Written answers
Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Census of Population
11. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider revising the 100-year rule and bring forward the date for publication of the 1926 Census to 2021. [37322/20]
- Radio Broadcasting
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support local and regional radio stations in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37404/20]
- Sports Capital Programme
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the assessment of applications under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. [37409/20]
- Departmental Administrative Arrangements
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on several Departments monitoring the online posts of journalists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37286/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide funding to cultural and arts groups to host virtual Christmas events given the current Covid-19 situation; and...
- Question Heading
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of engagements to date with large event space organisers with a view to allow sporting and cultural events to take place...
- Football Association of Ireland
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the financial situation of an association (details supplied); if correspondence has been received from the...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the innovation she plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of her Department. [36167/20]
- Arts Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the results of the pilot scheme for live entertainment; the number of performances, artists and crew that will be supported; if...
- Departmental Reports
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the interim report on the night-time economy taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37382/20]
- Arts Funding
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered or will consider using her powers under Part 2, section 5(3) of the Arts Act 2003 to give written direction...
- Departmental Funding
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding provided for 2021 for the development of heritage and cultural attractions; and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of approved applications under the Fáilte Ireland Covid-19 adaptation grant and the Fáilte Ireland restart...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 980 of 8 September 2020, the actions she plans to take to ensure the survival and success of...
- Irish Language
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department will put in place for the development of the Irish language in County Clare. [37158/20]
- Polasaí Gaeltachta
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta go bhfuil cead ag forbrithóirí, eastáit tithe a thógáil i nGaeltachtaí...
- Pleanáil Teanga
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le ceist 27095/20, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le Plean Teanga Chathair na Gaillimhe; cén...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she has had to date with Údarás na Gaeltachta with regard to its collection and dissemination of...
- Tourism Funding
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is there a specific allocation made by her Department to local authorities for the development of tourism projects; and if she will...
- Commemorative Events
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work of her Department and its subsidiaries to develop a programme of commemorative events for upcoming centenaries, such as...
- Sports Funding
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support her Department is committing to ensure a league (details supplied) will continue in 2021. [37374/20]
- Future of Media Commission
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to facilitate a national policy debate on the issue of the financial health of the Irish media further to...
- Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland levy in view of the continued lower income levels of independent radio...
- Foras na Gaeilge
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will there be increased funding for Scéim Pobal Gaeilge in view of the additional funding allocated to Foras na...
- Tionscadail Fhorbartha Pobail
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le ceist 24442/20, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le ionad pobail ar Inis Meáin; an bhfuil tús...
- Sports Capital Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital programme will be open for submissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37156/20]
- Arts Funding
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to track, monitor and measure the impact of the support packages following the significant investment in...
- Sports Events
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to bid for major sporting events post the current health restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Radio Broadcasting
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department has made available for local radio since July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Arts Promotion
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the results of the pilot project announced in the July stimulus will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Television Licence Fee
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date on the collection of the TV licence fee; and her strategy for improving collection. [36595/20]
- Radio Broadcasting
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to provide additional sound and vision funding to the sector covering the...
- Sports Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if specific financial supports are available for small voluntary sports clubs that are being charged business rates by utility...
- Sports Events
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of preparations being made for the return of spectator sporting events; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Sport and Recreational Development
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to target the over-65 age group to continue to enjoy and participate in sport in view of the fact that the Central...
- Arts Promotion
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the pilot project announced in the July stimulus to support the arts, live music and entertainment industry;...
- Media Pluralism
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support local newspapers in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37399/20]
- Tourism Promotion
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the development of a regional tourism area connected by Cashel, Cahir and Tipperary, County Tipperary; her further...
- Cistiúchán Roinne
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici airgead a chur ar fáil ón a Roinn le feabhas a chur ar bhonneagar na Gaeltachta ar nós...
- Tourism Funding
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding provided for 2021 for the further development of the tourism product throughout the country; the specific...
- Oideachas Gaeltachta
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faoi aon phlean ag an Roinn faoi láthair maidir le colaistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht i 2021; an bhfuil maoiniú curtha...
- Sports Organisations
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the pathway to a return to non-elite sport for children and adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36658/20]
- Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid airgid a cuireadh ar fáil do TG4 ón státchiste i mbliana; cén méid atá le cur ar...
- European Capital of Culture
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the legacy programme for Galway 2020 in view of the fact that it is one of the key programme indicators pursuant to...
- Departmental Reports
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the night-time economy taskforce; the work programme of the task force; the timeline for the completion of its...
- Sports Facilities
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if community pools and leisure centres will be permitted to hold swimming classes as sports for children in primary schools; if her...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions she has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the further development of the tourism industry and in particular eco-tourism in the Midlands; and if she will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for getting arts and entertainment businesses open at level 3 of the Living with Covid-19 plan. [37373/20]
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
75. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the additional supports available for businesses which have experienced difficulties as a result of Covid-19 in counties Cavan and...
- Brexit Preparations
77. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the total funding made available to businesses located in counties Cavan and Monaghan for Brexit preparations through his Department...
- IDA Ireland
78. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of IDA Ireland site visits to locations in counties Cavan and Monaghan to date in 2020. [37531/20]
- Trading Online Voucher Scheme
79. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the value of grants made to companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan through the online retail scheme to date in 2020. [37532/20]
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
80. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the value of grants to be made available through the call to regional enterprise centres announced in Budget 2021 in counties Cavan...
- Regional Development
81. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to create digital hubs to help SMEs modernise in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [37534/20]
- Local Enterprise Offices
82. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the additional funding made available to local enterprise offices in counties Cavan and Monaghan in Budget 2021. [37535/20]
- Departmental Contracts
83. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 10 November 2020, the outcomes of the 13 inspections mentioned since level 5 restrictions...
- Company Liquidations
85. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the progress made to date to resolve the issues arising out of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the steps being taken...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken regarding clothing and textiles deposited in clothing banks and unused clothing and textiles from the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No.236 of 10 November 2020, if Ros an Mhíl harbour is amongst those considered as...
- National Broadband Plan
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that will receive a fibre to the home connection in counties Cavan and Monaghan through the national...
- Departmental Contracts
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and...
- National Broadband Plan
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a residence (details supplied) will receive fibre broadband as its current service is almost non-functional; and if...
- Departmental Projects
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish the completed review of the Digital Hub Development Agency. [37598/20]
- Post Office Network
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to enact the Private Members' motion previously passed in November 2016 by the previous Government regarding...
- Electric Vehicles
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new sites which have had electric vehicle chargers installed and their distribution classified by capacity...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Coast Guard Service
102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times annually aerial surveillance and pollution monitoring services were required by the Irish Coast Guard in the past...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the SAR aviation steering group has appraised an option by which the Air Corps could deliver SAR services from a single base and the...
- Driver Test
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37414/20]
- Air Accident Investigations
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the final report into the Rescue 116 crash will be published. [37466/20]
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the current search and rescue contract expires; if there is an option contained in the current contract to extend it...
- Railway Stations
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for completion of the train station proposed in Kilbarry, County Cork, under Project Ireland 2040. [37471/20]
- Light Rail Projects
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study has been conducted on connecting the north and southside of Cork city with the new proposed light rail system; and...
- Transport Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider prioritising Cork city for a walkability study. [37493/20]
- Parking Regulations
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make contact with Cork City Council and liaise with it regarding disabled parking accessibility in the city. [37494/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recommendation on a co-ordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic arising from...
- Greenways Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding provided for greenways and cycling infrastructure in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020; and the allocation made in...
- Roads Maintenance
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided for road maintenance in counties Cavan and Monaghan in budget 2021. [37544/20]
- Departmental Contracts
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- National Transport Authority
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount drawn down by each local authority in NTA funding from the July stimulus for active travel measures including footpaths and...
- Driver Licences
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the online application system for exchanging driver licences will be in place; if a public services card will be required; and if he...
- Dublin Airport Authority
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of the DAA to negotiate with or recognise representative associations of taxi drivers in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the requests for financial support that have been received from public transport companies to date in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic;...
- Airport Passenger Data
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commercial flights that arrived here by airport for each month to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic
123. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 790 of 10 November 2020, when the Revenue Commissioners were informed by OLAF to check hand sanitisers to determine if...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37453/20]
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise domestic employers who mistakenly believed they could apply for the temporary wage subsidy scheme for their employee and were not informed...
- Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investments applied for and approved by the Revenue Commissioners since the beginning of 2015 in the EIS, SCS and SURE investment incentive...
- Tax Collection
129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will suspend the deduction of stamp duty on debit and credit cards for persons in receipt of State welfare benefits including unemployment or...
- Export Controls
130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns raised (details supplied) regarding the retail export scheme. [37512/20]
- Departmental Contracts
131. To ask the Minister for Finance the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations; the number of...
- Banking Sector
132. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is fair and proper that a bank (details supplied) in which the State owns a significant share is informing customers that their credit...
- EU Policy Group
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his work as president of the Eurogroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37700/20]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Stations
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to repair a wall (details supplied) in the Garda station Ballyporeen, Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- Garda Stations
136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on refurbishments to Stepaside Garda station, Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37707/20]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Covid-19 restrictions Ireland must enter into to allow Irish dance classes to continue; and the current guidance for...
- Údaráis Áitiúla
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na bearta a dhéanfaidh sí chun a chinntiú go mbeidh coinníollacha cuí maidir leis an nGaeilge...
- Online Safety
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans to introduce an online safety commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35069/20]
- Sports Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding made available for sporting organisations in counties Cavan and Monaghan through dormant account funding in...
- Departmental Contracts
141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of her Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- Sports Capital Programme
142. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to open applications for major capital sports grants including swimming pools; and if she will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has engaged with major cultural stakeholders including the voluntary sector with a view to identifying the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
144. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which all aspects of tourism have been evaluated to determine the impact of Covid-19; if specific arrangements are...
- Future of Media Commission
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has examined the impact of social media on conventional media; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to have contact with the various sporting organisations with a view to enabling them continue...
- Sport and Recreational Development
150. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she can expect to assist, local community, recreation and sporting activities; and if she will make a...
- Culture Policy
152. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to be in a position to promote the economic interest of Ireland through cultural activity with...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
154. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she has evaluated the totality of the losses suffered by the various sectors under the aegis of her Department...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
155. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used to allocate recent Covid-19 grants to sporting bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37687/20]
- Schools Extra Curricular Activities
156. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements her Department has had with the Department of Education on the recommencement of inter-school sport; and if she...
- Olympic Games
157. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements her Department has had with an association (details supplied) as it relates to the preparation and exemptions that...
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
158. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the swimming pool grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37691/20]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the investigation carried out by Meath County Council into the rezoning of lands at Liscarton, Navan, County Meath...
- Local Authority Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding that has been proposed to assist local authorities manage finances shortfalls in a post-Covid-19...
- Housing Assistance Payment
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to roll out the discretion in permitting increases in HAP caps in respect of local authorities outside Dublin in...
- Local Authority Funding
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to detail the review into funding of local authorities that was due in 2019 and deferred to 2020; and if he will...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/20]
- Commercial Rates
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the rates waiver provided to businesses in counties Cavan and Monaghan to the end of October 2020. [37549/20]
- Social and Affordable Housing
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units delivered in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020 to date. [37550/20]
- Departmental Contracts
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and...
- Private Rented Accommodation
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections of private rented accommodation carried out by Dublin City Council in 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
- Inland Waterways
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date with the restoration of the Ulster Canal; the discussions that have taken place to date between his...
- Programme for Government
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the programme for Government commitment to introduce a social housing passport to allow certain categories of...
- Local Authority Housing
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures used to fast track a local authority social housing transfer for a tenant who may be in a life-threatening...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NPWS for the past number of years has published the details of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37513/20]
- Human Rights
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that he has taken and plans to take in the future in response to the ongoing persecution of gay persons in Russia and Chechnya;...
- Departmental Contracts
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- Foreign Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement he has had with his European counterparts regarding the unrest in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Data
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had dealings on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37600/20]
- Foreign Conflicts
179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Irish Government on the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the steps taken to condemn the actions of the...
- Diplomatic Representation
181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he hopes to open an embassy in Ghana; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37674/20]
- US Presidential Election
182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the State recognises Joe Biden as the winner of the US Presidential election and the President-elect of the USA; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Policy
183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the co-operation that exists between Ireland and Serbia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37676/20]
- Extradition Arrangements
191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that have been made to secure an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Constitutional Amendments
192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Consular Services
193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a full report on the activities of the Irish consulate in Edinburgh including staffing numbers; if there is capacity to...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Funding
194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times, the events and the amount of funding the Department has availed of from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the Air Corps currently retains the ability to carry out SAR operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Reserve
197. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans and the timeline to allow former members of the Army and Naval Service reserves to re-enlist in the Reserve subject to the same...
- Defence Forces Equipment
198. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of IT upgrades which took place for the Defence Forces intranet between 2018 and 2020; the cost of upgrades; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
201. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will align Reservist pay with the Permanent Defence Forces first point of the scale under the new 2020 public sector pay deal; if so, the...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications and number of personnel who re-enlisted to date under the PDF re-enlistment scheme, for the Army, Naval Service and...
- Air Corps
204. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who re-enlisted to the Air Corps under the Air Corps loyalty scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Allowances
205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports in place to assist Defence Forces families during overseas deployment; if these supports will receive additional investment, and...
- Defence Forces Veterans
206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the healthcare, housing, psychiatric and income supports available to retired members of the Defence Forces. [37440/20]
- Defence Forces Funding
207. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been drawn from other funding sources or Departments in order to finance elements of the Defence Forces: if so, the amount; and...
- Naval Service
208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been correspondence with the relevant authorities in the European Union Commission regarding Ireland's inability to fully crew all...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the technological changes to the recruitment process that have occurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic to facilitate a safer and faster...
- Defence Forces Records
210. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average body mass index of Defence Forces personnel broken down by service, that is, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in each of the years...
- Departmental Contracts
211. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations;...
- Naval Service
212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Naval Service loyalty bonus also applies to Naval Service reservists that meet the requirement criteria. [37743/20]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Training
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minimum entry maths grade was changed for entry to the primary school teaching qualifications; the grade now required; and if there is a...
- School Transport
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus ticket will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37734/20]
- School Admissions
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the rights of students to attend a school in their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37450/20]
- Capitation Grants
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post-primary schools receive a higher capitation per head than primary schools with regard to the minor works grant payments; and if...
- Public Sector Pay
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a payroll issue will be resolved for a teacher (details supplied) who worked as a SNA from September to October 2020 and is now a substitute...
- Special Educational Needs
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37511/20]
- School Accommodation
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 11 November 2019, the steps being taken or her plans to refurbish the current post-primary school to...
- Minor Works Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided for schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan through the minor works grant in 2020. [37552/20]
- School Funding
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided to schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan through the measures accompanying the plan to reopen schools; and if she...
- Departmental Contracts
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of her Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations;...
- Education and Training Boards
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CDETB has parks and playing pitches that could be used as public parks given the increased demand need for such amenities at present....
- Capitation Grants
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for post-primary schools to receive more funding per capitation grant than primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the lack of ASD unit spaces for children starting primary school (details supplied); and if this matter can be reviewed...
- Schools Building Projects
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the start date for a school building project (details supplied) will be brought forward to as early a date as is physically and practically...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have been introduced in the operation of the Croke Park pay agreement on extra hours for SNAs; the discussions that are taking...
- Departmental Correspondence
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a letter promised twice by the Department to a person (details supplied) will be forwarded; the reason for the delay in issuing this letter...
- School Transport
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37631/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible to expand the remote learning option to children with at-risk members of their household; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Extra Curricular Activities
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to announce the recommencement of inter-school sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37711/20]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with her Northern Irish counterpart on cross-Border approaches to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the extension planned for a school (details supplied) will include a special class unit in view of the requirement to include special class...
- Schools Building Projects
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the urgent need for secondary school places (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 12 November 2020, if she will consider restoring the invalidity pension to the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed taxi drivers who were claimants of the pandemic unemployment payment and who ceased claiming and returned to...
- Proposed Legislation
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to introduce an amendment to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to give effect to the programme for...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the requirement of a digital signature for collection of social welfare...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total value of pandemic unemployment payments made to persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan since June 2020; and the...
- Driver Licences
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the requirement that a jobseeker must provide evidence of a job offer which requires a driving licence in order to qualify...
- Commission on Pensions
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives from an organisation (details supplied) will be on the newly established Pensions Commission; and if she...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the current backlog of PPSN applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37607/20]
- Carer's Allowance
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Live Register
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sectorial breakdown of those who have joined the live register since the start of 2020; and if she will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sectorial breakdown of those who have applied for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the transfer of refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos to Ireland; the age and sex of the refugees transferred here to...
- Parental Leave
255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the additional three weeks of parental leave for pandemic babies that was announced in budget 2021 will be accessible, as parents that...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Irish refugee protection programme has continued the resettlement programme under level 5 lockdown and travel restrictions; and if...
- Home Schooling
257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if clarification will be provided on home schooling restrictions during level 5 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has received the report on socioeconomic disadvantage as a new grounds of discrimination commissioned by his Department into the...
- Departmental Contracts
259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- Maternity Services
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the roll-out of baby boxes will commence. [37580/20]
- Asylum Seekers
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made since the formation of the Government to reform the whole system of treatment of asylum seekers, particularly with direct...
- Family Resource Centres
262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the need for a family resource centre in Erris, County Mayo; when the resources will be allocated to...
- Domestic Violence Services
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure a substantial increase in funding for domestic violence services for 2021 in view of the increase in domestic violence...
- Department of Education and Skills
- National Training Fund
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated surplus of the National Training Fund for 2020; the total surplus of the National Training Fund at the end of 2019; and if he will...
- Third Level Education
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a postgraduate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/20]
- Departmental Functions
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of research and innovation components from Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; when the transfer will be...
- Qualifications Recognition
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who already has an MA in education following a BA in arts can be offered some credits for this period of study when they undertake a...
- Departmental Funding
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project and initiative in a format (details...
- Third Level Education
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a circular distributed recently to students of a college (details supplied) which has taken the decision to continue with its online...
- Further Education and Training Colleges
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding made available for institutes of technology and further education colleges in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020; and if...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI grant recipients in counties Cavan and Monaghan for the 2020-2021 term. [37539/20]
- Departmental Contracts
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations;...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications for the 2020-2021 academic year which have not yet been subject to a decision by SUSI; the measures that have...
- Student Support Schemes
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which students who attend specialist training providers are not generally being facilitated under the mitigating educational...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Seekers
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland will grant asylum to gay persons forced to flee persecution and possible death given the rise in the persecution of...
- Undefined
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any prior discussion took place between the Government here and the UK Government before the introduction of the Covert...
- Freedom of Speech
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she can protect the freedom of speech and at the same time protect the use against the use of such freedom...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in July 2020 INIS introduced an online renewal system for foreign nationals...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to further queries from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37463/20]
- Residency Permits
285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Garda Deployment
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional gardaí deployed to the Cavan and Monaghan district in 2020. [37547/20]
- Departmental Contracts
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of her Department for the operation of community and...
- Domestic Violence Policy
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a national services development plan will commence in 2020 led by an organisation (details supplied) as the crucial first...
- Garda Data
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have been assaulted in the course of carrying out their duties in each of the years 2015 to 2019...
- Garda Operations
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the areas of structured co-operation between An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and if she...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
293. To ask the Minister for Health if, arising from the recommendation on a co-ordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic arising from the...
- Home Help Service
295. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home support services will be provided for a person (details supplied). [37418/20]
- Health Services Provision
296. To ask the Minister for Health if child health and development checks have resumed; if so, the extent to which they have resumed; if they have not resumed, when they will; the plans for...
- Dental Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that medical card holders in Birr, County Offaly are unable to access to dental treatment in the area; the interventions that can...
- Health Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health the operation times of a service (details supplied) in counties Cavan Monaghan and Meath; the status of the service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
300. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37460/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of a potential vaccine against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/20]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
303. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the requirement of a digital signature for collection of social welfare payments has been reintroduced; and if...
- Health Screening Programmes
304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women from across the country who are awaiting urgent breast ultrasounds and mammograms are arriving to...
- Health Services Staff
305. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE per hour to section 39 agencies for personal assistants. [37487/20]
- General Practitioner Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of the only general practitioner practice in Rathwire, County Westmeath; and if he plans to provide a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
307. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that his Department is considering in respect of tackling vaccine reticence in view of recent announcements regarding progress on the search for a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
308. 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. [37510/20]
- Health Services Provision
309. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen gay men's health services as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37506/20]
- Medical Cards
310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/20]
- Nursing Staff
311. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) on nurses pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37527/20]
- Medical Cards
312. To ask the Minister for Health if the matter on charges being levied on medical card holders by dentists and opticians will be clarified; if these additional charges can be claimed back from...
- Departmental Contracts
313. To ask the Minister for Health the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations; the number of...
- Cancer Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding to be allocated to cancer services in the HSE Winter Plan 2020-2021; the way in which the funding will be allocated within cancer services in...
- Covid-19 Tests
315. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to his Department of carrying out Covid-19 tests; the breakdown of the constituent costs of each part of the tests; and if the prices are in...
- Ministerial Correspondence
316. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all ministerial engagements; if he will publish his diaries from 27 June 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
317. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on communications specifically on Covid-19; the number of communication officers employed by the HSE specifically to deal with public health...
- Respite Care Services
318. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that will be allocated to open a respite centre (details supplied) in 2021; when the respite centre will open; and if he will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
320. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations being given to the resumption of in person church services upon return to level 3 as part of the resilience and recovery document; and if he...
- Vaccination Programme
321. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity in the State to store vaccines below 80 degrees. [37610/20]
- Health Services Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37612/20]
- Vaccination Programme
323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1191 of 30 July 2020, the number of adult and child vaccines respectively that have been administered to date; his plans...
- Proposed Legislation
324. To ask the Minister for Health when the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill will be published; the measures he plans to adopt on e-cigarettes in view of the Health...
- Nursing Education
325. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rate of remuneration for nurses on internships has been reduced from €14 in 2019 to €9.48 in 2020 particularly as nurses going on...
- Organ Transplant Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants in 2020 by type compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
327. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that the EU cross-border directive on health-care remains in place post-Brexit with particular reference to Northern Ireland...
- Cancer Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being used to educate, advise and caution in promoting awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HIV-AIDS Programmes
330. To ask the Minister for Health the details of locations at which persons may access a free HIV test; the details of waiting lists by location for HIV tests; and if delays in HIV testing...
- Hospital Staff
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession at each public or voluntary hospital as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession in each CHO and LHO as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Medical Cards
333. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to eligibility for medical cards for those with a terminal diagnosis; if so, his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Provision
334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the delay in proving the results of tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37731/20]
- Hospital Facilities
335. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed capital investment at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37735/20]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
336. To ask the Minister for Health if a licence will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/20]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of units similar to St. Louise’s unit at Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin that are outside of Dublin; the location of each; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
340. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing measures on an all-island basis to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic following the signing of the memorandum of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Properties
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and location of each building or property owned by the marine section of his Department nationwide; the income in rent...
- Common Fisheries Policy
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the outrage in coastal communities at the ongoing access to the Exclusive Economic Zone being...
- Environmental Policy
345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the national soils strategy pursuant to the commitment made in the programme for Government; when the strategy...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers with an off-farm income are deemed ineligible for the tuberculosis hardship grant; his plans to change the rule;...
- Basic Payment Scheme
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the deduction of payments for landowners who voluntarily give a portion of their land for use as a community greenway...
- EU Directives
354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the implementation of the EU unfair commercial practices directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Felling Licences
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/20]
- Departmental Contracts
356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
- Animal Identification Schemes
357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ERI application for a new herd number in the name of a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be...
- Planning Issues
359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if forestry roadworks approved under the local authority planning process prior to 7 February 2020 and circular 3/2020 are now...
- Harbours and Piers
361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all reports on the development of a deep water pier in Ros a Mhil will be completed; if in examining this project the wider...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to protect the inshore fishing sector due to the effect Covid-19 is having on them and also the recent court...
- Felling Licences
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a fourth division of the Forestry Appeals Committee will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/20]
- Animal Welfare
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is currently doing to address the serious and growing issue of cruelty to horses in our urban areas...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
371. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the towns in counties Cavan and Monaghan which will benefit from the funding allocated for town centre masterplans in budget 2021....
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
372. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the additional funding made available through LEADER, CLÁR and the rural regeneration development fund for counties Cavan and...
- National Broadband Plan
373. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points provided to date in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020; and the total number to be...
- Departmental Contracts
374. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary...
