Written answers
Thursday, 4 February 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for dairy farm assistants in early 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Meat Processing Plants
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the HSA has conducted an inspection of a meat processing plant (details supplied) to ensure recently arrived workers here are being...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Angling Sector
3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the angling season; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Post Office Network
4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the work being done by the post office network in the context of the Covid-19 crisis...
- National Broadband Plan
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for roll-out of the national broadband plan in Donoughmore, County Cork [6085/21]
- Climate Change Policy
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the 2020 annual transition statement will be published as required by section 14(1) of the Climate Action and Low...
- Climate Change Advisory Council
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Climate Action Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6096/21]
- Electricity Generation
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a system of feed-in tariffs to be implemented in respect of electricity generation; and if he will make a...
- Climate Change Policy
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sanctions in place for those who breach the smoky coal ban either by the continued burning or selling of same; and...
- National Broadband Plan
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make arrangements through National Broadband Ireland to urgently roll-out fibre broadband supply to an area...
- Energy Conservation
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the SEAI homeowners grant scheme; if a new scheme has been finalised; and if there will be an announcement...
- National Broadband Plan
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a new home (details supplied) has been unable to be connected to fibre broadband given the nearest fibre pole...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures and actions that have been undertaken between 2010 and 2020 towards reducing Ireland’s...
- Climate Change Policy
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the funding from his Department to the carbon fund for Europe and the biocarbon fund is counted in Ireland’s...
- National Broadband Plan
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current timeline under the National Broadband Plan for the roll-out of a fibre connection to a premises (details...
- Climate Change Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has reviewed the Joint Committee on Climate Action’s report following pre-legislative scrutiny on the draft...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to help support the aviation industry including airlines during the Covid-19 restrictions. [6143/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to retrofit windows on Irish Rail trains given the evidence-based role of fresh air ventilation during the pandemic; if...
- Rail Network
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a route by route analysis of rail lines has been conducted in order to assess whether diesel, electric or hydrogen powered trains are...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a value for money policy review was conducted on the current search and rescue agreement in order that its findings can be taken into...
- Driver Test
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will pursue with an institute (details supplied) the need for examinations to proceed as planned; and if he will make a statement on...
- Transport Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to a free transport for all pilot project; and the estimated costs associated with same. [6175/21]
- Road Network
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 29 September 2020, if further drawdowns have occurred. [6200/21]
- Driver Test
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the CPC for bus and truck tests will be carried out online as is the case in the UK; if he will consider such a system here; and if he...
- Trade Data
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tractors imported to Ireland from the UK in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process he plans to follow in considering the report on the future of the western rail corridor; when it is likely that this process...
- Department of Finance
- Fishing Industry
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if all share fishermen in the State are being treated in the same manner by the Revenue Commissioners in accordance with the High Court judgements of October...
- Banking Sector
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on work currently underway between his Department and the Central Bank to progress the individual accountability framework...
- Revenue Commissioners
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners online website can be made more user friendly; if it can be simplified for users; if less jargon and terminology could be used on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if reassurance or clarity can be provided on supports in the case; and if he will make a statement...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact of a debt to the Revenue Commissioners on an application for the help-to-buy scheme as a result of an...
- Tax Reliefs
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the current length of time for processing each of the main tax reliefs and in the case of a person (details supplied) in tabular form. [6105/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients who have received demands for tax owed as a result of the payment. [6182/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
50. To ask the Minister for Finance when the temporary wage subsidy scheme commenced; the date on which a decision was made that this payment would be liable to tax and USC; the date legislation...
- World Bank
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of oversight held by his Department of the climate and development funds managed by the World Bank to which Ireland is a donor; the way in which the...
- Sustainable Development Goals
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable development goals; if specific goals and sub-targets...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints submitted to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman which are yet to be allocated to a complaint handler; and if he will make a...
- Customs and Excise
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the Revenue Commissioners amended previous advice that tariffs would not apply to used imported vehicles from the UK from 1 January 2021 to...
- Banking Sector
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if there have been recent discussions with a bank (details supplied) in view of the need to retain its banking services and retain employment in its branch...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the view of local authorities have been sought in advance of a submission to the recovery and resilience facility of the European...
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to requesting a spending review of the Department of Justice citizenship division in view of a recent...
- Sustainable Development Goals
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable development goals; if specific...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6137/21]
- Sports Capital Programme
70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a deadline will be set for the announcement of the recipients of sports capital allocations for 2021 after the deadline closes....
- Fáilte Ireland
71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Shannon master plan and the Beara Breffni master plan will be published by her Department in conjunction with Fáilte...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request that Fáilte Ireland disburse the €75 million funding it has been allocated to tourism and...
- Product Labelling
73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to direct that commercial products labels be published in a bilingual format, that is, Irish and English; and if she...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all house building projects due for completion by 31 January 2021 and not completed will be allowed continue work to...
- Archaeological Sites
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts his Department will carry out to protect and preserve the archaeological heritage of west County Wicklow including...
- Planning Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 will be extended beyond the end of 2021; if so, when they...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have sought protection from evictions or notice of termination under measures introduced in December...
- Social and Affordable Housing
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of spending by each local authority on new social housing above and below the €6 million single stage...
- Local Authority Functions
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 28 January 2021, if he plans consulting with the local authority and members of...
- Planning Issues
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the strategic housing development planning process deadline beyond its current expiry date of February...
- Social and Affordable Housing
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing leases funded through his Department to investors availing of the international investment...
- Energy Efficiency
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the nZEB regulations for residential developments in social and private housing; and the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend existing planning permissions to allow projects to be completed which are presently delayed due to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application by Wexford County Council (details supplied) for grant-aid for a sewerage scheme; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the growing international calls for the release of a person (details supplied) from prison in India on bail on humanitarian...
- Common Security and Defence Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is implementing incentivisation programmes in view of the fact that the Joint Action Plan for Implementing the Civilian CSDP...
- Consular Services
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consular and counselling support from his officials and other Departments provided to the family of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland plans to join and support the WHO programmes C-TAP and COVAX. [6110/21]
- Sustainable Development Goals
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable development goals; if specific goals...
- Human Rights
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his Indonesian counterpart and the Indonesian diplomatic mission to Ireland to express Ireland's displeasure at the...
- Diaspora Issues
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action taken by his Department with regard to the proposed sale of a property by a society (details supplied); if the society has been in...
- Northern Ireland
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements in place with the European Commission to ensure no recurrence of the recent unilateral proposal by the Commission to invoke...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Properties
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide information in relation to the extent of lands effected by ordnance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Strength
100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces from 2013 to date in 2021; the pay bill for the Defence Forces as a percentage of the...
- Naval Service
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships in the Naval Service that are operationally ready to put to sea if required; the uptake of the new loyalty scheme which...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6044/21]
- School Staff
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason primary teachers cannot receive incremental credit for working in private schools outside the EU but post-primary teachers can...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for the substitution of teachers who are within vulnerable groups from a Covid-19 perspective; and the way in which an individual...
- Special Educational Needs
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans currently in place for the July provision 2021; if the programme will be expanded and run for an extended period of time in recognition...
- Parental Leave
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to backdate the three additional weeks parental leave when it is introduced for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); if the site for the new school has been secured; if not, the stage at...
- Special Educational Needs
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be changes in 2021 to SNA allocations; her views on whether it has been an extremely difficult year for all those working in...
- Schools Amalgamation
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal by Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board to amalgamate schools (details supplied); if she is satisfied that...
- Schools Building Projects
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of building a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6171/21]
- School Accommodation
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of temporary accommodation at a school (details supplied). [6172/21]
- Schools Refurbishment
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report will be provided on the necessary works and upgrade of a school (details supplied); if it will include an update on the technical...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a way parents can recoup moneys or part of moneys spent on much needed IT equipment in order to ensure their children could engage in...
- Special Educational Needs
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD unit places in schools in north Dublin; the estimated number of applicants for such places each year in tabular form; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a circular to schools to allow the live broadcast of lessons to leaving certificate students outside the school building who...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn a dhéanfar ar an bpleanáil don Pholasaí don Oideachas Lán-Ghaeilge in 2021, bunaithe ar fhreagra ar...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the allocation of SNAs in 2021; if a policy decision has been made on the strategy; the measures being taken to provide SNAs with...
- State Examinations
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the holding of the 2021 junior certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6311/21]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive arrears of disability allowance. [6059/21]
- State Pensions
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6071/21]
- Social Welfare Appeals
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of oral hearings for pension appeals under the Covid-19 lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Fraud
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [6189/21]
- Maternity Benefit
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 to 30 weeks for those who have had multiple births. [6190/21]
- Disability Allowance
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [6209/21]
- State Pensions
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the system that will allow those seeking a State pension transition payment will be in operation. [6243/21]
- Community Employment Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issues regarding the pension and gratuity status of community employment supervisors; her further...
- Back to Education Allowance
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an eligible student can retain the back to education allowance if they are also in receipt of a stipend of €16,000...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement claimants on 31 December 2020, by local authority area; the average cost of a claim in each...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Local Authority Facilities
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be funding for the creation of accessible playgrounds in 2021 for areas that do not have such...
- Refugee Status
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that applied for refugee status, subsidiary protection or humanitarian leave to remain for...
- Carer's Leave
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to extending carer's leave to persons that were on carer’s leave prior to...
- Childcare Services
137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he can prioritise for funding the childcare sector given the pressure generated by the...
- Parental Leave
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his plans to introduce legislation to allow for three extra weeks parental leave; and if he will...
- Child and Family Agency
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 15 December 2020, if he will engage directly with Tusla to ensure...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken to implement speedily the decisions of Government following the publication of the Commission on...
- Sustainable Development Goals
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable...
- Migrant Integration
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the initiatives he has taken or proposes to take to encourage integration and address issues likely to impede...
- Equality Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to influence equality issues throughout the public and private...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which he has been alerted to issues affecting children during the course of the Covid-19 crisis...
- Child Abuse
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to receive updates in respect of children at risk; and if he will...
- Youth Services
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer financial or other support to the various youth...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communication and consultation he has had with CORU regarding the 15 week placement requirement for final year social studies students; and...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI grants will be available to students in circumstances in which a final year social care student cannot take up placement due to Covid-19...
- Student Grant Scheme
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make additional financial supports available to students re-entering higher education at the same QQI level as they had previously...
- Third Level Education
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects science to play an increased role in the higher education sector with particular reference to ensuring an adequate...
- Research and Development
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department continues to liaise with the business sector with a view to the maximisation of the use of innovation in...
- Further and Higher Education
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that the second and third level education system in Ireland remains sufficiently open to the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects courses to go 100% remote learning for the upcoming semesters (details supplied); the percentage of in-class students versus online...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to a transport police pilot project on Cork bus routes. [6174/21]
- Road Traffic Offences
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cars seized under the learner driver provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018, known as the Clancy...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the steps she has taken to set up a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) which was agreed...
- Garda Retirements
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter regarding the extension of time for members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Staff
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the internal mobility for civil servants within her Department operates with regard to transfer lists for...
- Pension Provisions
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking to be awarded a Garda widow’s pension on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements regarding PPE, face masks and hand sanitisation by members of An Garda Síochána when entering a...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of antisocial behaviour orders issued in an area (details supplied). [6098/21]
- Community Alert Programme
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason her Department reduced the eligible cost per month for the text alert rebate scheme from €350 per annum...
- Residency Permits
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if front-line workers employed by the HSE that are not citizens of Ireland can have their residency and work permits extended...
- International Protection
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons she disputed in official proceedings undertaken by her Department in 2020; the criteria used to determine...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make enquiries regarding CCTV grant applications by a local authority (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Legislative Measures
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress she has made to date in respect of legislation regarding the naming of persons in court that may make a person...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons issued fines or fixed notice penalties for non-essential travel, organising or attending a house party,...
- Garda Investigations
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of investigations into the bombing of Belturbet, County Cavan on 28 December 1972; and if she will make a statement...
- Crime Prevention
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of recent increases in knife crime, the measures being taken to address this problem; and if she will make a...
- Garda Resources
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if adequate resources will be provided for Garda divisions such as Cavan and Monaghan in view of the unique policing demands in...
- Department of Health
- Vaccination Programme
197. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccination will be made available at an early date for congregated settings in which the residents are over 70 years of age (details...
- HIV-AIDS Programmes (1 comment)
198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accommodate those who require HIV testing but are unable to pay the fee currently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6064/21]
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
199. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce STI testing for non-emergency cases or those without general practitioner referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand PrEP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6066/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6072/21]
- Health Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to commissioning a trauma awareness video for the HSE similar to that commissioned and made publicly available for child...
- Vaccination Programme
204. To ask the Minister for Health if nurses and staff involved in providing renal dialysis in sites outside of main hospital settings are included in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan; and if...
- Mental Health Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions and the response of the HSE to a query (details supplied), the progress made in providing the full range of...
- Home Help Service
206. To ask the Minister for Health if home help and supports will be put in place to include weekends for a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [6103/21]
- Ambulance Service
207. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Ambulance Service plans to replace the interim additional ambulance cover measures for the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal...
- Health Services Staff
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 39 organisations with service level agreements and grant aid agreements with his Department and or the HSE; if all...
- Vaccination Programme
209. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) received a supply of Covid-19 vaccinations; when all drug rehabilitation community employment projects are expected to...
- HSE Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors employed by the HSE since 2016; the amount of funding that is provided specifically to the area and discipline of public...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness list to include long-term metabolic conditions such as severe asthma, arthritis, endometriosis and classical...
- Covid-19 Tests
212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal to introduce widespread Covid-19 antigen testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6146/21]
- Vaccination Programme
213. To ask the Minister for Health when the programme for the delivery of vaccines and the roll-out of same will be published in order to achieve the intended target of all adults being...
- Maternity Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reversing the proposed plan of withdrawal of lactation support services in the Dublin south east region; and if he will make...
- Vaccination Programme
217. To ask the Minister for Health the full list of vaccine suppliers with which the European Commission has negotiated advance purchase agreements; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
218. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions are being made in respect of level 5 restrictions for persons who require access to services (details supplied) as a result of medical...
- Question Heading for question(s) 219
219. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is need for the return of the modular catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford as an interim measure given that...
- Vaccination Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding residents who test positive following a first vaccination for Covid-19 as to whether or not they will be given the second vaccine...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the present status of St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; if the hospital was used as a stepdown facility for Covid-19...
- Dental Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Roscommon in each of the past five years in tabular form. [6191/21]
- Hospital Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health when a fire audit was last conducted at Roscommon University Hospital; and when the next fire audit is scheduled for the hospital. [6192/21]
- Vaccination Programme
224. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been communications from medical representative groups or other lobbyists seeking exclusivity on the provision of vaccinations to an age group,...
- Diabetes Strategy
225. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing investigation and research continues to take place into diabetes in Ireland; if specific initiatives are in mind to address this...
- Medicinal Products
229. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department continues to address delays in the approval of new or orphan drugs; the average time taken for approval at present given the...
- Rare Diseases
231. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a national rare disease strategy is evolving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6289/21]
- Vaccination Programme
232. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects pharmacists to receive Covid-19 vaccinations in the months ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6290/21]
- Product Labelling
233. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department’s new language scheme will be finalised; if he plans to direct that all medical labelling be conducted in a bilingual format, that...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
234. To ask the Minister for Health if evidence suggests that vitamin D intake assists in curtailing the impact of Covid-19; if he plans to promote the consumption of vitamin D among the wider...
- Vaccination Programme
235. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for vaccinating nursing homes for religious communities; if nursing homes for religious communities were omitted from the initial list for the...
- Mental Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to substantially increase the number of accredited psychotherapists and counsellors for public health patients in the State given the dearth extant...
- Vaccination Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will utilise retired nurses and doctors to help in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine over the coming months given that they have the necessary skills...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Feedstuffs
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact assessment has been conducted by his Department with respect to the Irish feed industry following the imposition of...
- Felling Licences
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a felling licence will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6040/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to reopen point-to-point horse racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/21]
- Forestry Sector
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time the forestry appeals committee takes to determine a decision in relation to appeals; his views on the optimal time...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with his European counterparts to secure support for the amendment 269 worded operations located in the...
- Fishing Vessel Safety
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department will re-engage with a person (details supplied) to examine possibilities to compensate as a result of...
- Brexit Issues
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that have been agreed with the UK Government to allow Irish fishers to fish inside the 12 nautical mile limit in...
- Fishing Industry
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek increased quotas to fish stocks during upcoming European negotiations following the Brexit trade deal which will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of point-to-point racing. [6128/21]
- Fishing Licences
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the feasibility of issuing non-transferable transition Irish fishing licences to the fishers based in this State...
- Fishing Industry
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocation or financial benefit accruing to the Irish fishing industry from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement...
- Beef Industry
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will appoint an independent meat regulator with statutory powers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider point-to-point as an elite sport in terms of employment but also in terms of the money generated to the economy...
- Animal Breeding Regulations
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to combat the rise of puppies from puppy farms being transported between Scotland and Ireland.; and if he...
- Meat Processing Plants
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a specific meat processing plant (details supplied) has provided for workers who have recently arrived here to quarantine in line...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if puppy training facilities come under animal welfare and related services as per the list of essential services under level 5...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a bheidh an chéad chlár caipitil d’fhorbairtí ar na calafoirt iascaigh eile á réiteach...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the work underway by his Department to facilitate the return of point-to-point racing; and if he will make a...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair atá sé i gceist ag a Roinn comharthaí a chur suas agus an ché a mharcáil le péint...
- Sustainable Development Goals
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable development goals; if...
- Beef Industry
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the condition of the beef finisher payment that animals had to be slaughtered in the State if a farmer can provide...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address a matter regarding a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6135/21]
- Broadband Infrastructure
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will upgrade the WiFi in the town centre of Cobh, County Cork through the EU for WiFi scheme; and if she will make a...
- National Broadband Plan
268. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has met with the National Broadband Ireland team in January 2021 regarding the challenges facing rural broadband. [6176/21]
- Walks Scheme
269. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if walkways approved for entry into the way marked way walkways scheme in 2020 will receive their first payment for maintenance in...
