee scheme will be introduced in order to provide a degree of consumer confidence ahead of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      66. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the restart plus grant will be expanded for marine based activity providers that do not pay rates but pay harbour and mooring fees...
    • Brexit Issues
      67. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he remains satisfied that Ireland's export market will continues to be accessible in the immediate aftermath of Brexit; if...
    • Company Law
      68. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the expedited review by the Company Law Review Group on whether the legal provisions surrounding collective redundancies...
    • Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme
      69. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applications received by the Microfinance Ireland Covid-19 loan scheme from businesses in County Galway; the number and...
    • Brexit Preparations
      70. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to support the food processing industry post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35056/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      71. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the pressure that a number of small businesses are under from their landlords during the current...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      72. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the requests that he has made under section 10(4) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 to request the Competition and...
    • Job Creation
      73. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the efforts his Department in conjunction with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland are making to attract new companies to County Clare....
    • Flexible Work Practices
      74. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of a public policy on remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34652/20]
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      77. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the efforts that can be made to ensure that online marketing campaigns targeting consumers to support local business are actually...
    • IDA Ireland
      78. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of IDA site visits for County Carlow in each quarter of 2020 to date; the percentage of visits in the county as a...
    • Brexit Preparations
      79. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of take-up of Brexit support schemes by enterprises in County Cork; if he is satisfied with the current level of readiness;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      80. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide additional supports to local pubs in recognition of the additional challenges faced during level 5 restrictions....
    • Departmental Strategies
      81. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [34554/20]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      82. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will put in place the necessary supports to keep small to medium enterprises open. [34717/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      83. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of inspections by the HSA of meat plants since level 5 Covid-19 restrictions were put in place; the measures taken to...
    • IDA Ireland
      84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the additional incentives the IDA has in place to encourage foreign direct investment outside Dublin and adjacent counties; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      85. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the work being carried out by his Department during the current level 5 restrictions to better equip sectors under his guidance to be...
    • Brexit Preparations
      86. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his assessment on the preparedness of Irish businesses for the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 January 2021; and if he will...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      89. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of his engagement with unions on the introduction of a statutory sick pay scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      90. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason to date the Health and Safety Authority has only carried out two return to work safely protocol inspections in educational...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      91. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures in place to ensure that companies availing of Covid-19 subsidies and schemes are using the funds to protect the income...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      94. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports in place for casual traders that pay a casual trading fee and remain closed due to restrictions to ensure they have a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Climate Change Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department defines the concept of just transition; and the information on which the definition is...
    • Energy Policy
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to make a policy statement on fossil fuel infrastructure development here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Strategies
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [34558/20]
    • Electricity Supply Board
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the plans of the ESB in relation to the power plants in Lanesboro and Shannonbridge...
    • Climate Change Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the reliance on technological fixes for carbon removal in the climate action Bill; the division...
    • Electric Vehicles
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a scheme will be put in place to support SMEs to install e-car charging points for customers and employees; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Digital Hub, Dublin 8 in view of the fact that for nearly ten years the official policy of Government...
    • Climate Change Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34523/20]
    • North-South Interconnector
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans his Department has to engage with communities along the route of the proposed north-south interconnector in...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to ensure the provision of high-speed broadband connection in an area (details supplied); and if...
    • Climate Change Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to bring forward investments for accelerated delivery in the context of the national economic plan. [34559/20]
    • Natural Gas Grid
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the written policy statement against fracked gas imports as promised in the programme for Government will include a...
    • Energy Efficiency
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional skilled employment which will be required through the upscaling of retrofitting in budget 2021; if he is...
    • National Broadband Plan
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in County Cork; the areas which will be connected first...
    • Legislative Measures
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the climate action Bill to include sanctions or consequences for missing five-year climate targets....
    • Climate Change Policy
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in place to control the carbon output of large corporations. [35081/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis which has been undertaken in relation to the sustainability of sourcing rare earth materials for electric...
    • Exploration Licences
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to legislate to cease the issuing of new licences for the exploration and extraction of oil and gas as...
    • Climate Change Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the evidence given by a person (details supplied) to the Joint Committee on Climate Action that a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in publishing the clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34524/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities have highlighted issues with accessing funding for e-car charging points; if he is satisfied with...
    • Climate Change Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured housing agencies can access the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed broadband will be supplied to all households including those in cities to allow them to work from home...
    • Mining Industry
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy of his Department in relation to new mining being developed in high value nature areas and in or near Natura...
    • Telecommunications Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a public service obligation on mobile telecommunications providers to ensure that all areas of...
    • Energy Production
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a microgeneration scheme to incentivise persons generating their own energy. [35119/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagements to date with National Broadband Ireland regarding the feasibility of accelerating aspects of the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the vote by the European Parliament to update the EU climate target for 2030, backing a 60% reduction in...
    • Energy Efficiency
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national retrofitting scheme and the plan to designate a national retrofitting delivery body by the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan currently in terms of connectivity in County Clare. [33976/20]
    • Climate Change Policy
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to vindicate the European Pillar of Social Rights in the creation of its just transition plan...
    • Energy Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the policy statement on the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • North-South Interconnector
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out a study on the environmental benefits of undergrounding the north-south...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of broadband in County Clare; and if he will ensure connectivity in rural areas of the...
    • Energy Policy
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he continues to explore the development of biofuels and the reduction of carbon emissions in line...
    • National Broadband Plan
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will urgently consider providing marts with wireless broadband under the national broadband plan. [34176/20]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy of his Department in relation to the roll-out of 5G telecommunications; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Post Office Network
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a report (details supplied); when it is intended to implement the recommendations of the report; the...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the additional funding announced for retrofitting in budget 2021 will address the waiting list for the warmer homes...
    • Programme for Government
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the designated national retrofitting delivery body promised in the programme for Government by the end of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the climate action Bill to a binding target of net zero by 2030; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commission for Regulation of Utilities
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to provide policy direction to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to extend the moratorium on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commission on the Future of Policing
      157. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing. [34583/20]
    • Cabinet Committees
      158. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with education will next meet. [35075/20]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      159. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Moriarty tribunal; when it will deliver an updated report; and when it will conclude its work. [34516/20]
    • Central Statistics Office
      160. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office field staff will be temporarily redeployed on a part-time basis to conduct contact tracing as they cannot undertake their contracted...
    • Freedom of Information
      161. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by Departments in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [34588/20]
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      162. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if self-employed persons aged 66 and over can qualify for the restart grant to ensure that there is no discrimination between such...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      164. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the way in which he plans to increase investment and private risk capital access for domestic enterprise; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      165. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the recognition being given to food suppliers of restaurants, cafés and bars such as meat, fish and vegetable suppliers that...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has initiated the review by his Department into the provision of a statutory entitlement to domestic violence paid leave, as...
    • Trade Missions
      167. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of trade or related missions to Japan since 2016 in which at least one official or Minister from his Department attended....
    • Enterprise Ireland
      168. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to open a new office in Perth, Australia. [34847/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      169. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason for the decision made regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with a...
    • IDA Ireland
      172. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of new investment arising from IDA-sponsored enterprises in County Kildare in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      173. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of new investment arising from Enterprise Ireland grant-aided enterprises in County Kildare in each of the years 2015 to...
    • State Aid
      174. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the Government will make a submission to the EU Commission consultation on extending state aid exemptions currently in place,...
    • Ministerial Travel
      175. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will visit Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34521/20]
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund
      177. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 17 July 2020, the status of the promised review by Enterprise Ireland of the regional...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
      178. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of vacant positions in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement as of 2 November 2020; the length of time each...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      179. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the regulations which will be in place for winter 2020-2021 for the harvesting and selling of real Christmas trees that can adhere to...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      180. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent of employment generating foreign direct investment in the past year; his expectations for the future in this regard; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      181. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of Covid-19-related supports to stabilise employment in the economy; and if he will...
    • Services Sector
      182. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of jobs created or lost in the services sector in the course of each of the past five years to date; the steps taken or in...
    • Manufacturing Sector
      183. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which Covid-19 supports have sufficiently addressed job losses in the manufacturing sector; his plans for further...
    • Brexit Preparations
      184. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of access to overseas markets for Irish goods and services in the...
    • Economic Policy
      185. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he plans to ensure the continued attractiveness of the economy for both indigenous and foreign direct investment;...
    • Enterprise Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department have examined the manufacturing and services sectors with a view to identification of the...
    • Job Creation
      187. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of job opportunities for women likely to emerge in the manufacturing or services sectors over the next 12 months; and if...
    • Trade Strategy
      188. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which new markets for Irish manufactured goods can be or have been identified with a view to maximisation of beneficial...
    • Work Permits
      189. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which the processing of work permits can be expedited to ensure minimum delay in their issuing; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      190. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action and steps he will take to ensure rural communities under the national broadband plan or otherwise with...
    • Recycling Policy
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initiatives being planned to promote recycling in multi-dwelling complexes in which such options are not now...
    • Energy Efficiency
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available for a new roof and energy efficient works for persons refurbishing an old house in a rural...
    • Telecommunications Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a community survey (details supplied) conducted in Gormanston, County Meath,...
    • National Broadband Plan
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan roll-out in an area (details supplied); when surveying and detailed network...
    • Energy Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason new builds are not eligible for PV panel grants in view of the fact existing houses are; his plans to review...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be provided at a location (details supplied) in County Louth; when the locality and...
    • Energy Efficiency
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to adapting SEAI grants for buildings developed after 2006 and which do not meet...
    • National Postcode System
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the process for attaining an Eircode for a newly-registered address can be streamlined. [34830/20]
    • Just Transition Commissioner
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the report of the Just Transition Commissioner. [35087/20]
    • EU Issues
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Shannon LNG has been withdrawn from the EU Projects of Common Interest List; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Policy
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is on track to facilitate allowing persons sell excess power back to the grid by June 2021; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises surveyed to date by county within the amber area as part of the national broadband plan; and if...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to families for the disposal of medical waste that is not incontinence wear (details supplied);...
    • Postal Services
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the universal service obligation that applies to An Post in relation to the nationwide distribution and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be implemented in an area (details supplied); the plans in place to expedite broadband roll-out...
    • Energy Efficiency
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the process and guidelines for external wall insulation given that grants are being provided for same...
    • National Broadband Plan
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national broadband plan will extend high-speed broadband to Portrane, County Dublin. [35264/20]
    • Grant Payments
      230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons that applied for the SEAI grant for solar photovoltaic panels in 2019; the number that received...
    • Environmental Regulations
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to local community groups that wish to have an independent assessment of noise conducted...
    • National Clean Air Strategy
      232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress in delivering on the programme for Government commitment to publish a national clean air strategy and to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the national broadband plan mapping exercise for the intervention area performed by a company (details...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to assess and develop the capacity to construct and support marine based renewable energy...
    • Flood Risk Management
      237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will direct Geological Survey Ireland, GSI, using the data collected to date, to produce a flood risk map for...
    • Energy Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which alternative non-fossil energy currently fuels electricity generation in Ireland; his plans for the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to achieve emission reduction targets to date; the extent to which he can minimise the impact in food...
    • Telecommunications Services
      242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband is progressing and in such a way as to enhance the competitiveness of...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which broadband continues to be made available throughout County Kildare with a view to facilitating...
    • Waste Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which waste continues to be disposed of by way of recycling, landfill or incineration throughout the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a means can be found to incentivise a reduction in the use of non-biodegradable plastic wrappings and containers;...
    • Departmental Staff
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Covid-19 Tests
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to permit an exemption to the requirement for planning permission to facilitate the construction of a testing centre for...
    • Driver Test
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) whose driver theory test has been cancelled due to Covid-19 level 5 restrictions has had it put...
    • Transport Policy
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy for advertisements on public transport and public transport infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the concerns raised by the recent decision by Bus Éireann to withdraw some of its services (details supplied);...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be additional buses or trains added to the existing timetables during the current round of level 5 restrictions to account...
    • Rail Network
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs of closure and replacement of the six level crossings on the Maynooth line proposed in the DART plus west proposals; the costs...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which of his EU counterparts he has spoken formally with since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34703/20]
    • Driver Licences
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons living here with UK driver licences will not be able to exchange their current driver license for an Irish driver...
    • Motor Tax
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34767/20]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the CIÉ annual report for 2019 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34768/20]
    • Driver Licences
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus driver licence renewal appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) [34789/20]
    • Departmental Meetings
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his officials engaged with the employee unions at locations (details supplied); if so, when the meetings took place; when his...
    • Heritage Sites
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application has been received for funding to ensure sites (details supplied) will remain open beyond 31 December 2020; and if so,...
    • Bus Services
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 on 13 October 2020, the breakdown of funding allocated to each LocalLink route in County...
    • Driver Test
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the waiting times for a driver theory test in Cork city and county will be reduced in view of the fact that young drivers that were...
    • Rail Network
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide for a continuation of MetroLink to south-west County Dublin; and if the metro to Knocklyon feasibility study will be...
    • Driver Licences
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding driver licence appointments for those seeking to exchange their UK driver licence in exchange for an Irish driver...
    • Driver Test
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driver theory test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which counties Kildare and Laois will benefit from the expanded local bus service detailed in and funded by the July Stimulus...
    • Public Transport
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public transport providers, such as Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann, DART, Luas and LocalLink, will increase services for...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 27 May 2020, the number of US troops and the quantity of weapons and munitions that have...
    • Driver Test
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding entitlement to compensation with regard to driver theory tests which have had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 in...
    • Traffic Management
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a report commissioned by his Department to consider measures to address the impacts of growing traffic levels in Dublin,...
    • Driver Licences
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow drivers over 70 years of age whose licences expire during the level 5 restrictions and who have to renew their licences...
    • Driver Test
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to facilitate persons to undertake the driver theory test online and so on; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional engineer and ship surveyors for his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a package of financial measures for older taxi drivers wishing to exit the industry in view of the...
    • Road Network
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a series of matters in relation to speed limits on the N71 (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35392/20]
    • Departmental Staff
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant...
  • Department of Finance
    • Climate Change Policy
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding carbon emission reduction strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34715/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending the Covid restrictions support scheme to track bookmakers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made in ensuring that persons can once again access a primary medical certificate; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact that...
    • Tax Code
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance if the increase in the carbon tax has been subject to a human rights and equality impact assessment as required under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if a moratorium on the payment of interest will be considered in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34544/20]
    • Departmental Staff
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which banks are exploiting General Data Protection Regulations to avoid identifying tracker loans (details...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Central Bank; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34587/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed changes to the retail export scheme can be postponed in view of the difficulties caused by the ongoing restrictions to small businesses that...
    • Mortgage Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of mortgage arrears by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34608/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) qualifies for the employment wage subsidy scheme based on the information provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investments applied for and approved by the Revenue Commissioners since the beginning of 2015 in the employment investment incentive, the seed...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 29 September 2020, the number of persons waiting for primary medical certificates; when the scheme will be back...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to workers that have the full deposit and whose employers are availing of the EWSS and are being prevented by the banks from...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to amending the bike to work scheme to allow more cohorts access the scheme, including the self-employed and retired persons;...
    • Insurance Industry
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the work done to date on insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34807/20]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of doubling the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners dog unit; and his plans to expand this service in the context of...
    • Mortgage Lending
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on commercial banks and mortgage lenders declining to proceed to draw down on mortgages in which approval has been given previously due to...
    • Bank Charges
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks will be requested to reduce card charges for businesses in view of the fact the percentage of card transactions has increased dramatically since the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the deadline for AVCs to company pension plans has been extended until 10 December 2020 and which can be backdated against the 2019 tax year; his...
    • Banking Sector
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of a meeting with a bank (details supplied) regarding job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35219/20]
    • Mortgage Lending
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request that the financial institutions give mortgage approval to applicants who are on the employment wage subsidy scheme and that they allow...
    • Motor Insurance
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement reforms in view of the increasing cost of car insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35281/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company can send a worker who is in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme or the employment support scheme to another EU country to work during the period...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • EU Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of EU funding made available to the Northern and Western Assembly in each of the years 2013 to 2020 under the European...
    • Flood Risk Management
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the planned feasibility study on the Plassey pinch point on the Shannon River has been completed; if so, when the study will be...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which his Department has chosen to end funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Graffiti Incidence
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will be requested to arrange for the removal of graffiti on the former Kill O'The Grange Garda station,...
    • Heritage Sites
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW spent on maintenance to Maynooth Castle and Castletown House in each of the years of 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with public bodies such as the HSE and the Department of Health in relation to acknowledging the work of frontline...
    • Office of Public Works
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 290 of 22 September 2020 and 481 of 3 November 2020, if he will address a matter (details...
    • Flood Risk Management
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the conveyancing of the River Shannon is still proceeding as agreed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/20]
    • Office of Public Works
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of external consultants for all OPW projects both flooding and non-flooding in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in...
    • Departmental Staff
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to allowing Irish dancing classes resume subject to the appropriate health and safety restrictions...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to allow restaurants that do not sell alcohol to avail of the Covid-19 adaptation fund; and if she will make a...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad airgead breise a chuirfidh a Roinn ar fáil d’Fhoras na Gaeilge don bhliain seo romhainn; an mbeidh...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reopen the local authority swimming pool programme to new applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if persons with special needs could be allowed access to outdoor sporting facilities; if tennis, handball, basketball and golf...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the tradeshow and exhibition sector will qualify under the €50 million live events funding provided by her Department....
    • Arts Council
      364. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commission an independent investigation into the cancellation of the tender for communications from the Arts Council...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Livestock Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans on providing farmers an exemption in view of the current restrictions and the difficulty farmers have selling and...
    • Housing Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing projects which will make up the promised 9,500 direct build housing identified in Budget 2021 in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will put on the record of Dáil Éireann the report compiled by officials in his Department in relation to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of direct build social housing completed in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form to include the cost of each...
    • Local Authority Housing
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the powers the CEOs of city and county councils have to determine whether to raise the amount of rent charged to local...
    • Flood Risk Management
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a winter plan in place for 2020 in regard to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/20]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the tenant purchase scheme for persons on social welfare payments (details supplied). [34553/20]
    • Mica Redress Scheme
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons in counties Donegal and Mayo are not entitled to 100% of costs regarding remedial work and temporary...
    • Hare Coursing
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to a matter (details supplied). [34614/20]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts that will be made and the resourcing provided to support taking rough sleepers off the streets this winter. [34712/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person relinquishes all interest in a family home can they be allocated a social house; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing schemes completed under the enhanced leasing scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to ensure that those that are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not continue to be...
    • Fire Service
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests received from Kildare County Council for the purchase of additional fire appliances in 2018, 2019 and...
    • Hen Harriers
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the €50,000 fund for the hen harrier local action fund in 2020 which has been allocated; the number...
    • Planning Guidelines
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for updating the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing issued under section 28 of the Planning...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when payments under the turf cutting compensation scheme will be made for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regeneration Projects
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual funding drawn down by Kildare County Council for regeneration projects in each of the years 2014 to 2019 and to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities can engage in leasing arrangements for the provision of houses in respect of part 5 of the Planning and...
    • Legislative Measures
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the emergency management and fire and public safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency accommodation available in County Wexford for individual homeless women and homeless women with children; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a representation by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35378/20]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 3 November 2020, if a copy of the study referenced in the reply will be provided;...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when announcements will be made regarding the URDF 2020 projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35386/20]
    • Local Authority Housing
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the powers available to local authorities to vet potential council housing tenants prior to offering them a council tenancy;...
    • Departmental Staff
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent posts filled by his Department at principal officer, assistant...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the statement by the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (details supplied) on legacy issues issued on 18 March 2020....
    • Passport Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an issue relating to a passport renewal for a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights
      399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the work of the UN working group on arbitrary detention; if his attention has been drawn to the UN report by the working group...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No.158 of 15 September 2020, the date on which it was decided to suspend the contribution by Ireland to...
    • Israeli Settlements
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the approval by the higher planning council of the Israeli Civil Administration of an additional 4,948...
    • Passport Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay involved in posting out passports that have been processed by the passport office; and if he will make a statement...
    • Military Aircraft
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of permits granted for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport; the number granted to fly through Irish airspace in each of...
    • United Nations
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly calling for the establishment of an independent tribunal of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the ambassador of New Zealand to Ireland in the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35309/20]
    • Ministerial Communications
      406. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any engagement he has had with the United States of America. [35058/20]
    • Departmental Staff
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent posts filled by his Department at principal officer, assistant principal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Strength
      408. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the optimum strength level of the Permanent Defence Forces; and the current strength of same broken down by Army, Naval Service and Air Corps...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      409. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of planning operations by the Permanent Defence Forces which had to be cancelled in the past six months due to personnel shortages....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      410. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent and nature of the role of members of the Permanent Defence Forces in contact tracing during the Covid-19 pandemic to date. [34661/20]
    • Overseas Missions
      411. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Permanent Defence Forces currently serving overseas; the locations they are serving; and the mandate under which...
    • Naval Service
      412. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of the 97% of Naval Service missions which his Department claims are unaffected by staff shortages and operational capacity that are...
    • Defence Forces Data
      413. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full list of capital works projects valued at over €1.5 million in the Defence Forces that are ongoing at present; and when each...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      414. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be secured for the refurbishment of Block H in McKee Barracks; when works will commence; and the estimated timeframe for...
    • Naval Service
      415. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided in 2021 for the construction of two additional berths for Naval Service vessels at the Naval Base, Haulbowline,...
    • Departmental Staff
      416. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Data Protection
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department facilitates the release of personal information under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, by persons with personal...
    • School Transport
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket will be issued for a child (details supplied) whose sibling has a ticket and is on the bus; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34527/20]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the progress in securing a site for the proposed school (details supplied) in Killester, Raheny and Clontarf, County Dublin;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34577/20]
    • School Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an allowance will be made for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34592/20]
    • DEIS Scheme
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the planned investment of €5 million in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, or DEIS schools, will be...
    • School Transport
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules of school buses (details supplied); the number of children a school bus can safely carry in Covid-19 times; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pay and working conditions of school secretaries many of whom are paid through the ancillary grants scheme; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will begin on the autism spectrum disorder unit for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the works and expected opening date;...
    • School Staff
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have requested an additional teacher, based on the availability of classrooms rather than student numbers, to...
    • School Enrolments
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the crisis of secondary school places in Greystones district, County Wicklow (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a...
    • DEIS Scheme
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS Band 1 schools, per countym that are expected to lose a teacher this academic year. [34780/20]
    • School Accommodation
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new permanent building for a school (details supplied); her views on the tender process for same; the current intended timelines...
    • State Examinations
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students sitting Irish in the leaving certificate in November 2020 can be accommodated with an aural and-or an oral examination in order to...
    • Education Policy
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the lack of multi and non-denominational primary school places in Dublin 11; her plans in relation to the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of discussions her officials have had with officials in Fingal County Council in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 regarding future...
    • School Patronage
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for changes to the patronage competition system for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34813/20]
    • School Staff
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have lost a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year. [34819/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the constructions works on a school (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; and if issues have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be provided with clear guidance on the way in which and when children with special educational needs can integrate into...
    • State Examinations
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned that the leaving certificate examinations will go ahead as planned in November 2020. [34870/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if derogations are available to allow retired teachers return to substitute teaching for the period of the Covid-19 pandemic to assist in cases...
    • Special Educational Needs
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her future plans for special educational schools and also the six reading schools; the extra resources she will provide for mainstream schools to...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) HEAnet promised upgrade can be brought forward as the current service is very poor and not fit for purpose...
    • State Examinations
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bonus for completing leaving certificate exams through Irish was taken into consideration not just by teachers when providing the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sample sanitiser from a company (details supplied) was assessed and evaluated by a team with the necessary technical competencies and...
    • School Transport
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are provisions being considered to supplement public transport with additional school transport particularly under level 5 restrictions...
    • School Staff
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing two additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with over 950 pupils. [34954/20]
    • School Transport
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34968/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school will be built to accommodate the pupils from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34970/20]
    • School Staff
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in payment to a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34972/20]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans of her Department for either second-level school amalgamations or new second-level schools in the city of Galway; and if she will make...
    • School Staff
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a teacher (details attached) will be examined who is teaching in a school in County Tipperary under the temporary teacher...
    • Schools Building Projects
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on the construction of the new school buildings for a school (details suppled). [35165/20]
    • School Enrolments
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised at the beginning of November 2020 by many parents in Drogheda, County Louth, in respect of the over-subscription of a school...
    • School Accommodation
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35182/20]
    • School Transport
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary school transport ticket holders in County Kildare for each academic year since 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if...
    • School Patronage
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the period offered for expressions of interest with regard to patronage for a school (details supplied) is sufficient...
    • School Catchment Areas
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined schools having a minimum radius, centred on itself, included in its catchment area (details supplied). [35268/20]
    • School Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants and funding are available for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35275/20]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works will be finished on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35311/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made as to when a new school building will be open (details supplied); when officials from her Department were last on...
    • School Enrolments
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties some families are facing in accessing second-level school places for their children in...
    • School Funding
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the possible funding avenues available to a school to install a fire alarm system; and if her Department will urgently assist schools that do not...
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending an occupational injury scheme to teachers, similar to that which applies to gardaí and nurses, in view of the...
    • DEIS Scheme
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; if the concerns of the staff will be addressed; if DEIS band 1 and...
    • Education Policy
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which the status of a small school, or scoil bheag, was granted to certain secondary schools nationwide; the criteria for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 3 November 2020, if a deadline will be provided by which all eligible applicants for the...
    • Education Costs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to decrease the staffing schedule for urban band 1 and junior and vertical schools by one point in line with all other...
    • DEIS Scheme
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further supports made available to DEIS schools catering for the highest concentrations of education disadvantage from the budget allocation...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent ballot outcome of a union (details supplied) and its members to take industrial action due to numerous issues of safety...
    • Departmental Staff
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by her Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility of on-course bookmakers for existing support packages in view of the fact they have been unable to trade...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to remedy the difference between the level of the pandemic unemployment payment and the return-to-education...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarity in relation to the cases of persons (details supplied). [34530/20]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has initiated the provision of additional social protections for victims of domestic violence as committed to in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment applicants who were refused due to difficulty in determining PRSI contributions...
    • Carer's Allowance
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim by a person (details supplied) will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34738/20]
    • Disability Allowance
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if entitlement to a pandemic unemployment payment from March 2020 can be examined in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 6 October 2020, if her Department is reimbursing providers for the free travel...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person...
    • Illness Benefit
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment for illness benefit will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out for the supplementary welfare allowance scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2019 in Intreo offices...
    • Invalidity Pension
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot qualify for a disability payment or an invalidity pension. [34833/20]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34862/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a pandemic unemployment payment will not be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees paid under the temporary wage subsidy scheme from March to September 2020 are entitled to receive the short-time...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legal advice has been received in relation to applications by an airline’s (details supplied) employees for...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason decisions on applications by the employees of a company (details supplied) for short-time work support between...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration was given to a partnership between a person (details supplied) and their late spouse with a view to enabling...
    • Social Insurance
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the class of PRSI contributions that do not count towards dental, optical or medical appliance benefit; the category of...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when supplementary welfare will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Child Benefit
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment will be made in respect of a child benefit claim by a person (details supplied). [34974/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment recipients who are due backdated payments will receive their payments; and if she will...
    • Pensions Reform
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include a civil society gender perspective in the newly established pension commission; her plans to include an...
    • Pension Provisions
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the large number of pension applicants and awardees who have difficulty reconciling their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment payment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [35212/20]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if bank payments for disability, invalidity and pensions will be returned to weekly payments through the bank. [35236/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person whose carer's allowance payment ceases 12 weeks following the death of the person being cared for is entitled to...
    • State Pensions
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Guardian's Payment
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a guardian payment by a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35274/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35307/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the supports in place to facilitate persons with disabilities in entering the workforce; if it will be...
    • Back to Work Allowance
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the duration of the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme will be extended to facilitate participants who could not...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of home visits that were made by welfare inspectors in an area (details supplied) in the months of March, April,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the application process will open for the Covid-19 part-time job incentive for the self-employed; and if she will make a...
    • Pensions Reform
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether pension reforms require a specific gender perspective, given that only 16% of women receive the full...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency
      540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the delays being experienced by applicants in getting on to the social work panel in the south east for counties Carlow,...
    • Direct Provision System
      541. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the inquiries his Department has carried out at a location (details supplied) in County Louth to ascertain its suitability as direct...
    • Maternity Leave
      542. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the extended maternity leave that was announced in July 2020 will come into effect; if a person who is currently on unpaid maternity...
    • Protected Disclosures
      543. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he and-or one of his officials met a person (details supplied) who made a protected disclosure regarding aspects of his Department in...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the statistics relating to the use of Tusla-funded emergency domestic violence accommodation for 2019 will be available....
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if experienced data protection law experts will be engaged to oversee the processes by which survivors of mother and baby homes and other...
    • Legislative Measures
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Civil Registration Act 2004 will be amended to ensure that all adopted persons have access to their publicly registered birth...
    • Child and Family Agency
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications to Tusla for contact tracing adoption records in each of the years 2015 to 2019; the number completed during...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reconvene and attend a meeting of the collaborative forum established by his predecessor; and if so, if the 13 items recommended...
    • Child Protection
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he is taking in response to the motions passed by local authorities across Ireland on recognising and addressing parental...
    • Child and Family Agency
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide all information in the possession of Tusla that is relevant to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Traveller Community
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the work to plan for and oversee the development, publication and implementation as appropriate to date for the national...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the interaction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; the steps being taken to ensure the...
    • Youth Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter regarding funding for youth cafes (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent posts filled by his Department at principal officer, assistant principal...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place on a college course can be confirmed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34912/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and the way in which the additional payment of €250 for students at third-level colleges will be paid; and if he will make a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason those that are on the pandemic unemployment payment since March 2020 are not considered to be permanently impacted and do not qualify...
    • Third Level Fees
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interaction he has had with UCD over the 2% to 4% increase in fees for EU and non-EU students studying graduate entry medicine; and if he...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer if graduate entry medical students were exempt from the progression criteria in SUSI grant application and could access...
    • Student Accommodation
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that students that have paid for accommodation which is not required during periods when Covid-19 restrictions are in place...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions he has put in place to enable those engaged in apprenticeships up until the lockdown and now out of an apprenticeship to continue...
    • Research Centres Programme
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of research centres funded by Science Foundation Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital works projects currently ongoing at both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin that are being part funded or fully...
    • Industrial Relations
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that management at the Irish Management Institute which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of University...
    • Departmental Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the audit of the way in which responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is segmented across different...
    • Residency Permits
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to move from stamp 3 to stamp 4 by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [34794/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider funding dance hall licence holders to mitigate against the cost of licensing dance halls when there are no...
    • Legislative Reviews
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if her Department has had contact with the...
    • International Protection
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the monthly number of refusals for permission to remain by total figures; and the number of years each applicant who was...
    • Legislative Process
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a timescale for the implementation of the family courts Bill announced on 30 September 2020; when recommendations...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of civilian staff for each of the past five years in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Data
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reverse notice served on the many new Irish persons who on 30 October 2020 were advised by INIS of the rejection...
    • Data Protection
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Prison Service will cease using and processing employee biometric data; if her attention has been drawn to a...
    • Legislative Programme
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated timeframe for the implementation of the family courts Bill. [34647/20]
    • Crime Data
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse cases that were investigated by An Garda Síochána during the lockdown; the number that...
    • Legislative Process
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation in 2021 to roll out the comprehensive coercive control training programme by her Department for An Garda...
    • Immigration Support Services
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to cases of passports being lost, misplaced or sent to the wrong person by INIS; if all...
    • Civil Registration Service
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when services will resume at the offices of county registrars; if consideration will be given to deeming them essential workers...
    • Immigration Support Services
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the immigration office in County Longford closed; and when it is due to reopen. [34784/20]
    • Citizenship Applications
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Gambling Sector
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the gambling control Bill. [34834/20]
    • Garda Expenditure
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer Parliamentary Question No. 932 of...
    • Garda Training
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of car driving and motorcycle instructors' courses that were held in either the Garda Training College or Garda...
    • Garda Expenditure
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda text alert scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the amount actually spent in each year;...
    • Immigration Status
      610. 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. [34871/20]
    • Asylum Applications
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the revision of the asylum appeals process in view of the recent attacks in France and Austria; if her Department...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the report completed by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the 2013 Smithwick Report. [34950/20]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda CCTV cameras located in each location in tabular form; if all cameras are currently working in full order;...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations she has visited as Minister since 1 August 2020; and the date and purpose of each visit to each station in...
    • Garda Equipment
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked jeeps that came into the Garda fleet in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of marked jeeps...
    • Garda Data
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and Garda staff by job title working in the National Forensic Co-Ordination Office as of 1...
    • Garda Equipment
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions within the Dublin region that have a Garda community support van; and if funding has been made available in...
    • Garda Vetting
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda vetting for special needs assistants will be brought in line with fast-tracked vetting for teachers; and if she will...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which an ombudsman will be appointed to the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman; and if she will make a...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she is taking in response to the motions passed by local authorities across Ireland to take action to recognise and...
    • Prison Service Staff
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that have been made for prison officers in the very high-risk health category in respect of being assigned to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 identified in the prison system to date in 2020, by the number of prisoners, prison...
    • Visa Applications
      640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.1082 of 3 November 2020, the length of time a D join family application will take once the...
    • Irish Prison Service
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the director general of the Prison Service lifted the suspension of investigations into malpractice within the service; and...
    • Immigration Status
      642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider correspondence from a person (details supplied) sent to her Department regarding expediting the...
    • Tourism Data
      643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland for the purpose of pleasure or holiday since March 2020. [35267/20]
    • Garda Equipment
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each Garda division as of 3 November 2020, in tabular form. [35308/20]
    • Courts Service
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish a new planning and environmental law court managed by specialist judges; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy basis underlining the decision-making process for the provision by the INIS of either stamp 2A or stamp 3...
    • Prisoner Releases
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the practice in relation to persons released prematurely from prison having been convicted of an assault causing grievous...
    • Departmental Staff
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by her Department of posts at principal officer,...
  • Department of Health
    • Respite Care Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health when families caring for young persons with intellectual disability will be able to avail of respite in their own county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services Provision
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35350/20]
    • Health Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the reason alternative therapies such as reflexology are not permitted to operate during the level 5 lockdown (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the HSE who have been unable to return to work after contracting Covid-19, by the length of their absence. [34533/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the overall estimated number of healthcare staff who have been unable to return to work due to after-effects of Covid-19. [34534/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34536/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation in which persons (details supplied) may travel beyond the 5 km limit during the currently applying public health advice will be clarified....
    • Home Help Service
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34542/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if there is evidence of a general lack of awareness of the pneumococcal vaccination in the at-risk population and, if so, if there are plans to address this...
    • Disability Services Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34548/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national shortage of the flu vaccination for adults in general practitioner practices; if there is an issue on reordering the vaccination; and if...
    • Health Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare providers with whom contracts or service level agreements were signed between 2014 and 2016 by the HSE or his Department or health services of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that has been had with regard to the rescEU stockpile scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated impact Brexit will have on the provision of medicines here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34586/20]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted research on whether carbon emissions related to the healthcare sector will be measured and presented annually. [34601/20]
    • Health Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if businesses providing elective aesthetic treatments under certain circumstances (details supplied) fall under essential services with respect of the level 5...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the meaning of specialist medical practice activities under human health and social work activities in the list of essential services for level 5 Covid-19...
    • Health Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding services for dementia patients during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34625/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no flu vaccine available in Stranorlar Health Centre, County Donegal; when it will be available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if holistic therapy is considered an essential therapy in relation to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34638/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the payment of salaries to student nurses as healthcare assistants has ceased; his plans for the reinstatement of the payment for student nurses;...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for primary medical certificates in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number approved; and the number denied by county, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been for an appointment with a consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to the compassionate use programme for the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, is not currently available to adults; and...
    • Blood Donations
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate an increase in the number of blood collections in west County Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of supply of the flu jab in local pharmacies; the reason it is difficult to access same; the reason for the long delays; and if he will...
    • Counselling Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the status of teenage counselling services cancelled from March to August 2020 due to the restrictions in place and the impact on young persons who were...
    • Disability Services Funding
      680. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to act on the 12 month notice of termination of contract served on the HSE by a service (details supplied) and the transfer of all of its services to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the planning to date which may allow an activity (details supplied) in December 2020 to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34677/20]
    • Hospital Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan General Hospital from the existing hours of 9:00am to...
    • Nursing Staff
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff nurses working in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding developmental checks carried out by public health nurses for young babies; if these checks are occurring in homes; if there is a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied) with regard to providing additional HIQA compliant beds at Oriel House, Castleblayney, County Monaghan. [34688/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when 2021 funding will be available for existing Sláintecare projects (details supplied). [34711/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made to maintain out-of-hours general practitioner services such as ShannonDoc during the Covid-19 pandemic. [34737/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacy staff that were wearing masks and deemed a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case are classed as casual contacts and can continue to work....
    • Covid-19 Tests
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if routine Covid-19 testing is available for home helps and carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34754/20]
    • Cancer Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the drug imfinzi for advanced lung cancer to become available for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34775/20]
    • Dental Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders in Athlone, County Westmeath cannot avail of the services of a dentist. [34785/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if the criteria for the roll out of home testing has changed now that level 5 restrictions are in place. [34786/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies within CHO8 by county in tabular form. [34787/20]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised reduction on charges for prescriptions for medical card holders will be introduced. [34788/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passenger locater forms which have been filled in by travellers into Ireland since the locator form was introduced; the number of persons that...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential addiction treatment services from November 2019 to date, by month in tabular form. [34796/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      701. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be reintroduced to amend the current criteria for the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/20]
    • Dental Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it will take to provide treatment to the 1,784 persons on the waiting list for orthodontics in County Galway; if the unfilled specialist...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason services for dementia patients were abandoned during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34827/20]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if the designated authorised officers are adequately resourced and in a position to ensure the implementation of regulations and that those retailers failing...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three and a half year waiting list for orthopaedic procedures in Sligo University Hospital; his...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce inhaler recycling bins in pharmacies here; and if he has consulted with pharmacy representative bodies in this regard. [34854/20]
    • Hospital Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the opening hours of the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital from the current hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m....
    • Nursing Staff
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care and ICU nurses employed across each hospital in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group as of 31 December 2019 and 2 November 2020, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional full-time senior psycho-oncologists in tabular form. [34858/20]
    • Cancer Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the amount spent on psycho-oncology services by 15%. [34859/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant cardiothoracic surgeons employed in the health service; the number required to meet recommendations for the size of the population and...
    • Medical Cards
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medication melatonin is no longer covered by the medical card scheme; if this decision can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      714. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment for emergency hip surgery in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick; and if...
    • Health Services Provision
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure patient access to the use of new innovations, such as flash glucose monitoring, which is one of the key recommendations in the...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will undertake to enable hospital diabetes teams to deliver a higher volume of appointments with their patients utilising remote...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports that are available for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients who wish to be treated at home during the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Home Help Service
      718. To ask the Minister for Health when home help hours which have been sanctioned for a person (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34928/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding and status of the mental health transfer project; the number of properties involved in the project; the number transferred; the number...
    • Hospice Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new hospice in Drogheda town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34939/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently operate a helipad within hospital grounds that are opened on a 24-7 basis; and the hospitals that have a helipad within hospital...
    • Hospital Staff
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time play specialists at Children's Hospital Ireland at Crumlin and Children's Hospital Ireland at Temple Street in each of the years from...
    • Mental Health Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the roll-out of additional telemental health services in 2021. [34957/20]
    • Hospital Equipment
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost, including the necessary staffing, to provide two extra CT scanners for the Children's Health Ireland hospital group. [34958/20]
    • HSE Data
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number and nature of vacant positions in the HSE, by role and sector, and the length of time the position has been held vacant. [34966/20]
    • Healthcare Policy
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to utilize health capacity within the private hospital sector during the next six months. [34967/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      727. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 817 and 818 of 22 September 2020 and Questions Nos. 298 to 300, inclusive of 24 September 2020, the number of the 2,553...
    • Mental Health Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a person seeking the services of the national counselling service by HSE area, in tabular form. [35019/20]
    • Hospital Procedures
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the key performance indicator for non-urgent colonoscopies was changed in the 2020 HSE service plan (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if early learning developmental classes for new babies and mothers may take place in the context of level 5 restrictions (details supplied). [35166/20]
    • Home Help Service
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35180/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend free general practitioner care to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      740. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that agency home carers are experiencing in being tested for Covid-19 as a preventative measure; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the roll out of Jigsaw mental health services in County Tipperary; his views on the continued delays in rolling out the service;...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding agreement between the FSAI and an association (details supplied) for local authorities to carry out veterinary inspections on local abattoirs...
    • General Practitioner Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical card patients and entitlement of general practitioners to charge them for consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35247/20]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for addiction services announced by Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy...
    • Vaccination Programme
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing legislation to cover vaccinations; if so, the circumstances in which it could be required in the public interest; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that recovered from Covid-19; and the number of same that still require additional treatment and support due to the effects of the virus....
    • Health Services Staff
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if registered mental health nurses can apply to be perinatal clinical nurse specialists; if not, the specific skills they need to acquire; and the way in which...
    • Nursing Staff
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses are not being compensated for working on the front line of the health services given most student nurses have been used to fill gaps...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the data behind the decision to close field sports courses under level 5 restrictions; the impact of field sports on the R number; the potential reduction in...
    • Health Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason the application was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35291/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents or staff members that have tested positive for Covid-19 since 1 September 2020; and the number that have died. [35299/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if the same access will be allowed to epidiolex here as in the UK in view of the fact the medication is approved by the European Medicines Board (details...
    • HSE Staff
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of two additional full-time consultant geneticists for the HSE National Rare Disease Office; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health experts that were consulted when the decisions were made on the restrictions that would apply when Ireland moved to level 5 Covid-19...
    • Mental Health Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services that would be available for a person (details supplied) at St. Mary’s day hospital, Thurles over the Christmas period; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the sale of greeting cards by retailers being defined as an essential service; his views on whether the sending of greeting cards is a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting time for patients of the audiology department in Roscommon is 63 weeks; the average waiting time nationwide; the actions he will take to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the evidence his Department has considered regarding the efficacy of pre-departure and arrival testing for overseas passengers travelling in...
    • HSE Data
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of HSE contracts awarded to a company (details supplied); the details of the contracts including cost, purpose, length of term and...
    • Health Services Provision
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons that are on Tysabri infusions every six weeks for multiple sclerosis in St. James’s Hospital...
    • Mental Health Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if cognitive behavioural therapy groups are provided by the HSE to assist persons with mental health challenges [35364/20]
    • Health Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the operation of the group home for persons with disabilities at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is a medical card holder is being charged for a recent hospital surgery through the public health system [35388/20]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that makes up the membership of the working group of drug and alcohol service providers established by his Department to develop a framework...
    • Disability Services Provision
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if a progress report and roadmap will be provided for the way in which he plans to provide the services which he is required to provide under the Disability...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to clear the backlog of children waiting for assessments for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy due to the Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the average turnaround time for contact tracing job applications; and if there is currently a time lag in responding to applications for this role. [35431/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if the purchase of home furniture including bed frames and mattresses is classified as essential retail under the definition included in the list of essential...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      781. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35448/20]
    • Departmental Staff
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Gambling Sector
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tailored Covid-19 support packages have been put in place to compensate on-course bookmakers that maintain stands at race tracks...
    • Hare Coursing
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to a matter (details supplied). [34614/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the assessment by an organisation (details supplied) of the Common Fisheries Policy 2020; his...
    • Agriculture Industry
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the fact that the agri-food sector produces food for more than 40 million persons on its existing carbon...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason horse racing and greyhound racing can continue under level 5 while horse eventing cannot; if this will be revisited to...
    • Livestock Issues
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change to current level 5 restrictions to allow buyers and farmers attend mart rings in order to purchase cattle and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the basic payment scheme, BPS, under which some young trained farmers receive very low payments based on a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date his Department was first informed to check hand sanitisers to determine if they were safe to use; the person or body that...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a delay of up to six months has developed for the processing of pesticide control service, PCS, number applications; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of expert staff involved in issuing pesticides control service, PCS, numbers; if these staff have been working from home...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if some staff from the meat control division of his Department in recent months to assist with the backlog in pesticide control...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Department of Education was advised to stop using certain hand sanitiser products in schools; and if he will make a...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog sellers who have registered with his Department since the introduction of new regulations on the sale or supply of...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to change the reference years for the sheep welfare scheme for the CAP transitionary period; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount of funding that will be allocated to the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the convergence of BPS payments will continue during the CAP transitionary period; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new entrants likely to be permitted into the organics farming scheme; the process that will be used to determine...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline will be extended for the submission of dung samples under the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme –...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an additional period was provided for farmers who failed to meet the 50% female replacement criteria in the Beef Data and Genomics...
    • Forestry Sector
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding forestry planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34706/20]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the case of a person (details supplied). [34710/20]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding a grant for targeted agricultural modernisation...
    • Land Transfers
      808. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue from the legal services division in relation to an issue regarding transfer of freehold title (details...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an extension to deadline for submission of observations for aquaculture licenses in Valentia Harbour and Portmagee...
    • Food Exports
      810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of dairy ingredients exports to Australia in 2019 on a quarterly basis. [34842/20]
    • GLAS Issues
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS appeal submitted to the appeals office in January 2020 by a person (details supplied) will receive a finalised decision;...
    • Fishing Industry
      812. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a grant will be issued to a group (details supplied) under EMFF fisheries local action groups. [34885/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if priority will be given to tree felling applications in forests in which ash dieback has been identified as a problem and trees...
    • Animal Welfare
      814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sections of animal welfare in particular under which the remit of dogs fall. [34927/20]
    • Livestock Issues
      815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if restrictions will be eased on attendances of buyers at marts in view of the recent breakdown in the online bidding system for...
    • Climate Change Policy
      816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if software (details supplied) is available to the public; if so, the way in which it can be acquired; the cost of same; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria sought when filling the role of head of environment within the forestry inspectorate; the qualifications or experience...
    • Forestry Sector
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a strategy statement was submitted by the Forest Service under the Public Service Act 1997 (details supplied); if so, his views on...
    • Fishing Industry
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and women that availed of the Covid-19 tie up payment by each category of the scheme and in absolute and...
    • Beef Industry
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the applications by organisations (details supplied) to become producer organisations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Commonage Land Use
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a refund of a penalty for commonage following an appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2020 basic payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the feasibility study undertaken by his Department in 2019 to determine the feasibility of future once-off targeted schemes for...
    • Farms Data
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the findings of the Teagasc National Farm Survey that 41% of cattle and sheep farms are non-viable farm business...
    • Beef Industry
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide new additional funding to promote a suckler beef brand; the amount of funding he will commit in 2021 for this...
    • Farm Partnerships
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the arbitration process in respect of the Coillte farm partnership scheme; the reason for any delay in this regard; if...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to a previous discussion with him, if correspondence (details supplied) issued to farmers within the catchment area of Louth...
    • Dairy Sector
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the calf welfare scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35390/20]
    • Greyhound Industry
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which funding for Rásíocht Con Éireann will be dependent on welfare standards; the welfare standards that...
    • Departmental Staff
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Services
      833. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if libraries are allowed to operate collection and drop-off services in branches and mobile libraries under level 4 and 5...
    • National Broadband Plan
      834. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points that have went live; the number remaining by county; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Regional Development
      835. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she sees the development of digital hubs as a means of reducing daily commuter traffic; and if she will make a...
    • LEADER Programmes
      836. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the commitment has she given to Leader programme coordinators specifically on the funding shortfall that has been highlighted in...
    • CLÁR Programme
      837. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is in receipt of a CLÁR application from a community group (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the application is being...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      838. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has met formally with the chief executive officer of the Charities Regulator within the past three months; when she will next...
    • LEADER Programmes
      839. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for Leader projects in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34814/20]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      842. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which sections 93 to 98 of the Charities Act 2009 will come into effect. [34843/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      843. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the sections of animal welfare in particular under which the remit of dogs fall. [34926/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      844. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to provide for interim funding for the Leader programme for the period 2021 to 2023. [34940/20]
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      846. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a town and village renewal grant application by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • LEADER Programmes
      847. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the LEADER programme which is due to wind up at the end of 2020 with the next programme not due to start to 2023; her...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      848. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an issue in relation to a local improvement scheme (details supplied) will be clarified. [35012/20]
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      849. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le forbairt ché an Chalaidh Mhóir in Inis Meáin agus an ché in...
    • LEADER Programmes
      850. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be allocated to LEADER projects in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35371/20]
    • CLÁR Programme
      853. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the further rounds of CLÁR funding that are yet to be announced; and when she will be in a position to announce same. [35449/20]
    • Departmental Funding
      854. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application by a community group (details supplied) will be approved. [35450/20]
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      855. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application by an organisation (details supplied) under measure 1 of the outdoor recreation scheme will be examined. [35451/20]
    • Departmental Staff
      856. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by her Department of posts at principal officer, assistant...

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