Written answers
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Shared Island Fund
16. To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown of the allocations for the €500 million of capital investment under the shared island fund up to 2025; the proportion of capital spending available...
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
20. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of cases the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has investigated since the office was established under the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
21. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applications to date under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme by month; the number of successful applications to date;...
- Brexit Supports
23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applications to date under the Brexit loan scheme by month; the number of successful applications to date; the reason...
- Employment Support Services
26. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the face-to-face employment support services available to the Roma community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40581/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
27. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the direct business financial aid available to companies involved directly and indirectly in tourism transport and whose businesses...
- Employment Regulation Orders
34. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when he plans to sign the employment regulation order for the contract cleaning sector that is due to come into effect on 1 December...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan in Cobh, County Cork. [40549/20]
- Electricity Generation
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to establish a scheme to compensate micro-generators of electricity that provide electricity to the national...
- Energy Efficiency
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured that section 39 companies that provide housing to vulnerable persons and are funded under the...
- National Broadband Plan
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when access to high-speed broadband will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Fuel Sales
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is legal to sell coal without the EPA badge on the bag; the person or body responsible for monitoring coal sellers...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 3 November 2020, the reason the Air Corps were not awarded the SAR service contract (details...
- Bus Services
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the requirement for bus operators to have an establishment and adequate parking spaces for their vehicles as set out in...
- Public Transport
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed resurrection of the Metro South project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40668/20]
- National Transport Authority
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no rail representative on the board of the National Transport Authority; if he will consider rectifying this lack of...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent restart, restart plus and restart top-up grants will be liable for tax in future returns made to the Revenue Commissioners by businesses. [40568/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax year income from the pandemic unemployment payment paid since March 2020 to 31 December 2020 will be assessed for income tax purposes for persons...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax losses made in the tax year 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be able to be offset against profits for the tax year 2020 for persons whose tax...
- Brexit Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if qualifying goods as referred to in section 64 of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 includes...
- Tax Data
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated by setting a minimum withholding tax of each of 15% and 25% on all royalty payments leaving the State for a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- EU Funding
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of work undertaken by the Northern and Western Regional Assembly in view of the European Commission official downgrade of the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the public health guidelines under which she could allow the resumption of pod swimming classes [40547/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the direct business financial aid available to companies and their owners that have no fixed office and-or premises that are closed...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an exception could be made to the numbers allowed into stadia for GAA matches for the remainder of the season to allow full...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with Fáilte Ireland for the purposes of re-opening the Covid-19 adaptation fund; if she will support...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding theatres in the Plan for Living with Covid-19; when she expects theatres to be reopened; the analysis her...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the decision making bodies responsible for the allocation of the funds from the music industry stimulus package; the...
- Cúrsaí Oidhreachta
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil deontais ar fáil chun obair athchóirithe a dhéanamh ar theach stairiúil (sonraí iniata); agus an...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Environmental Regulations
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce limits on grazing platform stocking rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40698/20]
- Home Loan Scheme
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if advice has been given by his Department to the Housing Agency or local authorities regarding establishing whether successful...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Physical Education
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding indoor physical education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40742/20]
- Schools Building Projects
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for a tender to be published (details supplied). [40517/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding for replacement dispensing units to schools impacted by the recall of a sanitiser (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Places
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy to ensuring there are enough secondary school places in the rapidly expanding town of Trim, County Meath; the plans in...
- Teaching Qualifications
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, before taking up a teaching position in Ireland having qualified in another country, it is a requirement to have completed the NQT year in the...
- State Examinations
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to revisit the absence of oral Irish in the 2020 leaving certificate given some students who are competent at oral Irish are being...
- Adult Education Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 9 April 2019, the progress on the regularisation of terms and conditions of adult education tutors;...
- Schools Building Projects
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works needed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40591/20]
- Special Educational Needs
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a reduction in SNA activity in a school; and if she will examine matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [40600/20]
- School Staff
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the agreement with a union (details supplied) to put school secretaries under public service terms and conditions as they apply to...
- Home Tuition Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional hours of home tuition will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Examinations
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat or were assessed for the agricultural science leaving certificate exam for each of the years 2015 to 2020, in...
- Teaching Qualifications
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Teaching Council number for a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40730/20]
- School Transport
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 17 November 2020, if she has discretion to intervene in a manner such that no student would be put at...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Benefit
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 20 October 2020, if the Christmas bonus will be paid to those on jobseeker's...
- Gender Recognition
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage of drafting of the proposed legislation giving effect to the commitments outlined in the Programme for Government in...
- Pension Provisions
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the pension abatement rule for public sector...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of supplementary welfare payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payment
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment towards payment of a bill for a funeral can be facilitated in the case of a person (details...
- Disability Allowance
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can qualify for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40565/20]
- Employment Support Services
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the face-to-face social services available to the Roma community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40579/20]
- Fuel Allowance
86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered making the pandemic unemployment payment a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance or allowing time...
- Farm Assist Scheme
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for farm assist after being allowed their appeal; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the advice she can provide on a matter (details supplied) regarding concurrent pensions. [40673/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that all those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who are due arrears receive the arrears...
- State Pension (Contributory)
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to amend the process by which joint savings are assessed as part of the means assessment for dependent adults of...
- Jobseeker's Benefit
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there are different rules pertaining to the assessment of a spouse’s means from employment and from an...
- Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some employees of a company (details supplied) are still awaiting arrears to...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services
93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to enable those who have signed a grandfathering declaration to continue as childcare workers beyond September 2021; and if he...
- National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
94. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the face-to-face services available to the Roma community during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40580/20]
- City and County Child Care Committees
95. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will make the necessary funding available for the implementation of the Workplace...
- Direct Provision System
96. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has bought or leased housing in an area (details supplied) for direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
97. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers operating under the ECCE scheme from 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40667/20]
- National Childcare Scheme
98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions he will take to address the extremely low levels of awareness of the NCS and after school programmes by Tusla social workers;...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding model for the AIM programme is tailored to the educational qualification levels...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a chair will be appointed to the collaborative forum. [40719/20]
- National Childcare Scheme
101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NCS is extremely complicated and creates a large amount of paperwork for providers in...
- Childcare Services
103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider introducing a subsidy to cover transport costs which was provided for childcare services to collect children as per the...
- Domestic Violence Services
105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports in place to support migrants and those whose first language is not English at risk of domestic violence. [40725/20]
- Data Protection
106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the list of recommendations he received from the Clann Project, dated 23 November 2020; his further views in particular on the...
- Foster Care
107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions he is taking to address the shortage of foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40727/20]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will assist a former resident (details supplied) of St. Patrick’s Mother and Baby Home in getting a file; and if he will make...
- Direct Provision System
109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to open additional direct provision centres here; and if so, the details of the geographical location of such centres. [40737/20]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Mother and Baby Commission report will be published; the records that will be accessible; the records that will be sealed; the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the means-testing criteria of the SUSI grant for third level education can be amended in order that in situations in which one parent is on a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the re-establishment of painting apprenticeships in Cork city. [40741/20]
- Third Level Fees
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of part-time courses in public third-level institutions; the average cost per institution; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Accommodation
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third-level institutions will provide rent refunds to students in on-campus accommodation whose courses are now being delivered online for the...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Solas has increased the price of the safe pass system that is required by all building workers; if he or his Department were informed...
- Third Level Staff
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in relation to two-tier pay among university teaching assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40634/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing students of Teagasc agricultural colleges to access student supports such as the student hardship fund and the...
- Student Grant Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for support by a student (details supplied) to complete a course will be reviewed; the reason the full-time course is not...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Deportation Orders
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 25 November 2020, the number of deportation orders issued by month from 1 March to...
- Legal Services Regulation
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has legislative plans to remove the Edward's principle, which allows a party causing a nuisance to refuse...
- Deportation Orders
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 25 November 2020, the number of the 469 deportation orders issued by the...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Visa Applications
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of the join family visa applications in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
- Judicial Vacancies
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial vacancies at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40666/20]
- Garda Stations
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the building of a new Garda station in Ongar, Dublin 15 given the increased population in...
- Crime Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statistics relating to crime in the Ongar local electoral area, which is serviced by the K district Garda station. [40736/20]
- Immigration Status
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect to have their documentation returned from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to restore pay to outstanding section 39 organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40601/20]
- Mental Health Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding and resources that have been allocated to HSE counselling services to deal with the inevitable rise in numbers of those who will access...
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an online video conference consultation is not permitted during Covid-19 for a cross-Border directive application (details supplied); and if he will...
- Hospital Services
136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of paediatric rheumatology services in Ireland; when a third paediatric rheumatologist will commence their position; and the steps...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting list of 4 to 8 months for urgent paediatric scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40531/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
139. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will update Covid-19 advice for pregnant women to include the findings of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and The Royal...
- Disability Services Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for respite services for children with special needs in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40534/20]
- Medicinal Products
141. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision on the approval of duodopa by the HSE; if any of the €50 million allocation for the approval of new medicines is being used...
- Disability Services Funding
142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding allocated to early intervention and school age disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will...
- Disability Services Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing resources to disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40544/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes available and is being distributed that the hierarchy of priority groups should include at least one...
- Gambling Sector
147. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2018-2019 gambling prevalence survey will be published [40560/20]
- Health Services Access
148. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be arranged for a public health nurse to call to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/20]
- Dental Services
149. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recruitment of an orthodontic consultant to fill the position which has been vacant for some time; and his views on whether this position...
- Prescriptions Charges
150. To ask the Minister for Health if there is guidelines or regulations governing the charging of patients by general practitioners to email prescriptions to pharmacists using the national...
- Disability Services Data
151. To ask the Minister for Health the overall delay on all interventions for children under the age of 18 years [40599/20]
- Housing Adaptation Grant
152. To ask the Minister for Health the housing adaptation grants available to a person (details supplied) who has suffered life-changing injuries following an accident aside from the Louth...
- Home Help Service
153. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be increased in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40604/20]
- Hospital Data
154. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; the total number of beds both occupied and unoccupied for the...
- Respite Care Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services can be expected to resume in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/20]
- Nursing Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health if late applications will be allowed for staff nurse national rolling campaigns which ended on 9 September 2020 due to Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Education
163. To ask the Minister for Health the estimate cost to the State to pay student nurses for all mandatory on-the-job training they undertake as part of their studies if the wage scale was set at...
- Medicinal Products
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason melatonin was previously available to a person (details supplied) and now appears to be no longer available; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Help Service
165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help assistance has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied); if the home help assistance can be reinstated as soon as possible; and if...
- Hospital Facilities
166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new ward in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal is not open; when it will open; and if he will make a statement...
- Audiology Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the unacceptable waiting time of 82 weeks for an audiology appointment from the date of referral in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
168. To ask the Minister for Health the accountability in place for nursing homes relating to the allocation of public monies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40669/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
169. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which businesses are informed what they can expect and what they can plan for at each Covid-19 level; the amount of advance warning they can expect...
- Medicinal Products
170. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability to patients with PKU in Dublin and throughout Ireland of the HSE-approved medicine kuvan; the reason kuvan it is not being made...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
171. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for patients in County Kerry referred for hip surgery under the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
172. To ask the Minister for Health if patients travelling to Northern Ireland to avail of treatment under the EU Cross-Border Health Directive will continue to receive reimbursements for...
- Rare Diseases
174. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 5 November 2020, the outcome of the meeting of the rare diseases technology review committee in the week...
- Respite Care Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that will be provided to increase capacity in overnight respite care for children with disabilities in the Donegal region; his plans for meeting...
- Suicide Incidence
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths by suicide to date in 2020; the number in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40733/20]
- Mental Health Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an increase in the number of emergency or crisis presentations for mental health services to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
178. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre will be available to all type 1 diabetes patients through the HSE in the near future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child with Down's syndrome (details supplied) was refused optical benefit. [40746/20]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Covid-19 Pandemic
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body who designed and sanctioned the wording of the level 5 restrictions to include the measure that marts must operate...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to reopen the early farm retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40523/20]
- Beef Industry
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason animals slaughtered in slaughter houses in Northern Ireland are not considered eligible for payment under the beef...
- Imports Data
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of barley, oats, wheat, soya beans and maize imported in each of the past five years; the origin of the imports...
- Food Industry
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of the approval process for PGI applications to the Europe Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40609/20]
- Animal Feedstuffs
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of antibiotics added to rations in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 from records kept by...
- Livestock Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of livestock movements, that is, sales of cattle and sheep, between buyer and seller from farm to farm including marts for...
- Beef Industry
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the term mart as defined in the Animal Health and Welfare (Livestock Marts) Regulations 2018 could also apply to an online market...
- Animal Welfare
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure for dealing with animals that have been removed from a farmer due to welfare concerns following their removal; and if...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal will be examined favourably in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forestry Sector
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he and his Department officials became aware that 4,600 forestry licence applications are backlogged in the Forestry Service;...
- Beef Industry
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the application for a grass-fed PGI status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40691/20]
- Greyhound Industry
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to address greyhound culling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40693/20]
- Veterinary Medicines
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce the level of antibiotic use in animals; his further plans to address anti-microbial resistance; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department will play in the cull of minks on mink farms; the expected time frame for the cull to be completed; the...
- Climate Change Policy
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the potential impacts that the European Commission’s 2030 Climate Target Plan will have on Irish...
- Forestry Sector
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applicants in respect of forestry licences who submit a Natura impact statement can expect a speedier determination as a result;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to ensure equal access to financial support for students of agricultural colleges such as the student hardship fund...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Island Communities
212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address the imbalance in ferry subsidies on islands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Functions
213. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has had regard to contracts of employment within the sectors under her remit; and if she is in receipt of...
- Community Services Programme
214. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an organisation (details supplied) could receive funding under the Community Services Programme Support Fund for the costs of...
