Written answers

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contacts he has had with the Northern Ireland First Minister or Deputy First Minister since 1 January 2021; and the dates and nature of same. [4678/21]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for and order of citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5207/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full list of the current Cabinet committees; the frequency of meetings for each; and the membership and function of each. [5869/21]
    • Departmental Functions
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full list of the current functions, units and divisions within his Department. [5870/21]
    • National Economic and Social Council
      5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of pending publications from the NESC. [5871/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to introducing a scheme similar to that devised by the Scottish Government to assist workers in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the sale of children's shoes has been recognised as an essential service; the options available to parents for their children that...
    • Future Growth Loan Scheme
      8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount provided to each bank through the future growth loan scheme; the amount loaned out by those banks under the scheme; the...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the trading online voucher will be reverted back to 90% of a grant due to the fact that Ireland is in level 5 restrictions; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses and primary farming producers in County Tipperary that have received and have been refused supports under the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a dispute at a company (details supplied). [5219/21]
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections of meat processing plants that have been carried out for compliance with Covid-19 regulations since 10...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the responsibilities of employers in cases in which an employee contracts Covid-19 in the workplace; the duties of care in relation to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €2 billion allocated to the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme is in the account of the SBCI; if not, if the funds are...
    • Derelict Sites
      18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if energy grants are available for the development of a derelict site to set up a new business in a premises in the town centre of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to small hairdressing and salon businesses which are closed due to level 5 restrictions and struggling to meet...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the reduction in funding under the trading online voucher from 90% to 50% funding at the end of December 2020; and if...
    • Employment Rights
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to seek an extension to the redundancy moratorium set to end on 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Strategy
      22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to ensure security of steel supply for Irish companies in view that there is a fear in the sector of a shortage...
    • Future Growth Loan Scheme
      23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of approvals made under the future growth loan scheme to date. [5645/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Companies Registration Office will be extending the deadline for annual returns and accounts in view of the extension of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if concerns have been relayed to his Department by pharmaceutical companies regarding shortages of ingredients or medicines due to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a matter will be addressed in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the provision of financial supports to drink wholesalers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5798/21]
    • IDA Ireland
      33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA visits made to each county in tabular form; his plans for IDA visits given current restrictions; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider providing direct financial supports to essential businesses that have remained open during the pandemic but whose...
    • Work Permits
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the request by an organisation (details supplied) in December 2020 to add this profession to the critical skills...
    • Investor-State Dispute Settlement
      36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on claims that there is no need in modern trade deals for the investor court system proposed under CETA; if it is the case...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Efficiency
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the savings made by the EEOS by type of customer, that is, commercial, private and energy poverty; and the social impact...
    • Energy Policy
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an annual update on the implementation on the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty was made between 2016 and 2019; if...
    • National Broadband Plan
      41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagements with a company (details supplied) in relation to the acceleration of the National Broadband Plan; and if...
    • Just Transition Fund
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the expenditure priorities of Ireland for the EU Just Transition Fund in 2021; and if he will make...
    • Remote Working
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the impacts of Covid-19 on energy poverty and lack of access to working-from-home communications infrastructure are...
    • National Postcode System
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an Eircode was deactivated at a property (details supplied). [5147/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in County Cork. [5220/21]
    • Energy Policy
      47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered expanding the criteria for free home energy grants to those who are not eligible for the fuel...
    • Environmental Policy
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the burning of peat briquettes will cease. [5271/21]
    • National Postcode System
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of the correct Eircode for Steeple House, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Efficiency
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocated to each retrofit scheme (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of engagements he and or his officials have had with ComReg and the EU Commission in respect of the extent to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the price per connection paid to National Broadband Ireland in respect of connections made in the intervention areas;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid to private operators offering wholesale broadband services inside the intervention areas in 2019, 2020...
    • Energy Efficiency
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter in relation to retrofitting in the home of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Generation
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if customers will be paid for the energy that they create themselves in relation to the proposed microgeneration support...
    • Waste Management
      59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which is it open to local authorities to remunicipalise domestic waste collection services; and if he will...
    • Recycling Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bodies and organisations that will be consulted in the establishment of a deposit and return scheme; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 20 January 2021, if he will state his explicit commitment to legislate for a...
    • Energy Efficiency
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding in budget 2021 which has been set aside for the establishment and resourcing of the national...
    • Electricity Generation
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the potential for carbon capture and storage technology to facilitate the decarbonisation of the...
    • Remote Working
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures he is considering to facilitate long-term working from home in addition to legislating for the...
    • Energy Policy
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is grant aid available for the installation of air to water heating systems in new domestic builds; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an area (details supplied) will avail of high-speed broadband. [5542/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to improve and expand the remit of cybersecurity across Government. [5546/21]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Celtic interconnector proposal as of 31 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to delays for applicants of the warmer homes scheme; if he has been in touch with the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if gold prospecting is defined as essential work during the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received by SEAI for the better energy warmer homes schemes in 2019 and 2020; the average...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of implementation of a nationwide ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5829/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the forecasted completion date of high-speed broadband roll-out to premises in County Tipperary; and the current status...
    • Post Office Network
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) in relation to post offices. [6024/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services (1 comment)
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact he has made with Bus Éireann regarding the planned cessation of X8 expressway bus links in County Tipperary; his views on...
    • Electric Vehicles
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered implementing measures to reduce the price of electric cars to give buyers a wider variety of options given that the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken by his Department to provide support to the aviation sector in the current environment given the effect of Covid-19...
    • Road Projects
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the N5 Ballaghdereen to Scramogue project; when it is anticipated that construction will commence; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver licence will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); when the matter will be successfully concluded; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the pilot programme by the RSA to examine whether theory tests can be taken online remotely; if this programme was...
    • Airport Passenger Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incoming passengers at Dublin Airport since 16 January 2021. [5101/21]
    • Driver Licences
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of UK licences for drivers living here that were not exchanged before the deadline of 31 December 2020; the steps drivers with...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the continuing forced ownership of cars for persons in County Donegal as detailed in the research paper Identifying...
    • Road Safety
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections for cabotage activity of foreign HGV operators carried out by the Road Safety Authority in each of the years of...
    • Bus Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional buses across all networks for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann during level 5 restrictions; and the services in...
    • Transport Policy
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 13 January 2021, if an additional query (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the scheme currently in place for drivers aged 70 years of age and over will be extended to facilitate drivers who are immunosuppressed...
    • Driver Test
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a heavy goods vehicles driver test appointment; if this case will be expedited; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism for a person to travel who has recovered from Covid-19 but who would still test positive to a PCR test; and if he will make...
    • Driver Licences
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS will grant an extension of time to a person (details supplied) in respect of a driver license renewal pending their...
    • Driver Test
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when heavy goods vehicle driver tests will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5156/21]
    • Bus Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the retendering of bus routes will cease for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cycling Facilities
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he had with local authorities in relation to developing priority cycle routes along existing tertiary roads and available...
    • Road Projects
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the northern ring road; and if this will be progressed further when a decision is made on the M20 route in 2021. [5209/21]
    • Driver Test
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driver test; the number that are essential workers; the number waiting for driver theory tests in...
    • Local Authority Facilities
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of a walkability study that would assist local authorities in ensuring their areas are accessible for those...
    • Cycling Facilities
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the additional personnel in local authorities working on cycling infrastructure; the number of personnel needed to...
    • Driver Test
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to address the delays being experienced by learner drivers in accessing the driver theory test; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending S.I. No. 527/2007 - Road Traffic (Recognition of foreign Driving Licences) Order 2007 to include territories...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Ireland has achieved the required reduction of 6% in greenhouse gas intensity as required under the EU fuel quality directive as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to move the CPC course (details supplied) to an online platform similar to the UK in order to reduce the...
    • Driver Test
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has put in place facilities for essential workers awaiting theory tests and driver tests in order that they can qualify to drive to...
    • National Car Test
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NCT is deemed an essential service; the rationale for its change of status since the first lockdown; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of CIÉ pension holders in 52 scheme negotiations; if the pension holders will receive an increase in their pensions; and...
    • Bus Services
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether all future provision of urban-style bus services should use electric buses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an interim and safe measure will be devised to allow the primarily young cohort of persons to practice driving within the confines of...
    • Rail Network
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the MetroLink development as of 31 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5628/21]
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the uptake of the bike to work scheme from its launch to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department will provide to the airline industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]
    • Road Safety
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the road traffic (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; when the legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann; the...
    • Driver Licences
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) considered an essential worker can apply for a professional driver licence. [5701/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of state aid provided to date or planned to provide support to the aviation sector due to the economic impact of Covid-19;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of the road traffic (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants for wheelchair buses or taxis are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5787/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV grants awarded by the SEAI for each model of eligible EV listed on its website in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of a new road (details supplied) in County Kildare. [5809/21]
    • Driver Licences
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a further extension to driver licences that have expired or are due to expire in the coming weeks is being considered; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to provide funding to complete the northern ring road in Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if mechanisms have been put in place to ensure continuity of the provisions of the sixth motor insurance Directive 2009/103/EC allowing...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to roll-out the community involvement scheme for local authorities in 2021; the funding that will be provided for the repair of...
    • Road Projects
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the sign off on the completion of the delivery of the Coonagh-Knockalisheen Road, County Limerick has been delayed; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of intervention he will take in respect of State airports in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and his plans to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the issuing of speeding fines to be based on a driver’s income rather than a fixed penalty; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level at which driver tests are operating; the estimated backlog or missed tests due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop will be erected at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/21]
    • Aviation Industry
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of each of the recommendations made by the Aviation Recovery Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if travellers coming into the country via ports or airports and who have to restrict their movements will be provided with secure...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the airlines that have in 2020 and 2021 sought financial support as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; the amount of financial support...
    • Driver Licences
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a learner permit will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6007/21]
    • Air Navigation Orders
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an exemption under the Air Navigation (Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 was granted by his...
    • Road Network
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will upgrade the R624 Cobh to Carrigtohill road to a national route; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5130/21]
    • Tax Exemptions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason support from his Department by way of short-time work support is not taxable when support from jobseeker's support casual dockets is taxable given...
    • Trade Agreements
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason wax type 494 used in the making of wax melts is on the prohibited list for importation from the UK; if this restriction is as a result of Brexit;...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance when a VRT reimbursement will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6008/21]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the help-to-buy scheme into 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4990/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the Covid restrictions support scheme, as it is limited and excludes many businesses that have been directed to shut due to Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request banks to provide a moratorium on loans without imposing penalties or affecting the credit rating of the businesses involved during the...
    • Company Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of ATMs operated by a company (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5032/21]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if donations to non-SIPO-registered far-right political entities through online crowdfunding platforms are counted by the Revenue Commissioners as taxable...
    • Mortgage Lending
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the precise measures in legislation here which ensure adherence to Article 28 of the mortgage credit directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if a refusal of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and employment wage subsidy scheme can be appealed to the Revenue Commissioners and also to the Revenue...
    • Tax Reliefs
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being put in place to calculate benefit-in-kind during the pandemic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/21]
    • Community Banking
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if calls by the local community in Carlingford, County Louth to reinstate the ATM will be supported given the lack of other alternatives for older and...
    • Insurance Industry
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of insurance claims in Ireland will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed remote working relief from the Revenue Commissioners in the most recent tax year for which data is available; the amount of...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €250 Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, rebate given in November 2020 will not be taxed. [5164/21]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the National Asset Management Agency to firms carrying out receivership work for the agency in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date...
    • Customs and Excise
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a customs decision in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5198/21]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees' resident in Northern Ireland are eligible employees under the employment wage subsidy scheme in cases in which their employers are resident...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the terms of reference of the strategic review by a bank (details supplied) in Northern Ireland; if his Department has held...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if the definition of a first-time buyer under the help-to-buy scheme will be clarified; if a first-time buyer includes applicants who are separated or...
    • Value Added Tax
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a further extension to the reduction in VAT from 23% to 21%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5377/21]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5383/21]
    • Home Repossessions
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home repossession cases taken by banks and equity funds due to mortgage arrears in the past 12 months; the number of cases which were refused;...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the employment wage subsidy scheme for the early years sector beyond the current end date in view of comments made in the media (details...
    • Import Costs
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in terms of customs charges, duty and VAT associated with an individual importing power tools on a non-commercial basis from the United...
    • Insurance Industry
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to call on insurers to reimburse drivers due to the underuse of vehicles as he did during April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Value Added Tax
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue if the VAT exemption on the management of specified and special investment funds was removed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if an employee enrolled on the wage subsidy scheme in 2020 who has continued to work full time throughout the pandemic will face a reduction in their income...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for a scheme (details supplied) from businesses in County Mayo; the number of applications approved; the amount of support paid out...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has not received VRT quotes; when the situation will be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5653/21]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an employee (details supplied) who was on the temporary wage subsidy scheme recently received a tax bill for 2020; if it is open to them to query...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will undertake to discuss with the major banks the possibility of allowing a special provision for mortgage payment breaks for those working in the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if the stay and spend scheme is to be extended past its current termination in April 2021 given the current restrictions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Customs and Excise
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is taking to help persons that are shopping online and are being charged exorbitant customs duties and fees on top of the base...
    • Tax Exemptions
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 27 January 2021, if the sale of the horse by the farmer in question is exempt from income tax when it is with a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals there are to improve the conditions applicable to the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6032/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Energy Efficiency
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy funds for energy efficiency in buildings that have been spent. [5994/21]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a project (details supplied); the number of submissions recently received during the public consultation process; the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of service requirements for a civil servant to avail of the preserved pension benefits for an officer who served between 1...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies with unlimited status from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process....
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to carry out a review of 60 major charities which receive €4.2 billion funding and 1,500 non-profit organisations...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a review (details supplied) will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5654/21]
    • EU Directives
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which a Bill that will provide for the transposition of EU Directive (EU) 2019/1937 also known as the EU whistleblowing...
    • Heritage Sites
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will honour commitments made by his predecessor to restore or loan artefacts originally from Athenry Castle and currently with the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 27 January 2021, the number of all State and semi-State board appointments made by him...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the situation on flexible working arrangements in the public sector will be clarified; the reason various Departments and authorities...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Cruinnithe an Aire
      231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an féidir cóip de dhialann an Phríomh-Aoire, a bhaineann leis an tréimhse ó ceapadh é mar...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the review of the Children’s Commercial Communications Code will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined. [5307/21]
    • Tourism Industry
      235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to establishing a grant aid scheme similar to the operational programme for tourism 1994-1999, to...
    • Olympic Games
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the latest announcements from Japan stating its...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department will provide to the tourist industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]
    • Tourism Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has implemented the €92 million industry activation fund; the position regarding same; and if she will...
    • Tax Credits
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has discussed changing the stay and spend tourism scheme with the Minister for Finance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Industry
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has undertaken a comprehensive review of Ireland’s tourism product to identify strengths, gaps and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the further action that will be taken to support the domestic economy and to protect the long-term viability of 260,000 tourism...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason such a high number of players of an organisation (details supplied) have been given elite athlete status and granted...
    • Olympic Games
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Olympic athletes will be allowed to use facilities relevant to their sport given the high level of importance facilities play...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if new criteria will be established for the classification of athletes on the Covid-19 restrictions list, for example, that in...
    • Olympic Games
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the high-performance director of a sport power will be granted the power to decide on the training partner requirements needed...
    • Famine Artefacts
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to create a permanent exhibition remembering An Gorta Mór. [5799/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the French rugby team will be quarantined on their arrival into Ireland before their game against Ireland on 14 February 2021....
    • Irish Language
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current entitlement of native Irish speakers to access State services through the medium of Irish; and the status of the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the construction of an attic conversion and extension is deemed essential in cases in which it is to help provide for the...
    • Turf Cutting
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has estimated the number of persons who continue to cut turf on bogs here for domestic heating or the number...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans for Housing First to be rolled out by Roscommon County Council as part of the national roll-out; if...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report he requested from the Residential Tenancies Board on the eviction on Berkeley Road, Dublin 7 has been received;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to affording more flexibility to single parents in order to access the affordable housing...
    • Local Authority Functions
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding submissions for development; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electoral Process
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter (details supplied) in relation to future elections will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the uptake of a scheme (details supplied) by Mayo County Council; the number of applications approved; the...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to provide accommodation to those sleeping rough in Cork city in 2020 by month. [5205/21]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the publication date of an affordable housing plan committed to in the programme for Government. [5206/21]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to significant delays and issues with the Rebuilding Ireland home loan programme in Cork city....
    • Hare Coursing
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a statutory instrument (details supplied) relating to hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Data
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied); and his views on the findings of the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are required to provide a report on HAP inspections to his office. [5246/21]
    • Planning Issues
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if co-living developments can be granted permission if a local authority deems the development necessary as per their housing...
    • Local Authority Services
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there has been no annual reports produced by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, DRHE since 2016; if the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the oversight his Department has to ensure there is fair competition and consistent standards being applied by all providers...
    • Vacant Properties
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on Prospect Hill, Dublin 11 specifically in relation as to the length of time it has been vacant; and if he will...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funds allocated to the urban regeneration development fund by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in...
    • Heritage Fund
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of heritage funding from his Department in each of the years 2012 to 2020, inclusive; and the funds allocated and...
    • Legislative Measures
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes made to section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to give effect to the Flemish decree following the...
    • Departmental Functions
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the functions of the built environment advisory unit within his Department; the number of staff; the role of each; the work...
    • Construction Industry Register Ireland
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the failure of successive Governments to place the construction industry register on a statutory footing; his...
    • Local Authority Functions
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation to each local authority for their building control functions in each of the years 2013 to 2020 and to...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in counties Kildare and Laois; his plans to provide homes for same; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review on household income limits in order to apply for social housing will be completed; the stage at which this...
    • Wildlife Control
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the derogation process under Article 9(1)(a) of the EU birds directive for the control of wood pigeons. [5487/21]
    • Wildlife Protection
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 20 January 2021, if he will provide the quarter in 2021 the wildlife crime unit...
    • Environmental Policy
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline Ireland’s explicit commitment to meet the target for both the protection of 30% of land and 30% of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if existing planning permissions that have already been granted a five-year extension of duration but which are due to expire...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities can use compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, to purchase burial grounds given that it is the responsibility...
    • Water Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the move towards the creation of a single water utility; and if legislation will be forthcoming from his...
    • Local Authority Housing
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the last national conditions survey of local authority social housing stock took place; the findings of the survey; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a query raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons and families currently on the housing assistance payment at the end of Q3 2020, by county. [5738/21]
    • Local Authority Housing
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are specific time periods during which local authorities can apply for funding to restore voids; and the number of...
    • Septic Tanks
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out revisions to the septic tank grant scheme to enable those who did not register to do so; if access to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if public realm improvement works can proceed in level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/21]
    • Local Authority Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual contribution to local authorities over the past five years by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Staff
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there has been a chief executive in an interim position only in Galway County Council for seven years; when a chief...
    • Water Supply
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when provision will be made to upgrade water pipes and ensure connectivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the affordable housing scheme in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will...
    • Housing Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build houses and apartments recorded in each of the past 12 months to the end of January 2021, by county in...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure that persons who applied for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are not being stopped...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Trade Missions
      309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans for St. Patrick’s Day trade missions. [6021/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of support through bilateral development aid and multilateral development funds and instruments being provided to developing...
    • UN Security Council
      311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland’s seat at the UN Security Council can advance the formation of a Palestinian state in line with the votes of...
    • Irish Aid
      313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 3 November 2020, the amount of aid allocated to each of the NGOs mentioned in tabular form; the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Irish diplomats are being encouraged to apply for European external action service posts; and if he will make a statement...
    • Human Rights
      315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the presidential election which took place in Belarus in August 2020 was not free and fair; if he will condemn the...
    • Passport Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) was granted an Irish passport. [5291/21]
    • Human Rights
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland as a member of the EU and the UN Security Council will encourage the UNHCR and the international community to do more to protect...
    • Middle East
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will encourage the EU to have member states increase resettlement and family reunification places for Syrian refugees based in...
    • Irish Aid
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish and EU humanitarian assistance for Syria can be provided directly to Syrian and non-Syrian humanitarian and human rights...
    • Human Rights
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his engagement with the Chinese Government with regard to the treatment of the Uighurs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress in the meetings of the UN-facilitated constitutional committee in Geneva; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5410/21]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to engage with the UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Mark Lowcock, regarding the pending risk of...
    • Official Engagements
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with Her Excellency Ms Geraldine Byrne Nason on her work as chair of the Somalia sanctions committee; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations with the UK Government in respect of asserting the rights of Irish fishers to fish within the 12-mile limit...
    • Irish Aid
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a new recruitment campaign for the rapid response roster will be carried out by the end of the first quarter of 2021. [5512/21]
    • Human Rights
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking to ensure the international community provides direct humanitarian assistance to organisations assisting Syrian...
    • Irish Aid
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s overseas aid commitments; if these commitments have been impacted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and...
    • Passport Applications
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passport applications for first-time applicants will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5881/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if travellers coming into the country via ports or airports who have to restrict their movements will be provided with secure transport from...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      338. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of the 529 Irish troops serving in UN peacekeeping operations by the location they are stationed in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      339. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force as of 31 December 2020; if he will provide a breakdown of all ranks across the three services and...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      340. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Force as of 31 December 2020; if he will provide a breakdown of all ranks across the three services and the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      344. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the involvement of the Permanent Defence Force in the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the number of personnel involved; the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the maximum number of recruitment applications the Defence Forces can process in a year for the Reserve and Permanent Defence Force,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      347. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the elements of training, administration or duties that have been carried out remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      348. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel within the Defence Forces who are currently working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5689/21]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      349. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to sell off military property or installations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5690/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who have contracted Covid-19 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5691/21]
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      352. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are allowances for reservists to travel to training or courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5693/21]
    • Defence Forces Operations
      353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if operational requirements have been postponed or cancelled due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5694/21]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      354. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to specifically attract and recruit information technology personnel from the private sector; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Missions
      355. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is scope to strengthen the presence of the Defence Forces in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of west Africa to ensure that Ireland...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Pension Provisions
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a pension entitlement transfer request by a teacher (details supplied) was not answered or processed; if this request can now be...
    • School Transport
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will liaise with Bus Éireann with a view to changing the nearest school criteria for the school transport scheme in view...
    • State Examinations
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a survey by a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5028/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered for children who have developmental language disorder and have lost out on their allotted class time for targeted...
    • School Closures
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider designating February 2021 as an official school holiday month and extend the academic year by a further month as a response...
    • School Funding
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the distribution of the €100 million in grant funding to schools to address their ICT needs during 2020; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive funding under the July provision transport scheme. [5142/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the status of the tendering process; and the...
    • School Accommodation
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated units in situ at primary and post-primary schools in County Roscommon as of 22 January 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Education Standards
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has established minimum standards of engagement required by schools when home-schooling; if the matter has been the subject of...
    • State Examinations
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a report by a union (details supplied); and her views on the results of the report with particular reference...
    • School Patronage
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations with a trust (details supplied) for land for a school building. [5247/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria which will be used when deciding whether to reopen schools; if the R number and the number of daily Covid-19 cases will be taken...
    • Special Educational Needs
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions schools should take in light of the fact that special educational needs organisers, SENOs, are not accepting applications due to a...
    • State Examinations
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 21 January 2021, when the independent review of the design and implementation of the calculated...
    • Schools Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and projected capacity of schools in an area (details supplied) including the Portarlington area of County Laois; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education has completed and submitted its policy advice report on education provision in special classes and...
    • State Examinations
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the leaving certificate held in November 2020 will be available; the reason for the delay in finalising same; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commitments made to open a national school (details supplied) in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Facilities
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is waiting so long to be switched to a juniper box; if it will be switched as soon as possible; and if she...
    • School Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional funding will be provided for a classroom and additional teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools which provided the option of the leaving certificate applied programme; and the percentage of students...
    • School Curriculum
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools which provided the option to study the leaving certificate applied programme by DEIS and non-DEIS school...
    • State Examinations
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deadline for students who completed the leaving certificate written examinations in November 2020 to receive their results; if there is a...
    • School Enrolments
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current section 29 appeals system for schools; the number of appeals made in 2020; the number of appeals that were...
    • School Transport
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that additional capacity has been created...
    • State Examinations
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when results from the leaving certificate exams sat late in 2020 will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5824/21]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the citizens’ assembly on the future of education will be established pursuant to the programme for Government; and if...
    • Autism Support Services
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for an ASD unit in the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Designation
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on an application by a school (details supplied) for change of status to co-ed from junior infants; the timeframe for a final...
    • Education Policy
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make the transition from primary education to post-primary education easier (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs in primary, post-primary and special schools in tabular form. [5999/21]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in primary, post-primary and special schools in tabular form. [6000/21]
    • School Accommodation
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional permanent accommodation at the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension appeal will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4998/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if paid social insurance contributions will be awarded to recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending carer’s allowance to be available to care recipients of dependent personality disorder...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals from the Residential Tenancies Board to the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS, dedicated...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of childcare workers who are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment on a weekly basis from 21 December...
    • Carer's Allowance
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a support allowance payment for those who are already in receipt of a payment from her Department and...
    • Fuel Allowance
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the terms of payment for the fuel allowance will be extended in 2021 given the recent cold weather and the difficult...
    • Youth Unemployment
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for the youth employment support scheme in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5255/21]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5261/21]
    • Parental Leave
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the ongoing engagement she has had with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to progress a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to reintroducing the mortgage interest supplement for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an emergency supplementary social welfare payment can issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a temporary change in the conditions for participants on community employment schemes by granting an...
    • Carer's Allowance
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long to have an appeal for a carer’s allowance finalised. [5391/21]
    • State Pensions
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status in respect of the payment of a State pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for a PPS number in 2020; the number approved and processed; the number refused; the...
    • Disability Allowance
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be awarded credit contributions for the period they have been a qualified...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of social protection applications by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the increased cost to recipients of the household benefits package in relation to the electricity price increase which came...
    • Illness Benefit
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if receipt of Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit is accrued as part of standard illness benefit allowance; and if she will...
    • Fuel Allowance
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which the Social Welfare Appeals Office began oral hearings by telephone and online; the number of oral hearings...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has examined the introduction of an appeals process for the pandemic unemployment benefit; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department provides written decisions to claimants in which a payment they have been receiving has been suspended....
    • Aviation Industry
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has sought to implement additional income supports for those working in the aviation sector (details supplied); and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance claim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5762/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which the processing of various applications for social welfare payments continues to be in line with best...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which waiting times for payments in respect of means-tested applications compare with contribution-related...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which emergency access to a payment is available to persons in challenging circumstances with particular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the appropriate level of pandemic unemployment payment continues to remain available to qualified...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the availability of exceptional needs payments in order to alleviate exceptional needs situations that...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a facility can be found and arranged to expedite oral hearings online or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (contributory) awaiting decision; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which due process and natural justice remains paramount in the context of dealing with social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals determined on a weekly basis; the number of appeals that arise each week; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Widow's Pension
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a case (details supplied). [5811/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment beyond 31 March; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for her Department to meet increased demand...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment rates for all participant workers of the community schemes; if she is considering increasing the rates of pay for...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the household package scheme. [5886/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension can be granted to a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed persons will receive PRSI credits while in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a PPSN application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6009/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the duration of community employment schemes due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Irish Sign Language
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an organisation (details supplied) will be recognised as the representative body to implement the Irish Sign...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on funds being made available for the erection of memorials for mother and baby homes. [6017/21]
    • Parental Leave
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the extension of parental leave from two weeks to five weeks will be legislated for; when parents can apply...
    • Residential Institutions
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who have been referred to the parent and infant unit in Bessborough for...
    • Child Protection
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have availed of and been through parental assessments that have subsequently had their...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify crèche guidelines for children under a year old (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a large cohort of parents who are not classed as essential workers by their...
    • Direct Provision System
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to commercial firms to accommodate persons seeking international protection and privately-owned...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in direct provision centres who contracted Covid-19 in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if...
    • Direct Provision System
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in direct provision who have secured refugee status but remained at direct provision...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when details for the resumption of the full early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme will be...
    • Youth Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of services (details supplied) in Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstance in which an essential worker must continue to pay for childcare even if he or she is not using...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his plans to resettle Syrian refugees currently based in Lebanon in Ireland; and if he will make...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if private nursing homes were included in the remit for the recently published mother and baby homes report,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the effects the current Covid-19 restrictions are having on the training and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children who qualified for ECCE and missed the opportunity to participate in preschool due to Covid-19 will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if having an elderly and high-risk person in the household is considered for force majeure permission with...
    • Early Years Sector
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the baby box scheme as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he...
    • Childcare Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with the Minister for Health on the provision of childcare for front-line workers...
    • Parental Leave
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation to increase parental leave from two to five weeks will be introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the guidelines under the current level 5 restrictions for parents visiting vulnerable children in residential...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied) concerning a mother and baby home site; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital funding opportunities that will arise for a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if there are...
    • Early Years Sector
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position in respect of support for crèches in cases where they are providing care for children...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional supports will be made available to crèches (details supplied) so that they can meet their...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a hard copy of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is honouring commitments made on the number of Syrian refugees to be resettled here; and if he...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers that have left Tusla from June 2020 to date in 2021. [5680/21]
    • Direct Provision System
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding direct provision. [5705/21]
    • Adoption Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a scoping exercise and report his predecessor commissioned into forced and...
    • Childcare Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare and early years facilities that are open for front-line workers. [5719/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for the European Youth Parliament which is hosting a virtual conference in County Cork...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns relating to the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and...
    • Childcare Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role of childcare committees; if it is within their remit to control and put in place an upper limit on the...
    • Parental Leave
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the additional three weeks parental benefit for parents of children born after 1 November 2019 will come...
    • Childcare Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding funding streams or low-interest credit streams for new crèche start-up businesses,...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure that at least one bound copy of the final report of the Commission of...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read a survey by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6018/21]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the new funding model and workforce development plan for the early childhood care and education,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Support Schemes
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of paying the once-off €250 grant to PhD students now rather than on graduation, as is the case for...
    • Student Accommodation
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protections being provided for students in the 2021-2022 academic year in relation to the payment of accommodation on or near campuses; if...
    • Student Retention Rates
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have dropped out of college to date in the 2020-2021 academic year. [5073/21]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for social care students who undertake placements as part of their courses (details supplied). [5075/21]
    • Third Level Admissions
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who opted to defer their studies in the 2020-2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5078/21]
    • Higher Education Institutions
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to city and guild courses delivered through institutes of further education (details supplied) that have to date...
    • Student Support Schemes
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered additional financial supports for PhD students in receipt of a scholarship that do not benefit from the €50 million...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention had been drawn to the taxable nature of the €250 SUSI rebate given in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of higher education institutions that continue to charge repeat exam fees for modules taken during the Covid-19...
    • Student Accommodation
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to assist the large number of third-level students who paid for student accommodation and were subsequently directed to stay...
    • Third Level Fees
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to waive the fee for an institute (details supplied) for medical professionals who studied in the UK in view of the fact that mutual...
    • Medical Research and Training
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the inclusion of a special policy for biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis and other under investigated...
    • Third Level Education
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist students who are required to complete a certain number of weeks of laboratory work in order to progress in their degree but...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the current proposals by the Higher Education Authority and SOLAS to clear the backlog of apprentices due to finish a job block...
    • Erasmus+ Programme
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to protect the access of Northern Ireland applicants to the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 21 January 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the inability of SOLAS to provide...
    • Student Accommodation
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average rent per student in purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5723/21]
    • Third Level Examinations
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on in-person testing assessments under level 5 restrictions in further and higher education institutions; his views on whether the...
    • Student Support Schemes
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing the once-off €250 student payment to students in one-year pre-university access courses and foundation...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation to each of the 23 higher education institutions in respect of the fund announced on 22 January 2021 to assist students with...
    • Third Level Fees
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of tuition fees; if these fees have been finalised for Irish students considering their options to take up third level education in a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will permit on-site viewings in respect of house sales and purchases in order to prevent future problems in the housing...
    • Citizenship Applications
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will fast-track legitimate citizenship applications by front-line workers who have come here and are contributing to the...
    • Leave to Remain
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of not detected PCR tests officials have checked and registered at Dublin Airport since 16 January 2021. [5098/21]
    • Garda Stations
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda station will be provided in Ratoath, County Meath, in view of the fact that Ratoath is the largest town without a...
    • Gambling Sector
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the engagement of the Minister for State with responsibility for law reform with an organisation (details...
    • Liquor Licences
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to progress legislation on alcohol licensing in view of the upsurge in drink deliveries due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
    • Crime Data
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and arrests under legislation regulating learner drivers in tabular form. [5215/21]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions involving underage drivers in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [5221/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and sanctions issued to employers for breach of Covid-19 guidelines by month to date in tabular form. [5226/21]
    • Garda Training
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training provided to gardaí on horse welfare and licensing requirements; and her plans to improve this. [5227/21]
    • Immigration Controls
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has used the person's Irish passport to enter Ireland for any period of time; and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [5294/21]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dialogue there has there been with the coroner whose jurisdiction includes Tuam, County Galway, with respect to the holding...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the pending cases taken by the European Court of Justice against Ireland; and if she will itemise the daily...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place for checking the Covid-19 negative tests of persons entering this country from abroad; and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of home repossession cases in the courts system in the past 12 months; if the number of such cases before the courts...
    • Coroners Service
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 17 November 2020, the reason a coroner's certificate, interim or otherwise, has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount collected in fines for breaching public health restrictions since the start of the public health restrictions; and...
    • EU Directives
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the EU directives not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; the estimated date...
    • Leave to Remain
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the processing of applications for permission to remain; the status of an application by a person (details...
    • Garda Resources
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda air support unit in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [5511/21]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants waiting for a decision on naturalisation; the average wait on a decision; and the top five...
    • Citizenship Status
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of and the timeline for the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Court Orders
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection orders, safety orders and barring orders granted by the courts by court area in 2019 and 2020, in...
    • Courts Service
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of courts and the location of each in which audio-visual technology was installed in 2020 to facilitate remote...
    • Visa Applications
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if visas are being granted under the umbrella of exceptional circumstances at present; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Training
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training undertaken by members of An Garda Síochána who are armed in dealing with persons facing mental health...
    • Crime Prevention
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the increase of knife crime in the Dublin 17 area; the number of community gardaí...
    • Family Reunification
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will provide more family reunification places under a new humanitarian admission programme for Syrian...
    • Garda Equipment
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the use of anti-spit hoods by An Garda Síochána has been completed; if so, when the review will be...
    • Citizenship Applications
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter regarding citizenship applications by persons (details supplied); and the timeline for completion....
    • Garda Procedures
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is Garda policy to leave the engines of Garda vehicles running while at checkpoints; if the effects of the emissions of...
    • Immigration Controls
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5817/21]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the decision taken on five different occasions to extend the scoping exercise being undertaken relevant to...
    • Residency Permits
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Crime Prevention
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal position relating to the carrying of a weapon (details supplied); her plans to update the regulations in this regard;...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1048 of 13 November 2020, if the establishment of the new complaints process within the...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates from when she was in receipt of each of the various prison visiting committee annual reports 2019; and when each was...
    • Residency Permits
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5926/21]
    • Visa Applications
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date on the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Court Accommodation
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of courthouses that have been closed nationwide in each of the years 1997 to date in 2021, by county; if replacement...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the community-based CCTV grant aid scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5977/21]
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Schemes
      603. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the pilot programme for the community crime impact assessment led by the community and voluntary sector to Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the sanctions available to gardaí to regulate employers who are in breach of the Covid-19 guidelines. [5224/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of "essential international travel" under the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/21]
    • Mobility Allowance
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by his Department to replace or provide alternatives to the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes that it was decided to...
    • Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the full range of medical services and staff currently operational in the Kilcock primary healthcare facility, County Kildare;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme will be complete; if there will be a change to the way in which land value is considered; if other changes are planned;...
    • Health Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to improve the delivery of health services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if consideration will be given to the issues...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if persons from the Republic of Ireland currently staying in Northern Ireland and unable to return home due to Covid-19 travel restrictions can have their GMS...
    • Vaccination Programme
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify and address the fact that persons with cerebral palsy have been listed by the HSE in the high-risk category in respect of Covid-19 but do...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if essential travel for medical needs will be permitted to continue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/21]
    • Cancer Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/21]
    • Health Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who saw a consultant in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5019/21]
    • Cancer Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer procedures and surgeries conducted by type in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5020/21]
    • Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) about the actions of debt collection agencies following inpatient charges will receive a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if persons providing care within a support bubble are entitled to travel outside a 5 km radius to provide such care, given the confusion between members of the...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      621. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence section 53 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 as it relates to pharmaceutical assistants; and...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal to fund programmes specific to gambling addiction, given that the latest published data show that 8% of persons here suffer with...
    • Departmental Reports
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when the various sections of the national survey on drug and alcohol use in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board will be published; the reason for...
    • Health Services Staff
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if community prison links workers can be included in the section 39 pay restoration process. [5045/21]
    • Parking Charges
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government undertaking (details supplied) on hospital car park charges for patients and visitors; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contract with a company (details supplied) to provide the aggregated mobile phone data to the CSO to facilitate its staying local indicator;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to UK citizens, EU citizens and non-EU citizens living here in accordance with the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the position on regulations to enforce the wearing of face coverings in busy outdoor spaces in which many persons gather; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Midwifery Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the practice nurse scheme whereby registered midwives are not recognised under the scheme thereby preventing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if a person currently in London collecting the ashes of a relative must have a Covid-19 test before they return; and if they must isolate for 14 days if they...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to determine if PCR test results are real and not fake. [5099/21]
    • Hospital Charges
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the hospital inpatient charge of €80 for cancer patients who do not have a medical card; if he will cease the practice of issuing debt...
    • Maternity Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be guaranteed for the Dublin south-east breastfeeding support group programme and the lactation consultant role in the public health nurse...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cervical smears and B12 injections are being cancelled through the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5119/21]
    • Nursing Staff
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time epidermolysis bullosa outreach nurses working in Connolly Hospital in each of the past two years. [5123/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of a full-time permanent metabolic consultant with a special interest in lysosomal storage disorder for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have free Wi-Fi in their public areas in tabular form; and the estimated cost of ensuring free Wi-Fi in public areas in hospitals...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      640. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction of 21 years for access to FreeStyle Libre for diabetes patients; the rationale for this age restriction; if this...
    • Vaccination Programme
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if staff and patients in hospice settings are in the top categories for vaccination; and if they have all been included in a first round of vaccinations at...
    • Midwifery Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being conducted into the midwifery-led unit in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5139/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentists have been excluded from the vaccination roll-out programme given the average dentist administers far more vaccines daily than a general...
    • Ambulance Service
      646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 17 December 2020, the reason the HSE has refused to disclose the location of the 18 ambulatory carer hubs; if his...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if a mechanism is available for older persons to seek a waiver for prescription charges in cases in which a substantial bill has accumulated because the person...
    • Primary Care Centres
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position on a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/21]
    • Audiology Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an audiology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5183/21]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on providing abortions and associated services to date; the steps taken with regard to the human remains when an abortion takes place; the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if the analysis of PCR tests has changed in line with new WHO guidelines issued on 21 January 2021 (details supplied). [5187/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      653. To ask the Minister for Health when works on a new 50-bed unit in St. Patrick's Community Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, will commence; the estimated cost of the project; the estimated...
    • Counselling Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received for counselling in primary care in County Roscommon; the number of counselling sessions offered in the county in 2019 and...
    • Hospital Expenditure
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost including staffing of providing five additional ICU beds at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      656. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 3 June 2020, if HR circular 037/2019 has been fully implemented; if the review to examine whether it has been...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      657. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 3 June 2020, if HR circular 027/2019 has been fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason PCRS is insisting on medical card applicants obtaining documentation that cannot be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to protect taxi drivers from Covid-19 who are carrying patients and samples from hospitals and between hospitals given that...
    • Health Promotion
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider bringing forward legislation to make period products such as sanitary pads and tampons available for free to persons that need them similar...
    • Hospital Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised elective hospital for Cork; and if this will include an accident and emergency department. [5203/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to support the HSE to reopen SouthDoc Blackpool and Listowel. [5204/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if further Covid-19 funding will be provided to local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces. [5213/21]
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the services funded to support those with alcohol-related brain injury. [5214/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of a breach of Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions at a residential care facility (details supplied) in County...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most recent national treatment purchase fund figures show that 5,545 persons were on the University...
    • Burial Grounds
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [5248/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the prioritisation of the 1,100 persons with cystic fibrosis under the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Implementation...
    • Medical Cards
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners are charging medical card holders a fee for blood tests; the steps the HSE is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists and occupational therapists in the HSE who are redeployed to contact tracing or other Covid-19-related posts; the details of...
    • Medical Cards
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for a refund of phlebotomy charges incorrectly incurred by medical card patients in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the number that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide regular updates to the public on vaccination numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5267/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals of adults and children that have been made to community specialist eating disorder teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre on Booth Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5295/21]
    • Dental Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who had dental screening in second, fourth and sixth class in primary school in each of the years 2016 to 2020, by CHO area; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5306/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make Covid-19 antigen tests available in non-clinical settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5308/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for mental health services by CHO area in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5309/21]
    • Occupational Therapy
      698. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5310/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if he considered piloting a 24/7 mental health ambulance service similar to Sweden to assist with suicidal behaviour and other mental health incidents within...
    • Medicinal Products
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concerns in relation to the efficacy and efficiency of the vaccine produced by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if locations other than those in the city of Cork will be considered in the event of a mass vaccination programme for County Cork to ensure that persons from...
    • Mental Health Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that is dedicated to mental health provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5334/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the exact details of the contract entered into with a company (details supplied) for data sharing information of its customers; the monetary value of the...
    • Health Promotion
      707. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise awareness of the risk of ovarian cancer to women who might have undiagnosed cancer; the availability of zejula and niraparib as a treatment...
    • Vaccination Programme
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if drive-through vaccination clinics under the roll-out of the national vaccination programme are being considered for Limerick city and county; if so, the...
    • Ophthalmology Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to involve private optometrists in the provision of eye care for those awaiting appointments and treatment under the public health system; and if he...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      713. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the increasing waiting list for eye appointments and surgery as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5351/21]
    • Hospital Closures
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary is due to close (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5358/21]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      715. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE National Service Plan 2021 will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5362/21]
    • Maternity Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultants in each CHO; the number of CHOs which plan to advertise posts for dedicated lactation consultants in the next three months;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to reconsider the proposed sequence of Covid-19 vaccinations especially in relation to persons with certain conditions (details supplied);...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) will be included in the replacement for the Cross-Border Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5369/21]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if scheduled cervical screening appointments for persons based in an area (details supplied) have been fully reinstated under current level 5 Covid-19...
    • Counselling Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Laois; the waiting times for each service for choice and...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the position of patients of a company (details supplied) given the recent positive announcement regarding the CAP and the funding for medications under the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider regulations in relation to the recognition of PCR Covid-19 tests by airlines and at the Border by Irish officials; if it will be ensured...
    • Vaccination Programme
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to all childcare and early educators workers that are working during the pandemic and the risks in their workplace; and if they...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide specific guidelines in relation to Covid-19 for private dental practices in terms of personal protective equipment,...
    • Paediatric Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the supports available to a child (details supplied) whose rare condition is such that they do not currently fall under the criteria to...
    • Industrial Relations
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements his Department has had with the HSE regarding the representation rights of paramedics; if there was discussion with an association (details...
    • Health Services Staff
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he has undertaken to support and acknowledge the work of paramedics within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      731. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to medicinal cannabis licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5432/21]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered clinical guidance for BreastCheck in relation to notifying women of breast density during routine mammograms; if he will take into...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol with regard to control and restraint training during level 5 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5447/21]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMHS services in an area (details supplied). [5469/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for adult mental health services in an area (details supplied). [5470/21]
    • Hospital Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of acute beds in an area and current levels of occupancy. [5471/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, adult mental health services, PoL and rehab and recovery teams in an area (details...
    • Health Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for primary care psychology services in Dublin west. [5474/21]
    • Counselling Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for counselling in primary care services in Dublin west. [5475/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the current Covid-19 related staff redeployment figures from primary care mental health services in Dublin west. [5476/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which staffing figures for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, and adult mental health services in January 2021 compare to January...
    • Health Services Staff
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for primary care psychology services in Dublin west. [5479/21]
    • Health Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to primary care psychology services in Dublin west by month from 2019 and 2020. [5480/21]
    • Counselling Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to counselling in primary care services in Dublin west by month from 2019 and 2020. [5481/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to CAMHS, AMHS and PoL for 2019 and 2020. [5482/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      749. To ask the Minister for Health when works to construct a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding booster vaccines for children; if supply issues previously referred to have been resolved; if there is a plan for a catch-up programme;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners are not filling out forms that require a medical certificate, such as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date guidance and regulations with regard to outbound travel; the list of essential reasons a person can depart from an air or sea port; the...
    • Dental Services
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme in 2019 by LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5529/21]
    • Nursing Staff
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting ten additional full-time permanent critical care and intensive care nurses for Mullingar Regional Hospital. [5508/21]
    • Physiotherapy Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting ten additional full-time physiotherapist posts for CHO 8. [5509/21]
    • Hospital Equipment
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of magnetic resonance imaging scanners in Portlaoise Regional Hospital; the number of scans carried out from Monday to Friday; and the number of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      757. To ask the Minister for Health his views on claims from pharmacists that they have been side-lined from the Covid-19 vaccination programme of persons aged over 70; and if the vaccination of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if the five-day mandatory quarantine only applies to persons who do not have a negative PCR test in relation to the recently approved mandatory quarantine...
    • Nursing Education
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined; if funding opportunities will be provided in this case; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      761. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has completed its review of the BCG immunisation programme; if so, the outcome of the process; his plans for...
    • Mental Health Policy
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 41 short-term recommendations in the policy Sharing the Vision, A Mental Health Policy for Everyone which have been fully implemented since...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      763. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 446 of 10 December 2020 and 931 of 13 January 2021, the number and category of staff to be recruited to serve Dublin 9...
    • Vaccination Programme
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons administering the vaccine under the current Covid-19 vaccination programme have received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to give a definitive date of when its health technology review which was promised in April 2019 will be published and consideration...
    • Vaccination Programme
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan exists for dealing with residents in nursing homes who were away from their nursing home on the day the other residents received their first dose of...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital staff who have been deemed close contacts of those who have tested positive for Covid-19 are being tested; the number of hospital staff nationwide...
    • Vaccination Programme
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined. [5561/21]
    • Animal Welfare
      773. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 20 January 2021, if his Department has a list of the locations of the animal testing laboratories; and if the list...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the launching of a major campaign to identify and treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes throughout the country with a view to eradication much...
    • Vaccination Programme
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if agency healthcare workers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine with HSE healthcare workers; if not, when they can expect to receive the vaccine; and if he will...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been made for the participation of a company (details supplied) in the cannabis access programme, CAP, scheme; if so, the status of the...
    • Palliative Care Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of palliative care beds in County Tipperary; if palliative care services in the county are being expanded in 2021, in tabular form; and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeline for the construction of an acute hospital in Cork as promised in the national development plan. [5592/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to a national requirement that high-standard FFP2 masks be used in all healthcare settings, not just basic surgical masks; and if he...
    • Eating Disorders
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available for the provision of eating disorder services within the HSE in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively; the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that there is adequate general practitioner cover for all residents in County Wexford; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Mental Health Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary who have been admitted to the department of psychiatry services in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny since 2012; if all...
    • Vaccination Programme
      795. To ask the Minister for Health when search and rescue crew can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5604/21]
    • Dental Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the backlog in dental treatment for public patients; and his plans to clear the backlog. [5608/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      798. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the current and future access of the HSE to stockpiles of N95 masks; his plans to ensure the provision of N95 face masks to all staff; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a paediatric diabetes nurse in Tullamore and Mullingar hospitals; and when this service will resume in either hospital (details supplied). [5615/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      801. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate and effective healthcare for persons suffering from life-changing conditions due to the after-effects of Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who will be called upon to administer the Covid-19 vaccine by local electoral area in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if IVF treatment abroad will be considered essential travel for parents beginning their IVF journey and those who are already in the process of same. [5644/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which those with medical conditions which put them at high risk of severe disease will be selected and contacted to receive the Covid-19...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to ensure patients who are currently being prescribed the products produced by a company (details supplied) will be able to...
    • Nursing Education
      815. To ask the Minister for Health when further student nurse placements will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5671/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department in responding to the collective complaint brought to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg regarding conditions...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting their CORU registration number; the number who have been waiting up to 16 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated population size of each of the provisional vaccine allocation groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5704/21]
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the situation regarding medicines in view of the new post-Brexit trading arrangement; if supply chains for medicines are holding up; and if there...
    • Medical Cards
      821. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to suspending non-routine medical card reviews until after lockdown given that the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are posing...
    • Mental Health Services
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute mental health units in Dublin that are closed due to outbreaks of Covid-19; and the number of units that are full due to the increased...
    • Vaccination Programme
      827. To ask the Minister for Health when a residential care home (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5725/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      828. To ask the Minister for Health when full contact tracing will resume given the reducing number of daily cases of Covid-19; if full contact tracing will resume when cases reach a certain...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a CORU registration will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5731/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to ensure persons (details supplied) with intellectual disabilities of all ages are appropriately prioritised on the vaccination...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if musical accompaniment is permitted during the webcasting of religious services at level 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5735/21]
    • HSE Legal Cases
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have successfully sued the HSE in relation to cervical cancer screening in each of the years since 2018. [5741/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the category under which a group (details supplied) falls under the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5742/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current contracts with a hotel and a centre (details supplied); the timelines and costs for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CORU registration process for psychotherapists under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; when he will indicate his plans to...
    • Health Promotion
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Healthy Ireland funding allocated to local authorities; the level of oversight by his Department to ensure associated infrastructure was...
    • Medicinal Products
      840. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 23 September 2020, the most recent update (details supplied) regarding access to the drug dupilumab for persons...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications at hand at present; the number of applications waiting to be assessed; if the applications are being...
    • Vaccination Programme
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the projected shipments and deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines for each producer currently factored into timeline estimates on the provisional delivery schedule;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider using ivermectin and colchicine in the treatment of Covid-19 [5803/21]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in legal fees since late 2018 in defending the 115 court cases brought by parents whose children did not receive an assessment of need in...
    • Health Services
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5818/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the monitoring practices in place to track the spread of variants of Covid-19 in other countries (details supplied). [5830/21]
    • Dental Services
      851. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card patients are being refused dental treatment due to their card ownership and that some medical...
    • Hospital Services
      852. To ask the Minister for Health when x-ray services will be reinstated in Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/21]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 694 of 27 January 2021, the reason the South African dentistry qualification is not comparable to Irish and European...
    • Mental Health Services
      855. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive report on the mental health budget for 2020; the budget allocated; the way in which it was spent; the services it was spent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has not received Covid-19 vaccinations given that the facility is a long-term residential centre in cohort 1 of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of nursing homes charging an Alzheimer’s premium for residents with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s...
    • HSE Staff
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychotherapists employed directly in the HSE; the educational criteria required for psychotherapists to work for the HSE; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      859. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the pandemic intersectoral and international policy unit in his Department; when this unit was established; the number of staff in the...
    • Disability Services Data
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per individual service user on an annual basis for persons with a disability who attend services (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide airline staff travelling back and forth to the UK with an official Government headed letter outlining that they are exempt from PCR testing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator forms on a weekly basis from 4 January 2021; the number of forms which were correctly and...
    • Hospital Services
      864. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is need for the return of the modular cath laboratory at University Hospital Waterford as an interim measure given that the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the seven EU member states represented on the EU joint negotiation team to negotiate with Covid-19 vaccine suppliers in relation to advance purchase...
    • Health Services Provision
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if a high-concentrate free supply of vitamin D will be provided to categories of persons (details supplied). [5892/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent expert working group will be convened, which includes specialist expertise in the relevant medical and other clinical specialities, to...
    • Hospital Staff
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an imminent plan to cut a community lactation consultant position in south-east Dublin; the rationale for the proposed cut; if he will reconsider...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      873. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a breach of the Covid visiting policy at the HSEs Clonakilty Community Hospital on 30 December 2020, in which a group of eight persons allegedly...
    • Health Services Funding
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no funding was allocated to the national eating disorder treatment plan in 2020; the reason none of the €1.6 million allocated in 2019 was...
    • Health Services Provision
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the finalisation of the HSE review of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system in view of the prevailing public health situation and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      880. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has received the Covid-19 vaccine in full and is in receipt of proof of same is exempt from public health Covid restrictions and can move...
    • Hospital Staff
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a senior clinician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5935/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the reopening of a service (details supplied) given the critical role it plays in sexual health for members of the LGBT+ community; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      886. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will issue clear instructions to those attending Covid test centres that public transport must not to be taken to the site given the threat of virus...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to prioritise vaccination for those living with serious conditions such as cystic fibrosis and end-stage renal disease, classified as very...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      888. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to accede urgently to the request by a society (details supplied) to the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac diagnostic assessments and cardiac procedures for each carried out at University Hospital Waterford in the catheterisation laboratory at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      892. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a contact tracing and management system similar to that in Taiwan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      899. To ask the Minister for Health when a student (details supplied) in County Cork who is on the public waiting list for orthodontic treatment will receive an appointment. [5980/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who arrived in Ireland in each week of January 2021 who did not have a PCR test 72 hours before departure; the number of completed...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      901. To ask the Minister for Health if persons arriving at airports and ports here will be subject to a Covid-19 PCR test; if there will be a five-day follow-up PCR test; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      902. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the requirements for pharmacists who participate in the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine; if those whose CPR training is not up-to-date...
    • General Practitioner Services
      906. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost of going to the doctor for persons who do not qualify for the medical or general practitioner visit cards. [5991/21]
    • Fuel Poverty
      907. To ask the Minister for Health if the impacts of energy poverty on health are monitored by his Department. [5992/21]
    • Nursing Staff
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for registration is not yet completed in view of the need for suitably qualified and registered nurses...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      909. To ask the Minister for Health when chartered physiotherapists will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6003/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      910. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have an ASD assessment before they reach 18 years of age in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      911. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for St. Vincent’s Hospital; if they are on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was released from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6015/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      913. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment in Sligo University Hospital neurology department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Respite Care Services
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the Annalee Respite Centre, County Cavan; the timeframe for same; the number of families that can be catered for at the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Industry
      916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he has made to secure a share of the bluefin tuna for Irish fishers for 2021 through engagements with the EU Commission...
    • Foreshore Issues
      917. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 27 May 2020, the outcome of the report drafted by the marine engineering division on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      918. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all sectors of the fishing industry including the producer organisations, fishing co-ops, inshore fishing organisations and...
    • Maritime Safety
      919. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the decision to not proceed with the sea survival centre at the fisheries school at Greencastle, County...
    • Harbours and Piers
      920. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the request from Donegal County Council to centrally fund the completion of the breakwater at Greencastle...
    • Herd Number Applications
      921. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions a person (details supplied) should take in view of the fact they cannot obtain a herd number due to Covid-19. [5029/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      922. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded landings by UK-registered vessels at each harbour nationwide in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular...
    • EU Regulations
      924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an update on the legal advice submitted to the Office of the Attorney General by organisations (details supplied)...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      925. 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. [5090/21]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      926. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a 2020 ANC payment in respect of a person (details supplied) has not been paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences
      927. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 513 of 21 January 2021, if it is his Department's policy not to facilitate applicants in this...
    • Greyhound Industry
      928. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for allowing greyhound racing to continue when hare coursing has correctly ceased during level 5 restrictions; the further...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      929. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for calf welfare projects under the calf welfare scheme and TAMS; the specific topics covered for funding; the...
    • Animal Welfare
      930. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to animal welfare and rescue organisations by organisation in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      931. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to cases of Covid-19 in meat processing plants in County Cork between 1 December 2020 and 26 January...
    • Departmental Functions
      934. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release a full contact directory of roles and responsibilities within his Department for the marine sector, including...
    • Inland Fisheries
      935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to plans for the imminent restocking of a salmon farm (details supplied) by its operator; and if he...
    • Fishing Industry
      936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of plans to have the Naval Service board any of the factory vessels currently fishing for mackerel off the west coast to...
    • Fisheries Protection
      937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if matters raised in correspondence by a co-operative (details supplied) in relation to its serious and significant concerns on prawn...
    • Animal Culls
      938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when badger culling will be ended; and if he will publish the scientific and veterinary advice regarding same. [5384/21]
    • Animal Welfare
      939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is to be made available for animal welfare organisations in 2021; and if this reflects the agreed doubling of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of sprat landed per port in Ireland from October to December 2020; and the amount of sprat exported to other...
    • Fur Farming
      941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to introduce a draft Bill to outlaw fur farming given it is specified as a priority in the programme for...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      942. 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...
    • Forestry Sector
      943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Forestry (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 do not provide for a transitional...
    • Felling Licences
      944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling licence will be issued to a person (details supplied). [5486/21]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason point-to-point racing which was designated elite sport status during the previous two lockdowns has been removed from the...
    • Fishing Industry
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the formation of the fisheries task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/21]
    • Forestry Grants
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an applicant is precluded from receiving a grant in respect of the reforestation of a parcel of land if a grant was not obtained...
    • Land Issues
      948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land counts as hectares in the folio number in cases in which land is under a permanent lake; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Management
      949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5611/21]
    • Beekeeping Industry
      950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [5683/21]
    • EU Funding
      951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU co-financed funding provided in 2015 and 2016 to the Irish dairy sector to address income volatility within the sector; the...
    • Livestock Issues
      952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a derogation from the 5% bovine livestock manure nitrogen on a holding that is locked up due to TB; and if he will make a...
    • Teagasc Activities
      953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if further funding will be allocated to this facility; and if he will make a...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the restrictions in place on the importation of honeybees; if there is a licensing regime; if his Department monitors the level of...
    • Teagasc Activities
      955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting a place on a green certificate course by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5800/21]
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a son or daughter taking over a family farm is not treated like a new entrant to the sheep welfare scheme given they are...
    • Direct Payment Scheme
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide compensation to the farmers whose lands have been negatively impacted as a result of the landslide on...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will allow farmers whose land has been negatively impacted as result of a landslide on Shass Mountain, County...
    • Teagasc Activities
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of course places available in each year since 2016 for green certificate qualification; the number of applicants for green...
    • Livestock Issues
      962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if concerns that the 5% nitrate reduction criteria of the BEAM scheme is generating significant concern among farmers particularly...
    • Census of Agriculture
      963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland has conducted a census of agriculture in 2020 in line with the integrated farm statistics Regulation (EU) No. 2018/1091;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of a successor scheme to GLAS as part of the 2021-2027 rural development programme; and if he will make...
    • Land Issues
      966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Union basic payment scheme inheritance regulation 2017 ensures that when there is no provision for entailments made...
    • Fishing Industry
      967. 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. [5972/21]
    • Felling Licences
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when felling licences for a person (details supplied) will be approved; the status of the application; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the fisheries and harbours funding will open for applications in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5981/21]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • LEADER Programmes
      972. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available for an organisation (details supplied) seeking to build a new premises; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Development Projects
      973. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to address issues of urban and rural isolation; and if she will make a statement...
    • Dog Licences
      974. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dog ownership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5970/21]
    • Digital Hubs
      975. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of remote working facilities at digital hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5039/21]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      976. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points per county; the number of those that are actively live; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      977. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital budget allocation for the town and village renewal scheme in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [5121/21]
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      978. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital budget allocation for the outdoor recreation and infrastructure scheme in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      979. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application by an organisation (details supplied) for a post will be successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Services Programme
      980. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the community services programme Pobal grants will reopen for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5299/21]
    • LEADER Programmes
      981. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a copy will be provided of the European Commission communication to her Department in spring 2020 regarding the verification of the...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      982. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funds allocated to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [5344/21]
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      983. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she will take to ensure the robust and consistent enforcement of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 to reduce the...
    • Library Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided on a trial basis to the library service in County Kildare to fund delivery of a library lending service...
    • Remote Working
      985. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered establishing co-working spaces in rural areas of counties Kildare and Laois to facilitate persons working...
    • Family Resource Centres
      987. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital funding opportunities that exist within her Department for an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      988. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the process for communities, towns and villages wishing to set up a broadband connection point; and if she will make a statement on...
    • LEADER Programmes
      989. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration has been given to allocating funds available under the European Union Recovery Instrument funding for 2021 and 2022...

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