Written answers

Thursday, 10 December 2020

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Students
      7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extending the temporary online application process for international student graduates seeking...
    • Legislative Measures
      15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to legislate for the introduction of domestic homicide reviews. [42426/20]
    • Crime Data
      16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for possession of drugs in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the scoping enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will publish the report of...
    • Crime Prevention
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which extra Garda resources can be deployed to counter an increase in crime including organised crime in the...
    • Rural Crime
      19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits and priorities to combat rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41277/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure family contact for prisoners is maintained at normal levels during Covid-19 restrictions; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the reform of the family law system including the Courts Service; her wider plans to reform this important...
    • Legislative Process
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to complete the progression of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017; and if she will...
    • Courts Service
      23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases waiting to be heard by the various courts serving Cork on 4 December 2020, in tabular form; the same for 4...
    • Crime Prevention
      24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in tackling the issue of catalytic converter thefts from cars; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commemorative Events
      25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has future plans to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary. [42212/20]
    • Garda Training
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount invested in leadership and CPD within An Garda Síochána; her plans to invest in leadership and CPD...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 has been commenced; if not, when it will be commenced; the plans for...
    • International Protection
      28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps a person should take in appealing to her Department for permission to stay after their application for international...
    • Judicial Appointments
      29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the authority that judges apply to in respect of judicial appointments to the highest court; if she will provide a schedule of...
    • Courts Service
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place for the old disused Bray Courthouse on the Boghall Road, Bray, County Wicklow; and if she will engage with...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will implement the decision of Dáil Eireann of 14 February 2020 to establish a public enquiry into the...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applicants under the CCTV community programme in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Data
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the turnaround time in respect of applications for asylum, refugee status...
    • Crime Prevention
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding the grooming of children by criminal gangs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41794/20]
    • Departmental Strategies
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of her justice plan; the areas she plans to prioritise as part of the plan; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set out the change in policing that has occurred since Ireland moved from level 5 to 3 of the Covid-19 restrictions;...
    • Crime Prevention
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping report by a person (details supplied) on the criminality in Drogheda, County Louth; if she will act on...
    • Gambling Sector
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to take appropriate measures to protect young persons from gambling related risks given figures from the last gambling...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in setting up a special expert forum on antisocial behaviour to consider the effectiveness of existing...
    • Prison Mental Health Services
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which she will address the concerns raised by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture...
    • Legislative Measures
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend section 252 of the Children Act 2001 in view of a recent Court of Appeals judgement. [42425/20]
    • Garda Recruitment
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals being considered to increase diversity within the ranks of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a...
    • Victim Support Services
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in the implementation of Supporting a Victim's Journey; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Judicial Appointments
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies that exist at present in each branch of the judiciary; the mechanism she plans to use to fill such...
    • Crime Data
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the scale of drug offences committed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42508/20]
    • Judicial Appointments
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the second vacancy for the Supreme Court has been left unfilled; and her plans to fill this position before the end...
    • Court Accommodation
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the provision of a new courthouse building for Naas, County Kildare to adequately cope with the growing...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to funding the establishment of a pilot antisocial behaviour taskforce in Cork city bringing...
    • Departmental Programmes
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation of community safety pilots; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Prevention
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce new programmes to deter young persons from carrying knives; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she has had with the Minister for Health with regard to the establishment of the cross-departmental and...
    • Crime Prevention
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the way in which her Department will work with a person (details supplied) and Dublin City Council in relation to...
    • Legal Aid
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the planned review of the overall process and the way in which persons can access legal aid as referred to by her...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of Covid-19 detected in Irish prisons since March 2020; the number of prison officers, prisoners or other...
    • Prison Mental Health Services
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the Council of Europe anti-torture Ccmmittee report into Irish prisons; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the increase in domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she plans to take in cases in relation to several health care workers who have been given notice that they may face...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being undertaken to address the ongoing delays in processing of applications for naturalisation; and if she will...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the issues in relation to the provision of CCTV in local communities with regard to adherence to the GDPR...
    • Court Sittings
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the ongoing delays in the scheduling of court sittings for alleged drug and other serious offences in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure family contact for prisoners continues during Covid-19. [41892/20]
    • Parole Boards
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the implementation of the Parole Act 2019; when she plans to have a new statutory parole board in operation; if...
    • Crime Prevention
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the ongoing level of instances of ramming of Garda vehicles; if it is considered further legislation is required in...
    • Garda Support Services
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for gardaí who have been injured while on duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41546/20]
    • Garda Strength
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41641/20]
    • Legislative Measures
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing legislation to meet the commitments made under the Stormont House Agreement; and if she...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department plans to publish the new youth justice strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41570/20]
    • Domestic Violence
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to tackle sexual and domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41481/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure on in-service training and leadership development in each of the key service areas under her Department, that...
    • Garda Recruitment
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the last Garda recruitment campaign was held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41111/20]
    • Prisoner Welfare
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and...
    • Judicial Appointments
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she informed all relevant Ministers of proposals to make a judicial appointment in respect of a person...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a national services development plan will commence in 2020; the role an organisation (details supplied) and its 38 front-line...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      89. To ask the Minister for Health the disability day services that have not reopened since Covid-19; when it is planned to open services fully; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Education
      91. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is being claimed that student nurses and midwives are supernumerary in view of the fact they are working on the frontline. [42437/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      92. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting and wait times for scoliosis treatment and surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42337/20]
    • Health Promotion
      93. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans for updated health promotion campaigns under the Healthy Ireland framework for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      94. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the plight of parents of children with Down’s syndrome who have been without services since March 2020; if his...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents that have put in a complaint that their child did not receive an assessment of needs in a timely manner; the number upheld in each of the...
    • Health Promotion
      96. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent advice given to older persons to take vitamin D daily; if such advice applies to other age groups; if, the supplement will be subsidised...
    • Respite Care Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of respite services for persons with disabilities and their families in County Kerry; if services will be restored to...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment he is undertaking on reports that there were failed medical abortions in Ireland which resulted in the pregnant person being forced to travel to...
    • Mental Health Services
      99. To ask the Minister for Health when a child psychologist will be appointed to cover counties Laois and Offaly. [40396/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      100. To ask the Minister for Health when restrictions on partners attending at maternity hospitals will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42443/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; when the HSE estimates process for 2021...
    • Health Services Staff
      102. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and his Department have made their business case to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform seeking consultant status and renumeration; and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and families that have appeared before the CervicalCheck tribunal since its commencement; the status of his engagements with a group...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      104. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line healthcare staff are to be redeployed again to Covid-19 testing; the reason more additional staff for Covid-19 testing are not recruited from...
    • Healthcare Policy
      105. To ask the Minister for Health when a terminal illness card will be provided for persons with less than two years to live will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide full details of the first deal with the private hospitals in the fight against Covid-19; if there has been a value for money analysis of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      111. To ask the Minister for Health when an important therapy post at Longford disability services which cannot be filled will be addressed (details supplied). [42214/20]
    • Health Promotion
      112. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for further developing the Healthy Ireland plan with a view to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for recruitment across the public health regions to ensure they can chase down the SARS Cov2 virus, to learn all there is to learn from this work and...
    • Nursing Education
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/20]
    • HSE Staff
      116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been recruited by the HSE since he launched the winter plan; the total increase in HSE employment that this represents in net...
    • Health Services Staff
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions and contacts that he has had with section 39 workers and their representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42430/20]
    • Paediatric Services
      118. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists in Ireland; the number of children waiting on a paediatric rheumatologist referral and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      119. To ask the Minister for Health if the position with regard to the attendance of partners during labour and birth has changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36597/20]
    • Research Funding
      123. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to provide support to the traumatic brain injury Dublin City University research project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned primary care centre in Bangor Erris, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42440/20]
    • Health Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the women’s health taskforce which is aiming to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthcare in terms of health...
    • Cancer Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the approach of Ireland to diagnosing and treating lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41559/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Health the extra supports made available for out-of-hours general practitioner care in the winter initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/20]
    • Paediatric Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of the number of paediatric rheumatologists currently employed here; his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Covid-19 testing in meat processing plants; the procedures for when a person is found to have Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including the orthodontist waiting list at Loughlinstown Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Health when key positions in disability services in County Longford will be filled (details supplied). [42213/20]
    • Health Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to restart the full child psychology, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services in counties Laois and Offaly and to...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents have that taken his Department to court due to the fact their child did not receive an assessment of needs within the statutory time...
    • Maternity Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Health the details of capital funding made available by his Department to all maternity hospitals in the past three years. [42518/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional nurses, midwives and medical practitioners that have been employed by the HSE in 2020 through the use of recruitment agencies; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a professional tracking system for...
    • Nursing Staff
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to increase the number of public health nurses in view of the fact that the numbers have increased by less than 5% over the past five...
    • Home Help Service
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that no child in need of scoliosis surgery is left waiting while the condition worsens and results in serious pain for the child; and if he...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      140. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to permanently extending the temporary delivery arrangement for cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil given the undue...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      141. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure that services now provided under the cross-border directive in Northern Ireland to persons living here will continue to be...
    • Health Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current waiting times for MRI services in CHO area 2; the discussions he has had with the HSE with regard securing...
    • Hospital Facilities
      143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary business case for a critical care wing by the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address long waiting times for psychology appointments in primary care in County Kildare and west County Wicklow; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      146. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who requires an assessment at the National Rehabilitation Clinic, Dun Laoghaire to...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      147. To ask the Minister for Health when a review will commence of the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care as per the Programme for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      148. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering a special payment for front-line health workers in respect of the extraordinary work done and continuing to be done by them in relation to...
    • Ophthalmology Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursements to applicants under the community ophthalmic services scheme have now been capped; the average figure now reimbursed across the...
    • Health Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health when he will honour the Programme for Government commitments to create and implement a general health policy for trans persons based on a best practice model...
    • Hospital Staff
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the senior rheumatologist position at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42433/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce outpatient waiting times in St. Vincent’s University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42311/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department expect to be able to deal with the backlog of elective procedures which has been caused by the Covid-19 crisis; if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      156. To ask the Minister for Health if the second and third phases of the opening of the 60-bed unit at University Hospital Limerick will be open and operational on schedule; and if all necessary...
    • Alcohol Consumption Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to reach the lower target of 9.1 litres of alcohol per capita by the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41917/20]
    • Home Help Service
      160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020 in the north Tipperary east Limerick LHO area and in the south Tipperary...
    • Hospital Facilities
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a translabial scanner is not in place and operational to help identify those who have been implanted with a mesh device. [42438/20]
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      162. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil sé ar an eolas go bhfuil comhairle fós á thabhairt don phobal ar an leathanach Covid-19 (Coróinvíreas): Comhairle ar an...
    • National Children's Hospital
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national children’s hospital; the details of level of spending to date in 2020 on legal fees; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the current 63 week wait for audiology in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42511/20]
    • Health Services Reports
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the implementation of recommendations made in the report into gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; if a wider...
    • Home Care Packages
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being considered in relation to difficulties of those in need of homecare packages; his plans to address the current difficulties experienced in...
    • Health Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for advancing an inquiry into the use of mesh implants and sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42339/20]
    • Hospital Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the additional services that will be provided at Monaghan Hospital in 2021. [41639/20]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      169. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens' assembly will be convened to consider the matter of drug use. [41791/20]
    • Health Promotion
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in encouraging the option of breastfeeding including through the Healthy Ireland framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to the potential of expanding the remit of Co-operation and Working Together...
    • Nursing Education
      173. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to pay student nurses and midwives properly for their labour; if the number of permanent nurses and midwives will be increased to...
    • Health Services Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health specialists that have applied for positions in the past month; and the number of vacancies the HSE is hoping to fill. [42442/20]
    • Nursing Education
      175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the valuable contribution that student nurses have made to the health system; the number of unpaid hours worked by student nurses since the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upcoming review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when and the way in which this review will take place; if...
    • Medical Cards
      177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on general practitioners issuing direct refunds for blood tests in which they have already charged medical card holders. [41666/20]
    • Healthcare Policy
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to establish a State-funded contraception scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42341/20]
    • Home Help Service
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020 in the west Cork LHO area; the way in which this compares to the same...
    • Health Services
      180. To ask the Minister for Health if the Sláintecare estimate of 2,600 for new acute beds is provided for in the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41787/20]
    • National Children's Hospital
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated new completion date and total cost of the new children’s hospital in view of recent delays and legal challenges; and the estimated total...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      182. To ask the Minister for Health his views on general practitioners issuing direct refunds for Covid-19 tests for which they have already charged patients. [41665/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making the HPV vaccine available to girls who did not avail of it in first year given the recent upswing in uptake of the vaccine due to...
    • Mental Health Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a summary of the annual mental health budget in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41788/20]
    • Waste Management
      187. To ask the Minister for Health if persons will receive an allowance from the HSE to cover the additional costs of waste disposal incurred due to a disability; and if he will make a statement...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been supplied to a residential care centre (details supplied); the assistance that can be offered to this centre in applying for State...
    • General Practitioner Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of general practitioners charging significant administration fees to e-mail prescriptions to pharmacies; and if...
    • Health Services
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of identifying a suitable site for the elective hospital in County Cork; if the process for identifying the site has been delayed; if...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the counties which still do not have access to abortion care via their general practitioners; the counties with no general practitioners providing early...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his engagements with the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minster in relation to an all-island response on vaccination. [42534/20]
    • Cancer Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the psychological supports available for those diagnosed with lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41558/20]
    • Hospital Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have received inpatient or day case treatment in Mallow General Hospital to date in 2020; the equivalent figures for 2019; and if...
    • Obesity Strategy
      195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Healthy Weight for Ireland Obesity Policy and Action Plan given the impact of Covid-19 public health measures; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      196. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE with regard to the planned orthopaedic theatre in Merlin Park University Hospital; the status of the new orthopaedic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting and average wait times for orthopaedic treatment in County Mayo by type of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      199. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the grant assistance or supports that are being made available to places of worship to enable Covid-19 protocols to be put in place;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      201. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      202. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive the restart grant plus scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      203. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will be amended to allow workers to carry over annual leave in cases in which they could...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicles
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans in place to establish public charge points for electric vehicles in Kilcock and Clane, County Kildare; the...
    • Environmental Policy
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for businesses that harvest peat moss for horticultural use; if businesses will be permitted to harvest in...
    • Inland Fisheries
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce attendant by-laws to deal with salmonid conservation; if he will provide a draft of these...
    • Legislative Measures
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the inland fisheries (consolidation) Bill will be published and progressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed fibre broadband will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the...
    • Brexit Issues
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Common Travel Area under Brexit agreements with the United Kingdom will be extended to allow UK driver licences to remain in...
    • Road Network
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request from Cork County Council to upgrade the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island to national road...
    • Driver Licences
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person is entitled to hold on to their UK driver licence once they swap for an Irish licence or if they lose that entitlement; and...
    • Brexit Issues
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons by county residing in Ireland using a UK driver licence; the way in which they will be impacted by Brexit; and if...
    • Driver Licences
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown by centre of the wait times for appointments to exchange a UK driver licence at an NDLS centre; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Preparations
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all the supports possible will be put in place for the establishment of a direct daily service from Rosslare Port to ports in mainland...
    • Driver Test
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a driver test date in Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42646/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department first flagged the unique issue related to transport managers in Ireland in relation to Brexit with the European...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee....
    • Driver Test
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be introduced to ensure that the waiting list for driver tests will be cleared as quickly as possible; and if he...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities can apply for funding out of the fund announced on 4 December 2020 of €50 million for investment in walking...
    • Driver Licences
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 3 December 2020 and in view of information on the NDLS (details supplied), if persons who...
    • Road Network
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure on the M20 from 2010 to date. [42743/20]
    • Driver Licences
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver licence application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; if it will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver test date will be given for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided funding for the purchase of buses which rely on petrol and diesel fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a safety review of a bridge (details supplied) on a national secondary route in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding had been submitted by a local authority (details supplied) in respect of a bridge; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the qualifying criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme in order that persons (details supplied) who do not have a business...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional forbearance he will be requiring of the banks on mortgage repayments for those employed and self-employed workers affected by the second...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42700/20]
    • Value Added Tax
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT on a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42746/20]
    • Tax Code
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 1 December 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the OECD Model Treaty upon which section 127B...
    • Tax Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the average rental income tax paid by landlord per property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42781/20]
    • European Stability Mechanism
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the examination carried out on the need for a referendum if the proposed changes to the European Stability Mechanism are agreed; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee....
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if live music and dancing are permitted at weddings under the current level 3 restrictions which began in December 2020 given that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each...
    • Sport Ireland
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to increase the level of girls and women participating in sport and structural inequities regarding the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wildlife Conservation
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure Ireland is meeting legal responsibilities under SI No. 285 of 2011 - European Communities...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that can be taken to rectify the ongoing situation in a development (details supplied) which contravenes the spirit...
    • Housing Policy
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his specific plans for the housing of single persons given that it takes two salaries to pay rent or a mortgage; and if he...
    • Local Authority Assets
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the conditions applicable to allow a local authority to complete the sale of its property and land for community gain or...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of accommodation units provided under the Traveller accommodation scheme by Longford County Council in each of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by his Department to Longford County Council for the provision of social housing for persons...
    • Legislative Measures
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the promised legislation for exemptions for planning permission for rooftop solar installations will be introduced in...
    • Road Network
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a funding package will be put in place to cover the cost of already completed stabilisation works by Leitrim County Council...
    • Rental Sector
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the private rented accommodation inspections by local authorities in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of inspections in which...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households categorised as living in overcrowded accommodation on the social housing list by local authority in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of private rented accommodation HAP tenancies in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of inspections in...
    • Rental Sector
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the terms of reference will be provided for the cross-departmental working group on cost rental; the membership of the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual expenditure on HAP for each year that the payment has been in operation; and the amount spent to date in 2020 on...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of desired minimum densities on sites in key towns identified in Project Ireland 2040. [42681/20]
    • Vacant Properties
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant buildings in Dublin city and county; the number of property owners that are engaging with discussions in...
    • Rental Sector
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rent inspections that took place in each local authority area in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if the...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to facilitate increased compliance with the Residential Tenancies Board; the measures he plans to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the position of CEO will be advertised for Galway County Council in view of the length of time that has elapsed since the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 632 of 3 November 2020 and 297 of 1 December 2020, the difference between the average...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding pyrite blocks in County Limerick (details supplied). [42741/20]
    • Housing Policy
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the financing model used by a cooperative (details supplied) to ensure its public purchases represent the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a copy of the issued unit cost ceilings for the direct procurement of social housing units by local authorities by unit...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Part V arrangements that have been made for a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the repayment method for any equity stake in a property purchased under the proposed shared equity scheme; and if he will make...
    • Heritage Sites
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with the HSE to create a conservation plan and historic landscape assessment for the Cork Street, Fever...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time that new social housing units are vacant prior to being occupied for the first time by local...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on the housing element of Housing First initiatives in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of HAP rates promised under the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has issued instructions to local authorities directing that local connection rules are not applied to homeless persons...
    • Housing Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on housing waiting lists who have a disability recorded on their application in each local authority...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding and status of a person (details supplied) who is still being detained in China; if he has made further contact...
    • Foreign Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has existing bilateral agreements or memorandums of understanding with the State of Israel; if such agreements are in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent outbreak of war between Eritrea and Tigray; the position of the Government on the events...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      287. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42701/20]
    • Human Rights
      288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Bahrain in which the Government is using revocation of citizenship as a tool of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      289. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42696/20]
    • Defence Forces Data
      290. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel medically discharged in each of the years 2000 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by service branch. [42733/20]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided to the family of a child with special needs that have to pay for a seat on a private bus to take their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42560/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to resolve the dispute that has arisen in schools in relation to SNAs being asked to use a catheter with certain students...
    • School Transport
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 3 December 2020, if she will provide funding for a school bus service to transport 18 students from...
    • Special Educational Needs
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant is available for a sensory room for primary schools that do not have an ASD class. [42640/20]
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the required data and documentation and the process and contacts required for the establishment of a new Gaelscoil; and if she will make a...
    • DEIS Scheme
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS review has been completed; if so, the outcome; if the review will benefit schools in County Louth and the east County Meath area; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42697/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 outbreaks in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42749/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to occupational data (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42845/20]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schemes available to provide additional financial help to those musicians working in bands, especially wedding bands,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which trainee nurses will be able to avail of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for rent supplement that have been received; the number of applications that have been assessed;...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of illness benefit or Covid-19 illness benefit will receive the Christmas bonus; if not, if she will take steps...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider amending the regulations for the Covid-related additional three weeks maternity and parental leave to allow women and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will meet with a person (details supplied). [42580/20]
    • Childcare Costs
      313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has completed a feasibility study on introducing a cap on childcare fees. [42592/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if queries raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to rural transport options for persons with a disability...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      315. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42695/20]
    • National LGBTI+ Strategy
      316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 1 December 2020, if he will provide a list of the 35 actions under the National LGBTI+...
    • Legislative Measures
      317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of actions undertaken to date for the legislative ban on conversion therapy as committed to in the Programme for Government; if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Costs
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the structure that is in place and the support that will be given to students that have paid deposits and full accommodation costs with almost...
    • Third Level Education
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider and allow the self-employed to avail of the free or subsidised third-level courses as included under the Jobs Stimulus; and...
    • SOLAS Administration
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has requested that arrangements be put in place to facilitate the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42702/20]
    • Nursing Education
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a mechanism for fourth year student nurses not in receipt of SUSI to receive the €250 refund in view of the fact that...
    • Third Level Education
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he hopes to encourage participation in third and fourth-level education throughout the country regardless of socioeconomic...
    • Third Level Costs
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an agreement has been reached with all third-level institutions in respect of the refund of the accommodation element of SUSI grants in which...
    • Departmental Budgets
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he is satisfied that the budget for his Department is adequate to meet the anticipated requirements throughout 2021; and if...
    • Third Level Admissions
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which reform of the CAO system is contemplated with a view to ensuring increased interest by students in courses in which an...
    • Third Level Education
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proportion of students opting for third and fourth-level education on an annual basis over the past five years can be addressed in the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically...
    • Crime Prevention
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she plans to take to tackle white collar crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41486/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the ministerial decisions unit issuing leave to remain approvals for those currently in the direct provision...
    • Domestic Violence
      345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to address the rising levels of domestic violence in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • International Protection
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to review the process of issuing rejection letters to international protection applicants while level 5...
    • Human Rights
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 15 September 2020, the status of the general scheme of the Optional Protocol to...
    • Garda Procedures
      348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the An Garda Síochána review into the use of anti-spit hoods has been completed; if she has she received a copy of...
    • Work Permits
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a work permit under current regulations; if so, if a work permit will be issued...
    • Legislative Measures
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision will be reconsidered to disallow the inclusion of Coco’s Law in some form in the title of the...
    • Extradition Arrangements
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons extradited back to Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number subsequently convicted; and if...
    • Probate Applications
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a de bonis non grant for the estate of a person (details supplied) will issue from the Probate Office in order that the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for community services in County Tipperary that have over 200 clients working with them through probation in Thurles,...
    • Domestic Violence
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available for a domestic violence support group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • House Sales
      356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a mechanism by which the sale of a family home can be compelled in a situation in which one...
    • Garda Strength
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána, male and female; her plans to further increase the strength of the force;...
    • Garda Data
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional places to be filled in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Strength
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently available for duty at any given time throughout the towns and villages of north County...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Criminal Assets Bureau has achieved success against organised crime in the past five years; and if she...
    • Crime Data
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which recidivism is being confronted with particular reference to the number of cases in which repeated offences...
    • Prisoner Data
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, men and women, respectively currently incarcerated; the extent to which cells are shared by two, three...
    • Prison Security
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the smuggling of drugs into prisons has been curtailed; the ambitions for same in the future; and if she...
    • Prison Facilities
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which repeat offenders are successfully segregated from first-time offenders in all prisons throughout the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which rehabilitative and educational courses are made available to prisoners throughout the country with...
    • Prison Service Staff
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the full complement of staff remains available throughout the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Data
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate juvenile liaison officers are available throughout each Garda division and district; and if she...
    • Community Policing
      370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the availability of community liaison officers in each Garda division and district; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Data
      371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of juvenile crime currently being dealt with by juvenile liaison officers or other gardaí in each...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Cards
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if the changes to income limits for medical card applications in budget 2020 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42808/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is encouraging the use of biosimilar medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities (details supplied); when the HSE estimates process for 2021 will conclude; and if he...
    • Disability Support Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being taken on a service (details supplied) being extended to a seven-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40759/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in the media that a protected disclosure was made to his Department concerning warnings of issues pertaining...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the current guidance in relation to attendance at funerals and weddings. [42095/20]
    • Primary Care Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address long waiting times for psychology appointments in primary care in south-western areas of Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list at the end of November 2020; and the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019. [42301/20]
    • Health Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE have entered into discussions with the voluntary hospitals in County Cork, the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary...
    • Hospital Facilities
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Group to upgrade to four operating theatres; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with his European colleagues regarding the distribution of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. [38066/20]
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure that veterinary services are available to local abattoirs for inspections post November 2020. [33515/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the insufficient support services provided to children with disabilities particularly school-aged services; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the restoration of full-time disability day services; when these services will resume a five-day week service; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the current position of those section 39 workers that did not receive pay parity; and if these workers will be included in the PSSA. [36718/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health support to children suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic given the waiting lists for CAMHS. [40756/20]
    • Ophthalmology Services
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; the average waiting time between receiving the appointment and being...
    • Disability Services Funding
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding that was allocated towards screening children with Down's syndrome for Down's arthritis in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Paediatric Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to receive an appointment with a paediatric rheumatologist; the average waiting time between a child receiving an...
    • Cancer Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of cancer screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42513/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if the oversight committee has received the terms of progression following the HIQA study and clinical validation on antigen testing. [33909/20]
    • Suicide Incidence
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a newspaper article (details supplied) on high rates of suicides of young women in south County Dublin; the matters learned from the report; and...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he proposes take to ease the waiting list for children to attend child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the orthopaedic outpatient waiting list at University Hospital Waterford is now 24 months; if he is satisfied...
    • Maternity Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of access for partners of expectant mothers to scans and wards during labour; the national position on same; if hospitals have the flexibility to...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used for general practitioners to remove GMS patients from their client list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42545/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the Covid-19 guidelines for office workers that can continue to work from home but are required by their employers to return to the office...
    • Mental Health Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no primary care psychologists in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42547/20]
    • Health Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the steps sanctioned by him arising from the publication of the options appraisal for the model four hospital at Merlin Park, Galway; the status of the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national implementation and monitoring committee envisaged under Sharing the Vision; the membership of the committee; the terms of reference...
    • Respite Care Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care services will be deemed as an essential service; when they will be fully restored to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Support Services
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of day centres for adults with disabilities; the timeline for when day centres will fully reopen; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home residents will be allowed to be visited twice a week by two family members one at a time in all levels of the Living with Covid-19 plan; and if...
    • Health Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the delivery of the National Traveller Health Action Plan. [35132/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request WUH to continue the pathway of care organised by the hospital for a person (details supplied); if the urgent procedure recommended by the...
    • Health Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when the venesection clinic on the day service unit at Ennis General Hospital will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42567/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the medical and epidemiological or other data basis on which live music at weddings is prohibited in the current phase of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health Report on Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome published in May 2018; and if...
    • Paediatric Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of paediatric rheumatologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42626/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an information leaflet compiled by parents of children with Down’s arthropathy; and his plans distribute it to...
    • Paediatric Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy waiting lists for children with Down’s arthropathy to see paediatric rheumatologists, either privately or...
    • Home Help Service
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and quality checks in place to monitor the care carried out by home help organisations contracted to carry out home caring work in the homes of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will commence employment as a Covid-19 swabber with the HSE at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address lengthy public orthodontic waiting lists at a location (details supplied). [42641/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and duration on the list for procedures (details supplied) in University Hospital Waterford in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the location to which parliamentary questions to the HSE for operational services responses are referred; if his Department will mandate a correspondence...
    • Health Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a HSE response in relation to a referral for a person (details supplied) graded as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42649/20]
    • Occupational Therapy
      422. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 178 to 188, inclusive, of 18 November 2020, the cost per external contractor and the number of assessments carried out...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting music at weddings given that unlike many other social events, they are held in a controlled manner under the Covid-19...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42703/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be cold storage centres outside of Dublin for Covid-19 vaccines. [42712/20]
    • Healthcare Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the target percentage of patients undergoing a non-urgent colonoscopy within 13 weeks was changed from 70% to 65% in the 2020 HSE Services Plan; and...
    • Health Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure that occurs when a company that holds a HSE contract which it originally procured through a tendering process no longer wishes to hold the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if a Dublin-based Covid-19 test centre that was recently closed that processed Covid-19 tests from Clonmel, County Tipperary has been replaced by another...
    • Respite Care Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recommence respite service at Lifford Hospital; the time frame for resumption of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a gynaecological appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for gynaecological appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital for routine and urgent referrals in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative basis and the provision of legislation upon which the decision to refuse a cross-border directive application was made for a person (details...
    • Health Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service recognises the WHO’s latest position on transgender persons that it has stopped classifying transgender persons as having...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a monetary bonus payment for all healthcare workers as an acknowledgement of their hard work throughout the Covid-19...
    • Medicinal Products
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which PrEP is currently available; the steps he will take to ensure universal access for those for whom it is recommended; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [42783/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when additional services will be provided at a healthcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42784/20]
    • Medical Cards
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if sativex will be covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42785/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses and student healthcare workers will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine based on occupational data from his Department (details...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a speech and language assessment in Dublin 9 and 11; if steps can be taken to improve on the waiting time of 12 to 18 months for...
    • Health Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they carry out in hospital and...
    • Prison Mental Health Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness in the...
    • Mental Health Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      451. To ask the Minister for Health when local exercise classes that take place in local community centres will be allowed to reopen. [42804/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      452. To ask the Minister for Health when dupilumab for persons with eczema will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/20]
    • Legislative Measures
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42533/20]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 17 November 2020, when an appeal will be processed for a person (details supplied); and...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views or concerns in relation to the decision of Coillte to sell a site at Ballyandrew, Doneraile Mounadowna Wood, County Cork to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42597/20]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has stated that there is a debt outstanding from 2014 for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in...
    • Fisheries Protection
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the entire allocation of fishing quota for Irish fishers in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form; the breakdown of the quota by...
    • Fishing Industry
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek access to quotas for Irish fishers for fish types such as bluefin tuna, anchovies and others in new EU quota...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote and support community-led and owned sustainable seaweed harvesting operations. [42625/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if bycatch reduction plans will be put in place in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42635/20]
    • Fisheries Protection
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times CASA aircraft were deployed to monitor the fishing activities of supertrawlers; the names of the vessels the...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2020, if environmental samples were gathered at any other meat processing...
    • Departmental Equipment
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the course of their general duties Departmental veterinary staff use a paper or computer-based system; if so when such a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ordnance Survey maps will be provided to all farmers who will be obliged to fence watercourses as a result of nitrates...
    • Teagasc Activities
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the form the Teagasc support fund for agriculture students will take; the level of funding that will be made available to students;...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mechanism farmers should avail of to change their reference years in relation to the sheep welfare scheme if they have increased...
    • Farm Safety
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which applicants should engage with his Department regarding the announced farmer-led farm safety proposals to be funded...
    • Forestry Sector
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forestry dashboard provided to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas will be updated to include applications received and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee....
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from tuberculosis programme defined feedlot herds in each of the years 2014 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unannounced inspections in the 23 meat plants with mechanical grading to date in 2020; the corresponding figure for the...
    • Animal Diseases
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the study into establishing the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis infection in the national herd has commenced; if the study will...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce legislation to allow farmers access to meat plant CCTV of their animals in view of the fact that such material...
    • Greyhound Industry
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended by a trust (details supplied) on rehoming dogs outside of Ireland in each year since the trust was established;...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Island Communities
      493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to create a national islands plan and to give legislative protection to Ireland’s island communities to ensure their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      494. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if professional fees are paid by her Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee....
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      495. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a group (details supplied) can expect payment for phase one of a project; when its payment can be expected following submission...

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