Written answers
Thursday, 28 January 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider the increased roll-out of the restart grant from local authorities for businesses in the hospitality sector as a...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any research or analysis will be made available carried out by his Department or a body working with or on behalf of his Department...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if special exemptions were given to supermarkets that also sell homeware to allow for click and collect during level 5 given that this...
- Brexit Issues
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protections in place to ensure the .ie web domain is protected post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4636/21]
- Consumer Protection
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consumers are protected if they order goods from a .ie web domain and then are faced with customs charges; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to roll out a scheme similar to the restart and restart plus grant for rate-paying businesses following the current lockdown...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if click and reserve which then facilitates collection from shops is allowed in level 5. [4744/21]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he...
- Air Quality
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of inspections that have been carried out regarding compliance with the Air Pollution Act 1987 in 2019 and...
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the public consultation in relation to the regulation of solid fuel burning will be released. [4624/21]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if studies are being carried out focusing on the changes to environmental factors due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the...
- National Broadband Plan
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Just Transition Fund
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of approved just transition projects given recent confirmation that the stipulations for drawing down funding...
- Renewable Energy Generation
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a scheme (details supplied); the number of applications received from applicants in County Mayo; the...
- Natural Gas Imports
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 24 September 2020, the status of the development of a policy statement...
- National Broadband Plan
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an area (details supplied) will avail of high-speed broadband. [4981/21]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Improvement Schemes
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to roll-out the community involvement scheme for local authorities in 2021; the level of funding that will be afforded for the...
- Ministerial Communications
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has spoken with or written to his counterpart in the UK Government and in the Stormont Executive in relation to...
- Driver Test
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for their driver test in July 2020 and has complied with everything requested of them...
- Public Transport
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered a further extension of TaxSaver tickets due to the severe Covid-19 travel restrictions currently in place; the cost...
- Environmental Protection Enforcement
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all local authorities have been formally briefed on the National Maritime Oil and HNS Spill Contingency Plan which has recently been...
- Driver Licences
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS will be allowing for the extension of driver licences given the latest level 5 Covid restrictions; if his attention has been...
- Driver Test
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) cannot have a driver test rescheduled. [4875/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when additional measures will be implemented to restrict travel into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/21]
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
37. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to continue the Covid restrictions support scheme in view of the continuing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses; if he will consider...
- Economic Data
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
43. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce mortgage and rental payment breaks for those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy schemes; the...
- Travel Insurance
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had engagement with the insurance sector regarding the availability of travel insurance for citizens that have received a Covid-19...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
48. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the continuation of VAT and PAYE warehousing for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4785/21]
- Vehicle Registration Tax
50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt vehicles used for mountain rescue financed by voluntary donations and small grants from VRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Costs
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the overall cost of insurance particularly liability insurance both employers and public; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if advice will be provided for a person (details supplied) who incorrectly applied for the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [4871/21]
- Company Liquidations
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the corporate tax implications of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4915/21]
- Tax Appeals Commission
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes that will be made to the tax law in view of the Tax Commission’s decision in a case (details supplied); the way in which Ireland's approach...
- EU Directives
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of EU Directive 2008/7 on Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4917/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional financial supports will be put in place for Irish pilots (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4925/21]
- Tax Treaties
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the procedures and inspections in place with regard to the double taxation treaty of 1995 between Ireland and Israel since 1967 to ensure that...
- Consumer Protection
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will issue accurate advice to persons who purchase products online and are now being charged extremely high customs duties and fees on top of...
- Retail Export Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on lowering the spending threshold for availing of the retail export scheme to €25 to support the tourism retail sector; and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Lending
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the issue of banks refusing to allow the drawdown of approved mortgage home loans of persons who have an approved contract with a developer...
- Customs and Excise
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided on the level of import duties on products imported from the UK in which the country of origin of that product is another country...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Open Government Partnership Action Plan
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which commitment four of the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018 to enhance citizen engagement in...
- Community Employment Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the payments of pensions and or gratuities for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement...
- Flood Prevention Measures
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos.102, 104 and 106 of 21 January 2021, and in view of the fact that flood waters are now nine...
- Departmental Circulars
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 January 2021, his views on whether section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Ministers and Secretaries...
- Flood Prevention Measures
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the flooding projects to be undertaken by the OPW in County Cork in 2021; the estimated cost of each project; the drainage...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Swimming Pool Programme
74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding available to local authorities for improving or creating swimming facilities given the increase in...
- Tourism Industry
75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the main industries in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider opening up golf courses as a vital component to mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Travel Trade Sector
77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is preparing detailed plans to promote international and domestic travel in order that Ireland will be...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Commercial Rates
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a commercial rates waiver for businesses for 2021, in view of the continued impact of the Covid-19...
- Housing Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if supports are available to families who have been awarded custody of their biological children through a legal process which...
- Water Quality
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State has an obligation under Irish, EU or international law to remove lead pipes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied). [4577/21]
- Social and Affordable Housing
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the introduction of a new form of tenure in cost rental (details supplied). [4592/21]
- Hare Coursing
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will call for the immediate release of any hares currently in captivity in view of the fact that coursing meetings are...
- Proposed Legislation
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning and development and nature conservation (heritage) functions Bill will be published; if it will contain...
- Planning Issues
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing developments that were fully or partially developed as holiday homes in circumstances in which the management...
- Local Authority Staff
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning enforcement officers employed by Cork City Council in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form;...
- Building Regulations
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the issues of embedded carbon construction through revisions to building regulations,...
- Planning Issues
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered delaying discussion regarding local development plans given the logistical difficulties facing both...
- Social and Affordable Housing
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include persons who are divorced or legally separated as eligible applicants for the proposed affordable purchase...
- Local Authority Boundaries
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the city council boundaries to include part or all the area at present in the County Council functional...
- Rental Sector
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants and the local authority in which they reside that have availed of or that have attempted to avail of...
- Homeless Persons Supports
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the high level homeless taskforce established by his Department. [4838/21]
- Derelict Sites
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures to be taken when the owner of a property listed on the derelict register cannot be located; if that property...
- Building Regulations
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that all cladding materials used in the building industry for insulation and so no, do not...
- Planning Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a policy will be introduced within his Department to provide a fair resolution to builders who purchase zoned land and due...
- Social and Affordable Housing
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy basis for only using one-bed units for housing first tenancies; if the policy will be amended to include two-bed...
- Approved Housing Bodies
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the approved housing bodies regulatory authority will be formally established; the reason for the delay; the oversight...
- Defective Building Materials
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the conclusion of the defects working group’s work; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Domestic Violence Services
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to identify and support social housing recipients and applicants along with their families in...
- Flood Relief Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the request to his Department by local authorities for additional funding to deal with flooding between 1...
- Home Loan Scheme
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are not being stopped from...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passport applications will be processed; if an application can be hand delivered to a passport office; and if he will make a statement...
- Passport Services
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the embargo on processing first-time passports will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4575/21]
- Human Rights
120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland has taken to express its objections to the ongoing isolation torture and the periodic denial of access to legal...
- Ministerial Meetings
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the Irish Ambassador to South Africa in the past three months. [4630/21]
- Overseas Development Aid
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s overseas aid commitments; and if these have altered or been adjusted due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic....
- Human Rights
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the determination by the Government of the United States of America that China is currently committing genocide against Uyghur...
- Ministerial Meetings
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contacts he has had with the Northern Ireland First Minister or Deputy First Minister since 1 January 2021; the dates and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to implement an all-island anti-Covid-19 strategy in conjunction with the Northern Executive since 1 January 2021;...
- Passport Applications
126. 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. [4723/21]
- Passport Services
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) will receive a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4798/21]
- Ministerial Communications
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to develop closer relations between Ireland and Wales; if these relations can be enhanced on a bilateral basis; and if he will...
- International Relations
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Israeli authorities to encourage them to carry out their Covid-19 vaccination programme in a...
- Foreign Birth Registration
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for citizenship currently being processed by his Department; the number of applications that have been finalised...
- Human Rights
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community can exert its influence towards the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have discussions at an early date with the United States administration in relation to the need for immigration reform with...
- International Criminal Court
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with the Biden administration the need for the United States of America to sign up to and come under the jurisdiction of...
- International Relations
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance being provided by Ireland and the EU to Bosnia’s response to the humanitarian migrant crisis on the Bosnia and Croatia...
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Medals
137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a War of Independence medal was issued in relation to a person (details supplied); if so, the person to whom was it issued; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Strength
138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which efforts are being made to bring the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps up to optimum levels; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Data
139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of posts throughout the Defence Forces waiting to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4889/21]
- Defence Forces Equipment
141. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the upgrading of equipment such as aircraft, sea-going vessels and transport vehicles continues; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces can be deployed to deal with issues such as administration and vaccination associated with Covid-19; and...
- Overseas Missions
143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops currently deployed overseas; the extent of requests for further deployment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the levels of pay and conditions in the Defence Forces as identified previously are in the course of resolution; and if he...
- Defence Forces Strength
147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which adequate staffing of aircraft and sea-going vessels remains available to ensure the meeting of emergencies; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Site Acquisitions
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a school building project (details supplied); when it is expected to be announced; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the risk assessments and the NPHET advice declaring special education can be reopened safely will be published in the interest of public...
- State Examinations
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a definitive response will issue on the sitting or other format of examination and assessment of the junior and leaving certificates; and if...
- School Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing two additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with over 900 pupils. [4632/21]
- Home Tuition Scheme
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for home tuition funding by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been approved; and when the family will be...
- Special Educational Needs
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been put in place to help children with special and additional needs through the period of school closures; the supports...
- Oideachas Gaeilge
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair atá i gceist aici Beartas Náisiúnta um Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge a fhoilsiú mar atá geallta i gClár...
- State Examinations
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school profiling will form part of grading for 2021 leaving certificate students. [4836/21]
- Special Educational Needs
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the establishment of an ASD specific school in Dublin 12; and if this facility will be operational by September 2021. [4847/21]
- State Examinations
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals for holding the leaving certificate examination or the alternative in lieu thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the safe return to school for all primary and second level schools; if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the safety...
- Special Educational Needs
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects all special needs classes to be restored throughout the country subject to best safety practices; and if she will make a...
- State Examinations
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if evaluation still remains an option in respect of junior and leaving certificate examinations in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Facilities
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the processing of the request for access to a school (details supplied) via an entrance having particular regard to the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress towards the relocation of a school (details supplied) to the proposed three school campus at Donaghcumper, Celbridge, County...
- School Planning
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for new primary and secondary schools in the areas of Coolock, Raheny and Artane, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to announce details for 2021 leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4982/21]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider permitting the extension of a placement on a community employment scheme for a person (details...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed regarding access to eye care; and if she will make a statement...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by county in supplementary welfare in January 2021 to date; and the general reason for each payment in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy schemes will be extended past March 2021; if special...
- Disability Allowance
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in a full year if the disability allowance increased by €5.50. [4635/21]
- Community Employment Schemes
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently review the community employment scheme eligibility criteria to address the nationwide recruitment...
- School Meals Programme
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details regarding the continuation of school meals during Covid restriction particularly in relation to the frequency of...
- Occupational Injuries Benefit
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has explored adding long Covid to the list of prescribed occupational illnesses for the purposes of the occupational...
- Illness Benefit
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has explored extending the duration that Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit may be paid beyond the current maximum of...
- Jobseeker's Payments
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged between 18 and 24 years of age who are in receipt of a reduced jobseeker’s payment. [4831/21]
- Carer's Allowance
181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are currently delays to applications for carer’s allowance; and the average length of time for an application...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding support for crèches providing care for children of essential workers but are now in...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is expected that ECCE programme is likely to be safely restored in conjunction with best safety...
- Magdalen Laundries
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applicants per year under the Magdalen restorative redress scheme since 2015; the number of...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection has undertaken a review of issues in relation to the parental...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding supports available for those categorised as essential workers with regard to childcare...
- Parental Leave
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is planned to introduce the increase in parental leave from two to five weeks promised in Budget 2021;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the employment status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4715/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if educational courses that require placements are seeking public health advice before asking students to go ahead with such placements; if not,...
- Third Level Fees
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request UCD to accede to the demands of certain master's degree student for a 30% fee cut given the abnormal circumstances of the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices, respectively in County Cork; the measures being examined to further increase the number of female...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Management Companies
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the remedy available to residents who discover that their owners’ management company has not established a sinking fund...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure in place at Dublin Airport and ferry ports to check PCR test certificates for incoming passengers; if her...
- Garda Deployment
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each station in Cork city and county; the role of each, that is, community garda, traffic...
- Garda Transport Provision
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 1200cc, 1400cc and 1500cc motorcycles, respectively, in the Garda fleet. [4628/21]
- Prison Building Programme
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs for security, electricity and maintenance of the old Cork prison building from 2016 to date in tabular form. [4662/21]
- Animal Identification Schemes
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí are equipped with scanners to read microchips on horses and dogs; if so, the number of scanners possessed; and...
- Road Traffic Accidents
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions in each of the years 2018 to 2020 in each of the Garda districts in Cork; the number...
- Residency Permits
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision in respect of residency status will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applicant members of An Garda Síochána are required to have full Irish citizenship. [4788/21]
- Court Accommodation
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement that has taken place between the local authority and her Department in relation to transferring the old Bray...
- Prisoner Welfare
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the terms of reference and the structure of a cross-agency taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction...
- Crime Data
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of animals reported stolen or missing to An Garda Síochána nationally in the ten years up to and including...
- Family Reunification
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the family settlement unit has been established and is operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4861/21]
- Immigration Data
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if de facto partnership immigration permission applications are currently being processed by her Department; if so, the unit...
- Immigration Policy
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 10 December 2020, the progress made to address the unsuitable detention of...
- Sentencing Policy
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of progress made as part of the review of the minimum sentencing policy under section 29 of the Judicial Council Act...
- Department of Health
- Ministerial Communications
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has spoken with or written to his counterpart in the UK Government and in the Stormont Executive in relation to coordinating...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the orthopaedic chair prescribed by their occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who need to attend hospital in order to receive dialysis treatment will be given the same priority allocation as nursing home residents in the...
- Proposed Legislation
226. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to provide for the inclusion of trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol up to 0.3% in view of the current lack of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
227. To ask the Minister for Health if private hospitals will be utilised to address the growing waiting lists in public hospitals due to the Covid-19 crisis; if contingency planning for the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
228. To ask the Minister for Health if all staff involved in special education will be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/21]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number patients in County Kerry referred for treatment under the treatment purchase scheme in 2020; the treatments provided; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
230. To ask the Minister for Health when social care workers working in children’s residential homes will be vaccinated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Maternity Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to maintain lactation consultancy services throughout the Covid-19 crisis and restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4599/21]
- Health Services Staff
232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delays experienced by allied healthcare professionals in receiving their CORU registration; his plans to speed up the process;...
- Autism Support Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) for the provision of autism workshops; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
234. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help persons who are living alone to get the vaccine; and if there will be home visits. [4625/21]
- HSE Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the HSE pest control services in CHO8; and if there are vacancies awaiting to be filled. [4633/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
236. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the position of the child on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4639/21]
- Audiology Services
237. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for audiology appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway for children and adults; his plans to address the waiting times; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
238. To ask the Minister for Health when all staff in private hospitals will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4645/21]
- Hospital Facilities
240. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of bringing St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir up to the standard the HSE says it does not meet was identified before the decision to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positive Covid-19 cases among residents in all nursing homes registered from 14 December 2020 to 17 January 2021; the number that have died; and...
- General Practitioner Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by SouthDoc in Cork city in 2019 and 2020, respectively. [4665/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider moving patients on dialysis to the highest level in order to offer them the Covid-19 vaccine as quickly as possible; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Meetings
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contacts he has had with the Northern Ireland Minister for Health since 1 January 2021; the dates and nature of same; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
249. To ask the Minister for Health if passenger data for persons who are travelling to Northern Ireland via Dublin airport is being shared with the Northern Ireland Executive on public health...
- Third Level Fees
252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a return of service arrangement for those studying graduate entry medicine allowing for a waiving of student fees in return for working...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
253. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the proposed vaccine buddy system for nursing home residents. [4717/21]
- General Practitioner Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health when the SouthDoc service in Blackpool, Cork is due to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
255. To ask the Minister for Health if workers at An Post and those working in An Post sorting offices are being considered for prioritisation in the Covid-19 vaccine groups given the roles...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties tied up in the fair deal scheme; and the number of these homes that are currently vacant. [4728/21]
- Hospital Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health if the agreement with private hospitals includes a provision to maintain a specified amount of additional reserve capacity in the event that the 30% capacity...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
261. To ask the Minister for Health when clarification will be provided to the medically vulnerable as to the category they will be included in under the vaccine roll-out programme. [4745/21]
- Primary Medical Certificates
262. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners will be permitted to fill out assessment forms for primary medical certificates in view of the difficulties some are having in getting...
- Health Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of a premises (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the commitment to open it after Christmas has been realised; if the seven...
- Mental Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a mental health support plan aimed at business owners who face an uncertain future given the impact of the Covid-19 restrictions on their...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
266. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has not been advised to date when a Covid-19 vaccination will be available to it, has not been advised when the...
- Medicinal Products
267. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE executive management team will consider the recommendations and decide on the approval for reimbursement of the drug dupilumab; and if he will...
- Health Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the commitments he and the HSE have made to include patient, service user and public opinions in the design, planning and delivery of health services; and if...
- Hospital Facilities
269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and ICU beds that make up the 30% of beds acquired from the private hospital sector. [4807/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
270. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line nursing and care staff working within residential disability services at Cregg House Sligo and Cloonamahon Sligo and community houses linked to...
- Medical Cards
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered under the GMS for a medical card and general practitioner card, respectively, including dependents between those under 70 years...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
274. To ask the Minister for Health if therapeutic staff for children with complex needs will be redeployed in any capacity in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
276. To ask the Minister for Health if a product (details supplied) has been evaluated for reimbursement; if so, the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4834/21]
- Mental Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting psychiatric appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital. [4835/21]
- Health Services Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays being experienced by allied healthcare professionals in receiving their CORU registration resulting...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
279. To ask the Minister for Health if all CHO8 staff involved in Covid-19 testing and swabbing and specifically at the Mullingar and Longford test centres have received the Covid-19 vaccination;...
- Medicinal Products
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that his Department monitors and tracks the development of the new drug omaveloxolone which presents the first real breakthrough treatment...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
282. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the use of pulse oximetry to detect early deterioration of patients with Covid-19 in primary and community care settings similar to the NHS...
- General Practitioner Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals made to see a consultant for each month in 2020; the average per month in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Data
286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by a consultant each month in 2020; the average per month for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
287. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 14 January 2021, if additional measures will be introduced in co-ordination with the authorities in Northern...
- Covid-19 Tests
290. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time before a person unable to attend a Covid-19 test centre in person is contacted by a community health team; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outbreaks of Covid-19 in meat processing plants by county from 1 November 2020, in tabular form. [4909/21]
- Eating Disorders
294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions for eating disorders in each month over the past year; the projected impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on eating disorder...
- Hospital Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health the specialist and dedicated diabetic services and personnel available in County Louth in the community, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and in Louth...
- Health Services Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a public health consultant grade; the number of posts that will be assigned to each HSE area in County Cork; and if he will...
- Maternity Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that in cases in which maternity services know that distressing or potentially distressing information is being presented to patients in...
- Hospital Facilities
299. To ask the Minister for Health his views on putting in place the resources to extend the medical assessment unit opening hours in Bantry General Hospital to a 24/7 basis; and if he will make...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in each hospital in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4949/21]
- Eating Disorders
302. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the non-allocation of funding to the national eating disorder treatment plan for 2020 and the non-spend of the €1.6 million allocated in...
- Maternity Services
305. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the HSE withdrawing funding for a lactation consultant in Dublin south east and its anticipated impact on nursing mothers. [4954/21]
- Health Promotion
307. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in meeting each of the objectives of Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland Health Service Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021 as of 25 January...
- Prisoner Welfare
309. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 10 December 2020, the progress made to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable...
- Maternity Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health if a PPSN is required to access the maternity and infant care scheme which provides for essential medical care during pregnancy [4971/21]
- Medical Cards
311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied for the HAA medical card; the number of rejected applications under this scheme; the reasons for rejection; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on inpatient and outpatient waiting lists in Beaumont Hospital [4978/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 vaccination programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4983/21]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
316. To ask the Minister for Health if the EU Cross-Border Directive is affected by Brexit for Irish patients seeking to have surgeries in the UK; and if so, the changes in this regard. [4984/21]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Beekeeping Industry
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to protect native honey bees; the impact non-native honey bees are having on biodiversity in Ireland; and if he...
- Agrifood Sector
318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans and the steps he is taking to establish a mutual recognition of the sanitary and phytosanitary standards relating to the...
- Fishing Industry
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monitoring of factory ships (details supplied) taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4697/21]
- GLAS Issues
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a GLAS penalty appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a calf investment scheme grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry
322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the ban on craynet fishing and landing of crayfish off the county Kerry and Cork coasts from Loop Head to Mizen Head...
- Inshore Fisheries
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a plan (details supplied) for the inshore sector was not adopted; the reason he has not engaged with fishermen; and if he...
- Fishing Industry
325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding commercial fishing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Greyhound Industry
326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1142 of 13 January 2021, if he will provide the information requested, that is, the names of...
- Fishing Industry
327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the introduction of bans as a way of conservation instead of the sustainable management of fisheries (details...
- Inshore Fisheries
328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding inshore fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4693/21]
- Fishing Licences
331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4699/21]
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; and if he will make a statement on...
- Common Agricultural Policy
333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the next generation EU funds will be allocated under pillar II of CAP for 2021, by line of expenditure; and if he...
- Animal Welfare
335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is paying a retainer to Cork City Council for animal pounds and horse welfare; and if he will make a statement on...
- GLAS Issues
339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS 2020 payment for persons (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4799/21]
- Aquaculture Development
340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration he is giving to providing further and substantial assistance to the oyster shell fish industry in view of the...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le trí mhí anuas maidir leis an réamhobair i dtaobh calafort domhain a...
- Agricultural Colleges
342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will insist on the suspension of the student placement component as part of the certificate in agriculture QQI...
- Food Safety Standards
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended timeframe for the establishment of a food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4905/21]
- Organic Farming Scheme
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new places that will be provided on the organic farm scheme in 2021; the criteria that will apply; and if he will make...
- Beekeeping Industry
345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current policy in relation to the sale and importation of non-native Irish honeybees; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishing Industry
346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing a new decommissioning scheme in view of the reduction in Ireland’s fishing quota; and if he will make...
- Organic Farming
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on putting in place funding for farm-led trialling of organic protein crops that could be produced in Ireland to reduce...
- Agrifood Sector
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if research or analysis will be made available carried out by his Department or a body working with or on behalf of his Department on...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Covid-19 Pandemic
353. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to amend the community call documentation to explicitly include as a target group those being asked to isolate as...
