Written answers

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student nurses who have been rejected for SUSI grants and who are unable to work outside of nursing due to Covid-19 can apply for their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the €50 million scheme that grants €250 to Irish and EU higher-level students studying in Ireland who have been...
    • Education Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop an action plan for education but with specific reference to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the proliferation of precarious and unpaid work in the academic sector as highlighted in a recent report (details supplied);...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with NPHET regarding the way to manage the return to campus-based learning in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 177 and 178 of 11 November 2020 and 663 of 24 November 2020, if he has requested a copy of the report from...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post-leaving certificate students do not qualify for the €250 additional payment in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the administration of the SUSI grant system to ensure the criteria used in allocating grants is fit for purpose in ensuring...
    • Student Accommodation
      56. 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...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with the higher education sector regarding their landbanks and plans for available land within their control; and if he...
    • Third Level Staff
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 440 academic staff in universities and institutes of technology were in continuous employment...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the priorities of his Department in relation to scientific research funded by Science Foundation Ireland; the emphasis in this strategy on blue...
    • Third Level Admissions
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to further increase places in third level courses should there be indications of significant CAO point inflation for...
    • SOLAS Funding
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital projects his Department will fund in County Monaghan over the years 2020 to 2025. [43175/20]
    • Student Accommodation
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interactions his Department has had with student accommodation providers during the Covid-19 pandemic. [41663/20]
    • Further and Higher Education
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enhance co-operation between colleges of further education and colleges of a similar status in Northern Ireland; and if he will make...
    • Technological Universities
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements his Department has had with Dundalk IT regarding its pathway to technological university status; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Examinations
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the practice in some third level institutions of withholding exam results for exams taken during the year for...
    • Further and Higher Education
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to the opportunities to enhance and intensify co-operation on an...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the way in which the anomaly in the SUSI grant criteria can be corrected by which applicants who started third level education...
    • Further and Higher Education
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on building links with further and higher education institutions with schools to further develop an interest in computer science and...
    • Nursing Education
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to fund a bursary scheme for student nurses who have worked during the pandemic. [43309/20]
    • Technological Universities
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the development of Munster Technological University following its establishment. [41758/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a return to campus to allow students to enjoy a full third level experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43158/20]
    • Third Level Education
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received allegations of sexual harassment at third level; his plans to extend consent information across third level institutions; and...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were initially awarded SUSI grants that have since had the grants withdrawn from them by SUSI. [43307/20]
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to Monaghan Institute in 2020; and the proposed allocation in 2021. [43174/20]
    • Third Level Staff
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and or proportion of academics and researchers employed in third level institutions in Ireland who hold short-term contracts and rely...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and other supports that have been given to universities and colleges to support their students to engage with their studies online;...
    • Third Level Education
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for reforming pay for students on work placements as part of their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42536/20]
    • Education Policy
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to promote and further develop the lifelong learning sector and increase participation numbers in the sector; and if he will make a...
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college (details supplied) will be provided with the necessary funds to secure a permanent building; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to overhaul existing apprenticeships, traineeships and education programmes as promised in the programme for Government; and...
    • Technological Universities
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need to ensure that Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and associated institutions continue their multi-campus format as the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI will issue an amnesty on all repayments due to grant overpayments arising from the 2020-2021 academic year considering the extreme effects...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the impacts that the Covid-19 restrictions have had on the mental health of third level students; the measures he has taken to ease...
    • Further and Higher Education
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when retrofitting centres of excellence will open in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43155/20]
    • Third Level Education
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on supporting the establishment of units similar to a facility (details supplied) in all universities and institutes of technology....
    • Third Level Staff
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address workers’ rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology. [43298/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for excluding post-leaving certificate students from a recently announced €250 payment for students. [41756/20]
    • Further and Higher Education
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be investigated if Fingal would benefit from the development of a training centre under the training centre program offered by the...
    • Third Level Staff
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to review the employment status of postgraduate students who also work for third level education institutions as part of their degree....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide supports to post-leaving certificate students who are not eligible for a €250 payment which has been made available to...
    • SOLAS Administration
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives of construction workers to discuss the impact of recent price rises from the SOLAS administered safe pass...
    • Further and Higher Education
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide continuing education facilities in Ballincollig, County Cork for school leavers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the perspectives and experiences of current and former students will feature in the full-scale review of SUSI. [43299/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered or undertaken to address mental health issues experienced by school leavers and third level students due to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on all-island education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/20]
    • Further and Higher Education
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 24 November 2020, the status of the higher education staffing agreement; when the principles will be...
    • Technological Universities
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had contact with Carlow College, St. Patrick’s, Carlow with regard to bringing about the full integration of Carlow College, St....
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of repayments due to grant overpayments over 2020-2021 academic year sought by SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend third level and apprenticeship opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent OECD report on the reform of the leaving certificate which highlighted the lack of engagement of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a mechanism will be introduced for fourth year student nurses not in receipt of SUSI to receive the €250 refund in view of the fact...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses available to older persons to improve their digital skills by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43218/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 16,700 laptops made available to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/20]
    • Third Level Staff
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to 11,200 lecturers working on a temporary or casual basis in recent years across Irish universities and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made to date in getting Departments to commit to recruiting a cohort of apprentices each year. [43171/20]
    • Third Level Admissions
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the CAO form to include further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/20]
    • Third Level Education
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide work placements for students studying physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy as many in these...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has or will issue regulations regarding the way in which publicly-funded higher education bodies may or may not use their land for...
    • Technological Universities
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the new Munster Technological University can best work with stakeholders in the region to produce greater employment...
    • Research and Development
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage qualitative research methodology in Irish research given a shift towards quantitative methods in recent years and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has ring-fenced funding from budget 2021 for covering the cost of providing rapid testing and tracing on college campuses in the years...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increase in the income limits that have taken place in relation to the means testing of the SUSI grants since 2010; the increase in the...
    • Technological Universities
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42535/20]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Information
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [43545/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      124. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination. [43546/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      125. To ask the Taoiseach if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42709/20]
  • Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
    • IDA Ireland
      126. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the current status of a skills audit by the IDA for County Laois; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits
      131. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of intra-company transfer employment permits issued in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      132. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if changes have been made to eligibility criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme to ensure workers in the music and...
    • Work Permits
      133. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the procedure to be followed to obtain an up to date work permit by a person (details supplied) who previously held the holder of a...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      134. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of data access requests the CCPC has made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      135. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the current financial supports available to a business (details supplied) that operates in this jurisdiction but whose headquarters...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      136. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will permit Santa grottos to operate in indoor shopping centres in cases in which they adhere to level 3 safety guidelines; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      137. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns such as those of a person (details supplied) regarding the lack of capital available...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Farm Waste Management
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will establish a scheme for farm waste tyre disposal to alleviate the expense to farmers wishing to move away...
    • National Postcode System
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an Eircode will be assigned to a house (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of fibre broadband availability to a property (details supplied). [42885/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of smart meters that have been installed to date; the number of homes retrofitted to date; the number of...
    • Building Energy Rating
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the time frame for phasing out of BER F-G in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it would cost in 2021 to recruit two additional full-time petroleum exploration specialists for...
    • Recycling Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plastic processed through pyrolysis infrastructure will be considered as recycled plastic for the purposes of...
    • North-South Interconnector
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will commission an independent report incorporating international industry expertise to examine the technical...
    • Just Transition Fund
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the feasibility of a proposal (details supplied) in the context of the midlands just transition...
    • Electricity Grid
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the project status and estimated timeline for start and completion of the EirGrid north Connacht 110kV electricity...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recently reported comments from an ambassador to Ireland (details supplied) that European security is...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Common Travel Area
      150. 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...
    • Rural Transport Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has assisted or can assist the provision or improvement of rural transport nationwide; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the option of postal renewal will be provided for the renewal of driver licences as many elderly drivers and those with underlying...
    • Rail Network
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART plus West upgrade; the expected time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42876/20]
    • Legislative Measures
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to bring forward legislation regulating e-scooters and e-bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42877/20]
    • Driver Licences
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a dedicated Oireachtas helpline and email address can be created for both the NDLS and the RSA in view of fact the current waiting...
    • Bus Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of zero emissions buses in operation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42911/20]
    • Rail Network
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the pension scheme negotiations ongoing in Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42920/20]
    • Road Network
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for road improvements along the R404 and the Hazelhatch Road linking north County Kildare train stations in particular to...
    • Railway Stations
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed new DART station at a location (details supplied); the timeline for the proposal; and if he will make a...
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the wheelchair-accessible vehicle grant scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of grants awarded...
    • Electric Vehicles
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric SPSVs in operation to date in 2020; the number of hybrid SPSVs in operation to date in 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for the rural transport programme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each of...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to Ireland of the A5 upgrade, the Narrow Water Bridge, a high-speed rail connection upgrade on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes, grants and supports in place in his Department for car rental firms, in particular for their extensive fleets of cars that...
    • Driver Licences
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the anomaly with applications for the over-70s driver licence given that a five-year licence can be accessed by post...
    • Driver Test
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number waiting for driver tests by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43017/20]
    • Public Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to arrange a limited Nitelink service over the Christmas 2020 period; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State funding provided to Bus Éireann in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each year, in...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that fall under the remit of his Department that will be funded between 2021 and 2030 under Project Ireland 2040; the...
    • Driver Licences
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers who had their driver licences extended beyond the deadline due to Covid-19 will not have to resit their driver test in order...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the post of chairperson of the Shannon Group will be filled. [43092/20]
    • Aviation Industry
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the referral under section 41(7) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 of the matter of IAA staff pensions; the...
    • Driver Test
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to reduce waiting times for driver tests across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43202/20]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that free travel passes are expiring without notification to users causing the users to be...
    • Road Network
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a by-pass at Claregalway, County Galway to alleviate traffic congestion through the village; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the PSO funding provided to Bus Éireann in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each year, in tabular...
    • Cycling Facilities
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding drawn down by each local authority in 2020 for spending on cycling infrastructure, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Traffic Management
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intercede with Kildare County Council with a view to addressing the serious traffic problems that exist in Celbridge, County...
    • Driver Licences
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarity for those holding driver licences from Northern Ireland and the UK; the way in which Brexit will affect such...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No.124 of 8 December 2020, when he will sign off on a pension agreement (details supplied); if there is...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers travelling into Ireland that have booked Covid-19 tests at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Licences
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding hackney licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43405/20]
    • Electric Vehicles
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulatory status of electronic scooters; if a licence is required; if insurance is required; if other obligations apply to users of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving into Ireland on a weekly basis from 26 October 2020 by country of departure including seaports and...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of a report (details supplied) carried out in 2019 as part of the review of search and rescue services; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who have purchased a vehicle, are in possession of that vehicle and have sought an appointment prior to 31 December 2020 are rateable based on 2020...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include existing owners of derelict properties in the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43117/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate access to CRSS for businesses (details supplied) who do not currently qualify for the payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Tax
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending regulations with regard to local property tax to allow more flexibility for persons who have been in receipt of Covid-19 payments...
    • Insurance Industry
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to a person (details supplied) who cannot receive a response from an insurance company regarding an outstanding claim; and if he will...
    • Value Added Tax
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if surfing will be considered for the reduced 9% VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts his officials have made in view of the revised ECB guidance on Covid-19 moratoria for loans to ensure this is being implemented for businesses and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken formally with his Czech Republic counterpart recently. [43091/20]
    • Medical Cards
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance when the legislative effect to the existing medical card criteria will come into effect (details supplied). [43189/20]
    • Motor Insurance
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reform for the motor insurance industry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some motor insurance companies are loading premiums in...
    • State Claims Agency
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of non-medical negligence claims over the time period 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [43226/20]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which VRT for used imports pre-September 2018 will be calculated; if a circular will be published by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of an application by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43291/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxes that will apply to used cars imported from the UK after 1 January 2021. [43373/20]
    • Personal Contract Plans
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of legislation to protect consumers on PCP. [43410/20]
    • Banking Sector
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Central Bank has been making in ensuring that all retail banks and payment services providers will be ready in time to implement the strong...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly (details supplied) that may exist in the Finance Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43531/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly (details supplied) that may exist in relation to the July Stimulus package and a 2020 tax return; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the reopening of the Fitzgibbon Street Garda station that was due in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if retired public servants will receive an increase under the national wage agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the WRC ruling of 9 June 2020 regarding the funding of the CIÉ pension scheme that is currently being assessed by his...
    • Public Sector Pay
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount allocated in 2021 for public sector pay increases and the part of this that has been earmarked to address pay issues in the...
    • State Art Collection
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current market value of the State art collection as an entire collection; if he will provide a schedule of the items and value of...
    • Pension Provisions
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of those on the State payroll who have purchased benefit under the public service single scheme pension purchase facility in...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an aontaíonn sé leis an méid a deir an tAire Stáit ag a bhfuil freagracht na Gaeltachta, go bhfuil...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for allowing certain GAA games, other than at elite level, to proceed while prohibiting soccer and GAA games for...
    • Sport Ireland
      229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an organisation (details supplied) will receive support in fast-tracking its application for membership of Sport Ireland given...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason underage soccer players have been advised that they are unable to return to training and matches while in level 3...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh comórtas oscailte ann chun comhlacht dearaidh ghrafaigh a roghnú chun lógó nua Údarás na...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when an application will be finalised for a community council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Meetings
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has meet the director general of TG4 (details supplied) in the past three months. [43108/20]
    • Fáilte Ireland
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for demanding the past three years accounts, 2019 tax return, tax clearance certificate and bank balance in respect...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if changes have been made to eligibility criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme to ensure workers in the music and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the promised oversight committee will be established to appraise the recommendations of the arts and culture recovery...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there was an open competition to select the company or organisation that would manage the music industry support package...
    • Ceapacháin chuig Boird Stáit
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht briseadh síos a dhéanamh ar chomhaltaí boird TG4, de réir na hionadaíochta atá ann do dhaoine as na...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention been drawn to calls to initiate a pilot project for reopening theatres; her views on the feasibility of such a...
    • Legislative Measures
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the online safety and media regulation Bill will contain specific mention of image-based sexual abuse and online harassment;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the decision was made to allow some artists receive multiple grants under the various music industry support package...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Foreshore Licences
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to regularise the application process for foreshore licences to ensure a statutory timeline for the issuing of such...
    • An Bord Pleanála
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the introduction of the payment of An Bord Pleanála fees online and or the submission of documentation...
    • Rental Sector
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the keeping of dogs or cats is not permitted in many residential tenancies,...
    • Irish Water
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital expenditure allocation for Irish Water to replace water mains pipes over the period 2021 to 2024. [42871/20]
    • Planning Issues
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications received by each local authority in each of the past three years; the number of staff...
    • Protected Disclosures
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he received a protected disclosure from a person (details supplied); and the details of the action taken as a result of the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service will conclude; the amount budgeted in budget 2021 to carry out...
    • Departmental Information
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in establishing the wildlife crime unit; the funding being allocated to the new unit; the resources...
    • Rental Sector
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies in place to help accidental landlords who kept their rent low and are now trapped in rent pressure zones and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to extend the public consultation period for draft development plans currently being worked upon by...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding a housing list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43004/20]
    • Housing Regeneration
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of property owners who availed of the derelict housing scheme; the amount spent on the scheme; his assessment of...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide housing for the 501 persons and 65 families who are homeless in the south-west region; and...
    • Planning Guidelines
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the urban development and building heights guidelines for planning authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Electoral Process
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if she will accept a proposal (details supplied) that seeks to allow every Irish citizen on the island of Ireland a vote in...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include existing owners of derelict properties in the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the development of a municipal wastewater treatment plant for Craughwell, County Galway to serve estates...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the serious issue in County Galway regarding the fact that Galway County Council and An Board...
    • Local Authority Funding
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to create an equalisation fund to increase the Local Government Fund for local authorities such as Galway County...
    • Housing Issues
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered the report of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government on building...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the new sewage treatment scheme announced recently in local media in County Clare for the village of Broadford...
    • National Parks
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the rare habitats of Killarney National Park are being protected; the way in which sustainable development is...
    • Housing Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a housing project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43388/20]
    • Project Ireland 2040
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have had an engagement with a local authority on the Cork event centre. [43409/20]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the NPWS would continue to make use of a predator control contractor if its attention was drawn to the fact that the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      291. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he can undertake to raise awareness through the EU of the plight of a journalist (details supplied) who has been tortured and is...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department takes to capture information on disability provided by election observers; and the way in which the data...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the South Korean ambassador to Ireland in the past three months; and if so, the issues discussed. [43104/20]
    • Brexit Issues
      295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been consideration of a scheme allowing long-term residents in Ireland from the UK to apply for an Irish passport in the...
    • Foreign Policy
      296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish citizens or businesses based in Hong Kong have been affected by the rise in the freezing of bank accounts of those linked to...
    • Brexit Preparations
      298. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a national audit of Brexit preparedness and readiness has been carried out; if so, if such an audit will be published; and if he will...
    • Human Rights
      299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he will take to assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43348/20]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      300. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 8 December 2020, if he will provide a schedule of costs incurred on consultancy, construction...
    • Military Aircraft
      301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 10 November 2020, if US military aircraft never carry arms, ammunition or explosives, are never...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks
      303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a club (details supplied) will be permitted to use the GAA grounds in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the military police will start early in 2021. [43088/20]
    • Defence Forces Data
      305. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment, strength and vacancies of the Permanent Defence Forces in the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service in tabular form; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      306. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions waiting to be filled throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43121/20]
    • Defence Forces
      307. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position with regard to the proposed commission on defence; when the commission will commence; if the commission members have been selected;...
    • Defence Forces Data
      311. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fatalities suffered by the Defence Forces on duty with UNIFIL; and the identity of the cause of death by military grouping...
    • Departmental Reviews
      313. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the last review of his Department took place; the conclusions derived from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43570/20]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the current increased level of vehicular traffic bringing children to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43110/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a Covid-19 outbreak at a school (details supplied); the rationale behind the existing protocols in such...
    • Special Educational Needs
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ASD class at a school (details supplied) will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43477/20]
    • Education Policy
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sanctions in place for schools that fail to meet the legal requirement to include in their admission policies detailed arrangements for those...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42934/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will be granted a place in the autism spectrum disorder class in a school. [42979/20]
    • School Accommodation
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the installation of prefabs in a school (details supplied) which were applied for in March 2020 and are having an...
    • Schools Building Projects
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed campus development at Donaghcumper, Celbridge, County Kildare which is due to accommodate three schools (details...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the sale for the site from the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, of the school campus at Donaghcumper, Celbridge, County Kildare will...
    • School Accommodation
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) since its foundation; the number of prefabs...
    • Child Protection
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matter regarding ensuring access to the ex gratia scheme and the publication of the action plan regarding these issues...
    • School Admissions
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the sibling-first policies have been removed from some primary schools and in particular a school (details supplied). [43026/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the autism spectrum disorder class which has been sanctioned for a school (details supplied) will commence. [43128/20]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the inclusion of a phone line message system on the payroll telephone number of her Department to inform callers of the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts made to ensure that issues pertaining to site acquisition to facilitate the new building for a school (details supplied) are...
    • School Transport
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which private operators are selected for the provision of school transport; the calculation of rates offered based on the...
    • School Accommodation
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the replacement of primary school facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive their payment under the school transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied) that has been with her Department since 2016 waiting...
    • Departmental Circulars
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend a circular based on circumstances (details supplied). [43458/20]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and time frame for the site acquisition, planning and start of the new school for a school (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school capital project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43474/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the needs of the pupils who currently attend a unit at a school (details supplied) considering the plans to close this unit...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given and initiated to ensure remote learning options for school children who are living with a person in the very high...
    • Schools Building Projects
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the issuing of a tender for the development of a school (details supplied); the associated timescales for the project; and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Dental Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice by dental hygienists of an additional charge of €25 for a clean and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it will be ensured that when a person applies for the pandemic unemployment payment that the Revenue Commissioners and-or...
    • General Register Office
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [43392/20]
    • State Pensions
      352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Free Travel Scheme
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allowing the free travel pass to be used for wheelchair accessible taxis particularly for...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (contributory) whose pension entitlement is reduced as a result of the pension...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the processing of PPSN applications (details supplied); her plans to resume normal operations; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the treatment benefit scheme eligibility review; if consideration has been given to extending the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments considered when assessing eligibility for the Christmas bonus for persons with a combination of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been out of work since March 2020 owing to Covid 19, has been in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy...
    • Blind Person's Pension
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reconsider the means test for those in receipt of the blind pension; her plans to ensure those with a visual...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will postpone social welfare audits on persons with disabilities during Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an extension of her current participation on a community employment scheme to...
    • State Pensions
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43125/20]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons waiting for an appointment after applying to be issued a PPS number. [43191/20]
    • Carer's Benefit
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has an entitlement to carer’s benefit. [43192/20]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of expired public service free travel cards still in use as a result of Covid-19 restrictions on accessing the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of carer’s allowance under review; the number of reviews commenced, per quarter, in 2020; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of domiciliary care allowance under review; the number of reviews commenced, per quarter, in 2020; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects re-rate arrears will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43241/20]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recommendation of the Labour Court on the community employment supervisors scheme will be implemented; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to pay the annual Christmas bonus in 2020 to those in receipt of the family income support payment; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to including recipients of the family income support payment in the bonus payment scheme for...
    • Fuel Allowance
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who had their fuel allowance disallowed on reaching 66 years of age will be...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the guidelines and procedures in place to ensure applicants get a fair assessment of their applications; and if they have...
    • Carer's Allowance
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a request for further backdating a carer’s allowance award in respect of a person...
    • Poverty Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the national social target for poverty reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43398/20]
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; the reason no national anti-poverty strategy was in place for the...
    • Youth Guarantee
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the new youth guarantee; her plans and intended deadlines to ensure those under 29 years of age can receive an...
    • Social Welfare Code
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the position regarding the means test for social welfare payments as it applies to jobseeker’s...
    • Maternity Benefit
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of maternity benefit do not receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of illness benefit do not receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of carer’s allowance cannot avail of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Direct Provision System
      389. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if advance local consultation now takes place in respect of proposed direct provision centres to be provided by private operators; if such...
    • Legislative Measures
      390. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of legislation on the gender pay gap. [43406/20]
    • Child and Family Agency
      391. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla undertook a root-and-branch assessment of the current service before deciding to initiate changes to the service provision with...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in 2020; the average length of...
    • Direct Provision System
      395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain has been granted for the most recent...
    • Refugee Status
      396. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families and the number of unaccompanied children who have arrived in Ireland from the Moria camp in Greece to date; and if...
    • Direct Provision System
      397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for publication of the White Paper to replace the current direct provision system; the funding that will be provided for...
    • Parental Leave
      398. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in bringing forward the start date for the extended paid parent’s leave to earlier in the new year than was originally...
    • Child and Family Agency
      399. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of residential care units for children provided by Tusla directly; the cost of this provision; the number of children placed in...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      400. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method by which the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is obliged to make every reasonable effort to notify persons...
    • Residential Institutions
      401. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports that will be available to survivors of mother and baby homes (details supplied); the services over and above the...
    • Childcare Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all childcare service providers must adhere to health and safety and fire safety...
    • Child and Family Agency
      403. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the reason Tusla has not provided payment to a person (details supplied) will be investigated; if the payment will be expedited; and if...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      404. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43322/20]
    • Wards of Court
      405. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that were made wards of court in 2019 and to date in 2020; the reason for the discrepancies in the figures provided...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students are unable to claim the normal holiday allowance from SUSI when applying for the student grant scheme if they were in receipt...
    • Brexit Issues
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has finalised the agreement with colleges in the UK to ensure that Irish students do not have to pay higher fees or be...
    • Technological Universities
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the technological university resources will now be rebalanced to align with the aspirations of Project Ireland 2040 to support regional growth...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students living here and attending university in Northern Ireland who are not in receipt of the SUSI grant are eligible to receive the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if postgraduate students are eligible to receive the €250 once off payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/20]
    • Student Accommodation
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when universities will implement his policy statement of 6 December 2020 (details supplied) that any college-owned accommodation refunds should...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 1 December 2020, if students who had to return to college in order to carry out placements (details...
    • Third Level Education
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures and supports that have been put in place for third-level students with dyslexia and other conditions that secured them supports at...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to SUSI grants, a student who qualified for the special rate support grant in their first year on an undergraduate course can be...
    • Student Accommodation
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third-level institutions will provide rent refunds to students in on-campus accommodation for which courses are now being delivered online for...
    • Third Level Fees
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level institutions will provide refunds to students for which courses are now being delivered online for the 2020 to 2021 academic...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for students attending third level institutions for the first time, who may be struggling to adjust to the lack of college...
    • Third Level Fees
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for charging fees of over €15,000 per year for graduate entry medicine courses, which means that many students who finish...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial support will be given to a person (details supplied) in the high-risk category for Covid-19 who is taking part in an online masters...
    • Further and Higher Education
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time further education students by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43563/20]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the decline in numbers of apprenticeship entrants to full-time education courses as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Northern Ireland
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that exist for an independent policing historical investigation unit to investigate Troubles-related incidents in the...
    • Immigration Policy
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which persons of Irish descent can retire in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43244/20]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a full reply to correspondence. [42868/20]
    • Immigration Policy
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the specific directions given to offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau or GNIB on granting...
    • Legal Aid Service
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Waterford Law Centre, Legal Aid Board, Canada Street, Waterford; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to reform the operations of GSOC; if she plans to allow for appeals by persons whose initial complaint to the...
    • Legislative Measures
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to date to carry out a review of the provisions in the Offences Against the State Act 1939, as committed to by...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Strength
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the K district; the number of gardaí assigned to different departments; and the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Strength
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time forensic accountants in the Criminal Assets Bureau and Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau,...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans allocated to the Garda dog unit in 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Garda Data
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí have access to interpreter services on a 24-7 basis on the roadside when dealing with members of the public who...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number or percentage of Garda vehicles in each Garda division within the Dublin region that are aged over 12 years as of 4...
    • Garda Expenditure
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year budget for the Garda National Cybercrime Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43053/20]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of roads policing units that are fitted with an LED matrix sign on the back window of the vehicle....
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for Garda youth division projects increased by 7.5%. [43105/20]
    • Garda Deployment
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to Garda human trafficking investigation and co-ordination unit as of 7 December...
    • Private Security Authority
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has formally met with the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) since her appointment; and if so, when she will next...
    • Citizenship Applications
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Data
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43242/20]
    • Property Management Companies
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which property management companies are regulated; the provisions that exist for their effective regulation; and her...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission issued correspondence to her Department with regard to the processing of...
    • Garda Data
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of barricade hostage incidents involving gardaí in the first eleven months of 2020; and the number in 2019....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options explored in relation to the socially-distanced swearing in of juries for trials in Tralee courthouse; if any venues...
    • Citizenship Applications
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely...
    • Wards of Court
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were made wards of court in 2019 and to date in 2020; the reason for the discrepancies in the...
    • Residency Permits
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number of persons that will be required to exchange their existing immigration residence permit card for a new,...
    • Family Reunification
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for a joint family visa (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Voluntary Repatriation Schemes
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have availed of assisted voluntary return following service of a deportation order in each month...
    • Data Collection
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data access requests GSOC and CAB have made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three...
    • Garda Data
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in 2019 and to date 2020. [43457/20]
    • Northern Ireland
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 10 September 2020, if she will ensure further investigations are carried out into...
    • Legislative Measures
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 10 September 2020, the progress to date in publishing the Sex Offenders (Amendment)...
    • Citizenship Applications
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to implement the pay restoration for section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/20]
    • Healthcare Policy
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if there are age limits in Ireland on the consumption of energy drinks which can contain concentrated amounts of caffeine or other stimulants; if not, if there...
    • State Claims Agency
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of medical negligence claims in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount the agency has paid out...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      470. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the European Court of Justice decision that CBD is not a narcotic under EU law; the impact this will have for hemp cultivation in Ireland; and if...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagements with the National and Midwifery Board of Ireland regarding the annual retention fee; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no age limit regulating the sale of vape products; and his plans to rectify the situation. [43374/20]
    • Health Insurance
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if an exemption can be made for a person (details supplied) who has been informed by a company that it cannot process receipts for health services which are...
    • Vaccination Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in 2021 for the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine on college campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43424/20]
    • Home Care Packages
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the different supports available to keep elderly persons in their homes for as long as possible and the way in which to access those supports; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the pension abatement rule for public sector pensions applies to employment with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the latest engagement with organisations (details supplied) on Covid-related changes to work practices, the provision of additional paramedic posts and the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting over 12 months to see a speech and language therapist by CHO in tabular form. [42878/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the free flu vaccine scheme to children up to 17 years of age in view of the relatively low rates of take-up of the nasal flu...
    • Health Promotion
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the health promotion campaigns that have been carried out in 2020 by his Department or the HSE to encourage members of the public to boost their immune system...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for pain relief treatment at University Hospital Galway, by outpatients and inpatients; the number of years on waiting list and...
    • Hospital Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent consultant posts currently filled nationally; the number of permanent consultant posts which are currently not filled on a permanent...
    • Home Help Service
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding additional help at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42907/20]
    • Nursing Education
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the payment of travel allowances which are owed to student nurses from placements which took place almost one year ago; and if these...
    • Health Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical grounds on which referral for specialist services abroad has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); the actions proposed, given...
    • Eating Disorders
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place additional adult service supports in CHO 8 to assist patients dealing with eating disorders. [42926/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a full-time dietician to adult services in CHO 8. [42927/20]
    • Eating Disorders
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting funding in place to provide treatment centres or community specialist services to support those with eating disorders in CHO 8....
    • Hospital Facilities
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new elective hospital location in Cork; and when the process of site selection will be completed. [42930/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional supports as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [42932/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary healthcare centre for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42941/20]
    • Dental Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations in which dental practices are no longer providing treatments to patients under the medical card scheme; the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 48-bed hospital extension for Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; the status of the extension; and the costings and timelines for same....
    • Home Help Service
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home service supports will be provided for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [42954/20]
    • Dental Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments, and the number waiting for appointments, for HSE child dental services in County Laois; and the action he is taking...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if special services are being developed for long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42966/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the baseline unit cost for formal out-of-home respite services; the baseline unit cost for formal in-home respite; the baseline unit cost for recreation and...
    • Pension Provisions
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if the calculation of a pension charge for a person (details supplied) will assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42971/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the HSE CAMHS waiting list by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42973/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      513. To ask the Minister for Health when a final decision will be made on an application for the reimbursement of the drug dupilumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42974/20]
    • Home Help Service
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the duties home helps can perform; and if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which persons are being informed home helps will now only perform...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      516. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding wearing masks during physical education in secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the changes arising from budget 2021 in relation to specific supports for persons suffering from Parkinson's; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43056/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      520. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the wait time for speech and language therapy assessments in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43057/20]
    • Patient Transport
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports to assist low-income persons or households with transport to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if under level 3 of the Covid-19 framework all nursing home operators should facilitate an indoor visit once a week for one family member for a duration of up...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if mesh injury will be recognised as a long-term illness; his plans for reparations for mesh injury; if there will be a public inquiry; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which nursing shifts, lunch breaks and toilet breaks have been affected at University Hospital Kerry due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly breakdown of patient-to-nurse ratio across all acute hospitals to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of solely administrative staff recruited to University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the details of protocols in relation to staff wearing of masks within acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43072/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to mental health and wellness supports for staff within the acute hospital system; the breakdown of this allocation for each acute...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy on accepting donations of food or other goods from the public during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 30 September 2020, if savings are achieved through the use of agency staff or if it is more expensive to use...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      534. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow a companion of choice at birth for women during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43084/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist posts allocated to each CHO in tabular form; and if he will provide the equivalent figures as of 1 December 2018 and 1...
    • Health Services Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of clinical lead for the national clinical programme for dual diagnosis has been filled on a permanent basis. [43086/20]
    • National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional full-time senior pharmacists for the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. [43087/20]
    • Dental Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the next national recruitment campaign for dental nurses will commence. [43100/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time spinal specialist nurses working in each of the paediatric hospitals in each of the past three years in tabular form. [43101/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE mid-west CHO 3 is cancelling clinical agency staff hired to perform swabbing while seeking assistance from the Defence Forces and the National...
    • Vaccination Programme
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who missed the HPV vaccine four years ago can avail of it now. [43119/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a holistic aftercare package for those suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43131/20]
    • Freedom of Information
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to HSE files under freedom of information can be refused under section 15(1)(c) if it is felt that there are too many documents to retrieve...
    • Healthcare Policy
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who attends and pays for a consultation with a private consultant can then be referred to the top of a public waiting list by that consultant...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if Pilates classes are allowed under level 3 restrictions in instances in which participants are more than 2 m apart throughout and instructors wear...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be referred for a hip replacement under the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will encompass emergency medical technicians, paramedics, advanced paramedics and so on who work with PHECC-approved voluntary organisations such as...
    • Respite Care Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if overnight respite care will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43243/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students accepting Covid-19 tests in each third-level institution in which the HSE is offering mass Covid-19 testing in tabular form. [43248/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time child psychiatrist will be assigned to Limerick in addition to the one who travels from Dublin a couple of times a month. [43249/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      559. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to work with an organisation (details supplied) as part of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to rolling out the Sligo scheme for cataract treatment nationwide (details supplied). [43258/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if carers will be specifically included in the vaccination allocation programme. [43260/20]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can avail of a medical access programme licence. [43262/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      564. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the strategy known as zero Covid; if his Department or NPHET has carried out an analysis on the feasibility of a zero-Covid strategy; if copies of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date in 2020; the reason for such contracts; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      568. To ask the Minister for Health when under the Covid vaccination roll-out plan adults caring for vulnerable children will be vaccinated; his views on the need to vaccinate adults caring for...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including bipolar disorder among the diseases and disabilities covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the vaccine task force is defining housing overcrowding; if it will include persons living in direct provision; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to ensure older persons will get their full visit entitlement under the Health Protection Surveillance Centre guidelines; and if he...
    • Self-Harm Prevention
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the data obtained by his Department relating to self-harm presentations to emergency departments per day and emergency departments during the period 27 March...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if the incident report has been prepared with regard to the serious incident review as referred to in a HIQA response (details supplied) relating to the tragic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the scoliosis waiting list; if there is a waiting list for treatment; if so, if the waiting list is being addressed; if not, the reason; if there...
    • Cancer Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a public health nurse to call again to a person (details supplied); if this can be arranged as a matter of urgency; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Reports
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the national adult critical care capacity and activity census report 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE National Service Plan
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the national service plan 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43402/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into a protected disclosure made by a worker from a HSE facility (details supplied); if there has been engagement with the...
    • Health Services Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that children who are fostered do not face obstacles in accessing services provided by his Department, for example, by requiring additional...
    • Respite Care Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to use the old Wicklow district hospital building for respite and long-term care support in the form of a day care centre for the elderly...
    • Hospital Facilities
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reopen 20 beds in the former Wicklow district hospital in Wicklow town; and his plans for same. [43414/20]
    • Patient Transport
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43415/20]
    • Mental Health Policy
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a Traveller mental health strategy developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/20]
    • Maternity Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if the guidelines of the HSE for pregnant women are in line with international research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43425/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the schemes available to persons who need to avail of medical expertise not available in this jurisdiction but available in the UK; the processes through which...
    • Health Services Charges
      600. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) to resolve ongoing disputes regarding charging for routine phlebotomy services; and if he will make...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medicinal cannabis must be sourced from the Hague; if other exporters are available; and if consideration has been given to sourcing the product...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied). [43440/20]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by his Department or the HSE in the commissioning and production, including professional fees of advice from a company, (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [43450/20]
    • Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that have been provided to date under the winter plan; the breakdown under each category of bed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised list of each section 39 organisation that to date has not yet had pay restored since the agreement at the Workplace Relations...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the projected additional spend on Covid-19 in the health service in 2020; the spend to date; the breakdown of the figures by the amount spent on additional...
    • Vaccination Programme
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if those eligible for the free flu vaccine through the HSE immunisation programme will be eligible for reimbursement after HSE procured supplies are exhausted;...
    • Home Care Packages
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned introduction of a statutory homecare scheme in Ireland; the status of the proposed timeline for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      616. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1470 of 3 November 2020, the number of HSE staff currently redeployed to the testing and tracing system from other areas...
    • Vaccination Programme
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nasal spray child flu vaccines administered to date; the date of expiration for the circa 600,000 nasal spray doses bought by the HSE in 2020;...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the status of projects (details supplied) related to commitments made within Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43469/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a full-time consultant neurologist for Wexford general hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43471/20]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the HSE has the capacity to process primary medical certs from 1 January 2020; the outcome of the meeting on 9 December...
    • Hospital Facilities
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of his meeting with the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability at his Department and the Department of Justice on developments at...
    • Fur Farming
      625. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the continued farming of mink in Ireland with regard to the demonstrated decreased susceptibility to antibodies of a strain of Covid-19 in...
    • Nursing Education
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a student nurse has been rostered to work a shift of eight hours or greater since 19 October 2020, by hospital by one hour increments in...
    • Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 and 39 service providers have to provide a first aid qualified person at each location. [43488/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if all disability day service care workers or staff that were redeployed during Covid-19 have been returned to their original day service; the number of staff...
    • Palliative Care Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if palliative care and respite beds will return to St. Brigid’s facility, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if so, the date. [43502/20]
    • Cancer Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative treatments provided to cancer patients are currently deemed essential; if not, if this will be reconsidered considering the mental and physical...
    • Healthcare Policy
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/20]
    • Vaccination Programme
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with cerebral palsy who are in the high risk category for Covid-19 are included in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy, specifically the...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43530/20]
    • Cancer Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the reason letters issued to women in the highest at risk category of ovarian cancer are saying the waiting list for an ultrasound scan is six to 12 weeks when...
    • Vaccination Programme
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HPV vaccine for medical card and non-medical card holders who are advised to get the vaccine by their general practitioner or consultant; and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the products on the Biocidal Product Registers which do not meet the WHO minimum standard for efficacy, particularly regarding the...
    • Departmental Information
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the personnel who carry out a desktop review of products for entry onto the Biocidal Product Registers are sufficiently qualified...
    • Herd Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff within his Department that have a flock or herd number registered in their name; the number of these staff that...
    • Beef Industry
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which farmers are expected to meet the 5% reduction target as part of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure, BEAM, scheme when...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme, BPS, payment will issue to a herd owner (details supplied) given that the delay is being caused...
    • Greyhound Industry
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhound litters registered annually with an organisation (details supplied) between 1 January 2010 and 30...
    • Forestry Sector
      659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the winding down of the state aid agreement for the forestry sector due to end on 31 December 2020; and if he will make...
    • Horticulture Sector
      660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the requirement will be relaxed that needs planning permission granted rather than pending before submitting an application under...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department ceased posting letters to farmers regarding problems with ANC payments; his views on whether this is reflected in...
    • Herd Number Applications
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the entitlement and procedure for transferring a herd number from one named person to joint names for married...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers by county and by each payment band who received ANC payments in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the removal of a gate (details supplied) which is preventing access to walkers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the anger amongst the fishing community regarding large trawlers catching juvenile fish and sprat;...
    • Beef Industry
      667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appraisal has been carried out of the outworking of the mandatory reduction obligation contained within the BEAM scheme; if he...
    • Teagasc Activities
      669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that agriculture students attending Teagasc colleges will be eligible for the same financial supports as other...
    • Poultry Industry
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be provided to poultry farmers affected by avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43343/20]
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed measures to be enacted under the tuberculosis eradication programme in 2021; the estimated costs of the measures; the...
    • Forestry Sector
      672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an issue of title raised by a person (details supplied) on a forestry road licence application was fully considered; if there is a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to changing the five-year timeframe for young farmers to make the required investment for TAMS II...
    • Greyhound Industry
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement the programme for Government commitment to ensure that future funding of the greyhound sector...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an opportunity for beef and suckler farmers to access the new organic farming scheme in 2021 specifically in the...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to a funding package for farmers affected by tuberculosis outbreaks; if a package has been considered...
    • Fur Farming
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the announced cull of mink will take place in line with the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officer; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the calf grant investment scheme will be available in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43582/20]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Harbours and Piers
      685. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the funding that was allocated to the development of Inis Oírr pier in 2020 has been drawn down; if not, the reason; and if...
    • Charities Regulation
      686. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies by job title at the Charities Regulator; and the length of time each post has been vacant. [43090/20]
    • CLÁR Programme
      687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a CLÁR application by an organisation (details supplied); when a decision is likely; and if she will make a...
    • Library Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a grant application by a council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43280/20]
    • CLÁR Programme
      689. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when measure 3(b) of the CLÁR 2020 programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43370/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      690. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 914 of 17 November 2020, if the details of the transitional programme of funding for Leader...
    • Library Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been progress on a library application (details supplied). [43407/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      692. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects the LEADER funds to be of assistance to the various community groups throughout 2020 or in 2021; and...
    • Voluntary Sector
      693. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have interacted with various community based groups in County Kildare with a view to easy...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      697. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has focused on specific areas of deprivation in urban or rural community sectors; the extent to...
    • Social Isolation
      698. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have identified specific areas or instances of urban or rural isolation throughout the...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      699. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has identified specific local initiatives throughout the country worthy of support by her...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      700. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications nationwide for various supports available to her Department received in the past six months; the extent to...
    • Library Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll out of the libraries programme; the progress to date in respect of same; and if she will make a statement on...

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