Written answers

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if permission will be granted to an association (details supplied) to apply for membership to a body. [36609/20]
    • Overseas Missions
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of Ireland’s participation in Operation IRINI. [36626/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the expected additional cost implications arising from...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on direct entry candidates to the Defence Forces. [36725/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to address the retention crisis in the Defence Forces. [36592/20]
    • White Papers
      56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the White Paper on Defence. [36628/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military personnel serving abroad at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36562/20]
    • Naval Service
      59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on claims that his Department has put pressure on Naval Service vessels to deploy despite safety concerns over staffing shortages; and...
    • Budget 2021
      61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated allocation for defence in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36624/20]
    • Departmental Bodies
      62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the institute for peace support and leadership training. [36620/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve retention and recruitment in the Defence Forces. [36586/20]
    • Defence Forces Data
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of discharges currently pending in the Army, the Naval Service, the Air Corps and the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish the necessary process to ensure that all members of the Defence Forces have access to a full and documented medical...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36565/20]
    • Departmental Bodies
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the work of the Defence Enterprise Committee. [36625/20]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the developments that have taken place since the completion of the Reserve Defence Force skills survey; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to expand the cybersecurity capacity of the Defence Forces; the engagement of the Defence Forces with the National Cyber Security...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has met with the representative organisations of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36622/20]
    • Naval Service
      77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role of the Naval Service in fisheries protection. [36629/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if personnel in full-time induction training can now be deployed on military service; and if they will now be paid the military service...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the activities of Ireland under PESCO since its implementation. [36610/20]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress in acquiring a strategic airlift capability, particularly in view of recent difficulties and delays on UN rotations; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Brexit Preparations
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether his Department is fully prepared for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36655/20]
    • EU Funding
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the role of managing authorities for the 2021-27 European regional development funds operational programmes; when the Crowe...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure on health, social welfare and education as a share of GNI* for 2019 and 2020; the estimate for 2021; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department have spent on the use of recruitment agencies for the years...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding for health capital projects will be made available in the context of a capacity deficit following from the...
    • Office of Public Works
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of office properties owned or rented by the OPW outside of Dublin; the number of civil servants these offices can...
    • Public Sector Pay
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when austerity cuts to public health sector pay will be restored; when pay inequality within healthcare professions will be resolved;...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [36169/20]
    • State Properties
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is conducting a review of State-owned or rented office space in Dublin to determine if there is a current or projected...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that public spending continues to proceed as anticipated notwithstanding the impact of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood relief measures for Carlingford, Greenore, County Louth; and the progress to date. [36705/20]
    • Office of Public Works
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPW’s plans and timeline for the Kill of the Grange and Dalkey Garda stations. [36728/20]
    • Public Sector Pay
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform the pay scale for students working on placements in the public service, particularly those in the healthcare sector....
    • EU Funding
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding committed to date for the INTERREG and PEACE plus programmes post 2020; the level of funding to be provided by the Irish and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason members of the Defence Forces who retire after 2012 and who take up subsequent State employment have an abatement on their...
    • EU Directives
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent proposals for an EU directive (details supplied) which includes the call for an action plan to promote...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the cost-benefit analysis for flood relief works to incorporate turlough flooding; and if he will make a statement...
    • Coastal Erosion
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met with Fingal County Council to address the issue of coastal erosion in Portrane, County Dublin; if funding has been...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for the River Slaney, Enniscorthy town, County Wexford; and when the scheme will be formally...
    • Office of Public Works
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status and completion date for construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station and the reopening of Bawnboy Garda station...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is prudent to consider a programme for decentralisation for Departments in view of changes to working...
    • Office of Public Works
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the analysis undertaken by his Department to establish the capacity of the OPW to undertake the functions and remit of the Land...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the progression of the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36467/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals to honour the Labour Court recommendation on the provision of an occupational pension for community employment...
    • Office of Public Works
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress report on the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of reforms currently in course or anticipated with a view to the maximisation of reforms as a vehicle to achieve...
    • Employment Rights
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement a right to disconnect policy across the public services given the increased incidence of remote working; and if he...
    • National Development Plan
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a review of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36593/20]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if further consideration has been given to the proposal to ring-fence seized moneys and redistribute to drug prevention programmes; and...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the analysis his Department has carried out into the expected additional cost implications to the Exchequer as a result of our role in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he anticipates civil servants returning to their places of work on a more regular basis; if his Department has begun work on...
    • Departmental Functions
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the special unit in his Department on preventative policy delivery has taken to date; and if it has a programme of work and a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to give teachers pay equality and to end the two-tiered wage system. [36588/20]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Shared Island Unit
      140. To ask the Taoiseach the role envisaged for civic society engagement as part of the shared island unit. [36427/20]
    • Economic Policy
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the proposed national economic plan; and when it will be published. [36729/20]
    • Budget 2021
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to increased...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      144. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or an agency operating under his Department has encountered expenditure in respect of hand sanitisation products or other PPE products that were...
    • Climate Action Plan
      145. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board that have taken place to date in 2020; and the number scheduled for the remainder of 2020. [36072/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      146. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department leases additional office space outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and if so, the details of the lease including the...
    • Office of the Attorney General
      147. To ask the Taoiseach if a detailed breakdown will be provided of all trips taken by the Attorney General outside the State since June 2017; the itineraries and details of those who...
    • Official Travel
      148. To ask the Taoiseach the travelling party that went to Washington DC for St. Patrick’s Day in 2019; if the Government was asked to provide a list of persons to be accredited to attend...
    • US Presidential Election
      150. To ask the Taoiseach if he will invite the US President-elect, Mr. Joe Biden, to address the joint Houses of the Oireachtas. [36370/20]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      151. To ask the Taoiseach if the statement of strategy of his Department will be provided. [36802/20]
    • Data Protection
      152. To ask the Taoiseach the number of subject access requests his Department has received annually in relation to the report of the interdepartmental committee to establish the facts of State...
    • Departmental Budgets
      153. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if forecasting is...
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      154. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the implementation of Action 1.14 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to increase the minimum wage...
    • Legislative Measures
      155. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the implementation of Action 1.15 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to bring forward legislation...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      156. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his Department has provided guidelines to retailers operating under level 5 restrictions as to clothing items that can be sold on...
    • Budget 2021
      157. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under Budget 2021 in order that services...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      158. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the guidelines regarding click and collect for retailers; if a customer who orders online can pay using contactless collection at the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      159. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the restart plus grant is being paid; the number of applications received and approved to date; if there are delays in allocating...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the start-up funding available for new businesses; the details and descriptions of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      161. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the restart grant application scheme for rateable businesses will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by his Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      163. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if Tipperary County Council will be allocated additional funding in order to issue the 30% grant to business start-ups in view of the...
    • Retail Sector
      164. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the steps being taken to counteract the dominance of a company (details supplied) to support the setting up of an Irish platform to...
    • Data Centres
      165. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of data centres by county; and the average monthly and yearly power usage in tabular form. [36680/20]
    • Trade Missions
      166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No.167 of 10 November 2020, if he will provide the full costs including a detailed breakdown of...
    • Departmental Budgets
      167. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a company (details supplied) in County Kerry has been successful in receiving grant aid from Enterprise Ireland under...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      169. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the decision to categorise greeting cards as non-essential services in the level 5 Covid-19 lockdown will be reversed (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      170. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the assistance, particularly financial supports, in place aside from the voluntary code of conduct between landlords and tenants for...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electricity Generation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the operation of Moneypoint power station beyond the proposed closure date of 2025 to...
    • Waste Management
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will receive an allowance to cover the additional costs of waste disposal incurred due...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order...
    • Energy Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projections for gas imports in the next decade; the main source of gas imported here; if the use of indigenous...
    • Climate Change Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the targets set to ensure the national 2050 climate objective as set out in the climate action Bill is being achieved;...
    • Post Office Network
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on the queries raised; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; when further details will be announced regarding the phasing and locations...
    • Postal Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement a simple process for residents to change incorrect address details relating to their Eircode; and...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes on the waiting list in counties Longford and Westmeath for the better energy warmer homes scheme....
    • National Broadband Plan
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the requirement to have an Eircode for broadband installation can be removed temporarily to allow those awaiting an...
    • Environmental Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities have protocols in place for dealing with oil spills; if so, the local authorities concerned; and...
    • Broadband Service Charges
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding engagement with Internet providers in respect of the cessation of the application of excess...
    • National Broadband Plan
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when properties (details supplied) will be able to avail of efibre broadband. [36850/20]
    • Departmental Budgets
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when...
    • Communications Market Regulation
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of legislation to provide significant additional powers (details supplied) to ComReg in...
    • Energy Efficiency
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the income limit will be increased to allow for more home energy efficiency upgrades in low-income households using...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appointment for a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licences
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full and learner driver licences surrendered following conviction for a driving offence in 2019 and to date in 2020; and...
    • Greenways Provision
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the purpose of recently announced funding (details supplied); the locations within County Mayo in which the funding will be used; the...
    • Driver Test
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a truck licence test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36878/20]
    • Road Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a couple (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment that is due to them; the reason for the delay in payment being made;...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which air and sea rescue aircraft and vessels quality and safety checks are done on a regular basis with a view to keeping...
    • Driver Test
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to resolve the situation in which the RSA will not allow fully licensed accompanying drivers of learners to their tests to wait...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the restriction of travel to and from Denmark due to the Covid-19 developments there; and if he will make a...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 360 of 3 November 2020 and 74 of 5 November 2020, the nature of the work which will be conducted...
    • Driver Licences
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is another option for vulnerable persons turning 70 years of age to renew their licences if they are not deemed eligible for a...
    • Aviation Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of implementation of each recommendation made by the aviation task force in its final report on 10 July 2020; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increase in funding for the additional personnel and resources needed in local authorities to drive the school streets initiative;...
    • Taxi Regulations
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider waiving and refunding the annual cost of taxi registration during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend all driver licences due for renewal that cannot be extended online during the current stage of the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Railway Stations
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the big lift upgrade initiative of Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/20]
    • Budget 2021
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by his Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that services...
    • Road Signage
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if temporary multi-coloured crossings are allowed on public roads under the Roads Act 1961; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers on each LocalLink route in County Wicklow in each week for the past year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Light Rail Projects
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to engage with residents (details supplied) in County Dublin that are being impacted by night-time work on...
    • Greenways Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of completion for the outstanding section of the Grand Canal greenway from Aylmer Bridge to the 12th lock in Lucan, County...
    • Bus Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the LocalLink service in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if an extension of this service is planned in the Shercock, County...
    • Driver Test
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the plan submitted to his Department on reducing the waiting list for driver tests to ten weeks will be published. [36423/20]
    • Taxi Regulations
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the rules compelling taxi drivers to replace their cars after ten years in view of the crisis facing the sector due to...
    • Light Rail Projects
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received and or read a document from a group (details supplied); if he or officials in the NTA have considered other proposals...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the senior cross-Departmental technical working group will report back to him with a plan to establish approved Covid-19 tests for...
    • Driver Test
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory tests can get back up and running; if extra staff will be recruited to clear the backlog; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to refund or make concessions for vehicles that are off the road due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns. [36481/20]
    • Greenways Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any local authority from Dublin applied for greenway funding in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36491/20]
    • Airport Policy
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of additional funding Dublin Airport has received to date in 2020, further to funding announced for airports in November 2020;...
    • Road Safety Authority
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process used by the Road Safety Authority for checking tachographs; and the way in which they are checked. [36513/20]
    • Rail Network
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of 41 rail cars due to be rolled out in 2022; if the process of calibration has commenced in respect of the rail cars; and the...
    • Driver Test
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being implemented to shorten the waiting times for learner drivers sitting their driver tests; if he will review the current...
    • Road Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Transport Infrastructure Ireland to install a turning lane on the N68 road at Kilmorane, Ennis, County Clare in...
    • Bus Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority will accept the business case made for a public bus service in Ennis, County...
    • Driver Test
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will be instructed to clear the backlog for driver tests and long wait times for the National Driver Licence Service,...
    • Road Projects
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding requested by Donegal County Council will be provided to upgrade the Portsalon to Fanad Head Road via Doaghbeg (details...
    • Driver Test
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if more personnel will be provided to deal with the backlog of driver tests in County Carlow (details supplied). [36748/20]
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 10 November, the way in which Shannon Airport Authority collates information on the transit...
    • Brexit Issues
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with all stakeholders to avoid post-Brexit disruption on the UK transit route by helping to establish a direct ferry...
    • Road Tolls
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to place a toll on the northern ring road in Cork. [36807/20]
    • Motor Tax
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appeals process for appeals of motor tax arrears; the responsibilities of the office of Motor Tax and its Principal Officer in terms...
    • Driver Test
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions put in place to cover the backlog in driver theory tests; and if they can be moved to an online forum. [36843/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the rebate that previously existed for companies switching to electric vehicles will be restored; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Budgets
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • Road Projects
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for a section of roadway on the R502 between Templemore and Templetuohy, at Lisdaleen, Templetuohy,...
    • Bus Services
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of public transport in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if companies that report to him such as the Irish Aviation Authority, have a compulsory retirement age of 65 years of age; if not, if...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority is considered a semi-State body as it reports to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Light Rail Projects
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36966/20]
    • Road Safety Authority
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocols he has in place with the RSA to ensure a speedy reply to questions referred on by him for direct reply; the reason this...
    • Bus Services
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an additional bus service will be provided to travel early in the morning and return late at night from Kenmare to Killarney, County...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that TII is reported to have turned off public lights on national roads in order to meet its 20% reduction in...
    • Road Network
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to examine the public lighting and barriers in place on the junction of the M17-M18 at Rathmorrissy, Athenry,...
    • National Development Plan
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review and renew of the national development plan relating to the way in which consideration will be given to a high speed rail...
    • Road Tolls
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to tolls for taxis on a motorway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37082/20]
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36194/20]
    • Mortgage Lending
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had an engagement with the Central Bank regarding the deposit ratio to secure a mortgage which for many persons is the biggest hurdle to home...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be adjusted to include business sectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36307/20]
    • Tax Reliefs
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief subsidy that parents can avail of if they use a registered childminder. [36536/20]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance when assessments for primary medical certificates will recommence at a health centre (details supplied) in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Budget 2021
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms that availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme that the authorities are currently investigating to ensure they fulfil the criteria for...
    • Mortgage Lending
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can intervene with banks that are refusing mortgages to workers whose employers are in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of relief a person will receive from the new e-working tax relief; the level of expenditure on heating, electricity, broadband and other vouched...
    • Budget 2021
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by his Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately...
    • Banking Sector
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the arrangements under the relationship framework in respect of the relationship between him and a bank (details supplied) in view of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value in cash terms of the support availed of by a company (details supplied) under the temporary wage subsidy scheme; his views on whether this was...
    • Mortgage Lending
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the policy of banks requesting mortgage applicants to confirm whether their employer is seeking State Covid assistance through the employment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for changes to the stay and spend scheme given the level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36761/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lift restrictions on accessing approved minimum retirement funds for persons with limited retirement income; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to consider separated or divorced persons that have previously owned a share in a property but satisfy all other qualify criteria as first-time...
    • Mortgage Lending
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of borrowers that have applied on a case-by-case basis to their lenders to secure relief on their mortgage obligations since the mortgage payment...
    • Budget 2021
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact amount of ring-fenced funding across all relevant Departments to be provided to domestic violence services in budget 2021; and the additional...
    • Departmental Budgets
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if...
    • Tax Credits
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost if the guide dog allowance increased to €950; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36955/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make changes to the TWSS and EWSS to allow persons over 70 years of age and still working to be in receipt of same (details supplied). [37005/20]
    • Banking Sector
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received a copy of the terms of reference for the strategic review being undertaken by a bank (details supplied); and if so, if he will...
    • EU Budgets
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Ireland’s position on the indicative roadmap on the introduction of new EU own resources over the 2021 to 2027 period agreed by the EU on...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to increase the VRT refund available to disabled drivers, given the recent increases in VRT in budget 2021; and if he will...
    • Insurance Costs
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative steps planned to tackle the ongoing high cost of insurance, especially motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36698/20]
    • Motor Insurance
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the recommendations made in the report of the working group on reducing the cost of motor insurance; the number of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Contracts
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and if so, the details of the leases, including the...
    • EU Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the various EU funds available for cross-Border purposes; and the way in which they are and will be structured and managed pre Brexit...
    • Data Protection Commissioner
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of planned works at the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Portarlington, County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Budget 2021
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of recruiting five additional full-time higher category specialists at the grade of higher executive officer for the...
    • Pension Provisions
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recent increases have been made to the pensions of those who retired at the top of the assistant principal scale; if the FEMPI cuts...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a list of Departments, commercial and non-commercial State bodies and private entities that are subsidised by 50% or more with public...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the statutory public consultation period was conducted in relation to the flood relief scheme for the River Slaney, Enniscorthy...
    • Brexit Issues
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the core priorities of his Department with regard to the ongoing challenges presented by Brexit for County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties which are vacant and are either owned or being rented by the Office of Public Works by county; the amount of rent paid to...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood attenuation lake in Blackpool, County Cork; and the precise location for same. [36882/20]
    • Departmental Budgets
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • EU Funding
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds made available to Ireland by region, under the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF 2014-2020 Operational Programme; the...
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate measures have been taken in respect of public expenditure and reform to withstand...
    • Departmental Strategies
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of reforms he has in mind to streamline the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of all Departments and bodies under their...
    • Departmental Priorities
      315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of public expenditure and reform which he has identified as being most in need of specific attention for the future; and if he...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects further reform to play a meaningful role in ensuring prudent expenditure and good value for money in the...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified a reliable basis for wage agreements in both the public and private sectors in the future; and if...
    • Public Sector Staff
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can facilitate recruitment throughout the public sector with particular reference to essential...
    • Banking Sector Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a bank (details supplied) has been awarded State contracts in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for not allowing children's swimming lessons under level 3 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €2 million allocation for capital expenditure for TG4 was spent in 2020; and if she will make a...
    • Budget 2021
      324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services...
    • Sport Ireland
      326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Fingal County Council did not receive direct funding through the €85 million allocated by Sport Ireland to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a meeting will be arranged with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36319/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider reviewing the national framework for living with Covid-19 level 5 restrictions to allow for pools and gyms to...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the new round of sports capital funding will be announced. [36357/20]
    • Budget 2021
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocation for her Department by project for 2021. [36431/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid-19 support scheme and Arts Council funding; if she will put in place...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider reviewing the national framework for living with Covid-19 level 3 restrictions to allow for swimming lessons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 3 November 2020, if the Irish tradeshow and exhibition sector will qualify for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to allowing indoor training for small pods once level 5 restrictions are lifted for pastimes such...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if UK-licensed television broadcasters that sell advertising aimed at the Irish market on an opt-out basis will be entitled to...
    • Census of Population
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider bringing forward the date for publication of the 1926 census from 2026 to 2021 in view of the fact this would...
    • Departmental Bodies
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the notice seeking nominations to fill the four vacancies on the board of Screen Ireland was posted three days before...
    • Heritage Sites
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to support sites (details supplied) beyond 31 December 2020 from a tourism-related perspective; and if...
    • Departmental Budgets
      343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department's annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of eligible businesses and the number of applications in process and completed to Fáilte Ireland's Covid-19...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the protocol her Department has in place with Fáilte Ireland to ensure parliamentary questions she refers to it for detailed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      346. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the inclusion of children's swimming lessons as a sport or activity allowed under level 3 Covid-19...
    • Legislative Programme
      347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to bring the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019 to Committee Stage; if she plans to amend its provisions in a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a report in relation to indoor sport during level 3 restrictions (details supplied); and when she will issue a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if time limits will be put on the processing of mortgage to rent applications by financial institutions to prevent further...
    • Rights of Way
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the latest date by which old non-registered rights of way have to be registered with the Property...
    • Budget 2021
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that...
    • Lease Agreements
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 10 September 2020, the number of housing units leased in 2019 and to date in 2020,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a value for money evaluation has been carried out with respect to leasing of social housing; if so, if he will publish...
    • Local Government Fund
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Galway County Council receives one of the lowest revenue allocations; if the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the ongoing review of income eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority area will be complete; the...
    • Housing Policy
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review on co-living; and when he plans to publish the review. [36245/20]
    • Commercial Rates
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are circumstances in which the commercial rates waiver up to the 31 December 2020 can still be availed of when a...
    • Fire Safety
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has taken action or entered into correspondence regarding the withdrawal of fire test reports for insulation...
    • Legislative Programme
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing and Planning Development Bill 2019 is proceeding as part of the legislative agenda; if so, the proposed...
    • Vacant Properties
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant housing units in the possession of Dublin City Council. [36334/20]
    • Commercial Rates
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to waive commercial rates for the first quarter of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/20]
    • Building Regulations
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme to incentivise businesses to provide an accessible toilet for use by the public; and if he will...
    • Sporting Rights
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the pheasant shooting season in view of the delay caused by the introduction of level 5 restrictions; and if...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rent inspections that took place in County Kildare in 2019 and to date in 2020; if the same data as a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring forward notification from his Department to county councils regarding the amount of grants payable to them;...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a family in receipt of rent allowance for a period greater than 18 months and are forced into homelessness and require...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a funding application to develop the northern port access route in Drogheda, County Louth; the...
    • Planning Guidelines
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if published planning exemption guidelines for agricultural storage sheds will be reviewed or removed given instances of...
    • Thatching Grants
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for the maintenance and repair of thatched roofs in owner occupied houses; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units acquired for the homeless by local authorities or by other agencies classified by wet and dry in each town...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of shared ownership housing arrangements that remain in place by local authority; the number of such arrangements...
    • Local Authority Functions
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for town status to be bestowed on a high population catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for a collaborative town centre health check for Drogheda, County Louth; his views on whether such...
    • Planning Guidelines
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning guidelines permit for planning permission applications to be considered on economic grounds; and if he will make a...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage contribution homeowners availing of the pyrite remediation scheme have had to make towards the full cost of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial supports he will provide to Donegal County Council to assist it to make the estimated 1,000 homes in its housing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Kerry County Council does not have a general housing acquisition programme for 2020 (details supplied); and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date he plans to make an official announcement and launch of an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Land Development Agency
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of establishing a land development agency in Cork city; the number of staff to be assigned; the specific...
    • Departmental Budgets
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, at the proposed end of the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions on 1 December 2020 and-or when the ban on the...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses accessed annually for accessibility for disabled persons. [36932/20]
    • National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanisms in place for assessing the effectiveness of the National Housing Strategy for Persons with a Disability 2011;...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing supports available for disabled persons that do not qualify for social housing supports. [36935/20]
    • Local Authority Housing
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out refurbishment works on Canon Mooney Gardens, Ringsend, Dublin 4. [36961/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the policy of all local authorities in relation to persons on their social housing waiting lists is to remove them from...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a report made regarding the case and the general issue of the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will cover income losses incurred by Clare County Council as a result of the Cliffs of Moher site being...
    • Legislative Programme
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in preparing the planning and development (amendment) Bill which is on the legislative priority list...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing EU Commission and European Court of Justice legal action against the State for breaches of the urban...
    • An Bord Pleanála
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if An Bord Pleanála maintains electronic copies of some or all of its files for internal use; if An Bord Pleanála...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role that HIQA plays or could play in evaluating the adherence of homeless facilities, including privately run facilities,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will bring the 2013 agreement between Ireland and the UK establishing a single maritime boundary between the exclusive economic zones...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to support the diversity and gender balance on the committee that oversees the UN Convention on the Rights of...
    • EU Bodies
      411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the European Court of Auditors report which advocates for an overhaul of the way in which the EU recruits to the EU Civil...
    • Budget 2021
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by his Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that services can...
    • Shared Island Unit
      413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will match funding opportunities between the public and private sector to support civic engagement as part of the shared island unit...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to implement strategies that will protect persons in Nagorno-Karabakh. [36511/20]
    • Departmental Budgets
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Lekki massacre in Lagos, Nigeria in which members of the Nigerian armed forces opened fire on peaceful End SARS...
  • Department of Defence
    • Budget 2021
      419. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      421. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of projects outlined in the White Paper on Defence 2015 categorised as under way, not yet commenced, completed, paused and closed to...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      422. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of planned and completed recruitment competitions for the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Army Reserve from 2017 to 2020, in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      423. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the unspent allocation under Vote 35 and unspent under Vote 36 from 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      425. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel on career breaks in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      426. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the property or installations that have been sold by his Department since 2017; the amount raised; the purpose for which the amount was used;...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      427. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel due for retirement in 2020, by the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      428. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times he has met with unions (details supplied) since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36207/20]
    • Budget 2021
      429. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by his Department to domestic violence services in Budget 2021 in order that services can...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      430. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding being allocated for the upgrade of facilities for personnel in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Budgets
      432. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      433. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time Defence Forces personnel that have died while in service from 1 January 2000 to date in 2020; the section the person...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      434. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps taken to date or pending to ensure that the strength of the Defence Forces is restored to optimum levels; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      435. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which health and safety checks are carried out on a regular basis throughout the Defence Forces in respect of all equipment; and...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      436. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions to be filled throughout the Defence Forces; the number likely to arise over the next year; if all positions...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      437. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military personnel currently serving overseas; the extent of any requirements for further deployment in the future; and if he will...
    • Air Corps
      439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Air Corps personnel continue to be trained and have their training upgraded in line with best practice throughout the EU;...
    • Defence Forces Training
      441. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Army personnel continue to be trained and have their training upgraded in line with best practice throughout the EU; and if...
    • Air Corps
      442. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Air Corps navigation charts have been upgraded to ensure accuracy and reliability and prevent accidents; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      443. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Forces, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the extent to which their upgraded training has continued...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      444. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent of the required upgrading of equipment including vehicles, aircraft and sea-going vessels as currently identified; the extent of the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      446. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which gender balance is being achieved throughout the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      448. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the global positioning systems, GPS, used by the Defence Forces are modern, accurate and updated; and if he will make a...
    • Military Aircraft
      449. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of aircraft purchased in 2020; the cost for each aircraft; the purpose of each new aircraft; the persons or body that operates them;...
    • Air Corps
      450. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional provisions being given to the Air Corps to deal with additional demands from the HSE, in particular the demand for emergency...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a bus ticket will issue to a person (details supplied) who has made an application for a school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement...
    • State Examinations
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the time when leaving certificate exams were postponed and students were informed that they would be awarded...
    • Budget 2021
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond...
    • State Examinations
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the third round of the appeals process for 2020 leaving certificate grades to be complete; the progress of the appeals process...
    • DEIS Scheme
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the planned investment of €5 million for DEIS schools will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has not committed to extending the planned class size reductions in DEIS band one junior and vertical schools; and if she will...
    • School Catchment Areas
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Honey Park, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, is excluded from the catchment area of school patronage for Blackrock, Booterstown and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding live streaming classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36183/20]
    • School Transport
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on overcrowding on school buses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36191/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36197/20]
    • School Enrolments
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be assigned a school place. [36210/20]
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36222/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fogging is being used as a solution to Covid-19 in schools, notwithstanding the WHO advice against this; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider incorporating the yellow flag programme into the national education policy (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • DEIS Scheme
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will allocate additional funding to DEIS band one primary schools in recognition of the additional burden the schools have to deliver...
    • Special Educational Needs
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain assistive technology equipment to complete their education; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school in south County Tipperary which has advised parents that students are to bring in an...
    • School Inspections
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of visits to schools that have been undertaken by her Department’s inspectorate in each week since schools reopened by county...
    • School Enrolments
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the available 2021 first year places per secondary school in the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area in comparison to numbers of first-year...
    • Special Educational Needs
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to expand reading schools across the country for children with severe dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2021
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by her Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that services can...
    • Schools Building Projects
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the promised redevelopment of a school (details supplied); the investment committed for same to date; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of mechanical ventilation for schools in view of Covid-19, current ventilation guidelines...
    • School Enrolments
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places will be provided at a school (details supplied) in view of the demand for first year places for the 2021/2022 academic year;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new build for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36419/20]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a school in areas (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new build for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36421/20]
    • School Transport
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remote area grant for the 2019-20 school year will be paid to a pupil (details supplied); the reason for the delay with same; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the framework to maintain physical distancing in the classroom in post-primary schools with a full return of all students for the 2020-21...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 790 to 792, inclusive, of 3 November 2020, if she will direct that a compulsory purchase order be used on...
    • School Accommodation
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 790 to 792, inclusive, of 3 November 2020, the length of time students in Swords, County Dublin, will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are instances around Ireland in which land has been zoned for schools for which the need exists but building has not yet begun; the...
    • School Accommodation
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools conducting classes in temporary prefab accommodation; the length of time that such prefabs have been in use; the locations...
    • School Enrolments
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school places available in the Greystones municipal district area, County Wicklow, by school in tabular form; and if she...
    • School Transport
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport for a school (details supplied) has been further increased to allow for the safe transportation of physically very...
    • State Examinations
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student forfeits their right to sit a written leaving certificate 2020 exam in cases in which they are unwell and cannot attend the exam....
    • School Accommodation
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the Louth Meath Education and Training Board to provide immediate comprehensive support to an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the tender preparation of a project (details supplied). [36530/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools that were using leisure centres for physical education spaces prior to level 5 restrictions will be permitted to use said resources at...
    • Legislative Measures
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that have been implemented to date; the sections that have not;...
    • School Transport
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence to parents by a company (details supplied) in relation to school transport will be examined. [36649/20]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Caranua; the transitional arrangements in place to deal with all outstanding applications when Caranua closes at the end of 2020;...
    • Interdepartmental Committees
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the interdepartmental committee examining the future needs of survivors; the membership of the committee; the details of the...
    • Child Abuse
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the activities of the survivor led consultation group which address matters relating to survivors of institutional abuse following...
    • School Enrolments
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address school capacity issues in the Bandon area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36685/20]
    • School Closures
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a proposal to close schools early on 18 December 2020 to allow for a full week of reduced movements for...
    • School Accommodation
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application under the schools capital appraisal scheme by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been refused; if the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reading schools will be affected by the findings in the NCSE report; if so, the way in which children with severe dyslexia below 10th...
    • School Transport
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 13 October 2020, when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2019 financial statements and annual report of Caranua will be published; the reason for the delay in their publication; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus transport refund for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36775/20]
    • School Staff
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce an occupational injury scheme for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36820/20]
    • Teacher Training
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will bring forward a scheme for continuous professional development for teachers particularly for teachers involved in special education;...
    • Departmental Staff
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and special needs assistants employed by her Department by county in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [36829/20]
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and special needs assistants employed under the home tuition scheme for children and young persons in 2018, 2019 and 2020,...
    • School Staff
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for hiring the additional 2,100 teachers and special needs assistants as announced in October 2020; and the number of teachers and...
    • School Accommodation
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application under the schools capital appraisal scheme (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been refused; if this decision can be...
    • School Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 5 November 2020, if the eligibility for full incremental credit will be re-examined for a person...
    • School Transport
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport for a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36844/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing an extension in one phase to a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; the likely timeframe for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow swimming lessons to recommence under level three Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36895/20]
    • Departmental Budgets
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an extension for a school (details supplied); the stage the plans are at; when the works will commence; and if...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for primary school children awaiting to be assigned PPS numbers in cases in which it is mandatory for enrolment; and if...
    • European Court of Human Rights
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 11 November 2020, the persons undertaking the review of the ex-gratia scheme established on foot of...
    • Online Safety
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Action Plan for Online Safety that outlines the objectives that were achieved and the way outstanding objectives will be...
    • School Accommodation
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary school places available by school in each local electoral area in County Wexford in tabular form. [37019/20]
    • Health Promotion
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ERSI/HSE report Talking about Sex and Sexual Behaviour of Young People in Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 10 November 2020, the number of the 195 appeals made to the Primary Appeals Board that cited the...
    • State Examinations
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redress or opportunity for a review for a student (details supplied) whose leaving certificate marks were significantly downgraded by the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Legislative Programme
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 governing deaths abroad will be commenced; and if she will...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for PPS number applicants pre-Covid-19; and the new processing times since the pandemic began. [36979/20]
    • Domestic Violence Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under Budget 2021 in order that...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the backlog of PPSN applications will be cleared and the turnaround time reduced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Allowance
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the fuel allowance given their health circumstances; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes (1 comment)
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that changes introduced in 2016 in relation to length of service on community...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36214/20]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 866 and 867 of 3 November 2020, the details of the way in which the arrears sum was...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPSN will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36231/20]
    • Disability Allowance
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a social welfare payment will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the claim will be expedited. [36232/20]
    • Data Protection
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the 374 data breaches identified by her Department in 2019. [36249/20]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person registered as homeless can apply for a social welfare payment without a fixed address; the steps...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a self-employed recipient of the pandemic unemployment payment, such as a taxi driver, can work and continue to receive...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees of a company (details supplied) that was prevented from claiming the temporary wage subsidy scheme alongside the...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date the increase from Budget 2021 for the living alone allowance will take effect. [36308/20]
    • Budget 2021
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by her Department to domestic violence services in Budget 2021 in order...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pandemic unemployment payment recipients will still receive the Christmas bonus on 7 December 2020 if they return to work...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing the State pension (contributory) due to information outstanding...
    • Carer's Allowance
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [36473/20]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the legislation with regard to the State pension (contributory) as pensioners often lose out on...
    • Carer's Allowance
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if approval for carer’s allowance will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [36514/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the Covid-19 illness payment beyond the ten-week limit in cases in which a person...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that that this application is ongoing for...
    • Community Employment Schemes (2 comments)
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) on a community employment scheme can complete their six-year term which is due to expire in...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a free travel pass will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of invalidity pension payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has amended the regulations for the pandemic unemployment payment in order that those in receipt of the payment cannot...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances in which a community employment scheme can be extended particularly when the employer and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment is treated as a qualifying payment for back to school clothing and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the membership of the Pensions Commission; the date the Commission will commence its work; the time frame for the Commission...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the appeal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to amend the wage subsidy scheme guidelines to enable persons with disabilities to engage in...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      596. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the updated safety mechanisms in place for those in direct provision regarding Covid-19 and the move to level 5 restrictions; and if he...
    • Budget 2021
      597. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of additional funding to be provided to domestic violence services in Budget 2021 in order to respond adequately to the increase...
    • Direct Provision System
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to abolish direct provision; when this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36364/20]
    • City and County Child Care Committees
      599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to implement the Workplace Relations Commission recommendation regarding the pay claim of the county childcare committee...
    • Gender Equality
      600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in achieving Action 1.21 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to undertake a package of measures to tackle...
    • Direct Provision System
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter regarding direct provision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36482/20]
    • EU Directives
      603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the transposition of the EU work-life balance directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36931/20]
    • Early Years Sector
      604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions being made to provide early years education workers with an hourly rate equivalent to the living wage; and if he will make a...
    • Budget 2021
      606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under Budget 2021 in order that services can...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which he plans to publish the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      608. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date on the drafting of the assisted decision-making (capacity) (amendment) Bill; when the legislation will be completed;...
    • Youth Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the additional €5 million announced in budget 2021 for youth services will be made available; and the way in which the funding...
    • Child and Family Agency
      611. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases awaiting the allocation of a social worker by county in tabular form. [36333/20]
    • Budget 2021
      612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by his Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that services can...
    • Child and Family Agency
      613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that have left Tusla; and the number of social workers that have become employed by Tusla in each of the years...
    • Domestic Violence
      614. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) showing a sharp increase in women and children fleeing...
    • Child Protection
      615. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently on the waiting list for initial assessment or for Garda investigative purposes in the St. Louise’s...
    • Parental Leave
      617. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider making changes to new parental leave arrangements announced in budget 2021 in order that the three-week extension would...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to technical problems with the national childcare scheme, NCS, website which are preventing applications...
    • Departmental Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding his Department allocated to the childminder learner fund; the number of requests for funding received for the fund; the purpose...
    • Childcare Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders that have notified their business to his Department but are legally exempt from regulation; and the reason a...
    • Departmental Consultations
      622. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public consultations that were held by his Department in late 2019 on the childminding action plan; and the groups with whom...
    • Equality Issues
      623. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the requirements of hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation to supply the use of a wheelchair hoist for guests if required; and if it is...
    • Legislative Programme
      624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to restore the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Dáil Order Paper; his plans to pursue the legislation...
    • Budget 2021
      625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact amount of ring-fenced funding across all relevant Departments to be provided to domestic violence services in Budget 2021; and...
    • Youth Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if inquiries will be made regarding the reason staff at youth projects (details supplied) have been redirected by Tusla leaving a gap in an...
    • Departmental Budgets
      627. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which his Department's annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability;...
    • Asylum Seekers
      628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of disabled asylum seekers in direct provision. [36923/20]
    • Parental Leave
      630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when legislation will be published to extend parental leave from two to five weeks for parents of all children adopted or born on or after...
    • Asylum Seekers
      631. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department is on track to commence a formal vulnerability assessment system for asylum seekers in December 2020; and if he will make...
    • Youth Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding to youth services is allocated based on social housing need but does not incorporate HAP; his plans to reform same; and...
    • Domestic Violence
      635. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on establishing a national development plan to address the sharp increase in women and children fleeing domestic violence during...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI appeal by a person (details supplied). [36842/20]
    • Medical Research and Training
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training pathways, including third-level undergraduate and postgraduate pathways, currently in place for each of the medical professions; the...
    • Budget 2021
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under Budget 2021 in order that services can respond...
    • Student Support Schemes
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36148/20]
    • Budget 2021
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €250 payment announced in budget 2021 (details supplied); the way in which persons can apply; and if he will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if time spent as a stamp 2 visa holder counts towards the three out of five years needed to be considered ordinarily resident for applications...
    • Departmental Budgets
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability;...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter in relation to the refusal of a SUSI grant application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a...
    • Student Accommodation
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for refunding of student accommodation which has not been used (details supplied) due to universities operating online...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to remove barriers for those with disabilities that may not be able to work full-time from accessing apprenticeships; and...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines in place for property viewings, both vacant and occupied, under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a...
    • International Protection
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is on track to build staffing and ICT capacity to clear the existing backlog of international protection...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under Budget 2021 in order that...
    • Prison Investigations
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a review into the Irish Prison Service (details supplied) which has been ongoing since 2017; and if she will make...
    • Court Accommodation
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the dedicated family law courts complex at Hammond Lane; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36161/20]
    • Property Management Companies
      653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of legislation regarding owner management companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naturalisation Applications
      654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied). [36164/20]
    • Deportation Orders
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the suspension of deportations of those that are working on the frontlines during the Covid-19 crisis;...
    • Crime Data
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which she expects to receive the completed study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews; and if she will...
    • Domestic Violence
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a national services development plan will commence in 2020; and if so, if it will be led by an organisation (details...
    • Garda Stations
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations without access to broadband. [36332/20]
    • Coroners Service
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the issuance of a coroner's certificate, interim or otherwise, in the case of a person (details...
    • Domestic Violence
      662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) showing a sharp increase in women and...
    • Prison Investigations
      663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has set up an inquiry under section 31(2) of the Prisons Act 2007 to examine a category A complaint on foot of a report...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when GNIB cards will issue for persons (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Strength
      665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of gardaí in each Dublin district per population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36475/20]
    • Gambling Sector
      666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the prevalence of loot box gambling mechanics implemented in video gaming; her plans to implement protections for...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the steps she has taken to set up a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) which was agreed...
    • Legislative Programme
      668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the names of the heads of the policing and community safety Bill will be provided; and the measures that will be put in...
    • Garda Recruitment
      669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce amending legislation on reform of the age barrier that exists for persons wishing to apply to become a...
    • Immigration Policy
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the form of immigration permission usually issued to the holder of an intra-company transfer employment permit; if time spent...
    • Residency Permits
      672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Justice (International Co-Operation) Act 2019, which allows for a structured mechanism to facilitate bodies...
    • Brexit Preparations
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, it is planned to reverse Ireland’s opt-out from...
    • Private Security Authority
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licenses issued by the Private Security Authority since March 2020; and if her Department has sought meetings...
    • Departmental Budgets
      678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which her Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in County Tipperary is not responding to phone calls or emails from...
    • Garda Deployment
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional protective services unit in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diverted after arrest for possession for personal use through the health diversion approach. [36225/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permissible under existing regulations for a shop or premises to display a "no mask, no service" sign with respect to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36250/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children nationally who are waiting for an assessment for speech and language therapy in tabular form. [36397/20]
    • Health Promotion
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if public health messaging advertising will be extended to local print media in view of the fact that these advertisers are currently not being utilised...
    • Budget 2021
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to medical card holders who are being charged for blood tests by their general practitioners; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Health Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if an association (details supplied) is classified as an essential service following the implementation of level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the services offered by the HSE for which there is a waiting list; the median and mean wait time on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospice Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria under which funding was awarded via the recent announcement of funding for hospices; the reason some hospice organisations providing homecare...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 cases that have arisen from attendance at religious sermons. [36195/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36208/20]
    • Hospital Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for gynaecological services for a woman in need of an ultrasound scan in St. James’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital. [36211/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      700. To ask the Minister for Health when the current round of discussions on the new supply and pricing of medicines agreement will conclude; when he expects to have a replacement agreement in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to protect Ireland from the new strain of Covid-19 that has emerged in Denmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36219/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding approval of new or orphan drugs; the number of such drugs awaiting approval in the system; if Covid-19-related drugs are under...
    • Health Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if private chartered physiotherapy and foot health clinics can provide services during the current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental surgeries carried out; the number of dental surgeries cancelled; the current dental surgery waiting list at Ennis General Hospital from...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at Cappagh hospital for a person (details supplied). [36251/20]
    • Maternity Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has explored the role which telemedicine and ehealth solutions can have in providing support to young mothers which would help increase...
    • General Practitioner Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioners in Finglas, Dublin 11, are not accepting new medical card patients; and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national shortage of the flu vaccine for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36261/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      713. To ask the Minister for Health when the results of the SCOPI: COVID-19 antibody research study will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36262/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to have all student nurses remunerated for their work on the front lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36264/20]
    • Maternity Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for gynaecological services for a woman in need of an ultrasound scan in St. James’s Hospital, the Coombe Women and Infants...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations undertaken to date for the commencement of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in view of recommendations 10.2 to 10.4...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if vitamin D3 and-or zinc supplementation has an effect on reducing respiratory infection and Covid-19; if so, his views on whether it is appropriate to...
    • Maternity Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has authorised a temporary cessation of waterbirth effectively limiting the options and choices of mothers further given the current...
    • Charities Regulation
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue within an organisation (details supplied) that is heavily funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 test for a person (details supplied) was lost; and if this is the reason they did not receive the results to their test taken on 30 October...
    • Health Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive treatment for Parkinson’s disease with Duodopa; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if workers hired at the Clonskeagh testing centre during the Call for Ireland campaign are now being let go; the number of persons hired who are being laid off...
    • Nursing Staff
      726. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide proper remuneration to student nurses who are working on the front line of the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary care centre (details supplied) is due to open; the services that will be provided at the centre; the estimated number of jobs that will be...
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      728. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue HSE human resource grievance, appeal and investigation processes through all levels of Covid-19 restrictions and future lockdowns; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia advisers who will be recruited in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36320/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on both inpatient and outpatient waiting lists in Beaumont Hospital. [36331/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will incorporate the FreeStyle Libre glucose-monitoring unit into the long-term illness scheme for those over 21 years of age; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the exodus of dentists from the dental treatment services scheme; his plans to deal with the long waiting lists; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if every person diagnosed with a terminal illness will be given a medical card regardless of his or her means; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in service in County Kildare; the number ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36376/20]
    • Occupational Therapy
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the panel for occupational therapy roles in the HSE areas of south Lee and Cork west; the number remaining on the panel; the length of time the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      738. To ask the Minister for Health when the Springfield Centre, Mullingar, County Westmeath, will resume speech therapy appointments; and if such appointments will be able to resume at level 3...
    • Care Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); the lessons learned by the HSE; the improvements made to ensure the protection of residents in...
    • Maternity Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the status of partners who wish to attend maternity care; if clarity will be provided on same; the status of water births under level 5 restrictions at Our...
    • Hospital Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); the situation regarding access to and availability of gastric bypass surgery;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the FreeStyle Libre device for persons with type 1 diabetes is only provided free of charge to those aged under 21 years of age; if the device will...
    • Maternity Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidelines on water births; if the HSE has advised that homebirthing parents can no longer have water births; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Care Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the solutions the HSE have come up with to find residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of proposed primary care centres in Lucan, County Dublin; the stage of the process they are in; and if there is funding allocated. [36450/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is hiring speech and language therapists. [36454/20]
    • Community Care
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if developmental checks on babies by public health nurses are proceeding under current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the feasibility study on St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36458/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which consultants (details supplied) have been employed by the HSE for the purposes of providing consultancy services in response to Covid-19; and...
    • Hospital Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of virtual otolaryngology appointments that have been made; and the number that have not been completed since the start of public health...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for not publishing the HSE valproate response report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36489/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to Letterkenny University Hospital since 19 March 2020 who have tested positive for Covid-19 during their stay in hospital....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      760. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding allegations that a number of staff at Letterkenny University Hospital had to battle for two days in the week beginning 9 November 2020 to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      763. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 4 November 2020, if expenses relating to consultant fees, scans, treatment and future medical expenses can be...
    • Respite Care Services
      764. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services for older persons will be resumed in Ballybofey, County Donegal; if alternative supports are available during the suspension of respite...
    • Maternity Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines on water births; if the HSE has advised that home-birthing parents can no longer have water births; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE in the CHO 2 community care area has made a decision not to provide further occupational therapy reports in support of applications for...
    • HSE Contracts
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has the ability to include a clause in its contracts with private companies to require a portion of the profits made as a direct result of HSE...
    • Healthcare Policy
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the steps being taken to ensure the delivery of the 2018 trauma strategy for all fracture patients; the plans in place to...
    • Respite Care Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that will be provided to increase capacity in overnight respite care for persons with disabilities from the current four beds for the entire...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to the nursing home temporary support scheme will receive a response; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) about a nursing home will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36744/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the date of publication of the elective hospital oversight board group report on the elective hospital in Cork; where this report can be found; if there has...
    • Occupational Therapy
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if a roadmap to clear the backlog for children waiting for occupational therapy assessments will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the sick leave arrangements for healthcare professionals in a circumstance (details supplied); if such staff should remain on Covid illness...
    • HSE Data
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spending per quarter in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36778/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances per quarter in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Data
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age left waiting over 24 hours in emergency departments for hospital beds per quarter in each of the years 2018 and 2019...
    • Home Care Packages
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home care waiting list for each month in 2019 and 2020; the number of hours delivered to date in 2020; the number of hours planned to be...
    • Hospital Data
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of October 2020; the number of delayed discharges and bed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on hospital waiting lists compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36783/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS waiting lists and wait times compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36787/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects under way which fall under his remit; the additional capacity they will add; the timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Data
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards under construction or planned to commence within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36791/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken in 2020 to improve ehealth and ICT systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36792/20]
    • National Children's Hospital
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national children’s hospital; the estimated timeline for delivery; the estimated cost to date; the estimated final cost; and...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new national maternity hospital; the estimated timeline for delivery; the estimated cost to date; the estimated final cost; and if...
    • Primary Care Centres
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of primary care centre delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/20]
    • Health Services Reform
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring and reform of the HSE; when this will recommence; the new timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Data
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries taking place weekly at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital given that a child (details supplied) who is waiting for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the health and therapy services that can operate under level 5 restrictions; and if biomagnetic pair therapy is permissible to operate under level 5...
    • HSE Funding
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations (details supplied) have only received a fraction of the budget they require from the HSE over...
    • Nursing Staff
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the reason support for student nurses' pay was cut in August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36833/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      806. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the public provision of general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36859/20]
    • Health Services Reform
      808. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for modernising and integrating data management practices in the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36861/20]
    • Health Services Access
      809. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for addressing the socio-economic and geographical inequalities in accessing primary and tertiary healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the central mental health hospital (relocation) Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Insurance
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2019 relating to revised risk equalisation credits and so on; the legislative timeline;...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019; the legislative timeline; and if he will make...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and plans for advancing the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the status and plans for advancing the public health (calorie posting and workplace wellbeing) Bill; the legislative timeline; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of a centre (details supplied); and the alternative arrangements that will be made available in the immediate...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 testing protocols for hospital medical staff; the average waiting times for hospital staff to receive their results after they have been tested;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests undertaken in the past two weeks in the Punchestown testing centre, County Kildare; the average waiting times for the results to...
    • Nursing Staff
      828. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a salary scheme to compensate student nurses who while on placement carry out a standard 35-hour week; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services Data
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the personalised budgets demonstration projects pilot; the number of disabled persons who have signed up in phase 1 and phase 2; the projected...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      830. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will clarify the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36947/20]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if the national services development plan will commence in 2020; if so, if it will be led by an organisation (details supplied); if the plan will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      832. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36950/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant public health nurse posts in each CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36956/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant cardiologist at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the average waiting time to see a consultant; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delay in delivering the primary healthcare centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/20]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      836. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation which has arisen in which doctors are not being reimbursed by the HSE for providing abortion services to...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      838. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment appointment for a primary medical certificate at a health centre in Limerick city. [36974/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychologists who have been reassigned to the Covid-19 testing and tracing response...
    • Hospital Facilities
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if the cath lab suite at University Hospital Waterford will be open to primary PCI admittance; if the lab will be open to primary patient referral from the NAS...
    • Hospital Funding
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resource funding has been made available through SSWHG to the cardiac team at University Hospital Waterford in order to carry out a full panoply...
    • Hospice Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to hospice foundations in counties Longford and Westmeath to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay on the part of the HSE in replying to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 15 October 2020, referred by him to the HSE for reply; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding pharmacies’ orders for flu vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37015/20]
    • Dental Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists by local electoral area in County Wexford at present contracted to provide dental services under the dental treatment services scheme;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37026/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person who has a medical card has to pay to get blood tests taken at his or her general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional ICU beds that have been provisioned in both public and private hospitals since the first lockdown in March 2020 to date; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cycles being used within the PCR tests in Irish testing laboratories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37051/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the enactment of provisions set out in the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 in order that medical...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if acupuncture will be considered as essential work in view of the fact it is commonly used to treat pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37084/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      858. To ask the Minister for Health when the report and recommendations agreed by the national transgender healthcare steering committee will be published in view of the fact that it concluded...
    • Education Policy
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ESRI-HSE report Talking about Sex and Sexual Behaviour of Young People in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a residential placement considering they have been on the waiting list for three years and have been deemed a...
    • Medical Cards
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid to each general practitioner and practice in CHO 8 in 2018 and 2019 for the treatment of medical card patients under the GMS; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who in previous years received the flu jab are unable to obtain it in spite of Covid-19; his views on...
    • Disability Services Provision
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE altered the criteria and amount of refunds for the purchase of glasses and optical examinations that parents of children with disabilities can claim...
    • Mental Health Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a request for an ASD assessment for a child (details supplied) made in 2012 has still not occurred; the reason requests from the paediatrician of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding coursing-bred greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BPS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for ANC payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Issues
      871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for GLAS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      872. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for AEOS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BDGP payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BEEP payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for sheep welfare scheme payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for TAMS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; the amounts paid out under each...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for organic farming scheme payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will...
    • Afforestation Programme
      878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an afforestation licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fogging is being used as a solution to Covid-19 in schools notwithstanding the WHO advice against this; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of positions to be filled for the technical agriculture officer 2020 position as advertised on publicjobs.ie within his...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the AEOS scheme is to be extended; if not, the scheme being introduced in its place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the owners of allotments are permitted to travel outside their 5 km to access their food production under level 5 restrictions;...
    • Animal Diseases
      883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if vets will be provided with a dedicated line in each county in order to obtain immediate advice on TB and not a central call centre...
    • Seafood Sector
      884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislative basis for the bottom grown mussel consultative forum and joint management of the bottom grown mussel natural resource...
    • Harbours and Piers
      885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the decade-long failure of his Department to complete the construction of a breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County...
    • Fishing Industry
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision not to proceed with the sea survival training centre at the National Fisheries College in Greencastle, County...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a scheme in 2021 similar to the one in spring 2020 whereby calf welfare was funded; and if he will make a statement...
    • Domestic Pets
      888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of infringement orders taken to date under the sale or supply of pets regulations 2019. [36556/20]
    • Co-operative Sector
      891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding made available to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the scheme...
    • Animal Welfare
      892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made by the Dublin region horse welfare forum on advancing horse welfare, active enforcement and legislation; and if the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36768/20]
    • Fur Farming
      895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans will be accelerated to end fur farming given the outbreak of Covid-19 on mink farms in Europe and the move by other European...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of the decision on a beef finisher funding application in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Budgets
      900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines in place for the selling of Christmas trees in an outdoor setting under the current level 5 restrictions and also...
    • Forestry Grants
      903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect grants outstanding since 2009 to issue; the status of these grants; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the most recent application for funding was received by his Department in respect of a facility (details supplied) in County...
    • Fishing Industry
      906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take to limit access of large boats to within the 6 mile coastal waters in view of the recent decision by the...
    • GLAS Issues
      907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a GLAS payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37010/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a beef finisher payment. [37012/20]
    • Environmental Schemes
      909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on a riparian zone payment application by persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Fishing Industry
      910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the State's appeal of the court decision on large trawlers fishing within the inshore waters of Ireland; if a stay...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • LEADER Programmes
      911. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position on the need to increase LEADER funding for the national food initiative from 50% to 75%; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      912. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider supporting the provision of a new playground (details supplied) in County Kildare under the measure for community...
    • Community Services Programme
      913. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the nature of the funding relationship between an organisation (details supplied) and Pobal; if the funding relationship remains in...
    • LEADER Programmes
      914. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which LEADER projects are to be funded through 2021 to 2023 given that no funding has been provided for new LEADER projects...
    • CLÁR Programme
      915. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Tallow, County Waterford, is being considered for inclusion in CLÁR. [36358/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      916. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to extend the LEADER programme from its current end date of 31 December 2020 to ensure continuity of funding; and if she...
    • Departmental Budgets
      917. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • LEADER Programmes
      918. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no LEADER funding has been provided for LEADER projects in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36938/20]
    • Local Development Companies
      921. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allocating funding to a company (details supplied) in order that it can maintain existing levels of service; and...

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