Written answers
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Communications
12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone call with the UK Prime Minister. [41795/20]
- National Economic and Social Council
14. To ask the Taoiseach if he has read the recent NESC publication entitled The Position of the Self-Employed. [42006/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of staff in his Department on the #antiviral social media campaign. [42052/20]
- European Council Meetings
18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting of 10 and 11 December 2020. [43541/20]
- National Reform Programme
23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the national reform programme. [43540/20]
- Central Statistics Office
24. To ask the Taoiseach the statistical evidence available on the mode of travel for pupils to school in the different constituencies in Dublin; and if there is a different pattern among primary...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
25. To ask the Taoiseach na pleannana atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon na seirbhísí ar fáil...
- Departmental Budgets
28. To ask the Taoiseach the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44030/20]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Brexit Issues
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for an exchange programme for holders of certificates (details supplied) to EU or Irish certificates following Brexit; and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the situation regarding the level 3 lockdown and the capacity of enterprises (details supplied) to operate in that...
- Company Liquidations
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43731/20]
- Departmental Funding
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total investment in hubs capital infrastructure in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43753/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of grants and loans approved for each individual Covid scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le...
- Foireann Roinne
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi láthair,...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment cad iad na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a sholáthar trí Ghaeilge sna...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional supports and resources will be given to businesses in the restaurant and pub trade that have invested heavily in outdoor...
- Departmental Budgets
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular...
- Remote Working
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targets set for new remote jobs in Ireland and transitioning existing jobs to remote working across the public sector, Enterprise...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each local authority area that have received a restart grant and that have received a restart grant plus...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a business (details supplied) can open under level 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44050/20]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of EPA end-of-waste applications (details supplied). [43640/20]
- Litter Pollution
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 8 December 2020, if he will provide a copy of the letter to Kerry County...
- National Broadband Plan
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national broadband plan will be rolled out across County Donegal by townland and yearly quarter in tabular...
- Telecommunications Services
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies (details supplied) are not maintaining a monitored email...
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken by his Department to ensure the proper enforcement of the smokeless coal ban; the enforcement...
- National Broadband Plan
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position on the availability of broadband services to a property (details supplied). [43754/20]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge,...
- Foireann Roinne
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment cad iad na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a sholáthar trí...
- Electric Vehicles
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in a full year of providing 900 additional electric car charging points. [43905/20]
- Departmental Budgets
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line...
- Wind Energy Generation
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to explore the potential for offshore wind farms in north County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Industry
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with an airline (details supplied) to ensure that it pays refunds to passengers who had their flights cancelled due...
- Taxi Regulations
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the deadline for scrapping older hackney or taxi vehicles given Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assist with a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43624/20]
- Driver Test
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new online urgent driver test service for essential workers is fully operational, with invitations for test dates being sent out;...
- National Car Test
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no available appointments at NCT centres in County Donegal to facilitate those...
- Driver Test
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Transport Authority
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to fill the two vacant positions on the board of the National Transport Authority; if he will appoint at least one person...
- Driver Licences
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to provide a driver licence to asylum seekers currently residing in Ireland. [43764/20]
- Electric Vehicles
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for wheelchair-accessible electric vehicle grants for SPSVs in 2019 and 2020: the number of individual grants...
- Parking Regulations
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to address illegal parking on footpaths and walkways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43910/20]
- Departmental Budgets
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form....
- Córas Iompair Éireann
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new pension scheme for train workers will come into effect. [44089/20]
- Rail Network
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an issue (details supplied) in relation to train fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44102/20]
- Railway Stations
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering upgrade works at Newbridge train station, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44103/20]
- Road Projects
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position on the provision of a new road (details supplied) in County Kildare. [44107/20]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon...
- Foireann Roinne
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi láthair,...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cad iad na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a sholáthar trí Ghaeilge sna ceantair...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Coverage
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the remedy he proposes for a person who has been refused flood risk insurance even though they had such insurance cover for many years for the same property;...
- Banking Sector
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the banks about the State purchasing houses that may be unoccupied and owned by the various banks at this time; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an organisation (details supplied) has not been facilitated for the employment wage subsidy scheme for September 2020; and if he will make a...
- Revenue Commissioners
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current operational difficulties for users of Revenue's automated import system, AIS, and to extend the period beyond the 15 December...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no available appointments at NCT centres in County Donegal in December 2020, which will result in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses in the activity sector are included in the Covid restrictions support scheme; if not, the reason; his plans to extend the scheme to include...
- Revenue Commissioners
95. To ask the Minister for Finance when an exemption certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43749/20]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
98. To ask the Minister for Finance cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon na...
- Foireann Roinne
99. To ask the Minister for Finance sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi láthair, líon na bhfostaithe...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
100. To ask the Minister for Finance cad iad na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a sholáthar trí Ghaeilge sna ceantair Ghaeltachta, agus cad...
- Mortgage Lending
101. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is discriminatory for a bank (details supplied) to require a higher deposit level of 25% when purchasing a property in a rural...
- Departmental Budgets
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44021/20]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an obligation on civil servants to supply their written name, as opposed to their initials, in correspondence with members...
- Health Services Staff
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure pay restoration for section 39 workers in over 250 organisations who have not yet received pay restoration to date;...
- Flood Prevention Measures
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider introducing a scheme to facilitate the cleaning of rivers and water courses similar to the local improvement scheme;...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le...
- Departmental Budgets
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to relaxing the Covid-19 regulations as they apply to events (details supplied). [43672/20]
- Sports Capital Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43642/20]
- Ministerial Correspondence
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43647/20]
- Sports Capital Programme
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 8 December 2020, if the payment of a sports capital grant application (details...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by swimming pools that rely heavily on the offer of swimming classes due...
- Sports Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current financial supports available to a business (details supplied) that operates in this jurisdiction but whose...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that developing sports currently without national governing body status from Sport...
- Departmental Budgets
120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current budgets in her Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the guidance received by Fáilte Ireland in prohibiting live music or dancing at weddings; the person, body or...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Land Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on preserving land in rural areas in which derelict sites are in abundance for potential social housing and...
- Planning Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if minutes should be kept at preplanning meetings in local authorities. [43645/20]
- Rent Increases
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to instances in which landlords are increasing the rental price on their properties that are...
- Planning Issues
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Mayo County Council timeline for enabling work to commence on utilities, services and infrastructure to...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur...
- Foireann Roinne
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) has not received compensation for having ceased cutting turf; if the matter will be...
- Social and Affordable Housing
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social welfare incomes considered temporary when a local authority is assessing a person's application for social housing....
- Departmental Budgets
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in...
- Fire Stations
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Castlerea fire station, County Roscommon, was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44090/20]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Migration Crisis
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the aid provided to the Greek Government in respect of the refugees in Lesbos and the families who were being relocated to...
- Consular Services
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to secure the release of a person (details supplied) currently being prevented from leaving China by the authorities...
- Foreign Birth Registration
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon...
- Diplomatic Representation
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Irish Embassy in Australia. [43966/20]
- Departmental Budgets
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form....
- Northern Ireland
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive and the Secretary of State for...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK Foreign Secretary about...
- Peace and Reconciliation Programme
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated in 2020 for peace and reconciliation projects; the expected expenditure at the end of 2020; the funding provided for...
- Northern Ireland
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive and the Secretary of State for...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps
149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or body that chose the installation location of the recently installed outdoor gymnasium at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County...
- Departmental Budgets
152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44017/20]
- Defence Forces
153. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person or persons with detailed knowledge of the work of and demands on the Defence Forces over the years in the Border region and the...
- Defence Forces Personnel
154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Army bands carry out annual range practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44109/20]
- Naval Service
155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to increase linguistic skills and language capacity within the Naval Service in view of Brexit; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
156. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Covid-19 measures that have been implemented to allow the Army bands to practice and train in their entirety. [44111/20]
- Defence Forces Reserve
157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the procedures in place to ensure reservists when undertaking full-time training with the Defence Forces outside their area can vote in...
- Defence Forces Data
158. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women and ethnic minorities in the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form....
- Defence Forces Personnel
159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently used in Covid-19-related work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44114/20]
- Defence Forces Data
160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of retirements by rank and years' service to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44115/20]
- Defence Forces Personnel
161. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the net personnel gain for the Defence Forces to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44116/20]
- Defence Forces Reserve
162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who opted to join the Reserve Defence Force upon leaving the Permanent Defence Force to date in 2020; and if he will...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
163. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon na...
- Foireann Roinne
164. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi láthair, líon...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
165. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence cad iad na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a sholáthar trí Ghaeilge sna ceantair...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific educational supports available to Syrian refugee children as part of the resettlement programme; the in-classroom supports available...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider amending the current public health Covid-19 guidance to ensure that the HSE informs school principals of positive Covid-19...
- Schools Building Projects
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if contact has been made with the local authority or other relevant Department toward the alleviation of the serious traffic congestion in the...
- School Curriculum
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in respect...
- School Transport
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a refund or credit will be extended to pupils whose school bus tickets have been issued only in recent weeks and who have been charged for the...
- Schools Building Projects
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the status of the tendering process; and...
- School Transport
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for reform of school transport, with particular reference to the extent to which both the public and the private sectors...
- Schools Building Projects
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43771/20]
- School Enrolments
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a recent study conducted on demand for and availability of secondary school places in an area (details supplied); if so, the...
- Schools Building Projects
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project for a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43782/20]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Teaching Council number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43853/20]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon na...
- Foireann Roinne
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi láthair, líon...
- School Accommodation
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rental costs following the decision to place six specialist Portakabins on a site (details supplied); if rental costs for the overall site...
- Schools Building Projects
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stages of a typical school building project from beginning to end in tabular form; the steps involved in each of these phases; the timeline...
- School Holidays
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43971/20]
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to implement the recommendations of the Caranua report Facing the Future Together: Discussing Ireland’s Lifelong...
- School Transport
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 3 December 2019, if an investigation will be carried out as to the reason the information sought was...
- Departmental Budgets
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current budgets in her Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44018/20]
- Autism Support Services
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of primary schools that have at least one ASD unit. [44043/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children who have siblings that are at very high risk of Covid-19 can be facilitated with remote learning. [44049/20]
- School Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to ensure pay equality for post-2011 entrants to the teaching profession. [44083/20]
- State Examinations
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a contingency plan will be published for students of the leaving certificate 2021. [44085/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be put in place to recognise the additional heating and refuse costs for schools in 2020 and the lost income from room...
- School Enrolments
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out research on the unavailability of secondary school places in south County Kildare; the numbers on waiting...
- Schools Building Projects
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school at the Curragh, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44098/20]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44094/20]
- Free Travel Scheme
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the free travel scheme to allow persons with a disability to travel by taxi given the lack of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly arising whereby those on the pandemic unemployment payment were advised to move...
- State Pension (Contributory)
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a request for further backdating of a State pension (contributory) award in respect of a...
- Carer's Allowance
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Disability Allowance
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Illness Benefit
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the double Christmas payment bonus to recipients of illness benefit (details supplied). [43665/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for PPS numbers will be processed for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Invalidity Pension
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Illness Benefit
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of illness benefit overpayments to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43736/20]
- Community Employment Schemes
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used to determine if a community employment project can have an increased materials grant per participant and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [43769/20]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur...
- Foireann Roinne
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection sainiú a dhéanamh ar na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a...
- Community Employment Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the extreme difficulties being experienced by many community employment schemes in...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been made to realign the age category for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Budgets
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current budgets in her Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the deadline for return to her Department of special UP38 forms agreed with a company (details supplied) which an employee...
- School Meals Programme
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of the school meals local projects scheme will be extended over the Christmas school holiday period in order...
- Illness Benefit
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the enhanced illness benefit payment is available to persons who have been advised by their general practitioner to...
- Fuel Allowance
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is receiving a reduced fuel allowance and has had their fuel allowance...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- White Papers Publication
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the White Paper on direct provision will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43618/20]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available for refugee families from Syria coming into Ireland as part of the resettlement...
- Legislative Measures
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 will be enacted to give full provision to the UN...
- Foster Care
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rules and regulations attached to the placement of children in foster care; his views on whether many of the...
- Childcare Services
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of SAC children who received standard hours; and the number who received enhanced hours under the NCS...
- National Childcare Scheme
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been referred from the sponsored bodies both nationally and on a county level...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a person (details supplied) eligible for the ECCE scheme starting September 2021 on the...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí...
- Foireann Roinne
248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cad iad na fadhbanna is práinní i leith seirbhísí faoi riar a Roinne a sholáthar...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the standard and higher capitation rate for the ECCE scheme by increments of...
- Departmental Budgets
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon na...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the budget for apprenticeship training increased by 8%. [43904/20]
- Student Universal Support Ireland
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who do not avail of the SUSI grant will receive the €250 Covid-19 payment; when arrangements for payment to students who do...
- Departmental Budgets
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44023/20]
- Third Level Institutions
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 8 December 2020, the way in which participation of students from low socio-economic backgrounds is...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Remembrance Commission
261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 9 December 2020, the formal funding mechanisms available from the State, not at EU...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [43629/20]
- Anti-Social Behaviour
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider publishing media advertisements in the run-up to Christmas regarding the dangers of illegal scrambler use;...
- Citizenship Applications
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will arrange a virtual meeting between her officials and a person (details supplied) in the process of seeking Irish...
- Direct Provision System
265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider expanding the current regularisation scheme to direct provision residents; if not, the reason for not...
- Residency Permits
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a residency card under the European Communities (Free Movement...
- Court Sittings
267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the written and audio DAR record of court proceedings is given free of charge and without undue delay or a written legal...
- Firearms Seizures
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given consideration to following the example of the Home Office in the United Kingdom whereby a three-month weapon...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur...
- Irish Prison Service
272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) given that they have been classified as high-risk; if she will...
- Garda Transport Provision
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the replacement of the three oldest horse trailers attached to the Garda mounted unit. [43963/20]
- Departmental Budgets
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current budgets in her Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in...
- Department of Health
- Cancer Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health further to an exchange with this Deputy during Leaders' Questions on 8 December 2020, if he has sought clarity on the situation whereby the HSE CervicalCheck...
- Disability Support Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that determine whether or not a dog can be classified as an assistance dog; and the body responsible for setting such criteria. [43907/20]
- Respite Care Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43612/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
279. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the benefit of wearing masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, including the latest international data; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
280. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43625/20]
- Disability Support Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). [43627/20]
- Dental Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process under the HSE orthodontic treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43631/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
285. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43646/20]
- Health Services Provision
286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution report relating to freely available...
- Disability Support Services
287. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a review of the system for early assessment and prioritisation of therapies for children with special needs which despite extra resources...
- Medicinal Products
289. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with companies to negotiate a suitable price for the drug dupilumab for the treatment of severe atopic eczema; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
290. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which persons who are required to access preoperative Covid-19 testing are forced to travel to the hospital...
- Respite Care Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the future of Sruthan House, Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43670/20]
- Medical Waste Disposal
295. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which a person (details supplied) can dispose of medical waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43700/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has to attend for an early-morning Covid-19 test appointment in Mayo hospital four days prior to an...
- Health Services Staff
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a nominal retention bonus to nurses, midwives and healthcare workers who have worked throughout Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Dental Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health if a dental examination can be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [43743/20]
- European Medicines Agency
302. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to decrease the time between EMA approval and reimbursement of new treatments to promote earlier access in Ireland with the latest...
- Medical Cards
305. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) can be processed in view of the fact that the person has submitted all of the requested...
- Disability Support Services
307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). [43761/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if a reply will issue; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
310. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a cataract surgery appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the three year waiting time for obtaining an appointment for the removal of wisdom teeth at the oral and maxillofacial department at University...
- Nursing Staff
312. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in pensions for retired nursing staff given that this group have not seen an increase in pension rates in over ten years. [43780/20]
- Maternity Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given towards lifting the restrictions on maternity services throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/20]
- Legislative Measures
314. To ask the Minister for Health when the Disability Act 2005 will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/20]
- Disability Support Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health when he will legislate for personal assistance services as a right in law as per the motion unanimously supported by Dáil Éireann on 29 November...
- Dental Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments under the school dental service in Cork city in each of the past 15 years by child. [43837/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
326. To ask the Minister for Health if the Traveller community has been given consideration in the different levels of the vaccination roll out plan; the position of same if they are considered;...
- Health Services Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved filled by tenure permanent, temporary, locum, agency and vacant consultant posts by discipline and specialty; the length of time the...
- Medical Cards
328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will progress the renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) as no progress has been made since October 2020; and if he will make a...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
329. To ask the Minister for Health cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le líon na...
- Hospital Staff
332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant oncologists with a special interest in sarcoma currently in St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; and his plans to appoint an...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
334. To ask the Minister for Health if a national plan is in place to deal with persons with long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43912/20]
- Departmental Functions
336. To ask the Minister for Health if disability functions will be transferred to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if so, the timeline for same. [43962/20]
- Hospital Staff
337. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide funding for the recruitment of an additional paediatric endocrinologist for Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin. [43965/20]
- Nursing Home Accommodation
339. To ask the Minister for Health the process which must be gone through, such as notification to the home itself by letter or otherwise, before HIQA and the HSE decide to become directly...
- Disability Support Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists for assessments of need in counties Cavan and Monaghan to date; the proposals to reduce the waiting lists and provide more timely...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
342. To ask the Minister for Health the name and number of nursing homes taken over by the HSE and HIQA since January 2020; the reason for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Support Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have an orderly resumption of day services for persons with a disability in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
345. To ask the Minister for Health if a pain patch will be approved for a person (details supplied). [44000/20]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
346. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources and increased hospital capacity will be provided to reduce waiting times for patients in counties Cavan and Monaghan awaiting...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
347. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE plan for an educational messaging strategy to explain the development and speed in bringing the Covid-19 vaccine to reality,...
- Hospital Services
348. To ask the Minister for Health if the orthopaedic clinic in St. Vincent's University Hospital is open; if not, when it will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44007/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
349. To ask the Minister for Health his views on indemnity cover for Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44008/20]
- Departmental Budgets
350. To ask the Minister for Health the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44024/20]
- Health Services
351. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE therapy services that have been noted and scheduled for delay; and the counties in which delays for such services are scheduled in the case of a rise...
- Maternity Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the campaign to lift restrictions in maternity hospitals for birth partners and expectant fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Staff
354. To ask the Minister for Health if a lump sum from a pension will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44077/20]
- Nursing Home Accommodation
356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include in any proposed inquiry into the deaths at a nursing home (details supplied) in 2020 a specific term of reference to establish all the facts...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions in place for animal welfare charities that are not eligible to apply for funding given their donations have dropped...
- EU Regulations
358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in the EU Court of Auditors report of 22 December 2006 in which it states that the consolidation process of 150,000 ha...
- GLAS Issues
359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a GLAS 3 appeal by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the matter has been ongoing;...
- Basic Payment Scheme
360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was an overclaim assessed against a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway in either 2018, 2019 or 2020; if he will...
- Harbour Fees
361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 15 September 2020, if will provide an update on the long-awaited review of harbour...
- Control of Horses
362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized and-or impounded for trespass and for non-compliance with chipping law and regulation by county in each...
- Fishing Communities
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the establishment of a multi-agency forum (details supplied) will be supported to address the challenges facing small fishermen in...
- Control of Horses
364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions since January 2013 in respect of the failure of owners to chip their horses, in tabular form; and if he...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le...
- Bord Bia
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific data belonging to a farmer that are shared under the Bord Bia sustainable beef and lamb assurance scheme; the person or...
- Departmental Budgets
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular...
- Forestry Sector
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of any and all communication from the European Commission in respect of Irish forestry legislation, in particular the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- LEADER Programmes
373. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when interim funding will be allocated to LEADER in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43623/20]
- Departmental Funding
374. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total investment in hubs capital infrastructure in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43752/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of Covid-19-related supports allocated to community halls and centres by county; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Budgets
376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current budgets in her Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
377. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad iad na pleananna atá ag a Roinn chun seirbhísí faoina riar a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, chun cur le...
- Foireann Roinne
378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development sonrú a dhéanamh ar gach post atá sainaitheanta mar phost a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge leis ina Roinn faoi láthair,...
