Written answers

Wednesday, 13 January 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if the papers and documentation generated by a person (details supplied) in their inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be handed over to Operation Kenova;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of such contracts; and if...
    • Census of Population
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the publication of the preliminary results of Census 2022; and the expected timelines for the publication of the final results of Census 2022....
    • Commissions of Investigation
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if the opposition were consulted in advance of the most recent extension of the commission of investigation with respect to NAMA; and if he will commit to consulting the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      5. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied); if he has reviewed the documents contained; and if he has consulted with...
    • Departmental Staff
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have been assigned to the new shared island unit. [1293/21]
    • Economic Policy
      7. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national economic plan; the expected timeline for publication. [1646/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Energy Conservation
      8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if regulations can be introduced to ensure the presence of doors on supermarket fridges in order to reduce the amount of energy...
    • Workplace Safety
      9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to ratify the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment in the Workplace. [44887/20]
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the payment of the online trading vouchers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44892/20]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the future investment loan scheme of a bank (details supplied); if there will be future rounds of loans under...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protocols for employers to insist that employees work from home throughout the various levels of restrictions in place throughout...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which international call centres are required in Ireland; the degree to which competition from other jurisdictions has...
    • IDA Ireland
      16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to secure enterprise for the west side of Galway city, particularly the IDA Ireland zoned lands in Knocknacarra, Galway; and...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the investor-state-dispute-settlement mechanism of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Covid-19 related supports taxi drivers can avail of to cover the high costs of insurance considering that their revenues were...
    • Construction Contracts
      23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases heard by the panel of adjudicators established under section 8 of the Construction Contracts Act 2013 in each year...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Cork that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he will...
    • Brexit Supports
      27. 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; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for dairy farm assistants in early 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide support for the owners of a business (details supplied). [44938/20]
    • Redundancy Payments
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that will be taken for persons who are entitled to enhanced redundancy; when he plans intend to implement the Duffy Cahill...
    • Company Law
      32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extenuating circumstances under which a residential address can be withheld for a company officer under section 150(11) of the...
    • Job Losses
      33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of jobs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45179/20]
    • Work Permits
      34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if dairy farmers can avail of work permits for persons from India to work on dairy farms; if so, the process for application; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for arts, entertainment and events companies, particularly for those dependent on weddings; and if he will make...
    • Industrial Development
      36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of prospective company visits organised by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to counties Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan,...
    • Brexit Issues
      37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being undertaken to encourage Irish exporters to avoid using the land bridge through the UK and to ship directly to...
    • Brexit Supports
      38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of calls have been made to his Department’s Brexit helpline for business supports; and if he will make a statement...
    • Remote Working
      39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the findings of his Department’s public consultation on guidance for remote working and subsequent report will be...
    • Health and Safety Authority
      40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies by job title in the Health and Safety Authority as of 4 January 2021; the length of time each post has been...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied); if he has reviewed the documents...
    • Trade Promotion
      42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the reopening of a trade office in Taipei. [1233/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 25 of 25 November 2020 and 143 of 3 December 2020, if further clarification will be provided...
    • Trade Agreements
      44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Ireland’s position on the reform of rules of origin in future EU trade agreements, for example, Australia...
    • Work Permits
      45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in 2020; the sectors these were in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/21]
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections at bookmakers each month since February 2020; the number found to be non-compliant; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his understanding of what constitutes click and collect shopping; his view on whether customers using click and collect should be able...
    • Brexit Supports
      49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to publish the recipients of the €100 million capital investment scheme for the processing and marketing of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is permissible for shoe stores to offer appointments for sizing children’s feet under public health restrictions. [1557/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports available for a butcher that is a sole trader, that contracts Covid-19 and has a month’s worth of stock...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which it remains possible to ensure that previous online business sourced in the UK in respect of which Irish consumers...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding the provision of broadband at a location (details supplied). [44697/20]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of EU and national funding in total received to date by the SEAI relating to all projects connected to the...
    • Bord na Móna
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question 51 of 16 July 2020, if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to...
    • International Bodies
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the Climate Action Forum (details supplied); the number of times the forum has met since its...
    • Local Authority Functions
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the existing climate action responsibilities of local authorities; the devolved powers local authorities have in this...
    • Departmental Contracts
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details...
    • Fuel Traders Licences
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the enforcement measures in place to monitor and deal with the sale and use of non-smokeless fuels in smokeless zones;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification of a timeline can be given for surveys to be carried out and for the commencement of works to begin...
    • Post Office Network
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of an action plan to ensure the sustainability of the existing post office network; and...
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EPA has permanent air quality testing systems on site in Drogheda, County Louth or hinterlands; if not, the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband will be supplied without further delay to a housing estate (details supplied). [44986/20]
    • Postal Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 26 November 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is...
    • Waste Management
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the services provided by a company (details supplied) for the recycling of...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the warmer homes scheme application process (details supplied) is taking so long; if more resources will be...
    • Recycling Policy
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will allow used timber, that is waste and used timber recovered from construction, to be collected and segregated...
    • Post Office Network
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of post offices which were permanently closed in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1021/21]
    • Postal Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 26 November 2020, if he will instruct Eircode to assign a number to a...
    • Energy Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views in relation to energy security and climate action; the way in which this relates to a proposal to develop...
    • National Broadband Plan
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the 70 schools that are set to become broadband connection points by the end of the first quarter of 2021; the number of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s position on using wave energy as a means of contributing to Ireland’s energy resource...
    • Energy Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has commissioned a study on the effect of the current carbon taxes in reducing the use of fossil fuels; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by the gum industry on an annual basis to assist with the cost of its removal; the corresponding...
    • Energy Usage
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current availability of grant aid for the replacement of peat burning stoves with pellet burning heating systems;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has read the recent NESC publication entitled Energy Transition Pathways and the Covid-19 Pandemic: An analysis of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the number of electric vehicle chargers for public use in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plan in place by National Broadband Ireland for the roll-out of full broadband services to north-west County Cork;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which meeting carbon reduction targets continues; if it is in line with or ahead of expectations; and if...
    • Energy Production
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national grid currently relies and draws on renewable energy as a percentage of total...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the offshore wind energy sector is progressing to meet its targets within the next ten years with...
    • National Broadband Plan
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which high-speed broadband is being made available to various industrial parks throughout the country in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to meet carbon reduction targets in the transport, agriculture and other sectors without...
    • Air Quality
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air quality continues to be monitored; the extent of the deterioration quality in all areas...
    • Waste Management
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the significant cash flow pressures that private bus operators are experiencing and are likely to continue to...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if instruction will be given to county and city councils as to whether clamping is discontinued for the duration of the public health...
    • Air Services Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the soaring cost of air freight and the immediate negative effect being experienced by exporters in...
    • Driver Test
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with drivers with learner permits who cannot take the driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44651/20]
    • Tax Exemptions
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if owners of commercial vehicles that have been off the road due to Covid-19 restrictions and whose businesses (details supplied) are...
    • Bus Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of 24-hour bus routes in south Dublin including Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown; and if he will make a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44740/20]
    • Rail Network
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has commenced a feasibility study on the double tracking of the rail line connecting Athenry to Galway city; and if not, when he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Rail Network
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are future plans to use the trainline in Duleek, east County Meath, which is currently in use by a company (details supplied) on...
    • Motor Insurance Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the deadline for completion of the project regarding the motor third party liability database that is intended to facilitate An Garda...
    • Bus Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time-frame for the provision of funding and for the commencement of services for the Carlow town bus service project, which now sits...
    • Road Projects
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have engaged with TII with a view to maximising the potential for native tree planting on existing TII lands...
    • Bus Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent to date on the BusConnects project. [44928/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Córas Iompair Éireann pension committee regarding the restructuring of...
    • Public Transport
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the campaign to extend the short hop zone to Drogheda, County Louth in the immediate future to address and reduce the unfair...
    • Greenways Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be approved for the 4.6 km section of the Grand Canal greenway which stretches from Grange Castle to Hazelhatch, County...
    • Driver Licences
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) to renew a driver licence will be examined; and if he will make...
    • Cycling Facilities
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out an assessment of the impact of the proposed new cycleway on Strand Road, Dublin 4. [45062/20]
    • Public Transport
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been progress in conducting a feasibility study into an extension of MetroLink. [45063/20]
    • Bus Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority consulted with local Garda superintendents regarding the potential traffic implications of the...
    • Road Safety
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if correspondence from a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the matter raised will be urgently referred to the RSA; and if he...
    • Taxi Regulations
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to increasing the age allowed for cars being used for hackney service given that it is causing extra...
    • Coast Guard Service
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the operational limits for D-class and delta 7.9 m coastguard boats in Kilkee, County Clare taking into consideration its geographic...
    • Transport Policy
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a panel (details supplied) will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/20]
    • Driver Test
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the backlog of driver and theory tests which have accumulated due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount BusConnects, both the network and the corridor projects, has cost the State to date including contractors and so on; if the...
    • Road Network
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used by his Department to consider the reclassification of roads to national road status; the roads that have been...
    • Railway Stations
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request full feasibility studies to take place on the opening of a much needed train station on the north of Viaduct,...
    • Ferry Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to encourage operators to increase direct shipping routes from Ireland to continental Europe; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of calls that have been made to his Department’s Brexit helpline for freight shipping procedures at Dublin Port; and if...
    • Driver Licences
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the current extensions for driving licences and learner permits will be extended by six months in order to alleviate the pressure on...
    • Motor Tax
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered providing an extension to car tax to compensate for the underuse of many cars over the past year; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plan in place to deal with the driver theory test backlog; and if remote options or staggered examinations have been considered. [1140/21]
    • Public Bike Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public bike share scheme users by month in Cork, Galway and Limerick, in tabular form. [1142/21]
    • Road Projects
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with officials in his Department and with a local authority on a project (details supplied). [1143/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the safety arrangements being put in place by driving schools; if this important service can be fitted into the...
    • Public Transport
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new intercity rail carriages that have been ordered include wheelchair ramps that can be used by wheelchair users as needed and do...
    • Railway Stations
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the NTA and Iarnród Éireann have spent on refurbishment and maintenance on Heuston and Connolly train stations in...
    • Public Transport
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of wheelchair-accessible public transport in County Meath, specifically the Bus Éireann...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the post of chairperson of the Irish Aviation Authority will be filled. [1204/21]
    • Driver Licences
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the NDLS provide clarity to the public on the current situation with renewal of driver licences (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stricter enforcement measures that can be taken to protect public transport staff during the latest Covid-19 surge; and if he will...
    • Ports Development
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Port of Cork and an energy company (details supplied) to develop liquefied...
    • Brexit Issues
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if motorists from Northern Ireland now require a green card to drive in the 26 counties; and if there will be changes to requirements to...
    • Driver Test
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of driving tests conducted by the Road Safety Authority in 2020. [1438/21]
    • Road Safety
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to complaints by motorists that the LED headlights on new cars are causing significant difficulties for...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the case that free travel pass holders are unable to book bus places with Bus Éireann online; the reason for same; if it...
    • Driver Test
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the option of extending the remote online theory test for bus, lorry, CPC and ADI categories to all vehicle and driver categories,...
    • Driver Licences
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who lives six months in Ireland and six months in the UK each year and has businesses in both countries is required to...
    • Shared Island Unit
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart in respect of the proposed Sligo-Enniskillen greenway in the context of the...
    • Driver Test
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to clear the backlog of driving tests when it is safe to do so given the long waiting times; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the ongoing situation with the National Driver Licence Service in which learner drivers and those in need of...
    • Road Projects
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N6 Galway city ring road; the stage the project is at; the next stages in the process; when a decision is likely to be...
    • Driver Licences
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the refusal of an exchange of a UK driving licence for an Irish driving licence for a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Driver Test
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned Road Safety Authority driving test centre for Drogheda, County Louth; when learner drivers can expect to be in...
    • Driver Licences
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the suspension of requirement for over-70s to provide a medical report when applying for a driving licence, which...
    • Ports Development
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of future planning discussions and meetings that have taken place within his Department from 2019 to date with port companies...
    • National Car Test
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if national car test centres will continue to operate as normal for the foreseeable future. [1664/21]
    • Driver Licences
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider granting an exemption to learner drivers who are essential workers and have completed 12 driving lessons to allow...
    • Taxi Licences
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to reduce the renewal fee for small public service vehicle licenses that are due for...
    • Road Projects
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Ardee bypass project; the associated key timelines and relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the speed limit appeals process (details supplied) that is due to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of the meaning "wedding venue" under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if it includes hotels. [44876/20]
    • Insurance Industry
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the key measures under the action plan for insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44884/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outdoor activities sector is excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme due to the fact that...
    • Tax Credits
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to applying a tax credit (details supplied) to persons who retrofit homes for energy efficiency; and if he will make a...
    • Living City Initiative
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount allocated annually to date to the Dublin City Council living city initiative; and the details of future expansion of funding and the geographic...
    • Tax Reliefs
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief for dental expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1762/21]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if assets were sold back to and-or transferred by NAMA and-or a third party to a person (details supplied) following their bankruptcy; and if he is satisfied...
    • Value Added Tax
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to equally apply a standard rate of value added tax to all white candles used in churches to ensure a level playing field and avoid a situation in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of such...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are six-to-eight week delays in getting an appointment for a car to be assessed for VRT in County Cork;...
    • Public Expenditure Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of capital project contracts final accounts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the years 2010 to 2020; and if he will...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme following the amendment to the Finance Bill 2020; and the date new applicants can apply for...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied) who are jointly assessed for means by the Department of Social Protection have been refused joint assessment by the...
    • Interest Rates
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to bring forward proposals to introduce a market wide cap on interest rates charged by licensed moneylenders; if he is considering legislative...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the inclusion of second-hand homes within the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44976/20]
    • Third Level Costs
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the income tax implications of the €250 payment to non-SUSI students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if the definitions of art relating to the artists exemption scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45015/20]
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of tax that has been paid by puppy breeders, puppy sellers, puppy farms in each of the past five years; and if his Department is pursuing dog...
    • Tax Code
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 9 December 2020, if it is correct that the €3,000 annual gift exemption does not form part of the aggregate...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if the criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme will be expanded to include sports clubs that operate a licensed premises in view of the fact that...
    • Mortgage Lending
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that mortgage providers are refusing loans on the basis that an applicant is on the employment wage subsidy scheme...
    • Mortgage Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45177/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1005/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1006/21]
    • Tax Code
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year yield from each 1.5% increase in the minimum effective tax rate of persons earning over €150,000 per year. [1182/21]
    • National Debt
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the national debt that is held by Irish bondholders; the proportion held by non-Irish bondholders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure that banks are not implementing unreasonably punitive measures on businesses that are struggling as a result of enforced...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the Covid restrictions support scheme limit from €5,000 considering the recent move to level 5 and in view of the fact that the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with a federation (details supplied) and the five main retail banks to request that flexible arrangements are put in place for borrowers...
    • Value Added Tax
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if an invoice (details supplied) will be accepted to determine the value of a vehicle to calculate the amount of importation VAT; and if he will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank can insist on a PPS number for a person to open an account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and positions of the individual departmental representatives on the Inter-Departmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax liability outstanding for the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 24 November 2020, the reason a review was requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to either suspend or provide some form of relief on benefit-in-kind taxation on company cars given that a person with a company vehicle is liable to...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Treasury Management Agency excluding the National Asset Management Agency that received pay in 2020 including retention...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the National Asset Management Agency in voluntary redundancy payments in 2020; the number of staff that took voluntary redundancy in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Brexit Issues
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which Brexit will affect applications for tendering of public projects from Northern Ireland or the UK and vice versa. [44693/20]
    • Defence Forces
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, cuts to include the Defence Forces that have been reversed by category...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the review of the supplementary pension scheme to be completed; when PeoplePoint will be in a position to process...
    • Departmental Contracts
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to measure compatibility of private sector experience and allow it to be carried over into the public sector, including in...
    • Heritage Sites
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of tour guides and information officers that have been employed at Kilmainham Gaol since 2000 on an annual basis in tabular...
    • Community Policing
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the last time that the Office of Public Works refurbished a community policing office (details supplied); and if the Office of Public...
    • Garda Stations
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within North Dublin Garda Division that are due to be refurbished by the Office of Public Works in the first half of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he...
    • Heritage Sites
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the refurbishment of the General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 will commence; and the intended use of the...
    • Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, schemes for County Louth and east County Meath; and if he will...
    • Heritage Sites
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the historical gates of the Phoenix Park removed in summer 2018; when the original gates will be restored and returned;...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an tuairim atá aige maidir leis an ráiteas a rinne an tAire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when restrictions placed on indoor training for inline figure staking will be lifted, given this is a non-contact sport which has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason community radio stations have been granted financial aid in 2020, while others such as a station (details supplied)...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if indoor stage schools can resume as of 9 January 2021 (details supplied). [45191/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the full list of recipients of funding under the music industry stimulus package including the allocations by...
    • Departmental Contracts
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all Olympic athletes are considered elite for training purposes under public health restrictions. [44888/20]
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has been allocated for the installation of a swimming pool by Kildare County Council at the Maynooth...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider lifting the restrictions for bowling centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44924/20]
    • Irish Music Industry Promotion
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the guidelines that regulate the promotion of Irish music on airplay on Irish radio and television; her plans to introduce...
    • Tourism Industry
      293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports that Fáilte Ireland will provide to the coach tourism sector; and if funding will be allocated from...
    • Ealaín na Gaeltachta
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén maoiniú a chuir Ealaín na Gaeltachta ar fáil d’eagraíochtaí in 2018, 2019 agus 2020; agus...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the importance of the car rental industry to the tourism sector, she will meet with representatives of the industry...
    • Tourism Industry
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received the submission by a company (details supplied) to the Tourism Taskforce; if a tourism online voucher system...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allow indoor sport training for sporting organisations with no national governing body recognised by Sport Ireland...
    • Sports Organisations
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if rugby clubs such as a club (details supplied) will be assisted in restarting rugby at senior and underage level. [45143/20]
    • Arts Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to independent community theatres to see them through the Covid-19 crisis; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will permit one-to-one piano lessons for educational purposes in private homes under the current level 5 restrictions; and...
    • Arts Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will provide grant funding to support the commercial live events sector; if the arts and culture recovery task...
    • Sports Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if public procurement standards apply to sporting governing bodies in receipt of public funds (details supplied); the extent of...
    • Tourism Funding
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the funding which was made available to Tourism Ireland during Covid-19 will be allocated to coach companies; and if she will...
    • Sports Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated in funding for the sports capital and equipment programme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if she will...
    • Tourism Policy
      309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Sport Ireland will consider erecting signage prohibiting dogs from accompanying walkers and climbers on a mountain trail...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Climate Action Plan
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that employ or do not employ climate action officers; if there is a standardisation of these roles and...
    • Local Authority Staff
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities which have parks and biodiversity officers or departments; the local authorities that do not have such...
    • Environmental Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to providing water fountains in public places in order that the demand for plastic bottled...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the level of housing assistance payment in Dublin will be reviewed to ensure families on social welfare have sufficient...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if wastewater analysis is taking place in Ireland to detect levels of Covid-19 as is done in other countries; if so, the...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the grant allocation to local authorities under the built heritage investment scheme to ensure that the...
    • Shared Island Unit
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart in relation to the Ulster Canal connection from Clones, County...
    • Pension Provisions
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a representation (details supplied) being considered; if agreed, when payment will be made; and if he will make...
    • Housing Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the proposed affordable housing scheme and specific shared equity plan represents good value for...
    • Housing Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount and breakdown of funding allocated by his Department to housing bodies (details supplied) in each of the years 2015...
    • Housing Policy
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social welfare incomes that are considered temporary when a local authority is assessing a persons' application for social...
    • Housing Issues
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families in counties Longford and Westmeath on notice to quit who have less than three months before they have...
    • Fire Stations
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding for fire stations in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [44656/20]
    • Emergency Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time and part-time firefighters per county. [44657/20]
    • Housing Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to a local authority (details supplied) to purchase private houses for social housing...
    • Housing Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites in Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown, County Dublin that have availed of the serviced sites fund; and if he will make...
    • Housing Issues
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in the establishment of a working group to examine building defects; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied);...
    • Housing Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in expanding the role of vacant home officers in local authorities to bring vacant stock into productive...
    • Departmental Contracts
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of capital project contracts final accounts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the...
    • Planning Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 9 September 2020, when funding for a development (details supplied) will be...
    • Library Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been made with regard to the application by Meath County Council for URDF funding for a public realm and...
    • Planning Issues
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to engage with local authorities throughout the country on introducing new designated biodiversity locations to...
    • Local Authority Staff
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time and part-time staff employed by each local authority. [44903/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down for the disabled persons housing grant in County Cork, by municipal district; the amount...
    • Disability Support Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide additional supports to allow persons living with a disability to remain in their own homes. [44973/20]
    • Housing Estates
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 1 December 2020, if a stage 1 submission on a housing project has been received...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to publish a youth homelessness strategy; his plans to engage...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who presented as homeless in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45158/20]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when is the current target to end homelessness in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45159/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contractual obligations for delivery of Part V units through leasing; the number of units provided via this method in...
    • Housing Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new houses built in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45170/20]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of action 13.2 of the national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy, for which his Department is responsible, to ensure that...
    • Census of Population
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated timelines for the establishment and reporting of the Dáil Constituency Commission, the European Elections...
    • Electoral Commission
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeline for the establishment of the electoral commission. [1037/21]
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding drawn down under the repair and leasing scheme in 2019 and 2020, by local authority in tabular...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to provide specific supports for first-time buyers to allow families to purchase second-hand properties in areas...
    • Housing Issues
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 26 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 will come into force. [1209/21]
    • Energy Efficiency
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses retrofitted under the midlands energy efficiency retrofitting programme in 2020; the location of each in...
    • Wildlife Control
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce a ban on pigeon shooting on farms considering that tillage farmers and cereal growers currently enjoy...
    • Special Protection Areas
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details on monitoring of the Malahide Estuary special protection area 004025 that has taken place in the past five years...
    • Commercial Rates
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the current commercial rates waiver into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/21]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Clare County Council for a pyrite and mica defective block remediation...
    • Planning Issues
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the long-promised planning permission exemptions will be introduced in order that schools and community buildings can be...
    • Fire Safety
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department can assist the residents of a complex (details supplied) in meeting the cost of fire safety remediation...
    • Local Authority Housing
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that will be granted to each local authority under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme on an annual basis to year end...
    • Disease Management (1 comment)
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if awareness signs on the dangers of Lyme disease are in place in all national parks across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Stations
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for the new fire station at Urlingford, County Kilkenny, will be provided; and the timeline for its completion....
    • Home Loan Scheme
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the part of the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans) Regulations 2018 that precludes a person who is in the very early...
    • Electoral Process
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the boundaries of the 3,440 electoral divisions in the State in advance of the 2022 census (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Agreements
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the WHO C-TAP initiative; the number of meetings that have taken place between his Department...
    • EU Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the European Council to add two Iranian persons and the directorate for internal security...
    • Departmental Contracts
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Foreign Policy
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 10 December 2020, if all bilateral agreements between Ireland and Israel apply only to those...
    • Human Rights
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been detained for acts of peaceful protest against the...
    • Irish Aid
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has or plans to provide emergency relief to Nicaragua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44984/20]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts was assured by Irish Aid officials that an election observers competition fully met...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45044/20]
    • Human Rights
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made contact with the Iranian Government in relation to the recent execution of a person (details supplied). [45065/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the waiving of intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines and other related drugs in order to assist poorer countries in...
    • Research Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU has provided research funding to companies conducting business in illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Policy
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support provided by his Department and the EU for Syrian refugees in Lebanon; the additional supports required; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1031/21]
    • Passport Applications
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1080/21]
    • Human Rights Cases
      384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that have been made to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from prison in China; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of calls that have been made to his Department’s Brexit helpline for Irish citizens living overseas; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the Japanese Prime Minister since his appointment as Prime Minister. [1207/21]
    • United Nations
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date on the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD, great green wall project and Ireland's engagement with UNCCD;...
    • UN Security Council
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will include the outlawing of the practice of breast ironing during Ireland's term on the UN security Council in view of the fact that...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given at EU Council of Foreign Ministers level to pursue an agenda of climate principles that deter carbon...
    • Passport Applications
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position with regard to passport applications; if the passport office is accepting applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on resolving the issue of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department is providing to climate adaptation and mitigation activities in some of the least developed countries;...
    • Brexit Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress in resolving legal jurisdiction over Lough Foyle and Carlingford Lough particularly in view of Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the possibility of allowing national parliamentary input in recipient countries on the use of the overseas development...
    • EU Legislation
      397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that are being taken at EU level to improve engagement with like-minded member states on EU Commission files and to clearly...
    • Human Rights
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken following the mass arrest of pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1510/21]
    • Passport Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current backlog for processing passports submitted electronically or via the postal service; the measures he will employ to address this...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be Irish representatives on the EU-British specialised trade committees of the post Brexit Trade Partnership Council; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details in respect of his Department outsourcing to consultancies specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      403. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Air Corps personnel have now completed training for night flying and landing at Galway University Hospital; when the existing aeromedical...
    • Departmental Contracts
      404. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      405. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will request the Department of Health to prioritise Covid-19 vaccination for members of the Defence Forces leaving the country for active...
    • Fire Safety
      406. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide funding to replace the reserve fire tender at the fire station at the Defence Forces training centre given the fire appliance...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      407. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant positions for nurses, dentists and physiotherapists in the Defence Forces medical corps. [1185/21]
    • Defence Forces Resources
      408. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be made available in 2021 for the upgrading of the dining hall at Gormanston camp; and the estimated time frame for such works....
    • Naval Service
      409. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace the LÉ Ciara. [1211/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      411. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the roles members of the Defence Forces are currently playing in tackling the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pay inequality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44940/20]
    • Teacher Training
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements and means of assessment that will be put in place to cater for teacher training students due to undertake their...
    • School Attendance
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of absence reports over 20 days recorded by the Tusla education support service, TESS, in the 2020-21 academic year to date; and if...
    • School Transport
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek to address a dangerous school bus pick-up point (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44647/20]
    • School Accommodation
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 12 July 2018, the status of the proposed new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the payment of a special transport grant for a person (details supplied), which was approved in February 2020; and if she will make...
    • School Facilities
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the section within her Department a school (details supplied) should contact to request fibre broadband; the process and contact details of same;...
    • School Transport
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a student (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the student is entitled to school...
    • School Accommodation
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be taken into consideration. [44685/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44730/20]
    • School Accommodation
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a planned large extension to a school (details supplied); and when she expects construction to commence. [44744/20]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, before taking up a teaching position in Ireland having qualified in another country, it is a requirement to have completed the newly...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if revised guidance will be provided to schools on ventilation over the winter months; if additional funding will be provided to schools for the...
    • School Transport
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when parents will receive payments under the school transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44749/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country currently experiencing outbreaks of Covid-19. [44760/20]
    • DEIS Scheme
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Longford; if she will consider the strains on resources, the dramatic...
    • Departmental Contracts
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of...
    • State Examinations
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidance will be issued on the leaving certificate 2021; if she foresees changes from a traditional leaving certificate, given the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of capital project contracts final accounts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the years 2010 to 2020;...
    • School Admissions
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether a school admissions policy that states a written request should be made to the principal of the school (details supplied)...
    • School Curriculum
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child will receive an Irish exemption (details supplied) due to the excessive waiting time for an assessment of need and the changes made to...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in post-primary schools awaiting initial appointments for the National Educational Psychological Service by county in...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status can be applied to a school (details supplied) on socioeconomic grounds considering the economic difficulties in the area at...
    • School Accommodation
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of permanent buildings for two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44844/20]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend circular 52/2013 to allow those who have completed a two-year level 9 qualification in special and inclusive education to take...
    • Schools Building Projects
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44874/20]
    • School Admissions
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns of parents regarding the lack of post-primary school places available in the Killester, Raheny,...
    • School Transport
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the July provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44906/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied); if a site has been agreed; if so, the location of the site; and when...
    • Schools Designation
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for setting up a new school; the way in which a particular area is identified; the timelines in place to ensure a timely delivery of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a school extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44957/20]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the NEPS psychologist designated for a school (details supplied) is currently on maternity leave...
    • School Admissions
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the availability of school places for children with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44971/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria a school must meet to start an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44991/20]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site has been found for a school (details supplied); if so, the location of same; and when such information will issue. [44994/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to establishing a working group or taskforce in County Cork to come up with recommendations for preschool...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will ensure that a permanent location is provided for a school (details supplied) at the Malahide Broomfield site that was...
    • School Admissions
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that students from a school (details supplied) will have equal access to second-level schools in the same manner that...
    • School Enrolments
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to increasing the number of second-level places by 2022 by prioritising the building of schools (details supplied) in addition...
    • Schools Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45087/20]
    • School Transport
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will be allocated a space on a school bus. [45122/20]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if suitable SNA supports will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [45130/20]
    • School Accommodation
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied) in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 24 November 2020; the position regarding the...
    • School Admissions
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children on the northside of Dublin will be faced with extended morning travel times due to lack...
    • State Examinations
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 120 of 17 September 2020 and 74 of 30 July 2020, the latest contingency plans in relation to leaving...
    • School Accommodation
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to address accommodation inadequacies at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; the latest interaction her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include the much-needed new primary school for Waterville, County Kerry in the new capital programme further to previous requests...
    • School Enrolments
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she is taking to address the unavailability of enrolment places for local children at a school (details supplied); if her attention...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the turnaround times for exceptional reviews for SNAs for both new schools that have no SNAs and established schools with SNAs; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline of works and proposed opening of a new autism spectrum disorder, ASD, school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that have been undertaken by her Department on foot of the recommendations of the Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity published by...
    • State Examinations
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who studied a foreign language for their leaving certificate exam from 2010 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body residents that can liaise with regarding traffic and construction issues relating to the construction of new schools funded by...
    • Special Educational Needs
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) for children with a severe profound intellectual disability will be allowed open irrespective of decisions made...
    • Teacher Training
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue (details supplied) in relation to the Irish language requirement for the Teaching Council of Ireland will be addressed; and if she...
    • School Equipment
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure remote teaching provides as high a standard of education as possible in view of the restrictions; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests for PPE she has received from primary and post-primary schools respectively since 1 December 2020. [1137/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tender for a school project (details supplied) in County Cork. [1138/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports for teachers and guidance for schools in place to assist in the provision of remote learning in the context of Covid-19; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNAs who are job sharing will be allowed to substitute; and the progress that has been made with technical implementation issues regarding...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for notifications for schools relating to closures due to Covid-19; the measures that will be taken to ensure that vulnerable...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for students of special schools to assist in the provision of remote learning in the context of Covid-19 restrictions; the...
    • School Transport
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the operation of the school bus transport scheme before the end of the 2020-2021 school year. [1236/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with broadband providers in view of the decision to close schools to ensure internet connections for remote learning...
    • Schools Building Projects
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame for opening a special school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 which she announced in December 2020; and the works which will be...
    • State Examinations
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the leaving certificate 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1252/21]
    • School Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision being made for the substitute teachers who will have no income as the schools remain closed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has cut the PPE funding for term 2 by 40% for a school (details supplied); her views on whether that it is unfair to...
    • State Examinations
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if contingency planning has been done to set out a way in which an estimate grading system for the leaving certificate 2021 could be conducted;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue (details supplied) regarding classes for children with special needs will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school students over 18 years of age and parents and guardians of students in primary and secondary schools can opt out of the...
    • State Examinations
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when candidates who sat the leaving certificate examinations in November and December 2020 will receive their results. [1384/21]
    • School Curriculum
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied) by the NCCA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1452/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are cuts planned to school grants for PPE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1462/21]
    • State Examinations
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being made for leaving certificate oral and aural examinations in the context of ongoing restrictions; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport bus contractors will continue to be paid for the full week for the duration of level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 15 December 2020, if conveyancing has been completed in respect of site acquisition for the new...
    • Autism Support Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 15 December 2020, the engagements her Department has had with respect to an ASD unit at a school...
    • State Examinations
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to implementing an optional predicted grades system for the 2021 leaving certificate in view of the likely...
    • Special Educational Needs
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can access the grant administered by schools to supply hearing aids. [1601/21]
    • State Examinations
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters of safety in regard to the leaving certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in respect of the reopening of schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which testing and tracing will run in the context of post-primary schools opening for three days a week to facilitate sixth year; and...
    • National Broadband Plan
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to schemes from companies in the UK to supply broadband for students who do not have access at home to facilitate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planning position in regard to the new post-primary Educate Together school for south Drogheda, County Louth; if she will provide other...
    • Special Educational Needs
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for extra special education teacher hours, as the hours it currently has do not...
    • School Enrolments
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places will be provided at a school (details supplied) in view of the demand for first year places for the 2021-22 academic year,...
    • School Accommodation
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the capital works approved from 2016 at a school (details supplied); if provision will be made for the inclusion of a general...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the concerns of SNAs regarding the reopening of schools; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to proceed with the junior certificate examinations in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines published regarding remote teaching; if the recording of classes for children is permitted; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied). [1778/21]
    • State Examinations
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her definitive plans for the roll-out of oral exams for leaving certificate 2021 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1784/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made on capital works approved in principle for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that students with special educational needs in mainstream classes will be supported to continue their...
    • State Examinations
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to support the mental health and well-being of students in examination years during the academic year 2020/2021; and if...
    • Departmental Communications
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most appropriate means for second-level students to contact her Department to communicate their experiences surrounding school building...
    • Schools Building Projects
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date or in hand in meeting the school place requirements, replacement of facilities, new school requirements and special needs...
    • School Funding
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the funding for a school (details supplied) given that the project is nearing completion; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the completion of schools (details supplied); the extent to which previously made commitments in regard to the alternative...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Early Retirement Allowance
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the early retirement allowance will receive a...
    • Youth Unemployment
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to ensure the high numbers of youth unemployment are reduced as Ireland comes out of the Covid-19...
    • JobPath Programme
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to close down JobPath; if a new contract will go out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances in which a company (details supplied) has been charging patients for eye tests...
    • School Meals Programme
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary schools that provide school meals by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied);...
    • Pensions Reform
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in providing community employment supervisors access to pensions in line with the 2008 Labour Court...
    • Disability Allowance
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance claim will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if advice can be provided for a PAYE employee who incorrectly applied for the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a contributory State pension by a person (details supplied). [44914/20]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the short-time work support scheme; and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will undertake a review of the school meals programme; if consideration will be given to rolling it out to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the duration of community employment schemes will be extended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of community employment participants who are over 55 years of age; the maximum number of years they can be on the...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an exceptional needs payment to cover funeral expenses will be reconsidered in the case of a person...
    • Departmental Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff currently employed in the legal and legislation unit of her Department; the breakdown of officers’...
    • Parental Leave
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if contingency plans are in place for new mothers and fathers due to go back to work between January and April 2021 before...
    • Social Insurance
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if class S PRSI is considered to be compulsory insurance under Articles 8 and 12 of the Convention on Social Security between...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approach that will now be taken to address ongoing issues in respect of the accessing of staff of a company to...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to allow those over 66 years of age who do not hold a public services card due to Covid-19...
    • School Meals Programme
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if school meals will be provided even when schools are closed due to public health restrictions; and if she will make a...
    • Fuel Allowance
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a fuel allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who made an application in October 2020; and if she...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by social protection office by county in supplementary welfare payments from 1 December 2020 to 5 January...
    • Social Insurance
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the higher rate of 10.75% PRSI was increased to 13.25% on the...
    • National Advocacy Service
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020,...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the duration of the community employment scheme for workers in a project (details supplied) due to the...
    • Disability Allowance
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of their application for disability allowance; and when...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in respect of the payment of the pandemic unemployment...
    • Working Family Payment
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment who had their payment revoked since Covid-19 hit in March...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker’s benefit review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a basic social welfare payment will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); if immediate steps can be...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for five weeks' non-contributory old age payment in respect of the person's spouse...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an exceptional needs payment in respect of the person's spouse's funeral...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding increasing staff in the social welfare appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a person's (details supplied) pandemic unemployment payment; and if the payment will...
    • Disability Allowance
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when further pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a contributory pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [1716/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of persons who accessed the pandemic unemployment payment during 2020. [1726/21]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an even distribution of resources and funding supplied to the MABS services nationwide or if there are...
    • Widow's Pension
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a widow's pension could made available to a long-time partner of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to explore introducing legislation to ensure a right to personal assistance to ensure disabled persons...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Syrian family members reunited under the Irish refugee protection humanitarian admission programme...
    • Human Rights
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of action 24.1 of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021 to research the banning of LGBT...
    • Maternity Leave
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward primary legislation to amend the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 to 2004 in order to...
    • Childcare Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide funding to implement the recommendation from the Workplace Relations Commission to upgrade...
    • Employment Data
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the establishment of a working group within his Department to examine the impact of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if essential workers who work from home can avail of childcare services under the current level 5 restrictions,...
    • Youth Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process for a community centre to apply for funding for a youth service worker to be employed directly by...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school-aged children given standard hours and enhanced hours, respectively, since September 2020...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school-aged children registered under community childcare subvention plus from September 2020 to...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred under the national childcare scheme via the HSE, Tusla and so on from September...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      614. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which the amount that Pobal states services owe has been calculated; and if a breakdown will be...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which a person (details supplied) who is a survivor of a mother and baby home can access counselling...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons residing in direct provision centres that have tested positive for Covid-19 in 2020. [44770/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      619. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person (details supplied) can defer an ECCE place for the person's children; and if he will make a...
    • Child Protection
      621. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the meetings his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in 2020; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      624. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter regarding the case of a child (details supplied) with special needs; and if he will...
    • Childcare Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter regarding the case of a childcare centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Children in Care
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons discharged from State care into homeless services in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he...
    • Childcare Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare facilities that will be in place for children of front-line workers for the duration of level 5...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the loss of ECCE hours during the Covid-19 crisis will be made up to the preschool children to ensure they do...
    • Childcare Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports in place to help childcare providers to remain open during the current Covid-19 restrictions; and...
    • Protected Disclosures
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a report of acute public interest (details supplied) will be published. [1315/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which it is safe for staff, children and families to return to preschools while primary and secondary...
    • Childcare Costs
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents will be charged crèche fees in order to save their children’s place even if they are not...
    • Childcare Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a matter in relation to payment deductions for a childcare facility (details supplied) will be addressed; and...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare providers will continue to be paid the national childcare scheme payments for the duration of level...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare providers who are operating for essential workers will be provided with a top-up on the shortfall...
    • Third Level Admissions
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if those students who sat the leaving certificate exams in November 2020 and receive improved grades will be offered a deferred place for their...
    • Third Level Fees
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn the fact that universities are charging students excessive penalties for late payment of fees; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the closure of schools and colleges to reduce the spread of Covid-19 infection, he will instruct all education and training...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a reduction and-or rebate in fees for postgraduate students during the 2020-21 academic year due to Covid-19; the supports in place...
    • Erasmus+ Programme
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to payment of the Erasmus grant to students who did not travel abroad in 2020. [44777/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of...
    • Third Level Reform
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44827/20]
    • Third Level Costs
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44842/20]
    • Third Level Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that PhD candidates in third level institutions who are also teaching classes as part of their stipends are paid adequately...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in relation to the Covid-19 one-off emergency grant of €250 in cases in which students who...
    • European Organization for Nuclear Research
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the negotiations and timeframe for Ireland to become a member of CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45102/20]
    • Third Level Admissions
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a college application by a person (details supplied) can be appealed, given that the university has advised the prospective...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will be able to attend third level institutions physically from 13 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1041/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation for those who have passed the screening process for the fast-track to information technology, FIT, tech apprenticeship programme;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of individual laptops purchased as part of the laptop scheme for third level students announced in August 2020; the total cost of...
    • Erasmus+ Programme
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full report on the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the Erasmus+ scheme will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered to recognise the effect that high incidences of Covid-19 and new restrictions have had on third level students and...
    • Third Level Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in a full year if the student to staff ratio in institutes of technology decreased from 23:1 to 21:9. [1201/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if practical classes at third level are still going ahead in level 5 given the high incidence and risk of Covid-19. [1244/21]
    • Erasmus+ Programme
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the scheme to allow for the continued participation in Erasmus+ mobilities for eligible students of higher education institutions...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy in place in terms of third level students who are required to complete a work placement as a part of their studies but are unable to...
    • Shared Island Unit
      672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart in relation to third level opportunities in the north-west region in the context...
    • Third Level Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a review (details supplied); if the review was carried out; if it has, the stage of the review; if the review has been completed;...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1682/21]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details in respect of his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly announced expansion of Wi-Fi in 90 locations to aid online access for students in further and higher education institutions will be...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Wards of Court
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons taken into wardship in 2019 and 2020 for brain injury, dementia, age-related illness, psychiatric illness...
    • Residency Permits
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary stamp is available for those with expiring Irish residence permits (details supplied) to ensure that no one is...
    • Departmental Contracts
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied);...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in setting up a special expert forum on antisocial behaviours to consider the effectiveness of existing...
    • Deportation Orders
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been refused leave to land at all ports of entry to the State since March 2020, by month in...
    • Prisoner Data
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been remanded to the Irish Prison Service while awaiting removal from the State, not including...
    • Garda Operations
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult cautions issued per Garda division in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form [44839/20]
    • Domestic Violence Services
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact amount of additional ring-fenced funding across all relevant Departments to be provided to domestic violence services...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [44918/20]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to the Parole Act 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations carried out between January and December 2020, by month, in tabular form. [45039/20]
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there shall be no further extensions to the work being carried out by a judge into the death of a person (details supplied);...
    • Animal Welfare
      691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and prosecutions that have been made in each of the past five years in relation to unregulated puppy...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she read the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, report in respect of a person (details supplied); if she...
    • Coroners Service
      693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in conducting an inquest regarding a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prison Mental Health Services
      694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those in prison considering the recent report from the...
    • Public Consultation Process
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has a protocol or checklist that is used for public consultations in relation to recent public consultations....
    • Prison Facilities
      697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, in view of numerous media reports, that the progressive policies long associated with Dóchas women's prison...
    • Immigration Status
      698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for citizenship applications; if she will address concerns from applicants that there are...
    • Family Law System
      701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the memo of concern to the WHO regarding parent alienation (details supplied); her views on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if hate crime will be a stand-alone criminal offence under her new proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Reunification
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all those who apply for family reunification receive acknowledgement of their applications from her Department; and if she...
    • Human Rights
      705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of action 21.3 of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021 to implement a fully functioning online system...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an agreement has been reached between her Department and An Garda Síochána for the sharing of documents, papers...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will waive a fee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45198/20]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cannabis substances and products, for example, edibles, concentrates and so on personal possession of which will be...
    • Brexit Issues
      713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken to ensure continuity of co-operation when it comes to policing on the island of Ireland...
    • Crime Data
      714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homicides committed in Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Data
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 20 October 2020, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Proposed Legislation
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of criminal justice (repeal of certain provisions of the firearms and misuse of drugs) Bill 2020. [1188/21]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided to replace the trucks currently in the Garda water unit. [1213/21]
    • Garda Training
      720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all Garda road policing unit officers are fully trained in checking tachographs for potential offences. [1215/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a comprehensive report on all applications for Irish citizenship submitted since 1 January 2014 for each...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a text alert system such as is operational in the UK for victims of domestic abuse is being considered; and if she will make...
    • Deportation Orders
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of her Department on deportations; if her attention has been drawn to the transfer order issues to a person...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority
      724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending the issues on which the Property Services Regulatory Authority can adjudicate from issues of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns being expressed regarding the Covid-19 treatment and care of prisoners within the...
    • Garda Training
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding will be made available to Garda recruits who have had their training period extended until 31 January...
    • Departmental Reports
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Drogheda scoping report has been completed; the timeframe for when it will be available; if she has made preliminary...
    • Bench Warrants
      729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Limerick Garda division as of 31 December 2020; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public service vehicle inspectors attached to Limerick Garda division as of 31 December 2020; and if she...
    • Immigration Status
      731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Operations
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided under the Garda youth diversion scheme in each the years 2018 to 2020. inclusive, for organisations in...
    • Garda Stations
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to increase opening times and personnel in Garda stations located in Ardee, Collon and Dunleer, County...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details in respect of her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or...
    • Garda Equipment
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a schedule of the entire number of firearms at the disposal of An Garda Síochána will be provided by the number of...
    • Garda Training
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of firearms training provided to armed Garda personnel in each of the years 2018 to 2020, inclusive, and to date in...
    • Garda Data
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a schedule will be provided of the number of direct impact munitions, sprays and tasers that An Garda Síochána had...
    • European Arrest Warrant
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the systems in place with the UK to replace the European arrest warrant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Data
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times members of An Garda Síochána discharged a firearm during the course of their duty in 2019 and...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if the task force on the Covid-19 vaccination will be requested to include persons with Down's syndrome in the group of people aged 18 to 64 years with certain...
    • Trade Agreements
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to apply restrictions based on domestic legislation in contravention of EU trade law and the advice of the European Commission in view of...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in defending the 115 court cases brought since late 2018 by parents whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely...
    • Public Sector Pay
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to help ensure pay restoration for employees in the remaining 250 organisations that employ section 39 workers and have not received pay...
    • General Data Protection Regulation
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the period under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, a hospital must wait before passing the contact details for a patient whose bill remains unpaid...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reintroduce a motorised transport grant for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45067/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) concerning the provision of educational supplies during the last lockdown; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of oxygen generators purchased by University Hospital Galway in 2020 in response to the Covid-19...
    • National Children's Hospital
      750. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reported use of controversial insulation material in the construction of the national children's hospital that was cited in the Grenfell Tower...
    • Nursing Staff
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to abolishing the nursing registration fee for 2021 (details supplied). [1972/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      752. 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. [44646/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person with underlying health conditions who has returned to Tralee, County Kerry, but cannot get a general practitioner to take him...
    • Health Services Staff
      754. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given that staff working in the integration, intervention services will not be redeployed when the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination...
    • Disability Services Provision
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will publish the timeline for the 100% return of disability services. [44660/20]
    • Disability Services Data
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disability services by county; the current capacity of each; and the plan to address the backlog of therapy sessions. [44661/20]
    • Hospital Equipment
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deep brain stimulation service for Parkinson's disease in the Mater Hospital, Dublin. [44670/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who was recently interviewed for a grade 4 position within the HSE community healthcare organisation or CHO 3, can have previous...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to restrict access to services or activities to persons who choose not to receive a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if any employee of his Department or HSE employee above the minimum point of the grade VIII salary scale has declared an interest regarding a company (details...
    • Health Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44692/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      762. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with tariffs on prosthetics in a hard Brexit situation; his plans to address the increased cost of same; if costs will be met by the State;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      763. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/20]
    • Departmental Strategies
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if a successor to the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020 is being developed; if so, the timelines for same; the way in which he plans to have interested...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if persons between 18 and 64 years of age with Friedreich's Ataxia will be included in the people aged 18-64 with certain medical conditions category for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital in Ardee, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant details; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with a disability who live in the family home or independently in the community including those with an intellectual disability are not...
    • Health Services Staff
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason senior public health doctors have a different contract to their hospital-based colleagues with same qualifications and parity of recognition by the...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the relative cost of contact tracing centres (details supplied) to the 60 specialist public health doctors over the period of the Covid-19 pandemic; the party...
    • EU Legislation
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if he ceased regulating hemp-derived products under domestic legislation which directly contravenes EU trade law in view of the fact that EU hemp-derived...
    • School Facilities
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the public health risk assessment conducted at a school (details supplied); the recommendation and control levels the public health team had outlined to the...
    • Respite Care Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if respite will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44734/20]
    • Medical Cards
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider giving discretionary medical cards to amputees to cover the cost of artificial limbs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      775. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44750/20]
    • Hospital Facilities
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated or made available for the building of an extension to a facility (details supplied) which will provide an additional 60...
    • Programme for Government
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the national medicines agency as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of general practitioners charging significant administration fees to email prescriptions to pharmacies; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care psychologists and primary care staff that have been redeployed to assist with testing and tracing as a result of Covid-19; when it...
    • Health Services
      780. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 17 September 2020, if he has considered the contents and consulted with his officials on the matters raised; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Covid-19 cases reported in December 2020 involving schoolchildren or close contacts of schoolchildren. [44757/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a specialist wheelchair with a sit to stand function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44767/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the status of licensing and reimbursement of Jorveza used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis. [44769/20]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons residing in direct provision centres who have tested positive for Covid-19 in 2020. [44773/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 outbreaks experienced in direct provision centres to date. [44774/20]
    • Psychological Assessments
      789. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate psychology services for children in the Headford and Lackagh primary care psychology service area of County Galway, given that the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of such...
    • Disability Services Provision
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons in receipt of a personal assistance service in 2020; the hours received by each disabled person leading his or her own personal...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date of the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44800/20]
    • Departmental Contracts
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of final accounts of capital project contracts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the years from 2010 to 2020; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it will take 18 months to get an appointment for a MRI scan in Sligo University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      795. To ask the Minister for Health when the general practitioner visit card will be extended to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44820/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      796. To ask the Minister for Health if research is being conducted by his Department on the physical and mental impacts on those diagnosed and recovered from Covid-19. [44822/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44824/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department and the HSE have with regard to licensing the drug dupilumab for use by patients with severe eczema in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      799. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44843/20]
    • HSE Reports
      800. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 5 December 2019 and No. 843 of 24 November 2020 regarding the 2015 HSE report into the orthodontic service, if he...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if patients have a right to travel to other EU countries to receive treatment with medicines that are not available on the HSE reimbursement list in Ireland...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      803. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who has been waiting for an urgent MRI since September 2020 will have an MRI conducted in University Hospital Galway; his views...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that children who are classified as semi-urgent, urgent and immediate are waiting for an MRI scan in University Hospital Galway; and if he...
    • Hospital Facilities
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of MRI facilities at University Hospital Galway; his views on the correct capacity; his plans to address the capacity...
    • Medicinal Products
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs group met in December 2020; if not, if it is scheduled to meet; the drugs being considered for reimbursement, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Paediatric Services
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress for the recruitment of a third paediatric rheumatologist, which was promised for 2019 in the context of children waiting up to three...
    • Maternity Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures that can be taken by his Department to assist or encourage maternity hospitals to allow expectant mothers, such as in the case of a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the average incidence rates of Covid-19 cases by local electoral area from the onset of the pandemic until the current date in tabular form. [44911/20]
    • Hospital Staff
      817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved pharmacist posts at each hospital, including Children's Health Ireland, CHI; the number of posts filled by tenure, that is, permanent,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      818. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be referred to the clinical genetics department of Crumlin children’s hospital, given that, through human error on...
    • Disability Support Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow persons with chronic arthritis to use swimming pools for their therapy during all levels of the plan for living with Covid-19; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were subsequently placed in healthcare facilities and the category of work undertaken by successful applicants to the Be on Call for...
    • Disability Services Provision
      823. To ask the Minister for Health when rehabilitation and disability services will be re-established to a seven-year-old child (details supplied) in County Tipperary who suffered an acquired...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44955/20]
    • Patient Files
      825. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a computerised patient record system that is integrated across all health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44959/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      827. To ask the Minister for Health when a national director of mental health will be appointed; the remit of the director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44961/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting list numbers and waiting times as presented in National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, data by each group and hospital for...
    • Dental Services
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if a dental appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44967/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44969/20]
    • Suicide Incidence
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths by suicide in 2020; the number in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44970/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [44985/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      836. To ask the Minister for Health if pay restoration applies to posts established by the drug and alcohol task forces and funded through the HSE with interim funding for the purpose of its...
    • Respite Care Services
      837. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will resume in Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44995/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      839. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have urgent surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44997/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [45008/20]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      841. To ask the Minister for Health when patients awaiting CervicalCheck and mammogram appointments will be accommodated (details supplied). [45009/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      842. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the pay and increments freeze from employees at St. Christopher’s Services, Longford (details supplied). [45010/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on medical devices and products that are purchased from the UK; if arrangements are in place to continue purchasing such items and...
    • Home Help Service
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which home care will be defined in any forthcoming legislation on regulating home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45012/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if, as part of the fair deal scheme, a family or person can choose which nursing home will be availed of; and if the family has the final say on this matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      847. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a letter from his Department to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC, seeking assurances that processes are in place...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [45024/20]
    • General Practitioner Services
      852. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce SouthDoc services in the Listowel area of County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45041/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the PTSD supports provided for members of the National Ambulance Service; if a review has been conducted into the effectiveness of same and whether there is a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      854. To ask the Minister for Health if a support and recovery workshop for persons with addiction, abuse and relationship problems can continue to operate under current Covid-19 restrictions; if...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      855. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including the HPV vaccine within the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45049/20]
    • Hospital Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that hundreds of ear, nose and throat, ENT, patients at Beaumont Hospital have had their appointments moved to a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence regarding a child (details supplied); if the appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      858. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected regarding the existing roll-out plan for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if consideration has been given to prioritising other frontline...
    • Home Care Packages
      859. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be reinstated as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients suspected of having cancer are facing waiting times of five months from initial specialist referral...
    • Nursing Education
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied) in relation to the student nurse allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45084/20]
    • Medicinal Products
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) on access to Luxturna for persons with degenerative retinal disease will receive a response;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      863. To ask the Minister for Health if a required appointment at the gynae clinic can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if the progressing disability services plan will include supports for those children who do not receive their therapy in the home but in a special school; and...
    • Home Care Packages
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package can be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45107/20]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to seek medical treatment in another EU country and make a claim for reimbursement for the cost of treatment from...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      873. 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. [45114/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      874. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with ongoing symptoms of long Covid; if general practitioners, consultants and employers have been provided with guidelines in relation to...
    • Counselling Services
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to allow persons to receive therapy and counselling on a face-to-face basis under the current restrictions. [45119/20]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be facilitated through the national treatment purchase fund for a person (details supplied). [45124/20]
    • Medical Cards
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the automatic exceptional extension of all medical cards for the rest of the Covid-19 emergency period as was in place for medical cards...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthopaedic appointments in University Hospital Galway; the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times; and if he will make...
    • Cancer Services
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve detection, diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45139/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      881. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45141/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the public funding received by the youth mental health organisation Jigsaw in 2019 and 2020, respectively. [45146/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the public funding spent on HSE youth and adolescent mental health services in 2019 and 2020, respectively. [45147/20]
    • National LGBTI+ Strategy
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the status of action 15.1 of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021 to update the National Sexual Health Strategy in 2020 to include the needs of the...
    • Cancer Services
      887. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been supply disruptions for medication for chemotherapy at Tullamore hospital (details supplied); if there is a risk of supply-related issues in...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recommencement of assessments for primary medical certificates. [45192/20]
    • Eating Disorders
      890. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient services available for persons suffering from an eating disorder; the budget allocated for these services over the past three...
    • Respite Care Services
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding additional respite resources for carers in the home who are caring for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to manage and communicate the scheduling of the roll-out of vaccines to all care settings such as nursing homes, congregated...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which vitamin D is being used by the HSE to treat and-or prevent Covid-19 in healthcare settings here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference given to the Food Safety Authority ahead of the publication of its vitamin D scientific recommendations for food-based dietary...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are being identified and analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the use of community centres as vaccination centres given their accessibility and availability; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childhood Obesity
      909. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken by his Department on foot of the recommendations of the Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity published by the Oireachtas...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1045/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      911. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccines will be rolled out in a timely and efficient manner; if adequate plans have been put in place for the training of sufficient personnel to...
    • Health Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the publicly funded model of care for fertility treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1047/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if fertility services can continue operating through level 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1048/21]
    • Health Services Funding
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated towards eating disorder treatment in the HSE in each of the past five years; the amount that was spent in each year; his views on the...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border directive since 1 January 2021 in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1056/21]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      916. To ask the Minister for Health if addiction services have been transferred from Navan to Drogheda, County Louth; the reason for same; the number of staff and service users affected; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists nationally; and the number there should be compared to international standards. [1058/21]
    • Hospital Data
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the standard length of time a patient is waiting to see a neurologist for a routine, non-urgent reason, for example, migraines or dizziness clinic appointment....
    • Maternity Services
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which birthing partners are currently permitted to attend the birth of a child and related maternity appointments; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      920. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients invited to attend an outpatient appointment with a neurologist (details supplied) at St....
    • Hospital Deaths
      921. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a news article (details supplied) on reported Covid-19-related deaths at a hospital if a Covid-19 outbreak took place; if so, the number of...
    • Eating Disorders
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of HSE funding allocated to the eating disorder treatment plan in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the actual spend on these treatments; the...
    • Ambulance Service
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of ambulance response times from time of call to arrival on scene in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services Funding
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on the health element of Housing First initiatives in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parliamentary Questions
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions he received in 2020; the number that stated that the issue was a service matter for the HSE or another statutory body to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      927. To ask the Minister for Health if an ambulance was called to a fur farm in County Kerry in December 2020; the reason for this call-out; if any workers at this or the other two fur farms have...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being undertaken to ensure Northern Ireland continues to have access to the European health insurance card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the status of all Covid-19 vaccine authorisations currently being assessed by the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      931. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 10 December 2020, the steps being taken to address the unacceptably long waiting time for speech and language...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with a positive diagnosis of Covid-19 who have uploaded their random IDs to the Covid tracker application on a monthly basis; the number...
    • Maternity Services
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date information on neonatal intensive care unit care in Irish hospitals as against best practice standards for space, equipment and staffing; and if...
    • Primary Care Services
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the number and staffing levels of diabetes community services attached to primary care centres. [1125/21]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the process for nomination to the diabetes working group; when it was last appointed; the process implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maternity Services
      936. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date plans for capital investment in neonatal intensive care unit provision in maternity and paediatric hospital departments; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student nurses currently rostered for work in each hospital setting as of 5 January 2021, in tabular form. [1146/21]
    • Disability Services Data
      941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential facilities for persons with disabilities that are currently closed due to Covid-19 infections; and the number of residents affected...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the official title of the Covid-19 case management system that records daily cases; the date on which this system was activated; the amount spent on this...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      944. To ask the Minister for Health if addiction services have been transferred from Navan to Drogheda; if so, the reason for same; the number of staff and service users affected; the alternative...
    • Health Insurance
      945. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding letters being received by persons who attended private hospitals between 30...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      947. To ask the Minister for Health when members of the Defence Forces will be vaccinated; if current plans can be expedited due to imminent foreign travel for some members; if the two-week...
    • HSE Funding
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue of funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1162/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      950. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that monies allocated for the development of eating disorder services are not averted to meet unfunded cost growth in other areas of the...
    • Physiotherapy Services
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) can continue to operate its physio-led rehabilitation services as part of the clients' primary care plan during level 5...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to allow operations scheduled prior to December 2020 in hospitals in Northern Ireland for 2021 under the cross-border initiative; and...
    • Birth Data
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births in each hospital in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [1192/21]
    • Disability Support Services
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting ten additional full-time staff nurses for intellectual disability in Cherry Orchard Hospital. [1193/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times to see a respiratory consultant at Portlaoise regional hospital; and the number of persons on the waiting list. [1194/21]
    • Hospital Data
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic appendectomies carried out in the hospitals of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      958. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant in vascular surgery and consultant surgeon with a special interest in...
    • Health Services Access
      959. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of public sexual health services in County Meath. [1205/21]
    • Hospital Data
      960. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time laboratory scientists employed in each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital Group as of 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2020, in...
    • Audiology Services
      961. To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [1217/21]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the status of family farms and the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1223/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      964. To ask the Minister for Health the additional mental health supports being made available during Covid-19 restrictions; the way in which communities are being reached if they do not have...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      965. To ask the Minister for Health when the issuing of primary medical certificates will resume; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to reports that funding for eating disorder treatments and programmes has been diverted by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Staff
      967. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the Collins report on student nurse pay in full. [1238/21]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      969. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an addiction clinic; and the reason the HSE would need to move the clinic during renovations. [1240/21]
    • Psychological Assessments
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list per CHO area for neuropsychological assessments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists employed by the HSE in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1242/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      973. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 539 of 17 December 2020, if the vaccination category of 18- to 64-year-olds with underlying conditions will be subdivided; if so, the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the services of a company and a person (details supplied) have cost his Department to date; the estimated cost for their role in the Covid-19...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      975. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the reimbursement of medicinal cannabis oil products in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 in the...
    • Hospital Data
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address in Fingal waiting to see a consultant neurologist in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which neurological service referrals are prioritised in Beaumont Hospital to ensure the more urgent cases are assessed as quickly as possible; and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      981. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to promised legislation to address the anomalies in the fair deal scheme with a view to making this vital support more accessible to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      982. To ask the Minister for Health if drive-through vaccination clinics are being considered for part of the vaccination programme for Covid-19, similar to the testing structure. [1271/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for eating disorders has been diverted; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1277/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      987. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1278/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the UK in relation to the current Covid-19 surge and the impact of newly-detected variants; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      997. To ask the Minister for Health when the roll-out of the extension of the general practitioner visit card for children under six years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a first appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon in Children's Health Ireland and other hospitals across the HSE in tabular...
    • Health Services
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the actions which will be taken to ensure four-month surgery targets are met for children with scoliosis during 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health when child specific wait lists, a recommendation of the 2017 report Waiting for Scoliosis Treatment: A Children' Rights Issue, will be in place across the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which count all those waiting on outpatient appointments as adults and which do not collect and report child specific wait lists to the NTPF;...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently address concerns that the same insulation cladding that was found to have escalated the Grenfell fire in London is being used in the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation giving effect to the nursing home support schemes will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health if CBD medicinal cannabis will be made available under the drugs payment scheme. [1365/21]
    • HSE Staff
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding job opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1379/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation regarding the closure of construction sites to stop the spread of Covid-19 will be clarified; the reason social housing and public...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the remaining timeline and steps outstanding to a grant of build tender award given that the Tánaiste has confirmed that the main contractor tenders...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health when nurses in general practitioner practices will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a supplementary payment to student radiographers in view of plans to issue a payment and-or grant to student nurses. [1450/21]
    • Palliative Care Services
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels by staff group for the new palliative care centre in University Hospital Waterford; if there will be specialists in paediatric palliative...
    • Medical Cards
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility for PaediaSure in the powdered form to be added to the list for medical card holders (details supplied). [1464/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health if reflexology treatments can continue under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1465/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the partial postponement of the primary school immunisation programme 2020-2021; and if this will be prioritised when sufficient...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is advising doctors to refer teachers for a Covid-19 test who show only one symptom of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to improve the track and trace operation in relation to Covid-19 in view of recent case numbers; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Expenditure
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising local suppliers when issuing tenders for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1514/21]
    • Care of the Elderly
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of boarding out facilities for the elderly by county, in tabular form. [1519/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on lists as both inpatients and outpatients for St. Luke’s Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than...
    • Hospital Services
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health when the 23-bed intermediate care unit in Monaghan Hospital will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1546/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health when the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan will be operational; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices that operate within each county; the number within same that are currently accepting medical card patients in tabular form; and...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive will continue to apply for new applicants from this State wishing to avail of treatment in Northern Ireland...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their much-required cataract operation at the Mater Hospital, Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding approved fire rating and retardant specifications to exterior cladding being fitted to the national children’s hospital build;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has been in any new discussions regarding possible new surge capacity requirements from the private hospitals network; the present surge plan in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment in order that their family can apply for a special school. [1607/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that occurred as a result of Covid-19 in nursing homes, direct provision and meat factories by county in November and December 2020, in...
    • Hospital Services
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health the restart date for dermatology services in St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1613/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-establish local testing centres in north Cork for Covid-19. [1619/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if any contact tracers are currently working in open plan office; if so, his views on whether this is safe and best practice given the current number of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health where do HIQA inspectors fall in the definition of frontline workers; and if they will receive the vaccine with frontline staff in the current vaccination...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a wait time of three years for a person (details supplied) to obtain a cystoscopy examination at Nenagh Hospital. [1650/21]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health the income disregards for blind welfare allowance applications taking into consideration the variations nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Data
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient validation exercises dated 1 January to 30 November 2020, the reason for a zero return from the outpatients list in both Our Lady of Lourdes...
    • Cancer Services
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to BreastCheck appointments being cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/21]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding wait times for MRI scans at University Hospital Limerick; if funding will be secured for an additional MRI scanner for University...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health if the cross-Border agreement is being extended for new patients or being implemented for those booked and waiting to be seen; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disease Management
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the October 2019 report of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, Lyme Borreliosis...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nasal spray child flu vaccines administered to date for each of the quantities due to expire on 13 and 14 January and 12 and 15 February 2021;...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health if persons continue to test positive for Covid-19 for up to three months after an initial positive PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health if the requirement of a negative PCR test in the previous 72 hours will be modified in respect of essential workers returning to Ireland who recently...
    • Eating Disorders
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to treating persons with eating disorders in each of the years 2016 to date; the amounts that have been diverted from this area in each...
    • Home Help Service
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for home help will be processed urgently; and if their home help hours will be awarded. [1705/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [1710/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding Covid-19 vaccinations in a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1742/21]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken to allow nurses who do not have access to a personal computer or secure internet connections to pay their Nursing and Midwifery Board of...
    • Health Services Staff
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a recruitment process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1748/21]
    • Emergency Departments
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time of patients who present at accident and emergency departments in all of the acute hospitals nationwide by name of hospital, county...
    • Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health if the current level of renumeration to dentists for medical card patients will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recruitment process for vaccinators to administer the Covid-19 vaccination; the number of vaccinators currently in place; his plans to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise awareness of the importance of properly disposing of face masks to reduce the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny will be given access to the upper floor of a hospital (details supplied) for the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be fast-tracked for a person (details supplied). [1774/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding provided under the winter plan for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1782/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to ensure the HSE has the capacity to process primary medical certificates from 1 January 2020; the outcome of the meeting on 9...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health if essential workers in Level 5 of the Covid-19 restrictions must be required to be physically present in their workplace in order to be deemed essential...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy from 2016 to date in 2021, in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the services of a company (details supplied) has cost his Department to date; the amount it is projected to cost for its role in the Covid-19...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to continue a scheme with Northern Ireland and Britain similar to the EU cross-border healthcare directive; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Harbours and Piers
      1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for works at a pier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45083/20]
    • Horticulture Sector
      1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the horticultural sector can rely on an adequate supply of moss peat for the future given that such activity is...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a beef genetic scheme for 2020 will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of his Department in prohibiting the marketing of hemp-derived agricultural food products in Ireland in view of the CJEU...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a progress report on Coillte's plans for its sites in the Dublin mountains; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so,...
    • Horticulture Sector
      1108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); the potential impact on the horticultural and nursery sectors; the measures he is taking...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to not have to repay the premium and plantation grant for six acres of forestry...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision is likely to be made on proposed changes to regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      1111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting a strategic plan in place to protect the health of Connemara ponies into the future in view of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 15 December 2020, if his Department makes its various payments to the person whose name...
    • Fishing Industry
      1114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding supports for fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45038/20]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      1115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations and operators of the 12 biogas plants approved to operate in Ireland; and the locations and operators of the two...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Live Exports
      1117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the animal welfare standards other countries must meet in order to receive live exports; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      1118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact assessment has been conducted by his Department with respect to the Irish feed industry following the imposition of...
    • Ports Facilities
      1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the customs controls at Rosslare Port will be closed at any point during the working day; if so, the reason for such closures;...
    • Fishing Industry
      1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the losses in the specific species the fishing fleet will have to give up (details supplied); the details of the...
    • Horticulture Sector
      1124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by Bord na Móna to divert a large portion of peat previously allocated for the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability as recommended by the European Commission;...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to cap the upper limit of payments that farmers will receive from the Common Agricultural Policy in 2021; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been informed that a worker at mink farms has tested positive for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Issues
      1129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will conduct an assessment of the Brexit-related impact on farm incomes; his plans to financially support those...
    • Beef Exports
      1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the states to which Irish beef product is exported that stipulate a requirement for the 30-month rule; the dates from which this...
    • Brexit Supports
      1132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls that have been made to his Department's Brexit helpline for stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences
      1136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences awaiting assessment; the number of staff working on these applications; and the number of NIS...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for aquaculture licences on hand at present; the number of these applied for in each of the past ten...
    • Customs and Excise
      1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of purchasing four food detector dogs. [1208/21]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will progress a positive response to an appeal of a decision taken by his Department in relation to persons (details...
    • Felling Licences
      1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 7 October 2020, the status of the application by the person (details supplied). [1230/21]
    • Animal Welfare
      1141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to combat animal abuse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1235/21]
    • Greyhound Industry
      1142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that were injured and died or were killed at tracks from 1 January 2020 to date; and the names of the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      1143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1247/21]
    • Food Exports
      1145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full report on exports to Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1299/21]
    • Animal Passports
      1146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new requirements for pet passports for animals travelling between Ireland and Great Britain and vice versa; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      1147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases that have been pursued by his Department under SI 681/2019 Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet...
    • Ceadúnú Báid Iascaireachta Mara
      1149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine céard iad na céimeanna atá i gceist aige a thógáil chun an stoc portán agus gliomach a chaomhnú...
    • Fishing Industry
      1150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used to give priority to 140 fishing boats to fish in UK waters from the 1 January 2021 over the 1,900 Irish registered...
    • Food Exports
      1153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency measures he has put in place in the event that the UK enters into post-Brexit trade agreements with non-EU partners...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the operational curtailments that will be placed on marts during the new Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Beef Industry
      1155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his engagements at EU level to ensure that additional beef imports do not enter the Single Market, therefore depressing prices...
    • Brexit Issues
      1156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Irish representatives will be on the EU-UK specialised trade committees that relate to the agrifood sector, particularly the...
    • Beef Industry
      1157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the study by a company (details supplied) relating to the beef sector here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the transposition of the EU unfair trading practices directive; if he plans to exclude additional unfair trading...
    • Beef Imports
      1160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of beef that was imported into Ireland for processing in each of the years from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Live Exports
      1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live cattle exports from Ireland in each of the years from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Exports
      1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Irish beef exported to China in each of the years from 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Industry
      1164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty beef farmers currently face in securing peat for cattle bedding; his efforts to...
    • Afforestation Programme
      1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares nationwide that were newly planted for afforestation in each of the years from 2001 to 2020, in tabular form;...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the investment ceilings for the TAMS pig and poultry scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Industry
      1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the Brexit fishing deal; the amount of quota that has been forfeited by each of the remaining EU members as part of...
    • GLAS Issues
      1180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1606/21]
    • Beef Imports
      1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of beef imported from EU member states per month in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1723/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will be issued to a person (details supplied) who has been in contact with the records branch of his Department for...
    • Animal Welfare
      1184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding awarded to animal welfare charities in 2020, by county, name and amount of funding in tabular form; if further tranches...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he...
    • Beef Exports
      1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef carcasses under 30 months that have been exported worldwide in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1187. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the Covid-19 stability scheme funding that went to disability organisations. [44999/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      1189. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog attacks on sheep flocks by county in 2020; the number of sheep attacked by county in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Pet Farms
      1190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to prevent unlawful puppy farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1341/21]
    • LEADER Programmes
      1191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider granting an exceptional extension regarding the LEADER programme in which projects approved by the...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1192. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44686/20]
    • Interdepartmental Committees
      1193. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of occasions on which the interdepartmental committee for the development of the islands met in 2020; the dates of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1194. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so,...
    • Pet Farms
      1195. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of puppy farms registered in each of the past five years; the number of dog wardens employed by each local authority; the...
    • Charities Regulation
      1196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the post of director of legal affairs and registration at the Charities Regulator will be filled on a permanent basis. [1191/21]
    • Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna
      1197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén uair atá sé i gceist aici go mbeidh deis ag ionadaithe ó Phobal Inis Meáin scrúdu a dhéanamh...
    • Pet Farms
      1199. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the measures from within her Department to enforce and reduce the illicit puppy farms; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1200. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19 related work, services or advice; and if she...

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