Written answers

Thursday, 17 December 2020

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is engaging with the Minister for Transport on the provision of sustainable transport infrastructure such as segregated cycle...
    • National Disability Strategy
      9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she has taken to implement action 127 of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Volunteering Strategy
      13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps her Department will take to implement the National Volunteering Strategy and the measures to support volunteering given its...
    • National Broadband Plan
      17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had on the national broadband plan in the last quarter. [43979/20]
    • Rural Development Plan
      18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the need for rural communities to have an appropriate range of services of all kinds available locally to ensure their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the resources that have been allocated to support a programme (details supplied) throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond; and if...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding allocated to each local authority for the local improvement scheme in 2020; the proposed allocation by county for...
    • LEADER Programmes
      21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timescale for the commencement of an interim LEADER programme in 2021; if this programme will be funded through the national...
    • Voluntary Sector
      22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to creating an online one stop shop for community groups and organisations in which all available grants...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the resources that have been allocated to support an organisation (details supplied) throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond; and...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided in County Kilkenny under the local improvement scheme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • LEADER Programmes
      27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding for organisations (details supplied); if transitionary funding is coming from her Department as previously...
    • Harbours and Piers
      28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin; the status of the preparation of a simulation model of the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points nationwide; the number that will be provided in each county...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when it is envisaged that the successful projects under the latest round of the rural regeneration and development fund will be...
    • Tidy Towns Committees
      33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans regarding the Tidy Towns competition; if the competition will be held in 2021; if so, the supports her Department will...
    • LEADER Programmes
      34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the initial total allocation made available to Ireland from pillar II of the CAP under the LEADER heading 2014 to 2020; the amount...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding programmes available to urban communities to help communities with the impact of Covid-19 and tackle other societal...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the restrictions and regulations being imposed on puppy farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43590/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll out of the broadband connection points; the number of publicly accessible broadband points that are now live by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if new policy tools are being considered to address the double impact on the rural economy of difficulties in the food and the tourism...
    • LEADER Programmes
      43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has explored the role that LEADER companies can play in supporting small rural business to overcome the challenges posed by...
    • Voluntary Sector
      44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level and type of support that has been provided in 2020 to community and voluntary organisations on account of the impact of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of organisations supported under the Covid stability fund to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43947/20]
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new action plan for rural development will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43916/20]
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce successful applications under the town and village renewal scheme; her views on the scheme; and her plans...
    • Community Enhancement Programme
      50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the organisations in Dublin that have benefited in 2020 from the community enhancement programme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Public Participation Networks
      51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the operation of the public participation networks; her plans for further developing this structure; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services Funding
      52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on adding a requirement that all funding from her Department includes provisions to meet and further rights of persons with...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to bring forward an enhanced town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43975/20]
    • Voluntary Sector
      54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding opportunities available to a centre (details supplied) which is a non-profit organisation providing community, family and...
    • Rural Transport Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had with other Departments regarding issues relating to rural Ireland and specifically regarding public...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €45 million Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary organisations, charities and social...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43589/20]
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce successful applications under the outdoor recreation scheme; her plans to operate the scheme in 2021; and...
    • CLÁR Programme
      61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason larger counties with larger CLÁR areas are limited to making the same number of CLÁR applications as much smaller...
    • Community Enhancement Programme
      62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects supported by her Department in counties Meath and Louth in 2020 under the community enhancement programme; and if she will...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the interdepartmental group set up within her Department to examine the remote working hubs and co-working spaces; when...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider expanding schemes such as the rural recreation scheme, the walks scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure...
    • LEADER Programmes
      65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects the LEADER programme to address the multi-various issues affecting urban and rural communities...
    • Island Communities
      66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the islands’ action plan and her engagement with island communities in relation to the plan since taking office....
    • Planning Issues
      68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has held discussions with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the topic of one-off housing planning; her...
    • Voluntary Sector
      69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the new volunteering strategy; her plans to implement same; the level of engagement with communities in its...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 5 November 2020, the way in which the additional €2 million in funding for the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs to the Department of Transport including the integration of...
    • LEADER Programmes
      72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current EU MFF budgetary proposals for the period 2021 to 2027 allocated to Ireland under the LEADER heading of pillar II of the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered working with local authorities to establish hubs for remote working in towns and cities to facilitate new ways...
    • Telecommunications Services
      75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42232/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to fund the delivery and administration of the LEADER programme 2021; the interim funding for 2021 to 2023 to be delivered...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support she is putting in place to help voluntary community groups meet operating costs during the pandemic when their usual means...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict...
    • CLÁR Programme
      82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to develop and diversify the CLÁR programme in 2021 which focuses on the areas of highest population decrease since...
    • Rural Development Plan
      83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions her Department is taking to stymie rural decline in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43813/20]
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to extending the local improvement scheme for the new areas of Cork city which were areas of Cork County...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her progress to date in introducing on a phased basis a number of projects similar in approach to community development projects as...
    • National Disability Strategy
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she has taken to implement action 128 of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Development Plan
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of the new rural policy; when she expects the policy to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the way in which the operators of community services centres are facing considerable fees for water at a time when their...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • IDA Ireland
      96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA will consider the feasibility of Clare Technology Park , Gort Road, Ennis, County Clare as a location in the next phase of...
    • Industrial Relations
      101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements he has had with the workers of a company (details supplied) during their ongoing dispute over redundancy. [44123/20]
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his progress to date in the reform of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43930/20]
    • Communications Market Regulation
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to progress the programme for Government commitment to enable regulatory bodies such as ComReg, the Central Bank and...
    • Trade Agreements
      106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he envisages Irish consumers and businesses will benefit from the ratification of the CETA agreement; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the lack of adequate truck-driver testing facilities in north County Kildare on...
    • Insurance Industry
      108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures under the Action Plan for Insurance Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43787/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Kilkenny that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he...
    • Industrial Relations
      112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the involvement of his Department in talks to try resolve the issue regarding a company (details supplied) and to ensure such...
    • Fire Service
      113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Working Time Directive applies to the retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/20]
    • Brexit Preparations
      114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being undertaken to identify and make contact with SMEs that have yet to engage with the Revenue Commissioners to...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he is taking to encourage women as entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43796/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider an additional package of supports for rural wet pub operators that have been closed for eight straight months...
    • Company Law
      117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the review of examinership by the CLRG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44127/20]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a commitment he made during Priority Questions of 10 November 2020, and further to correspondence from this Deputy and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Preparations
      121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the level of Brexit readiness amongst companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43786/20]
    • Regional Enterprise Plans
      122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his specific policies to support enterprise in towns and villages; if his Department is engaging with other Departments on this...
    • Aviation Industry
      123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to and is taking steps in relation to the difficulties facing workers in an airline (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has offered or been offered additional funding to assist the owners of wet pubs this Christmas. [43951/20]
    • National Disability Strategy
      125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he has taken to support to support entrepreneurship and self-employment for persons with disabilities as outlined in...
    • Industrial Relations
      126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with workers and their trade union in relation to the appointment of provisional liquidators to a group (details...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he plans to grow indigenous enterprises in County Kerry in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has concerns regarding the communication of the impact that Brexit will have on Irish consumers in terms of online shopping...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Cork that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his progress in relation to updating the national remote working policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43929/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the engagement his Department has had with a representative association (details supplied) regarding the Covid...
    • Trade Agreements
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects Ireland to ratify CETA; the way in which Irish consumers, citizens and SMEs will benefit; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Laois and Offaly that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Issues
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the industries his Department is of the view are most at risk from the ill-effects of Brexit, deal or no-deal; and if he will make a...
    • Company Liquidations
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if he will take steps to ensure the collective bargaining agreement...
    • Brexit Preparations
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Brexit preparations from his Department and its agencies for 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to enhance the role of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43789/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will...
    • Data Centres
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Policy; and...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a renewed focus will be placed on attracting FDI to County Kerry in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/20]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that have been provided to enable the Workplace Relations Commission to function at the optimum level during the...
    • Legislative Measures
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) (Carryover of Annual Leave) (Covid-19) Bill 2020...
    • Company Liquidations
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for future legislation that will protect workers in situations of redundancy and insolvency in which they have agreements...
    • Industrial Relations
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of discussions or contact he has had with the mediator in a dispute (details supplied); his plans to resolve same; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to update the legislation governing European Works Councils. [43822/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Carlow that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; the number...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding made available from his Department in 2020 to Údarás na Gaeltachta; the programmes involved in each...
    • Brexit Preparations
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains in contact with his EU colleagues in an effort to ensure the coordination of trans-EU efforts to cater...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant...
    • Programme for Government
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the universal basic income pilot promised in the programme for Government; the timeline on the proposed pilot; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Laois and Offaly that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus;...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the workings of the Workplace Relations Commission. [43851/20]
    • Brexit Preparations
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department is continuing to support the development of new markets for Irish exports in the current Covid-19 and...
    • Company Law
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Duffy-Cahill report and on efforts to resolve a dispute at a company (details supplied)....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus;...
    • National Minimum Wage
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale following reports of the Low Pay Commission’s commitment to only a 1% increase in the national minimum wage for...
    • Trade Agreements
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the economic and sustainability impact assessment of the EU-Mercosur agreement commissioned by his Department in...
    • Brexit Supports
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Cork that have availed of the Microfinance Ireland Brexit business loan. [43808/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he...
    • Trade Agreements
      168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he has had with his EU counterparts in respect of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. [42651/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the supports that are in place for employers to employ and retain persons with disabilities to also...
    • Company Law
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the review by the company law review group on the legal provisions surrounding collective redundancies and the...
    • Brexit Preparations
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being undertaken to ensure that there is no difficulties receiving essential imported goods into Ireland in the event of...
    • Brexit Supports
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have availed of the Brexit loan scheme. [43721/20]
    • Economic Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to promote the all-island economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43168/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the restart grant and restart grant plus; if all funding has at this point been paid out; the details of same by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to ensure that all employers are adhering to public health advice to allow employees to work from home unless...
    • Brexit Supports
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have applied for a ready for customs grant. [43720/20]
    • Aviation Industry
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing workers in an airline (details supplied) who are continuing to face...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to publicly-licensed houses that have been prevented from trading over the Christmas period as a result of the...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans regarding the introduction of sustainability indicators for enterprises in receipt of support from their local enterprise...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the future work plan of the Workplace Relations Commission. [43852/20]
    • Brexit Preparations
      185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied as to the adequacy of measures taken to protect the economy as Brexit unfolds; his views on...
    • Trade Agreements
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of all proposed EU trade agreements and Ireland’s position on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Safety
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that is underway in relation to farm safety including training and other assistance to farmers in order to help reduce the...
    • EU Issues
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland has made a submission to the EU trade policy review; if so, the issues he is prioritising; and if he will make a statement...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the recommendations made in the Action Plan for Insurance Reform in relation to the Personal...
    • Company Law
      190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagement with the trade union movement in relation to issues regarding collective redundancy legislation...
    • National Minimum Wage
      191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider increasing the minimum wage beyond the amount announced in budget 2021 to ensure it reflects a living wage; and...
    • Company Law
      192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on measures to implement the Duffy-Cahill report in relation to collective redundancies; and if he will make a...
    • Aviation Industry
      193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts he has had with an airline (details supplied) and other airlines registered here in relation to the terms and conditions...
    • Brexit Supports
      194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding made available to businesses located in County Galway for Brexit preparations through his Department in 2020; the number...
    • IDA Ireland
      195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland site visits to locations in County Galway to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional Covid-19 supports available for businesses in County Galway to help offset the negative impacts of Covid-19; the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the national SME growth plan; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44148/20]
    • Low Pay Commission
      198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of plans to transform the Low Pay Commission into a living wage commission; the details of any consultation process...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a matter in relation to a restart grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Company Liquidations
      201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to resolve a dispute (details supplied); if he has met with the liquidators; if so, the details of the meetings; his plans...
    • Company Law
      202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to intervene with the liquidators of a company (details supplied) that has sought High Court injunctions against former...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering new supports for enterprise start up as Ireland commences to exit the Covid-19 setbacks to...
    • Low Pay Commission
      204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will bring forward legislation this term to change the Low Pay Commission into a living wage commission; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has investigated the impact of the moratorium on redundancies on the workers and employers affected; and if he has considered...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Clare that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      208. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidelines and measures in place for the operation of an indoor Santa meet and greet under the level 3 Covid restrictions; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      209. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports and grants in place for new start-up businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44213/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employee can be required to work from the office during the level 3 restrictions if working from home is a feasible option; and...
    • Employment Rights
      211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details regarding protection laws for employees of EU and foreign businesses located here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has reviewed the correspondence provided by this Deputy to him on 23 November 2020, which was a follow-up in...
    • Work Permits
      213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a general employment permit application by a person (details supplied); the reason an acknowledgement has not...
    • IDA Ireland
      214. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the IDA to ensure that a replacement employer is sourced for a site (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Company Liquidations
      215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will work with the employees of a group (details supplied) and their trade union representatives to see a fair and suitable...
    • Brexit Supports
      216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding made available to businesses for Brexit preparations through his Department or agencies under its remit in 2020 by...
    • IDA Ireland
      217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland site visits by county to date in 2020. [44465/20]
    • Retail Sector
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of grants made to companies through the online retail scheme to date in 2020, by county in tabular form. [44466/20]
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional funding made available to each local enterprise office in budget 2021. [44467/20]
    • Redundancy Payments
      220. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to protect the rights and redundancies of workers. [44544/20]
    • Employment Rights
      221. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the issue of zero-hour contracts given the recent controversy surrounding contact tracing contracts. [44545/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      222. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if has considered additional grant aid support for the wet pub sector in counties Carlow and Kilkenny given the sector has been under...
    • Employment Rights
      225. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date on implementing the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill Report; his future plans in this area; and if he...
    • Aer Lingus
      226. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will assist workers in an airline (details supplied) who are experiencing difficulties in engaging with the human resources...
    • Employment Rights
      227. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the sectoral employment orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44573/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      228. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports he will provide to the wet pub sector which is closed during its busiest trading period; and if he will make a statement...
    • Unemployment Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he anticipates further reduction in unemployment levels as the curtailment of Covid-19 increases; and if he will...
    • National Training Fund
      231. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which his Department anticipates re-employment of persons with specific skills after Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      232. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken or planned to protect employment in the event of another surge of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Preparations
      233. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he and his Department continue to establish new trading links globally to compensate for job losses related to...
    • Brexit Issues
      234. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Ireland’s international network of embassies can be utilised in the promotion of trade and Irish exports...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the continued availability of Covid-related supports in the services and...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which technology, education and the availability of suitable business and housing accommodation continue to be an issue...
    • Work Permits
      239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to further streamline the application process for work permits with particular reference to the issuing of decisions in a...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he expects the island of Ireland in its entirety to remain an attractive location for foreign direct investment...
    • Regional Enterprise Plans
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he continues to support and drive the creation of new enterprises in the indigenous sector nationally with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full extent of supports made available to the manufacturing and services sectors, including tourism and events based in County...
    • Economic Policy
      243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department have identified the most likely springboard for economic recovery in the wake of Brexit;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan
      244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out plan for the national broadband scheme. [44547/20]
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the operation and eligibility criteria of the 2020 trading online voucher scheme; the breakdown of...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number on the waiting list for the warmer homes scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and premises in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively, that are still awaiting connection to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department developed a comprehensive policy on the use of biomass for generating power. [44373/20]
    • Horticulture Sector
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the issue of the sourcing of peat for the horticulture sector (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress expected in rolling out the national broadband plan in 2021 throughout County Cavan; the areas that will...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with telecommunications providers and the communications regulator on the need to improve...
    • Afforestation Programme
      255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out an analysis of the impact which current low afforestation rates in 2020 will have on...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an agreement is in place with the UK authorities to ensure there will be no imposition of mobile telephone roaming...
    • Energy Policy
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the time frame for enacting policy on fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44490/20]
    • Environmental Policy
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a total ban on smoky coal and make Ireland a smokeless zone; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Broadband Plan
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure the Commission for Communications Regulation has adequate powers to ensure a decent standard of...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average 4G mobile coverage by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44589/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when persons in Ballygowan, Claremorris, County Mayo can expect to be connected to the broadband network; and if he...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 25 November 2020, if, in accordance with section 41(7) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act...
    • Cycling Facilities
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding for cycleways that was available to Wexford County Council in 2020; the amount of this funding that was drawn down;...
    • Rail Network
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on improvement and upgrade works on the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line over the past ten years. [44376/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial financial allocation under the road works programme to Cavan County Council in 2021 for the further...
    • Rural Transport Services
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a LocalLink route (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he plans to discontinue the service; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet representatives of the car rental industry to find solutions for Covid-19-related issues in the sector; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters relating to a pension for a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44327/20]
    • Bus Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on providing assistance to the bus and coach industry particularly companies...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the support that has been made available since the foreign tourism industry virtually closed down in March 2020 to support the chauffeur...
    • Driver Licences
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons who had a code 78 applied to a D, D1 licence prior to 30 November 2013, and who also hold a manual category B licence may have...
    • Cycling Policy
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the strategy statements from the cycling officer in each local authority will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give further consideration to the provision of funding to local authorities in 2021 for the local improvement scheme due to...
    • Driver Licences
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons resident in direct provision centres can apply for a driver licence or have driver licences from relevant jurisdictions...
    • Rural Transport Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts his Department is making to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs; if a funding allocation specifically for rural...
    • Taxi Regulations
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for developing and supporting a subsidised local area hackney scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Transport Authority
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be in the position to ensure the provision of promised bus stops and bus shelters throughout County Kildare arising from the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the pandemic on the outdoor activity business sector, such as an outdoor business (details supplied); if he...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the planning being conducted by his Department to deal with the potential housing consequences vis-a-vis 30-year mortgages payable by persons in their late...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 24 November 2020, if businesses that do not ordinarily operate from a fixed business premises are not eligible...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance if couples who were due to be married earlier in 2020 but had their weddings pushed back due to Covid-19, will receive an entitlement to backdate jointly...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who import motor vehicles before the end of 2020 will pay the pre-1 January 2021 rates of Vehicle Registration Tax, VRT, and be exempt from VAT and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the qualifying terms for the Covid restrictions support scheme in order that sports clubs that operate a licensed bar on their...
    • Customs and Excise
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional measures he will implement to counteract the illegal and cross-Border trade in tobacco and drink products and household fuel products; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if the applications received for the Covid restrictions support scheme prior to the new guidelines for the scheme being issued in December 2020 will be...
    • Value Added Tax
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding VAT on goods entering from the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44414/20]
    • Banking Sector
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the most recent discussions with a bank (details supplied) in relation to the need to retain a banking service; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Lending
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance if correspondence from a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the steps he will take to engage with the mortgage provider on the issue; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have benefited from the special assignee relief programme in each year since it was established; the cost of the scheme in each...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief for all active housing is to be abolished at the end of 2020; the breakdown by county of the number of mortgage holders this will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pensions Reform
      309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the full unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest, FEMPI, legislation in relation to...
    • Departmental Offices
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the use being made of a building (details supplied); if it is planned to move further sections of his Department to this site; and if he...
    • Flood Risk Management
      311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a request has been made to his Department by local authorities for additional funding to deal with flooding. [44135/20]
    • Office of Public Works
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will complete repair works to the courthouse in Carndonagh, County Donegal to allow the Courts Service to reopen the...
    • Departmental Functions
      314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Vote 15, previously Vote 12, was transferred to his departmental Vote group in 2011. [44365/20]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure an increase in funding to Cavan County Council in 2021 for flood alleviation measures in view of increasing problems...
    • Office of Public Works
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timeline for each stage in the provision of new public service accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44195/20]
    • Online Safety
      319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to make matters relating to action 14.2 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019 a legal requirement in the...
    • Gambling Sector
      320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives that have been developed to educate young persons through sporting organisations on the dangers of problem...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will accept a legal undertaking relating to the drawdown of lottery funds (details supplied) as outlined to her Department...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
      322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department will issue decisions in respect of applications under strand B of the cultural capital scheme 2020 (details...
    • Abbey Theatre
      323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to mnake the Abbey Theatre subject to freedom of information legislation. [44409/20]
    • Tourism Project Funding
      324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available from the Exchequer and EU sources for tourism projects in 2021 under a scheme (details supplied); and if she...
    • Sports Funding
      325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the youth field sport grant in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount each organisation received; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44482/20]
    • Broadcast Advertising Standards Regulation
      327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regulations or legislation governing the area of advertising to children foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) with regard to Fáilte Ireland guidelines for...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Property Registration
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expedite the registration of a property (details supplied). [44248/20]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new guidelines regarding wind energy will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a request has been made to his Department by local authorities for additional funding to deal with flooding. [44134/20]
    • Environmental Policy
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements or communication his Department has made in respect of the use of sonar in Irish waters in view of the impact...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure that the remaining tenants at a location (details...
    • Rental Sector
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed legislation on tenancies of indefinite duration as agreed to in the programme for Government; and...
    • Housing Policy
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing commission will be established as agreed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rental Sector
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal situation with regard to adverse possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/20]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessment by the NPWS of the current status of the SAC 004025 in Malahide, County Dublin; the actions it has taken to...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a representation (details supplied) being considered by him; when payment will be made if it is already agreed;...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct local authorities to re-examine applications for housing grants for the elderly and disabled which were not...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the requirement to have 30% savings to qualify for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan as many persons find it...
    • Foreshore Licences
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department received an application for a foreshore licence for coastal protection works between Blackrock and...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if discussions have taken place between Galway County Council and the NPWS in relation to the method statements that are...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the tenant purchase scheme to enable persons who are in receipt of a pension and have the financial...
    • Local Authority Housing
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income eligibility limits will be improved for social housing for areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in which the...
    • Fire Stations
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the appointment of consultants to develop the new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth has been agreed to; if so, when the...
    • Housing Policy
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if County Clare will be approved for housing first initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44487/20]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the long-term measures being put in place to address the homelessness issue in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in emergency accommodation in north County Kildare; the cost of same in each of the past three years;...
    • Housing Policy
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning his Department is conducting to address the potential housing crisis involving long-term renters in the absence...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of women aged 50 years and over on the current housing lists that are in emergency accommodation and deemed...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the rent allowance for full-time firefighters particularly for new recruits in view of increased...
    • Mortgage Lending
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria which is currently applied to retained fire fighters income when they are looking for a mortgage will be...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units built directly by local authorities in 2019 and 2020; the projected number of such units...
    • Planning Issues
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the reform of the planning process and in particular the judicial review process; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Naval Service
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the information his Department holds on the widely reported operations of a vessel (details supplied) and associated submarine activity in...
    • United Nations Population Fund
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated funding that will be allocated to the United Nations Population Fund in 2021; if funding to same will increase between 2021...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements his Department has in place to accommodate persons with a disability in the international election observation scheme; and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Use of Sonar in Irish Waters
      364. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if contact has been made by other naval services with Irish authorities ion the use of sonar in Irish waters in the past three years; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Funding
      365. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost in 2021 if the capital budget for Defence Forces capability development increased by 15%. [44133/20]
    • Irish Territorial Waters
      366. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the information his Department or the Defence Forces, including the Air Corps and Naval Service, hold on the incursion into or close to Irish...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence jackets for the Permanent Defence...
    • Protected Disclosures
      369. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of serving and former Air Corps personnel who have made protected disclosures; and the number of serving whistleblowers who have been...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter concerning granting a July travel provision to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safety procedures for teachers and students safety in regard to students who refuse to wear masks in the classroom and students who have been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on a new school building (details supplied). [44189/20]
    • Sibling First Admission Policy
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to end a policy that is used by some primary schools to no longer allow a sibling first admission policy. [44196/20]
    • Schools Establishment
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to alleviate the lack of secondary school places in the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new school building (details supplied); if a site been identified; the timeframe for the delivery on the project; and if she will...
    • Schools Establishment
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the medium-term plan for new schools in the Dún Laoghaire area, including primary and secondary schools; the patron bodies that are...
    • Departmental Properties
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the properties owned by her Department in the wider Dún Laoghaire area; the plans for these sites; the way they fit into the established...
    • Schools Building Projects
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to a date by which a school (details supplied) will have a permanent site for the school; if there are other schools also in...
    • DEIS Scheme
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the planned investment of €5 million in DEIS schools will be allocated in 2022; if additional resources including staffing will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will ensure an early construction date in quarter 1 of 2021 for a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if...
    • School Enrolments
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to increase the number of students at a college (details supplied) that will be permitted to be admitted into first year in...
    • School Attendance
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools have been directed to record non-Covid-19-related absenteeism in school children, for example, having a seasonal bug as Covid-19; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants only get three days of compassionate leave when a parent or other close relatives dies and other staff such a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate provision has been made for classroom accommodation and outdoor recreational spaces in the proposed project to amalgamate schools in...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil aon deontas nó cúnamh ar fáil ón a Roinn le láthair súgartha riachtanach a fhorbairt ag scoil...
    • Schools Building Projects
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned building project for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and the projected timescale for construction of the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU counterparts she has spoken to formally since her appointment in tabular form. [44410/20]
    • School Enrolments
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of school places will be increased in a school (details supplied) to ensure there is adequate school places for children who wish...
    • Schools Building Projects
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building project to be delivered for a school (details supplied). [44429/20]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the acquisition of a permanent site for a school (details supplied), which is now 18 years in existence; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions put in place to progress the building of schools in the Dublin 15 area to meet the demand for school places for the 2021 term....
    • Schools Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently in sixth class in schools (details supplied); if there are sufficient numbers of places in secondary places in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project application by a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to guarantee remote access to education for children with high-risk relatives in terms of Covid-19; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus capacity will be increased without further delay in light of the large number of students unable to access transport at present due...
    • School Accommodation
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of an extension at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44511/20]
    • School Enrolments
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recent study has been conducted on demand and availability of secondary school places in an area (details supplied); if so, the projections...
    • School Transport
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the needs of the pupils who have paid for school bus tickets but have yet to secure a seat on their local bus due to lack of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have been forced to open against the wishes of the boards of management and principals due to high positivity rates...
    • School Curriculum
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on making geography a mandatory subject in the secondary school junior cycle curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to glitches regarding the Bus Éireann online system for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places for students in north County Wicklow; if actions are being undertaken to address the...
    • School Curriculum
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that have been put in place to allow students exercise their right not to attend religious education in schools; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a dangerous school bus pick up point (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44606/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which ongoing discussions have taken place or are taking place with the various stakeholders with a view to providing new or...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Schemes
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the Tús scheme to allow persons who have been participating on the scheme during the Covid-19...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the applicability of the free travel pass to taxis for persons who do not have...
    • Carer's Allowance
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received full pandemic unemployment payment arrears. [44214/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of the auto-enrolment pension during the course of 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the correct rate of benefit is being paid to a person (details supplied). [44281/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions or supports have been put in place for persons who have contracted Covid-19 and as a result have been unable to...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the previous assurances given to workers (details supplied) relating to payments to them as a result of...
    • Local Employment Service
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure there is delivery of a local employment service in County Galway by a company located in County Galway;...
    • Departmental Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who are currently engaged with the JobPath scheme. [44348/20]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for optical benefit under the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of the domiciliary care allowance increased to €320 per month. [44408/20]
    • Local Employment Service
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to the local employment service in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that were incorrectly paid the pandemic unemployment payment during Covid-19 restrictions to date....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a partial capacity benefit payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment scheme payment will be rerated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the criteria in cases in which social welfare income including pension income is assessed against carers in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review request for an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress in respect of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when the appeal...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Parental Leave
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of parental leave available to parents of children at the moment; if it is planned to increase the...
    • Legislative Measures
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 will be enacted. [44201/20]
    • Departmental Funding
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available to help with the purchase of a car for a family with a disabled child who has to travel...
    • Paternity Leave
      454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of paternity leave increasing from two to five weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if counselling and support services will be available to all of those who will potentially be impacted by the...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract will be extended for the resource worker appointed to work with the 18 families recently...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context for special minibuses, special...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided in 2021 to ensure the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan...
    • School Attendance
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school absences recorded in the State in each of the past three years; the number of school...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a no-detriment, no-disadvantage policy will be established in all third level institutions with regard to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Third Level Institutions
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has spoken to the governing authority of University College Dublin on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Costs
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with third level institutions to ensure that persons pursuing a degree in art and design are not subject to materials levies for...
    • Third Level Staff
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if former members of the Defence Forces who are currently in receipt of a Defence Forces pension and working in the institutes of technology will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of registered employers in the apprenticeship programme; the number of active employers in the programme; the number of apprenticeship...
    • Nursing Education
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any decision taken by the HSE regarding remuneration for nursing students would have an impact on the degree status of nursing in higher...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Leave to Remain
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at present. [44172/20]
    • Citizenship Applications
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a citizenship application which is pending for some time; and if...
    • Gambling Sector
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the parts of the gambling regulation Bill that need to be updated; the reason this will take until 2021; and if consideration...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the final version of the youth justice strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44236/20]
    • Garda Recruitment
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next allocation of Garda recruits will be going to Templemore; if persons who were previously approved and on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made for naturalisation that are still undecided and that have been in the system for more than five...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a serious problem with the online booking system to secure appointments at the Irish...
    • Prison Inspections
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received prison inspection reports from the Inspector of Prisons in 2020; if so, the prisons the reports related to;...
    • Prison Staff
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to publish the reports received by her Department from prison chaplains in 2020; her plans to publish an annual...
    • Online Safety
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delivery of actions 13.1 and 13.2 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019; the specific...
    • Child Protection
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has only implemented 34 measures of Directive 2011/93/EU relating to online child sexual abuse material;...
    • Immigration Status
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if periods of interruption of employment in, for example, the hospitality sector due to Covid-19 will be held against a worker...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the improvements she plans to implement to the closed-circuit television, CCTV, scheme due to difficulties encountered by...
    • Garda Deployment
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that adequate policing resources are provided in the Border region to deal with cross-Border criminal...
    • Crime Data
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and-or convictions under the purchase of sexual services section of the Criminal Law (Sexual...
    • Irish Prison Service
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to instances in which the Irish Prison Service is not facilitating remote work for employees...
    • Citizenship Applications
      491. 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); if the...
    • Residency Permits
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if arrangements can be made for a person (details supplied) to return to Clondalkin Towers, in which the person previously...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the immigration status of naturalisation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case can...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if urgent consideration will be given to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a request for immigration access to naturalisation remains available in the case of a person (details...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a repayment under the nursing home support scheme 2009 is being requested (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44212/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to extend the pay restoration that has commenced for 50 section 39 organisations to the remaining 250 similar organisations; and if he will make...
    • Disability Support Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the Department of Health has drawn up national guidelines for resuming the full range of supports for persons with disabilities and their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context in respect of home-based care, personal assistants, transport to disability day...
    • Disability Support Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports in place for persons with special needs and their families to help persons return to a structured day; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for persons with disabilities who live with their partners, spouses, parents and families in the HSE roadmap to reopening; the person they or a...
    • Disability Support Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for re-establishing respite supports for persons with disabilities, both emergency and planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44446/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the process to apply for reassignment of pre-Covid-19 supports for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44449/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body being prioritised for home-based supports at the present time; the criteria being applied to determine priority; the way in which this is...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if all HSE disability services staff that were redeployed to other duties during the lockdown have now fully returned to their own team and are operational;...
    • Disability Services Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if support packages for persons with dementia, acquired brain injuries and or chronic mental health difficulties is included in the brief for HSE disability...
    • Disability Support Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to support a community (details supplied) in its work to secure the short-term accommodation of its residents and ensure the earliest...
    • Ambulance Service
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the fire responder scheme (details supplied) as a secondary standby in the case of an ambulance not being available in the case of an echo....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE guidance on recovery for sufferers of long-term Covid-19 issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44150/20]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to meet with a person (details supplied) to address a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/20]
    • Ophthalmology Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by the dedicated cataract clinic in Nenagh, County Tipperary for patients living in west County Cork during 2019 and to date...
    • Hospital Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the process that was involved in the considerations that were made in order to arrive at the decision to repurpose St. Brigid’s District Hospital,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Down's syndrome will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccination due to their higher risk from the disease; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if yoga studios will be allowed reopen with immediate effect in view that dance studios were allowed to reopen with pods of one, up to a maximum of 15 in a...
    • Disability Support Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions and or meetings and or correspondence he has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regards to its announcement that it...
    • Health Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to ensure that residents that were in a facility (details supplied) are housed appropriately after the closure of the facility on Merrion...
    • Health Services Staff
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a non-EU national junior doctor does not have the same access to training programmes as EU junior doctors; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gambling Sector
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available to support the work of a project (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the extraordinary work it does; and if he...
    • Health Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 8 December 2020, the position regarding the creation of multidisciplinary teams, MDTs, in community healthcare...
    • Mental Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient mental health supports will be put in place in advance of the publication of the report of the commission of inquiry to include all adoptees and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44240/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for appointments in CAMHS; the average waiting times by community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for appointments for mental health services; the average waiting times by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to reduce the three-year waiting list to see a paediatric rheumatologist; when the third paediatric rheumatologist will be employed;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of patients admitted to the Keltoi centre for isolation purposes, including the location they were referred from and the reason they could not...
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a suitable location for a community alcohol treatment service has not be secured (details supplied); the way the allocated funding for the...
    • Voluntary Sector
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase membership of the dialogue forum with voluntary bodies to include union representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a knee operation. [44263/20]
    • Hospital Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from Tallaght and St. James’s hospitals that were prepped for surgery and then sent home as there were no recovery beds available...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to a charity (details supplied) in 2020; if the amount was an increase on 2019; the services for which the funding was to be used; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has been in contact with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the restrictions placed on indoor training due to Covid-19; and his...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult psychiatric services in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval of a medical card for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [44280/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if clinics for those who have suffered from Covid-19 have been established in hospitals in order to manage patients with complications as a result of a...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Plenadren has not been licensed for use in Ireland despite being licensed by the European Medicines Agency nearly ten years ago; and his...
    • Medical Conditions
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the rare and often forgotten medical condition craniopharyngioma; the number of children with the condition; the number of...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to awarding a consultant contract to existing specialists in public health medicine as per the recommendations of the Crowe...
    • Medical Research and Training
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the number of basic and higher postgraduate specialist training posts in order to meet the demand with the number...
    • General Practitioner Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if investment of targeted incentives for general practice and the development of infrastructure, including premises, medical equipment, diagnostic equipment...
    • Hospital Funding
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a multi-annual programme of investment in 5,000 additional public acute bed capacity, including investment in...
    • Hospital Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding access to diagnostic, radiology and laboratory services to allow timely access to investigations and results of...
    • Health Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 8 December 2020, the position regarding the creation of MDTs in CHOs 6, 7 and 9; the position regarding...
    • Disability Services Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate long-term placement will be provided for a person (details supplied); the action to be taken by him to accommodate the person and other...
    • Disability Services Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Health when a grant application by an organisation (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44350/20]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local community health infrastructure projects currently under way by CHO; if they are in primary care, social care or mental health; the cost of...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons who receive a negative PCR test will be picked up by the tracing service further to advice to persons travelling into Ireland that, if...
    • Ambulance Service
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the resources to be made available for the development of the ambulatory care hubs; the location of the first phase of hubs; the reason level 2 hospital sites...
    • Maternity Leave
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to pregnant women from 28 weeks going on health and safety leave will be addressed; and if he will...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant paediatric with a special interest in children's palliative medicine for...
    • Primary Care Centres
      587. To ask the Minister for Health when the Edenmore primary care centre will open; and the services the centre will provide. [44427/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      588. To ask the Minister for Health when equipment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/20]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the HSE on personal protective equipment, PPE, ventilators, related hardware and medicines directly related to the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44437/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if a community out-of-hours mental health nursing facility is available in north County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied). [44438/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the name and location of rehabilitation detoxification services that have been closed and used as isolation facilities due to Covid-19. [44439/20]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if increased funding will be made available in 2021 to the drug task forces in view of the increased demand for services in this area; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if the business practice of cold-calling in person to persons' homes is permitted during Covid-19 restrictions; if it is provided for within the levels for the...
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if the membership of the public health nutrition sub-committee convened to generate the Food Safety Authority of Ireland report "Vitamin D – Scientific...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent expert group will be convened to examine the evidence linking vitamin D levels and susceptibility to Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 916 of 24 November 2020, if officials in his Department have concluded their examination of the matter; and the reason...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      600. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the needs and difficulties of persons living with limb damage caused by the drug thalidomide (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place in terms of beds and staffing to meet a possible Covid-19 surge at Naas General Hospital post Christmas 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and teenagers being treated for alcohol-related injury and illness in each of the past three years; the number in north County Kildare in...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children awaiting both psychological assessment and therapy nationally; the number in north County Kildare in each of the past three...
    • Primary Care Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44514/20]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      606. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure any woman who initiated a legal abortion in this country and is forced to travel if the abortion fails will receive the care they need; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if a workplace which chooses to close due to concerns due to the risk of Covid-19 due to a 10% positivity rate should be forced to remain open; his views on...
    • Health Services Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide MRI services for children who are waiting in excess of two years for an MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44553/20]
    • Primary Care Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been secured to complete works at Monasterevin day care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44568/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to expedite funding for gene-silencing treatment for amyloidosis such as patisiran and equivalent drugs; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment and surgery; the wait time for same; his plans to ensure no child is waiting while their health...
    • Dental Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have withdrawn from the dental treatment services scheme; the number of dentists remaining in the scheme by county; and if he will...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on lists as both inpatients and outpatients for Mayo University Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than...
    • Medical Cards
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is proposed to augment and provide improved youth mental health services throughout the country, with particular reference to assessment...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the restoration of speech and language and other therapies for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an area aid payment was made to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry prior to 2002; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider requesting a report from the Department of Transport with regard to proposals for the continued realignment of...
    • EU Regulations
      632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44155/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or any agency within his remit has observed a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences
      634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issues that have arisen regarding tree felling licences have been resolved; the number of applications waiting to be dealt...
    • Fisheries Protection
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that pelagic mid-water pair trawling in boats of over 10 m is prohibited within 10 km of the coast...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for decisions on aquaculture licensing appeals to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board; if he plans to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to digitise the records of the Land Commission and make them available to the public and to scholars electronically in view...
    • Beef Industry
      639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at the most recent meeting of the beef forum; the date and agenda for the next meeting; and if he will make a...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in ensuring that approved merchant stores will continue to sell veterinary medicines; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated acreage of forestry affected by ash dieback disease; the costs incurred in implementing measures to counteract the...
    • Animal Welfare
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all seizures of horses made under SI 62 of 2016, the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Horses Act 1996 are...
    • Afforestation Programme
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase afforestation levels to 8,000 ha per year, as set out in the recently published Ag Climatise - A Roadmap...
    • Forestry Sector
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals the Forestry Appeals Committee is dealing with on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the animal welfare measures taken by Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2019 and to date in 2020; the monitoring mechanisms of same in place...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the mandatory installation of CCTV in meat processing plants with a view to ensuring animal health...
    • Budget 2021
      654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget measures introduced as part of budget 2021 to support suckler farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Potato Sector
      655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the Irish seed potato sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/20]
    • Aquaculture Development
      657. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has had in the development of the national marine planning framework; the consideration given to the...
    • Animal Culls
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date by which it is intended to have all farmed mink in Ireland culled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44533/20]
    • Fishing Industry
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason mussels and salmon landed in ports are not included in Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, landing figures; and if...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number waiting and the average waiting times to avail of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme by county; and if he will...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      665. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the stability fund application by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Library Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide a new library at Ballybay, County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44515/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding being allocated for the LEADER programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43593/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points in south western areas of County Cork; and if she will...
    • Community Development Projects
      671. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a local community organisation can avail of grant funding to convert a premises in the village of Moyne, County Tipperary, into a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      672. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will respond to queries raised (details supplied) in respect of the local company development perspective application for Covid...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      674. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a clear information pack will be made available for service users of community centres on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on...
    • Remote Working
      675. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for remote working hubs in County Cork. [44546/20]
    • LEADER Programmes
      676. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of projects and administration allocations under the LEADER transitional programme; the funding provided for new LEADER...
    • Community Services Programme
      677. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that all community services programme workers and the organisations in which they work, many of which have...