Written answers
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population
28. To ask the Taoiseach the number of homes which were vacant, occupied by one person and occupied by two persons, respectively in the most recent census; and the distribution of such homes by...
- Departmental Expenditure
29. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [35619/20]
- Departmental Properties
30. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
31. To ask the Taoiseach the quarantine rules that apply to members of the Government and officials on returning from attending events abroad; if all members of delegations returning from such...
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
32. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the assistance that can be offered to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35466/20]
- Commercial Property
33. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he or the IDA has actively worked with a company (details supplied) to find a suitable buyer for its plant in Clarecastle, County...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
35. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the advice provided to the Government by NPHET on the operation of acupuncture services under level 5 restrictions; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
36. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in...
- Programme for Government
37. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the timeline for the proposed universal basic income pilot that was set out in the programme for Government; and if there is further...
- Departmental Properties
38. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project in tabular form. [35502/20]
- National Broadband Plan
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of homes and businesses in each county and city that currently have access to high-speed fibre broadband...
- Departmental Expenditure
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in...
- National Broadband Plan
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national broadband plan will provide a property (details supplied) with service; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Properties
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an...
- Wind Energy Generation
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure that fishing communities are consulted on the development of any offshore wind energy...
- Air Pollution
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific financial resources will be allocated to local authorities to ensure that the ban on smoky coal is monitored...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35455/20]
- Cycling Facilities
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the standard of urban cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34525/20]
- Public Transport
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce the emissions profile of the public transport fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/20]
- Departmental Funding
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project in tabular form. [35503/20]
- Taxi Regulations
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted with taxi drivers on the BusConnects project; if taxis will be permitted to use existing and newly proposed bus lanes...
- Taxi Licences
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the three-month taxi licence suspension introduced in 2020 was important to allow taxi drivers revert to social and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current Covid-19 guidelines for driving instructors and driving testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35562/20]
- Driver Test
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the RSA is contacting persons who have cancelled a driver test as they are not essential workers to offer them new dates for...
- Departmental Expenditure
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
- Road Safety
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a web link to the Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006 as it does not seem to be available on his Department’s...
- Road Network
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of roads funding for local authorities in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35692/20]
- Departmental Properties
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary;...
- Driver Licences
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35742/20]
- Bus Services
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of proper infrastructure along regional and expressway bus routes to accommodate customers...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates
63. To ask the Minister for Finance when the HSE will be in a position to resume issuing primary medical certificates in the context of the disabled drivers tax concession scheme, which was...
- Banking Sector
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to financial institutions refusing to provide bank accounts not including credit facilities to persons previously adjudicated...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps a person must take if he or she imports a vintage car (details supplied) from the UK without a certificate of conformity; and the way in which he or...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has encouraged banks to offer payment breaks for small businesses or on mortgages for those who are out of work due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
- Fossil Fuels
68. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 23 July 2020, the status of the steps taken to date to divest from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a...
- Consumer Protection
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank has ceased to enforce the consumer protection code, as evidenced by the fact that the Central Bank conducted 26 enforcement actions...
- Departmental Expenditure
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [35610/20]
- National Asset Management Agency
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department took to assist a person (details supplied). [35647/20]
- Departmental Properties
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of...
- Pension Provisions
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the no-double-taxation agreement between the UK and the Republic of Ireland regarding pensions after 31 December 2020; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Supports
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects that have received additional funding in order to prepare for Brexit. [35510/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount given to NGOs by Ireland in 2019; the relative percentage of national income and expenditure; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35517/20]
- Departmental Properties
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for each Department, including public bodies, in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and...
- Departmental Expenditure
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will in conjunction with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage devise a new grant scheme in which farmers...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider permitting outdoor court and field sports and activities to resume during level 5 restrictions in order to...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in the publication of the annual report by RTÉ for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Foras na Gaeilge
85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to inform Foras na Gaeilge that the additional funding allocated in budget 2020 should be used to provide a...
- Culture Policy
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the institutions with responsibility for State exhibits which are currently held in storage to consider...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process by which a person is identified as an elite athlete (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the ban on traditional game shooting will be lifted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35690/20]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Game Hunting
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been no change to the open season period for cock pheasant hunting in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if notices, circulars or guidance have issued to Limerick City and County Council on the affordable housing scheme; and if he...
- Home Loan Scheme
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are directly funded the actual cost to the authority of funding and administering the Rebuilding Ireland...
- Social and Affordable Housing
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to launch his new affordable housing plan. [35579/20]
- Housing Policy
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to issue the methodology for the housing needs demand assessment to local authorities as part of the development...
- Departmental Expenditure
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020,...
- Irish Water
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Irish Water’s leakage reduction programme in Dublin city will be accelerated in the coming weeks in circumstances in...
- An Bord Pleanála
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of running An Bord Pleanála for 12 month periods (details supplied); the number of persons employed by the board...
- Social and Affordable Housing
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-examine the current social housing bands with a view to moving County Westmeath to band 2, given the...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of funding awarded to Kildare County Council under LIHAF; the extent to which funds have been spent; if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by his Department to ensure no further demolitions of homes or schools in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank which are funded by...
- Departmental Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35508/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
- Election Monitoring Missions
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a desktop exercise was used in respect of the election observer competition in view of the fact that weeks previously Irish Aid...
- Departmental Properties
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary;...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Funding
115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35535/20]
- Departmental Properties
116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full report on the Indemnity Agreement; the details of the 18 religious congregations that it indemnified; the amount these...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be clarified; the reason distinctions are made; the reason the rate of sick pay or...
- Schools Building Projects
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a proposal to acquire land beside a school (details supplied) will be considered by her Department in view of the serious road safety concerns...
- National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will provide a more detailed and dedicated specification document to agricultural science...
- School Enrolments
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 753 of 3 November 2020, if her attention has been drawn to a school giving enrolment priority to residents...
- European Court of Human Rights
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ex gratia payment scheme pursuant to the 2014 judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the O’Keeffe case and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines issued to teachers and schools on the social distancing requirements in classrooms in primary and post-primary schools; and if she...
- State Examinations
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the publication of the terms of reference of the recently announced independent review of the leaving certificate calculated...
- School Enrolments
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 759 of 3 November 2020, if she will address further queries raised in correspondence. [35572/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form....
- Schools Building Projects
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new primary school building in Charlesland, Greystones, County Wicklow (details supplied); and the stage discussions are at...
- School Accommodation
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to relocate a school (details supplied) to meet its need to expand from its current two classes to have additional classes as the new...
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to put in place a greater number of second level substitute teachers for certain subjects for which there is a shortage...
- School Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a stay will be put for the rest of the academic year on a school (details supplied) due to the loss of a teacher. [35663/20]
- School Transport
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 3 November 2020, the number of those eligible for school transport applicants by county who have not...
- School Accommodation
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the permanent home for a school (details supplied) will be facilitated; the plans ongoing to achieve same; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the funding allocation for her Department for 2021, by project. [35687/20]
- Schools Refurbishment
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected repair works will be carried out on the protected building on the grounds of a school (details supplied) due to the health...
- School Transport
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35695/20]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of arrangements currently in place regarding the right of way issue at a school (details supplied); if her Department is pursuing the...
- Departmental Meetings
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that have taken place between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020 to discuss an issue...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a request from the board of management of a school (details supplied) to facilitate a meeting between the stakeholders...
- Departmental Properties
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the...
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the urgent need for a teacher supply panel in Drogheda and south...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Personal Public Service Numbers
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of applications for PPS numbers at a company (details supplied); his plans to reduce the waiting times on...
- Carer's Allowance
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid in carer’s allowance in each year since 2015; the number of carer’s allowance applications...
- Fuel Allowance
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the fuel allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35550/20]
- Carer's Allowance
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals to carer’s allowance refusals received in each year since 2015; the number of those appeals that...
- Departmental Expenditure
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020,...
- Maternity Benefit
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [35626/20]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of appeals that are won on payments such as pension payments, carer’s allowance and disability and...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) for partial capacity benefit; and if she...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Direct Provision System
161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the provision of a response to the recommendations of the report by a person (details supplied) on direct provision; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has been contacted by any NGO, agency, organisation or charity expressing a concern about an increase or the potential for an...
- Child Protection
165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the number of persons to report a concern about a child to Tusla through its website or other forums has increased in 2020 when compared...
- Departmental Expenditure
166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
- Departmental Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35642/20]
- Departmental Data
168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the various units within his Department; and the number of staff working in each unit in tabular form. [35643/20]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions his Department has taken since he took office to engage with the collaborative forum. [35644/20]
- Departmental Staff
170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of personnel employed within his Department who are working solely within the remit of mother and baby homes. [35645/20]
- Direct Provision System
172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to an incident (details supplied) in a direct provision centre; if he has launched an investigation into...
- Departmental Properties
173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary;...
- Parental Leave
174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/20]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Universal Support Ireland
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/20]
- Courses Accreditation
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational qualifications accruing to graduates of the GMIT Mountbellew bachelor of business in rural enterprise and agribusiness; if this...
- Third Level Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 3 November 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the report (details supplied); if he has read...
- Departmental Funding
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project and initiative. [35501/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his plans to amend the Industrial Training Act 1967 to cover certain areas of activity currently excluded from the development of...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 5 November 2020, the reason a student (details supplied) has been granted financial support from the...
- Departmental Properties
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Leave to Remain
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused permission to remain in the State; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the funding allocation for her Department by project. [35506/20]
- Legislative Programme
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for the implementation of the family courts Bill announced on 30 September 2020; and if she will make a statement...
- Judicial Council
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Judicial Council, with which persons could lodge complaints against members of the Judiciary, as set out in legislation...
- Departmental Expenditure
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020,...
- Leave to Remain
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the monthly number of applications, approvals and refusals for permission to remain since the commencement of the International...
- Garda Investigations
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received a report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the Garda Síochána investigations and...
- Departmental Properties
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the reform of the family...
- Legislative Measures
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration being given to the introduction of laws on parental alienation; if the recommendations of the Oireachtas...
- Department of Health
- Food Safety Authority of Ireland
196. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all offices rented by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; the amount spent renting each location; the number of employees in each office in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision made regarding the operation of acupuncture services under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with an organisation (details...
- Cancer Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests by the...
- Primary Care Centres
201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned primary care centre, Bangor Erris, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35464/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 894 and 895 of 29 September 2020, regarding an increase in suicide and mental health issues during the Covid-19...
- Vaccination Programme
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of influenza vaccines by type ordered in 2019; the number administered in 2019; the stock unused in 2019; the estimates for 2020 in this regard; and...
- Dental Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to decrease waiting times for a service (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35472/20]
- Vaccination Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of the LAIV flu vaccine for winter 2020-21 distributed to date; the current uptake of the vaccine by county; when general practitioners commenced...
- Animal Culls
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been apprised of a mink cull in Denmark linked to a mutated strain of Covid-19 that has apparently been shown to be transmissible to humans; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
207. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1163 of 3 October 2020, if he will allow dance schools to be treated the same as sports clubs and gymnastics classes for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
208. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be assessed. [35541/20]
- Dental Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have left the DTSS for medical card holders; the basis on which they are leaving; the efforts his Department is taking to address...
- Hospital Appointments Status
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35551/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
211. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the interim HSE advice on the return to school and at-risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35574/20]
- Health Services Funding
212. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 21 October 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a union (details supplied) has now stated that...
- Mental Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the sports organisations that have applied for the community mental health fund to date; the number that were successful; the number that were unsuccessful;...
- Departmental Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [35613/20]
- Covid-19 Tests
215. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the sectors of employment that those who test positive for Covid-19 are in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/20]
- Mental Health Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health the sports organisations that have received funding from the HSE national office for suicide to provide suicide or mental health services; the process for...
- Dental Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a dental appointment in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [35648/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
222. To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement of Covid-19-related costs will be forthcoming to disability service providers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Health if all documentation relating to the investigation into a series of outbreaks of Covid-19 in meat processing plants in Ireland will be published, as referred...
- Hospital Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public patients in County Waterford are directed to Cork and Dublin at great personal discomfort and cost while bypassing a newly opened service...
- Primary Care Centres
225. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeline for the delivery of a primary care centre in Finglas, Dublin 11, which was first promised over eight years ago; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service
226. To ask the Minister for Health when home help provision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35675/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
227. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [35681/20]
- Hospital Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet the significant shortage of doctors at Naas General Hospital in the short term with particular reference to quickly addressing deficiencies...
- Medical Cards
229. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of a drug (details supplied) will be covered under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35689/20]
- Ambulance Service
230. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the right of ambulance personnel to join and be represented by a union of their choice; the status of the dispute between the HSE and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
231. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to outbreaks of Covid-19 in University Hospital Limerick and Naas General Hospital; and his plans to implement a standardised...
- Hospital Appointments Status
232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/20]
- Departmental Properties
233. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
234. To ask the Minister for Health if reflexology treatments can continue during level 5 restrictions; and if not, the rationale for the restriction on these services [35725/20]
- Hospital Facilities
237. To ask the Minister for Health if a record of meetings the HSE held on plans to build a private hospital in an area (details supplied), including dates and attendees, will be provided; and...
- Departmental Budgets
239. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the disabilities sector budget; the percentage of the budget that will be allocated specifically to transport for service users within the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
240. To ask the Minister for Health if persons are allowed to bring an accompanying person with them to accident and emergency departments under levels 4 and 5 restrictions. [35750/20]
- Maternity Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of water births as part of the home birth service is currently being facilitated; if the practice is under review; if a specific incident is...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
242. To ask the Minister for Health if craniosacral therapists are classified as essential health workers; and the rationale on which this assessment was made. [35752/20]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the educational qualifications necessary to be eligible to take up a position as a technical agricultural officer; and if he will...
- Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to issues with the online application system for the BEEP (details supplied); the steps being taken...
- Animal Culls
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a mink cull in Denmark linked to a mutated strain of Covid-19 that has been shown to be...
- Beef Industry
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the PGI application concerning Northern Ireland; the engagements he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland;...
- Animal Diseases
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the financial assistance scheme for avian influenza outbreaks of the H6N1 subtype in poultry flocks in...
- Departmental Expenditure
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in...
- Departmental Funding
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35664/20]
- Brexit Supports
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current contingency measures in place for farmers and the agrifood sector in the event of a no-deal Brexit; the financial...
- Agriculture Industry
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the revitalisation of the indigenous wool sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35668/20]
- Fishing Industry
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the issue of oyster fishermen and the new schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35693/20]
- Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a beef environmental efficiency programme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Properties
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish...
- Hare Coursing
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35731/20]
- Animal Diseases
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on all outstanding issues with compensation and wildlife measures in respect of the tuberculosis strategy; and if he...
- Fishing Industry
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and fisherwomen who availed of South and South West Fisheries Local Action Groups by each category of the...
- Inshore Fisheries
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which information on the scale and amounts of inshore fishing is gathered and collated; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and fisherwomen who are members of existing producer organisations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inshore Fisheries
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on implementing prohibitions on vessel and net sizes for inshore fishing rather than a blanket ban on pair trawling; and if...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the commitment to bring forward an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back...
- Departmental Expenditure
265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in...
- Farmers Markets
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding or grant assistance available to a business (details supplied); when the social enterprise fund will next be open for...
- Departmental Properties
267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish...
