Written answers

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times and the dates that the senior officials group on the Sustainable Development Goals, which is chaired by his Department has met in 2019, 2020 and 2021;...
    • Peat Products Import Data
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of peat products imported in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [8117/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if it will be ensured that local newspapers receive their fair share of advertising in national Covid-19 campaigns. [8438/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      5. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January 2021; the nature of the contract;...
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      6. To ask the Taoiseach if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the Administration of the United States. [8920/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports he plans to introduce to assist small and medium enterprises to develop online businesses; and if he will make...
    • Trade Relations
      8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the safeguards in place to uphold Ireland’s responsibilities under the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to prevent Ireland...
    • Brexit Issues
      9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a derogation for flour coming from the UK to Ireland can be issued for a company (details supplied). [7925/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the situation regarding dual purpose stores (details supplied) will be clarified; and the entitlement of dual purpose stores and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports available to a business (details supplied). [8138/21]
    • Work Permits
      14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the further issue of work permits for the dairy sector; if existing holders of dairy work permits are entitled...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered sending the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement to the relevant Oireachtas committee for proper scrutiny of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a financial scheme open to taxi drivers to help them with the cost of insurance in view of the fact that their revenue...
    • Brexit Issues
      17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with his UK counterpart on the decision of the UK Government not to publish an impact assessment of the UK-EU trade...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason clubs (details supplied) have been excluded from Covid-19 support schemes; if there is a plan to include them in a scheme;...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign direct investment supported companies that have been set up in County Kerry in each of the years 2016 to 2020,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on allowing the resumption of click-and-collect services for clothing and footwear retailers to facilitate the sale of...
    • Import Costs
      30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the 25% tariff on steel imports into Northern Ireland ultimately destined for Ireland and the feedback from the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January...
    • Ministerial Communications
      32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States Administration. [8909/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the Celtic interconnector; if it is on track to be delivered by 2026; if the...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has communicated directly with the ESB regarding the potential loss of the Georgian House Museum; if efforts will...
    • Waste Management
      35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the strategy on single use plastics; and the way the strategy has been affected by the pandemic, and...
    • EU Regulations
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if enforcement action has commenced regarding the European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Calculation...
    • Exploration Licences
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expiration date of all existing licences and leases issued by his Department for oil and fossil gas exploration and...
    • Offshore Exploration
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of flaring of hydrocarbons by offshore undertakings; the terms and conditions regarding flaring by current...
    • National Broadband Plan
      41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an analysis has been carried out on raising the national broadband speed cut-off mark of 30 Mbps. [8192/21]
    • Telecommunications Services
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an analysis is being carried out regarding the entry of a provider (details supplied) to the Irish market. [8193/21]
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of consultation that has taken place regarding the proposed peatlands climate action scheme with local...
    • National Broadband Plan
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) is not included in the intervention area for the roll-out of fibre optic cables...
    • Programme for Government
      47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he has taken to fulfil his commitment on post offices and community banking as outlined in the programme...
    • National Broadband Plan
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises in Carrigaline, County Cork that can access a fibre broadband connection; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the adoption and implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code that was due to take effect...
    • National Broadband Plan
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which premises not in the intervention area of the national broadband plan, and without access to speeds of...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if wireless broadband services are available at an airport (details supplied) using its metropolitan area network; and...
    • Waste Data
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities are allowed to access databases (details supplied); if not, if legislation is required to do same;...
    • Environmental Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce the amount of palm oil consumed in Ireland in view of the negative social and...
    • Data Protection Commissioner
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received a judgment from the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the use of CCTV and illegal dumping. [8599/21]
    • Recycling Policy
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that has been carried out by his Department to date with respect to the introduction of a beverage container...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes on the warmer homes scheme work programme; the waiting time for upgrades to commence; the steps his...
    • Electricity Grid
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will sanction a deferral of payment for a community energy grid connection fee (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Fuel Sales
      59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the methods used to collect data on solid fuel volumes sold nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Infrastructure
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received proposals on a project (details supplied) for a floating liquefied natural gas, LNG,...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce grant funding for sport centres interested in installing solar panels to reduce running costs and...
    • Just Transition Fund
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proportion of the just transition fund to be allocated to each nomenclature of territorial units for statistics,...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will have regard to correspondence on whether a system can be devised to remove a person (details supplied) from...
    • Departmental Contracts
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department and costing more than...
    • Ministerial Communications
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8910/21]
    • Waste Management
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider a system to mitigate weight for waste providers for families with disabilities and incontinence...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Tax
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to a reduction in or refund of motor tax during the Covid-19 pandemic such as the reduction or refund...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if exceptions can be made for an essential worker who needs a motorbike for travel to and from work to complete motorbike initial basic...
    • Public Transport
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an assessment will be carried out to ascertain whether hospital and nursing home staff could use public transport without charge during...
    • Electric Vehicles
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the use of e-scooters on public pathways used by pedestrians can be monitored and policed in terms of space and speed and...
    • Driver Test
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test per centre; the age and gender of those awaiting a test; and the number of testers currently...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7932/21]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 4 November 2020, the status of the provision of the Killaloe bypass, Shannon bridge crossing...
    • Aviation Industry
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if airline staff who are resident in Ireland but working in the UK for UK or US airlines can use the valid annex 3 certificate in...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his engagement with his European counterparts on 8 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/21]
    • Driver Test
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the system in place to deal with the backlog of driver theory test appointments due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing having their driver licences printed and issued; if the case...
    • National Car Test
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are facilities for persons to postpone national car tests, NCTs, while they are trying to avoid all risky situations from a...
    • Driver Licences
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing with having their driver licences printed and issued; if he...
    • Road Network
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to restore the block grants previously allocated to town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8121/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the need of a person (details supplied) for the recognition of a course completed in the UK; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to ensure proper public access and consultation in respect of infrastructure projects during restrictions related to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered a further extension for small public service vehicles, SPSV, given that taxi drivers will face a second year of no...
    • Light Rail Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the submission made to him by a group (details supplied) in December 2020 on the terms of reference for the...
    • Road Projects
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the N5 Westport to Turlough dual carriageway, County Mayo; if the project is progressing on schedule and...
    • Road Safety
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to have artificial noise installed in electric vehicles including e-scooters to ensure the safety of pedestrians...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 6 October 2020, the status of stage 2 of the N11-M11 junction 4 to 14 improvement scheme; and...
    • Bus Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the proposed orbital bus routes which would link towns and villages across Dublin; the status of the roll-out of the...
    • Road Network
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regional and local road grant allocations to all four Dublin local authorities by grant and local authority in each of the years 2016...
    • Driver Test
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on the waiting list for a driver test at the Finglas test centre; and his plans to deal with the backlog due to...
    • Electric Vehicles
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are circumstances under which his Department would consider granting an electric vehicle Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,...
    • Bus Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to changing a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/21]
    • National Transport Authority
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs borne by the National Transport Authority to date in relation to the Phoenix Park transport and mobility options study; and the...
    • Driver Test
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person is entitled to arrange an alternative NCT appointment free of cancellation or rearrangement fees as a result of required...
    • Road Projects
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in relation to the Narrow Water bridge project; the progress to date with the North South Ministerial Transport...
    • Rail Network
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in relation to the review of the rail network across both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland; the progress that has...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to the secondary roads improvement scheme by 5%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put refund protections in place for consumers who postponed holidays from 2020 to 2021 but still cannot travel due to the...
    • Driver Test
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to manage the backlog of theory and driver tests that have built up as a result of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress with regard to the N14 road between Letterkenny and Lifford, the Bonagee bypass and the Ballybofey and Stranorlar bypass,...
    • Pension Provisions
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to implement changes to the pension plan for Irish Rail workers which was voted upon by the workers in 2020; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of car driver tests cancelled due to bad weather in 2019 and 2020; the number of car driver tests cancelled with no reason...
    • Electric Vehicles
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points in each county in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8727/21]
    • Public Transport
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of converting public transport vehicles including buses and trains from fossil fuels to greener alternatives for each...
    • Driver Test
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that essential worker learner drivers cannot complete their mandatory EDT lessons if they do...
    • Driver Licences
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in relation to the driver licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January...
    • Cycling Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application has been made for the expansion of the public bike scheme in Cork, Galway and Limerick in 2021. [8903/21]
    • Ministerial Communications
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States'. [8922/21]
    • Trade Union Recognition
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies doing contract work for Iarnród Éireann are refusing to recognise...
    • National Transport Authority
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities applied for funding for specific projects under the sustainable transport fund; if these submissions are to be...
    • Driver Test
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been informed by the RSA that they need to complete three further tests...
    • National Transport Authority
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for a sustainable transport allocation received by his Department from a local authority (details supplied)....
    • Electric Vehicles
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with insurance companies and representatives regarding the legislation on e-scooters and e-bikes. [8992/21]
    • Driver Test
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of plans from the Road SafteA to resolve the driver test backlog; and if so, the funding required. [8993/21]
    • Greenways Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of correspondence regarding a project (details supplied). [8994/21]
    • Road Network
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with a local authority on a road issue (details supplied). [8997/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employees at the Revenue Commissioners are considered an essential service to allow parents to avail of childcare. [8199/21]
    • Tax Incentives
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of tax incentive measures provided to purpose built student accommodation providers since 2011, by year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered providing tax relief for counselling and psychotherapy services on the same basis as is provided for other medical expenses. [8762/21]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the automated import system operated by the Revenue Commissioners has crashed since 23 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Currency Circulation
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to prevent the circulation of counterfeit cash; if the Central Bank has an estimated value of counterfeit cash currently in circulation...
    • Illicit Trade
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if data is available on the amount of illegal drugs seized from persons entering and leaving the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7888/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns will be addressed that new Irish customs arrangements regarding the importation of goods from the UK have considerably increased the levels of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff assigned to the Revenue Commissioners' enforcement units at all airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7891/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7929/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can be facilitated for the full payment of their AMRF pension; if the case can be fully and favourably investigated given their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to assist the wedding industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8047/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which Ireland's recovery and resilience plan will deal with the outstanding country specific recommendations including, specifically, the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the new strategy statement for his Department; the way that his Department will make climate action a core pillar of its new strategies as...
    • Prize Bonds
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount invested in the National Treasury Management Agency prize bonds on 31 December 2020; and the percentage breakdown of this amount which was invested...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of financial support provided by the State to private enterprises engaged in the collection of genetic data in Ireland; if the Government will have...
    • Illicit Trade
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have the resources and manpower to investigate and prosecute the black-market business in the barber, hairdressing and beauty...
    • Interest Rates
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on negative interest rates being imposed by banks (details supplied) and its impact on businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the stay and spend tax credit initiative beyond April 2021. [8409/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 27 January 2021, the reason County Roscommon is not carrying out assessments; when the county will carry out...
    • Mortgage Lending
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with banks to request them to extend approval in principle for the duration of the level 5 lockdown and the ban on house visiting. [8445/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8463/21]
    • Property Tax
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if local property tax will be reduced for apartment owners who pay large service charges to their management companies but receive no direct services from...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if it has an end date. [8596/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks can extend a mortgage break to borrowers during the present severe restrictions on economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can drive a UK registered car here for longer than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/21]
    • Customs and Excise
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the revenue from excise duty on off-course betting paid into the Exchequer in 2000 in relation to section 12 Part 4 of the Horse and Greyhound...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the operations of the Revenue Commissioners in a case (details supplied). [8810/21]
    • Mortgage Lending
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banks to discuss the matter of mortgage approval expiration dates given that there is a six month expiration on mortgage approvals...
    • Tax Incentives
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a tax incentive scheme on gym memberships or exercise classes when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline details of the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January...
    • Ministerial Communications
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8911/21]
    • Value Added Tax
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider keeping the VAT rate below 23% after February 2021 to assist businesses trying to get back on their feet; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Development Plan
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be completed. [7848/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the State's resilience and recovery plan; and the way in which the plan will be democratically scrutinised. [8055/21]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new strategy statement for his Department; the way his Department will make climate action a core pillar of its new...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal flood defences in Dublin Bay; and the amount that has been allocated to improving coastal defences over the next...
    • Office of Public Works
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will open consultation or hold an online briefing with residents affected by the construction of new flood...
    • Public Sector Pay
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pay bill for the Defence Forces as a percentage of the gross Exchequer civil and public service pay bill from 2013 to 2020,...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of pre-committed capital expenditure for each of the years 2021 to 2026, inclusive, disaggregated by Department,...
    • EU Funding
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the European Regional Development Fund allocated to each NUTS 3 region in Ireland in each of its priority areas,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department costing more than €10,000 since January...
    • Ministerial Communications
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8917/21]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) in advance of the 5 March 2021 review of Covid-19 restrictions. [8683/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount in annual funding given to the media in Ireland inclusive of the TV licence; the breakdown of the recipients of this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has conducted a risk assessment or received updated advice regarding the resumption of outdoor non-contact training and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the administration costs payable to a maximum of €83,000 for the management of the music industry support package is in...
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ar labhair sí nó an tAire Stáit don Ghaeltacht agus Spórt, a bhfuil cúram orthu beirt i leith Acht na...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available to a business (details supplied). [8139/21]
    • Sports Funding
      221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grant aid will be offered to a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8390/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if sports clubs and groups that are eligible for commercial rates are included in the Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if she...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to a public liability scheme that has been adopted in the UK that offers insurance to those...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will put in place a Covid funding scheme for local newspapers similar to the scheme for local radio stations administered...
    • Television Licence Fee
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine allowing the television licence to be paid in instalments even for those just paying online in order that it...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she met with representatives of the wedding industry to discuss the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on weddings and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to a special one off support for new businesses (details supplied) that were still developing their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps taken by her Department regarding each recommendation reported in the report of the Tourism Recovery Task Force in...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Fáilte Ireland will announce its plan to disburse funding of €55 million in business continuity funding to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the stage of each of the recommendations of the report of the arts and culture recovery taskforce by recommendation; the progress...
    • Departmental Contracts
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by her Department over the cost of €10,000 since...
    • Departmental Projects
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times the night-time economy taskforce has met. [8904/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that all areas of the country will receive equal treatment in relation to the roll-out of the outdoor dining...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce grants for rainwater harvesting systems in sports centres given that such a scheme would allow centres...
    • Housing Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the referendum on the right to housing will be held in accordance with the programme for Government; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Housing
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an estate (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7852/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the vacant homes strategy; the number of vacant homes that have been registered since the start of the...
    • Building Regulations
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters (details supplied) in relation to building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the establishment of a new unified Galway authority; the process and timeline for this merger; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which persons who have engaged the services of a building contractor to build a house which has not yet been...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the 390 cost rental units announced on 8 February 2021; the location of the units; the typologies of the units;...
    • Housing Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion of the various phases of the development with respect to the Land Development Agency and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the council housing list for County Kilkenny by town or village area, by one, two or three bedroom...
    • Hen Harriers
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7986/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of a report (details supplied); if a detailed breakdown of all the specific costs incurred will be provided; and if...
    • Water Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding allocated under the developer-provided infrastructure scheme has been returned unspent to his Department due to the...
    • Local Authority Members
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the availability of childcare services for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the working group on latent defects in apartment buildings set up in 2020; the interim findings of the group;...
    • Land Development Agency
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing tenure mix for a Land Development Agency development (details supplied); the breakdown of private and affordable...
    • Planning Issues
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current zoning regulations and restrictions on tiny homes; if he has considered easing restrictions on the minimum...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will further extend the approval period for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan in view of difficulties buying properties due...
    • Regeneration Projects
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects funded by the social intervention fund in County Limerick in each of the years 2008 to 2020; the amount of...
    • Departmental Surveys
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the survey of the pearl mussel which is found in the Munster Blackwater. [8124/21]
    • Capital Assistance Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to amend the capital assistance scheme funding to facilitate approved housing bodies to apply for funding for...
    • Housing Agency
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of annual regulatory returns submitted to the regulation office at the Housing Agency for 2020; if significant...
    • Thatching Grants
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for householders that live in thatched homes; if his attention has been drawn to the additional cost of...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fund further and more extensive research on the issue of LGBTI+ homelessness further to the publication of...
    • Planning Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the costs of lodging observations to planning applications to local authorities and An Bord...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the provision of wastewater infrastructure in unsewered towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Famine Artefacts
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a possible famine site (details supplied); if he will authorise a site investigation; and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that the 2020 funding process is factored into an increased allocation in 2021 for the disabled person...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the €15,000 reckonable income condition for the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the salary expectations for persons to be able to access the affordable housing scheme which he plans to roll out in summer...
    • Foreshore Licences
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all applications that have been made under the current foreshore licence including survey and exploration...
    • Defective Building Materials
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he envisages changes to the upper limits of the mica scheme for counties Donegal and Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the built heritage investment scheme and historic structures fund is due to reopen; if the overall...
    • Land Development Agency
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of all minutes of meetings of the board of the Land Development Agency since January 2020. [8451/21]
    • Local Authority Housing
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines that local authorities must follow when contacted by a person who has had to leave their local authority home...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cé na comhairlí condae agus cathrach atá ag cur ranganna Gaeilge ar fáil dá bhfoireann agus cé...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes that have been built in County Cavan in each of the past five years; the number planned for...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans from County Cavan; the who that have been successful; the number...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority under the Covid-19 support scheme for local authorities; the deficit...
    • Vacant Properties
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cavan County Council to make an application for the vacant properties voids programme; if such an...
    • Commercial Rates
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of businesses in the Cavan County Council area that have had their commercial rates waived; the number that have...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he last met the chief executive of each local authority; and the dates of the meetings. [8600/21]
    • Commercial Rates
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria businesses must meet to be eligible for a commercial rates waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on the RAS and HAP housing lists respectively in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when ministerial consent will be granted for the Arklow wastewater treatment plant to go ahead given that consent was sought...
    • Register of Electors
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a single electoral commission to oversee the compilation and maintenance of the electoral register; if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county councils are disregarding general practitioners letters relating to...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet virtually with residents of a location (details supplied) to discuss their concerns in relation to corporate...
    • Departmental Projects
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to appoint members to the working group arising from the peat moss in the horticultural industry review; and if...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the necessary review of HAP rates will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8830/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if special interpersonal or other relevant training has been given to staff and ancillary agency staff dealing with the public...
    • Departmental Contracts
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since...
    • Ministerial Communications
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8915/21]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Galway City Council only has the discretion to exceed the maximum rent limit for HAP by 20% despite the challenge...
    • Local Authority Housing
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 21 January 2021, if a copy of circular 38/2020 will be provided. [8955/21]
    • Waterways Ireland
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented to progress the proposal to extend the Shannon navigation from Lough Allen, County...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the income thresholds for inclusion on the social housing list per local authority; the breakdown of each local authority that...
    • Housing Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he received a request from Dublin City Council to meet with councillors of the south east area committee in respect of a...
    • Wildlife Protection
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8996/21]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) detained by the authorities in China. [8968/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to offer assistance to citizens of Myanmar; and the level of engagement he has had with EU counterparts on the issues in Myanmar...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if delays in foreign birth registrations due to Covid-19 will be taken into account for future applications in cases in which the delay to...
    • Human Rights Cases
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has assessed the treatment of Uighur minorities and whether this conforms with international standards of human rights; and the latest...
    • Consular Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will provide advice and supports to Irish citizens living abroad that may be offered vaccines not yet approved by the WHO...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing lack of Covid-19 vaccines in areas of Palestine under Israeli occupation; his views on whether this situation will...
    • Passport Services
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the deployment of passport processing staff as part of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the need for an Irish Magnitsky act (details supplied); if he plans to legislate for such an act; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will raise the continuing conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia at the UN Security Council; if the council will be appraised...
    • Northern Ireland
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken with regard to the political policing that has been delivered by the PSNI most especially on the Ormeau Road,...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances concerning an aircraft (details supplied) that arrived at Shannon Airport on 8 February 2021; the number of passengers and...
    • Passport Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which those who need to travel for essential work but are not classed as essential workers can have their passport renewed at...
    • Consular Services
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application by a person (details supplied) will be approved. [8515/21]
    • UN Security Council
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland’s seat on the UN Security Council and reputation on international aid will be used to secure the health of the...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January...
    • Ministerial Communications
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States'. [8912/21]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of maintenance and technician vacancies in 2019 and 2020; the number of applications received; the number of positions filled in...
    • Air Corps
      346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing specialist fire service vehicles for the Air Corps fire services in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      347. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Irish veterans' charter; and the number of meetings held between the Defence Forces, his Department and the two nominated...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      348. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to increase the compulsory Army retirement age to 60 given the current drive to re-enlist retired servicemen and women. [8324/21]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      349. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will engage with Kildare County Council with a view to resolving the investigation into the dumping of material in the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed in private and public nursing homes by county over the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      351. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January 2021; the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      352. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8907/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7855/21]
    • School Staff
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to improve the work and pay conditions of caretakers working in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the plan to open a school (details supplied) as an autism specific school for the 2021-2022 school year; and if safe, socially...
    • Irish Sign Language
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when section 5 of the Irish Sign Language Act, 2017 will be implemented to provide Irish sign language support for children and young persons...
    • State Examinations
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the timing and format of the leaving certificate examination 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7886/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ASD unit for a school (details supplied); the date the first child will take up their place; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department paid in fees to a company (details supplied) to manage public relations following the errors found in the leaving...
    • Special Educational Needs
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are enough special schools and classes for primary school children with additional educational needs including...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure by her Department, excluding salaries for teachers and other staff but including site development works, school buildings, annual...
    • State Examinations
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if alternative results regarding the leaving certificate will be issued first which would allow students to select papers on the traditional...
    • Bullying in Schools
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if allegations of bullying have been investigated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Inspections
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which all MLL inspections completed prior to school closures in March 2020 will be published on the website of her Department. [7972/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in response to instances in which students with additional needs attending mainstream schools will not currently be able...
    • School Holidays
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered moving the two-week Easter break forward to reduce the amount of time that children spend learning remotely; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department did not inform a special school (details supplied) of the decisions made on the reopening of schools including the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be informed regarding their SNA allocation for September 2021. [8077/21]
    • School Transport
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; the terms of reference, scope of analysis, programme and schedule of work; and if she...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the acquisition of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if the lease on the current site will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes at primary level available in a school planning area (details supplied); if an assessment of under provision has...
    • Programme for Government
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 715 of 3 November 2020, the progress to date of the programme for Government commitment to expand and...
    • School Transport
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being are considered to supplement school transport with concessionary tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that students in exam years will not be penalised in their exam grading for loss of teaching hours and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the safe reopening of schools; the advice that the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, has given on the subject; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs in each of the years...
    • Special Educational Needs
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of implementing sections (details supplied) of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered the introduction of a dedicated scheme to ensure that children and young persons who have missed out on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accreditation level that special needs assistants will receive upon completion of the national training programme certificate in inclusive...
    • Schools Building Projects
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ongoing discussions between South Dublin County Council and her Department on building a school (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Consultations
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to liaise with An Garda Síochána to implement an Operation Encompass-style support for children who have experienced domestic...
    • Schools Building Projects
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent building for a school (details supplied) will be provided to alleviate the crisis in school places in the locality; if the...
    • School Staff
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the rule that dictates teachers returning to school can only avail of the special amendment to take parental leave, in which their child is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing section 13 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004;...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans by her Department to provide additional facilities to a school (details supplied). [8245/21]
    • School Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being put in place for special needs assistants due back to school on 22 February as part of the provision of special education in...
    • Psychological Assessments
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a psychological assessment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8275/21]
    • State Examinations
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if leaving certificate 2021 students will be permitted to sit select papers on the traditional paper following the release of predicted grades;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to provide a new primary school for an area (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the conditions in the...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén tacaíocht bhreise idir múinteoirí agus tacaíochtaí eile atá ar fáil do scoileanna dara leibhéal...
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén tacaíochtaí nó deontais atá ar fáil do scoileanna dara leibhéal le forbairt a dhéanamh ar...
    • State Examinations
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the provision of reasonable accommodations during State examinations for students with epilepsy, who may experience a seizure during...
    • Schools Building Projects
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school project works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/21]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs on an annual basis...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correspondence and engagement she has had with primary school and secondary school boards of management regarding the operating of schools...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 153 of 17 September 2020 and 780 of 3 November 2020, if the briefing document provided to her on her...
    • Medical Cards
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress she has made to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse receive the Health (Amendment) Act card. [8430/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of the temporary accommodation and the new school building for a school (details supplied); and the timelines for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully implementing sections (details supplied) of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs; the...
    • School Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the current school transport scheme; and when a result can be expected from the review. [8476/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8495/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school is excluded from applying for assistive technology as outlined under Circular 0010/2013 for a student in a special class or an ASD...
    • School Staff
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing concerns of staff in a school (details supplied); and the steps she will take to alleviate these...
    • School Accommodation
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a capacity issue at a school (details supplied); and the steps she will take to alleviate the issue. [8524/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied). [8526/21]
    • School Transport
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of those eligible for school transport applicants that had or have not yet secured a place on a bus due to late payment of fees by...
    • Psychological Assessments
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in each county who are awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a tender process for a school (details supplied). [8584/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a small class in a school (details supplied) will be permitted to return when other special needs classes are returning. [8594/21]
    • State Bodies
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the 2019 audit financial statement and audited 2019 annual report from each State agency under the remit of her Department;...
    • School Transport
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current retirement age for bus drivers on school contracts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8680/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the proposals from some schools to facilitate an alternative to the in-person supplementary programme to support...
    • School Funding
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital investment in schools (details supplied) which were all sanctioned funding under the previous Government; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to move the site of a school (detail supplied) without prior consultation with teachers, board of management or parents will be...
    • Energy Efficiency
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions planned to improve the energy performance of schools in view of the adoption of a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 51%...
    • Counselling Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered increasing access for children to therapeutic mental health supports via the introduction of a counselling support service...
    • Schools Building Projects
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new school building for two schools (details supplied); the reason the process has been delayed; if...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs. [8776/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the return to classrooms for children with complex and additional needs in mainstream settings. [8796/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully implementing section 13 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [8814/21]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs in each year since...
    • School Breaks Standardisation
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to schools minimising their midterm break but opting for extended breaks later in the spring; if this decision is...
    • Departmental Contracts
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by her Department over the cost of €10,000 since January 2021; the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any contact with her counterpart in the United States'. [8908/21]
    • School Accommodation
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the design for works at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the design phase of the works is expected to be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully implementing sections (details supplied) of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, in...
    • School Accommodation
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the past six months to provide new accommodation for a school (details supplied) in view of the poor accommodation in the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Insurance
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the benefits under the PRSI system to include counselling and psychotherapy. [8764/21]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of entitlement of a jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date of the child maintenance review group; when the public consultation process will begin; and if she will...
    • Maternity Benefit
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) qualifies for maternity benefit or other payment; if other entitlements may...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if optical benefit is available for a person (details supplied) and their spouse through the Department of Health or her...
    • Fuel Allowance
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the fuel allowance will be made payable to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the issue of jobseeker’s benefit expiring for workers in the aviation industry who...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Dietary Allowance
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the availability of a diabetic diet allowance; if it is available to persons with diabetes that require a specialised diet;...
    • Departmental Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approximate prior earnings of recipients of schemes (details supplied) by NACE sector and using administrative data on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8127/21]
    • Citizens Information Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans for a company (details supplied) to reduce the level of in-person services it provides. [8173/21]
    • Childcare Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of early years professionals availing of the enhanced illness benefit. [8174/21]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in relation to an application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Disability Allowance
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can qualify for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8184/21]
    • Carer's Allowance
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Fuel Allowance
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional state aid will be provided to employees of companies (details supplied) at Shannon Airport. [8198/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures taken for an applicant to be eligible for the transitional payment before a State pension. [8213/21]
    • Child Benefit
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend child benefit to cover the period in which the child remains in full-time education even in cases in...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the provision of making free travel passes available to persons with epilepsy who are temporarily...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a report on the IT issue impacting the repayment of pandemic unemployment payment arrears owed by her...
    • Invalidity Pension
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the record of contributions made by a person (details supplied); and if they qualify for an invalidity...
    • Departmental Schemes
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an initiative (details supplied); when it will come into effect; the details of the scheme; and if she will...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and refusals from 2015 to date for an exceptional needs payment on the grounds of parents...
    • Carer's Allowance
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional cost of expanding the income disregard for carer’s allowance in order that those on an average...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that have been received for the enterprise support grant from businesses in County Cavan; the...
    • Fuel Allowance
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the fuel allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); if the situation will be...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance to recipients...
    • State Pensions
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be assisted to obtain a State pension payment; if they are entitled to any other payment;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of workers who transferred from the pandemic unemployment payment to employment in January 2021; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the new benefit payment paid to persons at 65 years of age is not paid to persons who retired early and are not in...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid and the number of persons on the pandemic unemployment payment to date; the amount that has been overpaid;...
    • Departmental Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if special interpersonal or other relevant training has been given to staff dealing with the public in the context of the...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker’s claim for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by her Department over the cost of €10,000...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been any contact with her counterpart in the United States'. [8919/21]
    • School Meals Programme
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the changing of a PPS number of a person (details attached); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Direct Provision System
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a direct provision centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the first families will be...
    • Direct Payment Scheme
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if residents in a direct provision centre (details supplied) in County Donegal will be provided with vouchers...
    • Childcare Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if English as a second language students in a school (details supplied) can benefit from a lower ratio setting....
    • Departmental Consultations
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he had discussions with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Programmes
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla funded refuge places available in Limerick in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation destroyed...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood education and care facilities that have closed permanently since March 2020. [8170/21]
    • Adoption Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the agency to which the service, wait list, files and records of the Here2Help information and tracing service...
    • Immigration Support Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the international protection procurement services have renewed the accommodation centre contract with a...
    • Childcare Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is a requirement of childcare providers to offer fee credits to parents for weeks in which the childcare...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department considers au pair participants to be essential workers; if so, if specific provisions are in...
    • Direct Provision System
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports from a direct provision centre (details supplied) that it is...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a statutory redress or other compensation scheme will be made available to the mother and baby home former...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years providers that have closed permanently in January 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be an application process for additional agencies to become members of the family resource centre...
    • Adoption Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons waiting to partake in the preparation course in respect of adoption services; and if he...
    • Children in Care
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider enshrining independent advocacy services in legislation to help protect children and young...
    • Care Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the age of aftercare to 26 years of age on a needs assessed basis (details...
    • Departmental Reviews
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the recommendation made more than 12 years ago by the report of the commission to inquire into child abuse...
    • Immigration Support Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if level 5 Covid-19 restrictions will impede or stop the family reunification process and court-ordered access...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ECCE scheme; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department costing more than...
    • Ministerial Communications
      547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8906/21]
    • Adoption Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 8 December 2020, the progress being made on providing adoptive...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on encouraging the use of more inclusive face masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down from the EU youth guarantee scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2020, respectively, in tabular form. [8619/21]
    • Student Accommodation
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of direct financial supports provided to purpose-built student accommodation providers since 2011, by year; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if leaving certificate 2020 students who have been awarded an upgraded college course having received a higher leaving certificate after sitting...
    • Third Level Admissions
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CAO and HPAT closing dates can be extended for students who sat the leaving certificate in November 2020 in order that any improved grades...
    • Student Accommodation
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the most recent data his Department has on the breakdown between purpose-built student accommodation in the private market and on campus are...
    • Third Level Admissions
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who accepted an offer of a place through the CAO in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices working across the public sector; the percentage this has on the total number of registered apprentices; and if he will...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an opportunity for Safepass courses to be run online during level 5 restrictions. [8072/21]
    • International Students
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if international travel for foreign third level students is deemed essential travel. [8205/21]
    • Third Level Fees
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if courses of a facility (details supplied) will be included on the list of approved courses for tax relief on tuition fees; and the criteria for...
    • Third Level Institutions
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with third level institutions to ensure that they are providing sufficient mental health supports to students; and if he will...
    • International Students
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has instructed higher education institutes not to encourage international student to travel into the State for the second...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the short length of time for the public consultation on the Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 for his Department given both the time...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to direct SUSI to change its guidelines regarding course progression (details supplied). [8374/21]
    • Third Level Education
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take with regard to one-year masters courses that have practical laboratory work at their core that have not held in-person...
    • Third Level Institutions
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding in third-level institutions by student; the way it compares to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8453/21]
    • Education and Training Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown between expenditure on training for those seeking employment and in employment training; the way in which apprenticeships are...
    • Erasmus+ Programme
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 10 February 2021, if by taking the step to support students from Northern Ireland and maintain the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to matters raised (details supplied) concerning unemployment and skills upgrading; and if he will make a statement...
    • Institutes of Technology
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of capital works at Letterkenny Institute of Technology which were secured under the previous Government; the progress in...
    • EU Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the European Social Fund allocated to each NUTS 3 region in Ireland during the 2014-2020 programme; the proposed allocation to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January 2021; the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Residency Permits
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appointment for registration can be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Crime Data
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for sexual assault, sexual violence or rape since 2011 in each county; and the sentences attached to...
    • Departmental Reports
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report in relation to the difficulties experienced by a person (details supplied) in a prison will be published; if the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the review into the operation of the Special Criminal Court and the Offenses Against the State Act 1939...
    • Protected Disclosures
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the protected disclosures that have been made in relation to Portlaoise Prison and the Irish Prison Service; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Policy
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the naturalisation and citizenship application process and timelines for front-line workers following...
    • International Protection
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 9 September 2020, if she has considered the report of the chairperson of the...
    • Crime Data
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if changes have been made with respect to the way rural crime is recorded and classified following the recommendation of the...
    • Community Policing
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work her Department has undertaken with respect to the recommendations on community policing contained in the...
    • Garda Data
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda interventions involving persons self-harming or harming others due to mental health issues; the resources...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the naturalisation process for persons who were married to Irish citizens for over ten years but have now faced bereavement....
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of GSOC officers who have availed of accredited education, further education and or training since taking up their...
    • Legislative Measures
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the legislative arrangement of having Garda superintendents investigate complaints from members of the public...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures made to GSOC since its establishment; the number that required the engagement of a...
    • Garda Operations
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with possession of drugs for sale or supply within Limerick Garda division in 2020...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report which she received from a person (details supplied) on 3 November 2020 will be shared with the family; and if...
    • Deportation Orders
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been deported in 2021 to date. [8168/21]
    • Garda Data
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of districts and divisions of An Garda Síochána that have protective services units; and the number of...
    • Courts Staff
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the appointment of a court messenger to the Sheriff’s Court attached to Longford Courthouse (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when they can expect a response on their status; and if she will...
    • Garda Operations
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investigations, reviews and actions that have commenced in relation to the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Staff
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of officials in her Department requesting conscience-based refusal in dealing with legislation or the...
    • Legislative Measures
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources, training and reporting mechanisms she is putting in place to support the commencement of the...
    • Residency Permits
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Probate Applications
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to persons (details supplied) who are in the process of purchasing a new residential home; if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and the appropriate action taken; and if she will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and the appropriate action taken; and if she will make a statement...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority
      612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current guidelines (details supplied) issued by the Property Services...
    • Citizenship Applications
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8413/21]
    • Peace Commissioners
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for appointing peace commissioners; when the next round of applications for same will be held; and if she will make...
    • Crime Data
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of physical assaults, sexual assaults, harassment, intimidation and public order breaches on public...
    • Garda Data
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers by rank in all Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan region in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the promised sexual offences unit in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be established and fully...
    • International Protection
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted stamp 4 permission to remain who at the time they were granted permission had a protection...
    • Citizenship Applications
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Prison Facilities
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the evidence base from the Irish Prison Service report will be published which proposes that an increase in the Irish...
    • Prison Accommodation
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the framework agreements for potential new prison infrastructure in Thornton Hall are based on low-security open prisons or...
    • Work Permits
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the appropriate work visa will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Courts Service
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for the hearing of small claims cases by the District Court; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Equipment
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the purchase of additional four-wheel drive vehicles for An Garda Síochána. [8625/21]
    • Garda Deployment
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of community gardaí by 25% in 2021. [8626/21]
    • Probate Applications
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by her Department over the cost of €10,000 since...
    • Ministerial Communications
      629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any contact with her counterpart in the United States'. [8916/21]
    • Insurance Fraud
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in...
    • Garda Deployment
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Henry Street and Roxboro Road district of Limerick in each of the years 2006 to 2020 and to...
    • Visa Applications
      632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of changes to the visa requirements for citizens of other jurisdictions made since 1 January 2021; the rationale...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce emergency contingency plans on international travel within the European Union should the South African variant of Covid-19 become the...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for and details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 as required under the Act; the way in...
    • Departmental Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has published guidelines for behaviour for persons employed by the State in the health services on the use of social media; the regulations...
    • Pension Provisions
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses who retired post-2012 are not receiving all their pension increases under the Public Service Agreement 2018-2020; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons over 70 years of age who do not hold a doctor visit card will be included in the plans for roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      638. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant role of diabetic nurse at Mullingar hospital will be filled (details supplied). [7876/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7877/21]
    • Primary Care Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been referred to primary care psychology services in the Tallaght south area, only to receive a...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 and 2 diabetes in Ireland by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7892/21]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes who have been approved to use either the Dexcom or FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitors, CGMs, under the...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each county awaiting insulin pump training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if a facility (details supplied) is being prioritised for vaccinations. [7897/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of an orthopaedic bed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the Covid-19 community vaccination centres in counties Louth and Meath; when they will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      652. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the funding of a task force (details supplied); if he will provide a separate strand of funding to allow for it to carry out an updated...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all section 39 organisations whose workers have received pay restoration ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to date; the...
    • Garda Powers
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if An Garda Síochána has the powers to implement the regulation which requires persons who travel from another state into Ireland via Northern...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to reduce the €350 registration fee for retired nurses who wish to assist in the...
    • Mental Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo in child mental health services; the details of each vacant post; the length of time each post...
    • Primary Care Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on primary care psychology waiting lists in County Mayo and CHO 2, respectively, in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and the length of...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in County Mayo and CHO 2, respectively, in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and the length of time each child has...
    • Mental Health Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health presentations to the accident and emergency department at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by whether...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Mayo awaiting homecare support at 1 February 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7946/21]
    • Home Help Service
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reviewed with a view to increasing them in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has cancelled all vaginal mesh procedures in its hospitals or hospitals under its management; if no private hospitals or clinics provide such...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7953/21]
    • Health Promotion
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to progress the objectives set out in Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland, Health Service Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered monitoring the presence of Covid-19 in wastewater streams thereby securing significant data on emerging incidences of Covid-19 within the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has examined the vaping industry with a view to ensuring the highest possible health standards and the application of...
    • Dental Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthodontic assessments in County Galway; the number of patients waiting for an assessment; the number of patients on the...
    • Audiology Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if audiology services have reopened and if clinics have recommenced in Tuam, County Galway; the status of a tender application for audiology testing facility...
    • Medical Cards
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending medical cards to cancer patients; the cost of doing so to all cancer patients without medical cards and all cancer party ends...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a scheme to waive hospital car parking fees for cancer patients. [7991/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      680. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will reopen and resume its regular services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7997/21]
    • Health Services Funding
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding has been provided for 2021 for a service (details supplied) in County Mayo. [7998/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the approval process in place to permit a private provider to administer Covid-19 tests; the oversight in place to monitor private providers of Covid-19 tests...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for patients to avail of healthcare in Northern Ireland under the same conditions as the EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive; and if...
    • Occupational Therapy
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all services available in County Roscommon for occupational and speech and language therapy. [8034/21]
    • Health Services Funding
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for a service (details supplied); the level of funding to be provided in 2021 and each year thereafter for the next five years; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) in relation to vaccination centres will be provided. [8045/21]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the increased deductions from the pension of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8046/21]
    • Medical Cards
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if the terminal prognosis threshold will be increased for terminal illness medical cards to 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8050/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      692. To ask the Minister for Health when persons under 70 years of age living with cancer will receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [8060/21]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent EU ruling in a case (details supplied) in which the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that...
    • Food Industry
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in progress to ensure that a full range of cannabidiol, CBD, products will be available to Irish consumers, including oils, pastes, flowers, teas...
    • Vaccination Programme
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the reason so many women are forced to take court proceeding to elicit satisfaction from the State in respect of the CervicalCheck vaccine; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if travel to a new residence is deemed essential in cases in which the rental lease of a person has expired and they must move while current level 5...
    • General Practitioner Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process undertaken by the HSE to tender for general practitioner services for the Bandon primary health centre; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the national youth mental health task force, in particular the youth mental health pathfinder...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the exemptions under level 5 restrictions for construction work to allow for construction of crèches already...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements and funding have been put in place for an adult insulin pump clinic to be provided at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will...
    • Hospital Equipment
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators the HSE has in each hospital by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent general practitioners operating in County Offaly in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment to deliver a primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out on the storage capacity of bulk medical liquid oxygen across all acute hospital sites; if there is sufficient oxygen storage...
    • Hospital Facilities
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) can be requested to approve high-tech surgical theatres as approved facilities for the purpose of carrying out skin treatments...
    • HSE Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 27 January, the number of applicants on each of the panels referenced; and the number on panels for hospitals and...
    • Health Services Provision
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the business case for a second diabetes clinical nurse specialist, CNSp, post, which was approved locally, was rejected by the Ireland East Hospital...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line prison officers will be included in the priority list for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; the overall strategy for the roll-out of vaccines...
    • Health Services Staff
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent steps he is taking to address the vacancy levels as of the 1st of February of over 75 whole-time equivalent staff at Regional Hospital Mullingar;...
    • National Children's Hospital
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the legal costs incurred by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board in challenging claims brought against it by contractors...
    • Disability Services Provision
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if the development of the housing co-ordinator role within the HSE has developed pathways to housing for those with mental health disabilities; if he expects...
    • Hospital Data
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted for each acute hospital for additional capacity or beds which have not been funded or approved; the stage at which these...
    • HSE Funding
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has received applications in the 13 months from January 2020 to January 2021 for rapid modular units or new physical space...
    • Hospital Funding
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made for capital funding by hospitals and hospital groups in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/21]
    • Mental Health Policy
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department plans to address the emergence of new mental health difficulties among the population in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic....
    • Health Services Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the health budget provision for 2021 to employ 16,000 additional healthcare staff; the details of the positions to be filled and the proposed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is not using the temporary accommodation system to accommodate HSE workers countrywide who are Covid-19 positive (details supplied); and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to all children under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8181/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8182/21]
    • Cancer Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 283 and 284 of 16 December 2020, if the situation (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      731. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 895 of 3 February, if the CEO of the HSE has been vaccinated against Covid-19; if other members of HSE management have...
    • Vaccination Programme
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a student (details supplied) who was unable to avail of the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine but now wishes to do so; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if mop-up clinics are currently under way in nursing homes that will enable residents to receive a second vaccine (details supplied); when every nursing home...
    • Nursing Staff
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing positions by grade at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8221/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if family carers will be vaccinated as a specific group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8246/21]
    • Health Services
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing psychological and mental health supports for family carers to ease their burden; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of incoming passengers who declared an essential reason for travel in each week in January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that all those who need mental health supports have access to them in an affordable and timely manner; and if he will make a...
    • Counselling Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health when in-person counselling services will be permitted to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8252/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents as a result of the cancellation of the 4:1 booster and MMR as part of the primary school...
    • Dental Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered revisiting the renumeration for dentists who treat patients with medical cards to ensure that they are not at a loss for treating such...
    • Ophthalmology Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place a refund scheme for parents who have no option but to source eye testing for their children privately (details supplied)....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the level of logistical and transport expertise his Department will engage with to ensure a prompt and well managed Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is guaranteed...
    • Medicinal Products
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) has been approved by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8278/21]
    • Primary Care Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed directly and currently in post, excluding any persons on maternity or other leave, in the primary care service for north County...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing waiting list to access CAMHS from the north county and city of Dublin CAMHS service based in Swords; the number...
    • Obesity Strategy
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the members of the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group; the members of the two subgroups of the Obesity Policy Implementation...
    • Vaccination Programme
      758. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine to residents of the Aran Islands and other offshore islands; the provisions planned to allow island...
    • Maternity Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the status and details of the maternity budget, specifically perinatal mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8312/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to bring amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to ensure that plants containing cannabidiol, CBD, with a tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, content of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if there are issues with the manufacturing of the pneumonia vaccine given that there appears to be a shortage in supply in recent months (details supplied);...
    • State Claims Agency
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the State Claims Agency will not include or bring in external laboratories in relation to cases regarding the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if each Irish resident is entitled to attend a general practitioner; the recourse available to a person if a general practitioner practice refuses to engage...
    • Eating Disorders
      772. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 28 January 2021, the actions he or his officials have taken since he took office to ensure the development of...
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests from the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the provisions in the CervicalCheck tribunal for settlement amounts for the potential future recurrence of cancer; the pathways and terms on...
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      776. To ask the Minister for Health his views on establishing a mediation process for those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal as an alternative to either the courts systems or the tribunal...
    • Legislative Reviews
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 which is due to take place not later than three years after its...
    • Paediatric Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of paediatric diabetes clinic services; the number of children each service supports annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the two adult ADHD teams recruited under the ADHD in Adults National Clinical Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8352/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to confusing wording regarding self-isolation on the HSELive website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of subsequent meetings that took place following the April 2019 new children's hospital independent review of escalation of costs report and its 11...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy in place regarding testing of all residents and staff of nursing homes along with patients returning from hospital visits; and if he will make a...
    • Obesity Strategy
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place under the obesity policy implementation oversight group to progress action 1.8 of the obesity policy and action plan; if a timeline will be...
    • Health Promotion
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the scoping work that was underway with the Institute of Public Health and the WHO to develop and implement a nutrition policy and action plan;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if those providing HSE home support services are being vaccinated for Covid-19 as part of group 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8397/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if gastrology posts will be created outside of Dublin. [8400/21]
    • Hospital Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the treatment available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8401/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the drugs which were considered at the January HSE drugs group meeting; the stage at which each are at in their application; the actions emerging from the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Ozempic insulin pen is not covered under the drugs repayment scheme; if he will consider including this medication on the long-term illness...
    • Hospital Staff
      799. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for co-operation with other EU member states which have a surplus of radiologists and in which scans can be reported upon efficiently and quickly...
    • Vacant Sites
      800. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a property (details supplied); if the issue will be investigated and the appropriate action taken; and if he...
    • Occupational Therapy
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for occupational therapy and physiotherapy following their assessment of needs; and if he will make a...
    • Psychological Assessments
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe a person (details supplied) may wait for an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); when they can expect an appointment with a surgeon; and if they will be considered for surgery under the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the vaccination of renal patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8455/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if PCRS fees apply to general practitioners who partake in a pilot project (details supplied) to test and treat hepatitis C patients; if not, the alternative...
    • Hospital Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient consultant appointments by hospital group which were postponed in January 2021 due to the Covid-19 outbreak; the number that have been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason and the way in which a nursing home (details supplied) placed two staff members who tested positive for Covid-19 in a local...
    • Vaccination Programme
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if community halls and other suitable larger venues will be used for Covid-19 vaccination to ensure better compliance with social distancing and ventilation...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended replacement period of a mirena coil; if it can work effectively beyond this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8474/21]
    • Health Services
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if contraceptive services are considered an essential service; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8475/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a degree of flexibility for those with particular health vulnerabilities who may not meet the chronological criteria set out in the...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of STI screening, vaccination and PrEP services; when these services will fully resume; if they will be deemed essential; his plans for...
    • Health Services Provision
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of the gay men’s health service; when these services will fully resume; his plans for expanding these services; and if he will...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the current resources allocated to STI home testing kits; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8481/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      822. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1089 of 13 January 2021, if he will provide further clarity on the matter in view of the additional information provided...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      823. To ask the Minister for Health when the processing of primary medical certificates will recommence such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to clear the BreastCheck backlog due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8485/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      829. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the World Health Organisation’s determination that Ireland has been in breach of its international health regulations on contagious disease...
    • Programme for Government
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the commitment in the Programme for Government which pledges to implement the recommendations of the Working Group to Consider Alternative...
    • Vaccination Programme
      831. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals with regard to the vaccination of the 70 plus age group who do not have a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which an organisation (details supplied) can draw down funding committed by his Department for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if the details and protocols for the orthodontics treatment aspect of the planned Northern Ireland healthcare scheme have been agreed; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols and process in place in respect of the administration of vaccinations with particular reference for MMR and hepatitis B in direct provision...
    • General Practitioner Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting lists and difficulty in accessing general practitioner services in New Ross, County Wexford for persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to use community pharmacists in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme given their experience in rapid and effective...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice will be examined by which general practitioners in the HSE mid-west region are responsible for the financial cost of disposing of clinical...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      841. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 8 December 2020, when the gay men’s health service will reopen; the reason Ireland’s only dedicated...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if private providers of Covid-19 tests are required to report their results to the Chief Medical Officer; the way these tests are accounted for in daily case...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on a situation (details supplied) in which Covid-19 vaccines had to be discarded due to not being stored properly; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in each county; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in each county; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make...
    • Home Care Packages
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in each county; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in each county; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting for a colonoscopy in Cavan General Hospital; the number that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90...
    • Hospital Staff
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in each CHO area; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
    • Respite Care Services
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in each county over each of the past 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ophthalmology Services
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in each county; the average waiting time for appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Data
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each county who are currently waiting for an appointment for early intervention, by therapy; the number who are waiting less than six,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      863. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSPC will resume publishing underlying conditions in Covid-19 cases data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8588/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a contract (details supplied). [8601/21]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in CHO9; and the number waiting more than six, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively, in tabular form. [8618/21]
    • Hospital Funding
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital funding that has been allocated to the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the Covid-19 vaccine plan; his views on the skills, assets and local presence the group can bring...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the establishment and locations of facilities (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/21]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department and the HSE are taking to introduce a cost-effective flexible car parking plan for all public hospitals groups for patients and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if a strategy has been announced regarding the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations on the offshore islands; if on-island vaccination clinics will be set up to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      878. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the categories of essential inward travel into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8663/21]
    • Health Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that a health centre (details supplied) is not being closed and that existing services are not being transferred; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and multidisciplinary gender-identity service the HSE has in place for persons needing assessment for gender-identity related issues; his plans to...
    • Hospital Staff
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts by hospital group and hospital, respectively, filled by tenure, permanent, temporary, locum, agency and vacant...
    • HSE Staff
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of international board-certified lactation consultants employed by the HSE in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8672/21]
    • Maternity Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in meeting the objectives contained within the Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland Health Service Executive Breastfeeding Action Plan...
    • Hospital Staff
      890. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hire additional clinical nurse specialists in order to support social work and psychology supports at Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      891. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to drive-in vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8684/21]
    • Medical Cards
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advertise for a general practitioner for Monasterevin, County Kildare given the current general practitioner is no longer accepting medical card...
    • Suicide Incidence
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the venues or type of venues which will be used for the mass roll-out of Covid 19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8708/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the reason christenings and baptisms are not currently permitted under the public health emergency restrictions but weddings with potentially more persons...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      902. To ask the Minister for Health when the citizens' assembly on drugs will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/21]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unborn babies aborted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 during 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can obtain access to a vaccine based on compassionate grounds. [8735/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the status of approval for a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      908. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the cumulative number of vaccine doses that have arrived in Ireland on a daily basis since 25 December 2020. [8748/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term care plan will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8757/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      914. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can travel to Ireland from the United States of America to reunite with their partner during level 5 restrictions once the person obeys the...
    • Medical Cards
      915. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered extending medical card services to include counsellors and physiotherapists. [8763/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      917. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add the daily breakdown of Covid-19 vaccine figures to the Covid-19 tracker application as opposed to the cumulative figure to give the public...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      918. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place or planned for those persons suffering with long Covid. [8774/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      922. To ask the Minister for Health when outstanding vacancies will be filled at a service (details supplied) to enable it to continue to provide a service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      925. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding expanding the medicinal cannabis access programme; his plans for operationalising the programme and regarding delivery of medicinal...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      928. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8801/21]
    • Hospital Services
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the non-Covid-19 related hospital activity currently taking place in hospitals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8802/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting nationally for their first outpatient hospital appointment by periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective or planned procedures that have been suspended nationally from 2020 to date as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the routine non-Covid-19 medical care that has been suspended due to the pandemic; the length of time they have been suspended since 2020 to date; and if he...
    • Hospital Procedures
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urgent and non-urgent surgical procedures that have been carried out in hospitals in 2020; the breakdown of those procedures according to medical...
    • Hospital Services
      936. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that non-Covid-19 routine medical care will resume in line with the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19; and...
    • Health Services
      937. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for advancing an inquiry into the use of mesh implants and sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      939. To ask the Minister for Health further to his statement in Dáil Eireann on 11 February 2021, the status of his review of the vaccine priority list for those with very serious underlying...
    • Hospital Services
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the status of children's diabetes services in the Regional Hospital Mullingar; the details on the current staffing levels and approval for further positions;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      941. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to vaccinate members of the Defence Forces who are serving overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/21]
    • Hospital Services
      942. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing dialysis to patients at Roscommon University Hospital to reduce travelling times; if the matter has been examined;...
    • Health Services Reports
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HSE open disclosure training as committed to on foot of the Scally report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8861/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis since 1 February 2021; the number of calls which were successfully answered on a...
    • Health Promotion
      947. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered promoting physical activity as a way to improve mental health during the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE gender identity development services have taken note of the Tavistock judgment in the United Kingdom particularly with respect to the finding that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the position of counsellors and psychotherapists in Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plans (details supplied). [8883/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January 2021; the nature of the...
    • International Relations
      955. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8914/21]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE long-term illness scheme does not include the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age but...
    • Vaccination Programme
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the target date by which persons in category 7 for vaccination, that is, aged 18 to 64 years of age with a medical condition will all have received their first...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as speech and language therapists in services located in Dublin's north inner city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list to access early years supports from Tusla early intervention teams in the north inner city, Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      964. To ask the Minister for Health if a clear roadmap for summer 2021 will be outlined at the earliest opportunity for those planning a wedding (details supplied); when these details are likely...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the payment of an approved fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8938/21]
    • Health Services Funding
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the additional funding of €50 million provided for new medicines as part of budget 2021, with specific reference to the way in which the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the status of promised legislation to cap the assessments of assets for the fair deal scheme; and when such legislation will be enacted. [8941/21]
    • Health Services Funding
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the spending on orphan medicines in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8945/21]
    • Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the key findings of the review by a company (details supplied) on the HSE drug reimbursement process as it relates to orphan medicines and rare diseases; and...
    • Dental Services
      974. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an orthodontic assessment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment by each grade and length of time waiting in Letterkenny University Hospital, County...
    • Vaccination Programme
      978. To ask the Minister for Health if all possible steps will be taken to acquire more vaccines for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine in particular for persons over 70 years of age (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8961/21]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      981. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the IVF scheme announced in February 2021; the details of the funding model for the scheme; the way in which couples will be assisted...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding designated quarantine centres for healthcare workers who test positive for Covid-19; the number of such centres; when they commenced...
    • Hospital Charges
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE bills for cancer patients outsourced to debt collectors in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8978/21]
    • Disease Management
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to research (details supplied) that nearly half of the Irish population admit to having little to no knowledge of epilepsy; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      987. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a pathway to be recruited as a vaccinator without registering with an agency (details supplied) for employees of the HSE who wish to register as a...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      988. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the recommendations of the Scally report that have been implemented; if an itemised list will be provided of the recommendations that have been...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the trade assurance scheme for combinable crops scheme; and if he will make...
    • Animal Sales
      991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the scheme to provide marts with up to €5,000 to assist with the installation of online bidding equipment is operational;...
    • Forestry Sector
      992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if concerns that Coillte forestry licensing applications are being prioritised ahead of private sector licensing applications will be...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which assistance will be given to Horse Sport Ireland which may be in a position to locate its headquarters (details...
    • Teagasc Activities
      995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost per green cert place; the additional cost of increasing places to meet the currently level of demand; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry licence application by a person (details supplied); if the application requires an ecology report; if the...
    • Felling Licences
      997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences awaiting a decision that require a Natura Impact Statement. [8036/21]
    • Animal Sales
      999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department monitors advertisements for the sale of puppies on websites such as a website (details supplied) or other...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1000. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations (details supplied) are presenting misleading information on their...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/21]
    • Fishing Licences
      1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meeting will be arranged with a person (details supplied) to discuss the issuing of fishing licences; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 dated 21 January 2021, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Nitrates Usage
      1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a nitrates' penalty in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that proposals for increasing co-financing for the second pillar of the CAP would most disadvantage the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted an analysis of the trend of rural depopulation specifically with respect to the idea that the future...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS grant application by a person (details supplied) submitted in summer 2020 will be finalised; and if he will make a...
    • Equine Industry
      1008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is confident that every foal is being issued with an equine passport; the checks and regulations being made to ensure that...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann covers the cost of vaccination, neutering and a pet passport before the greyhound is rehomed...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce grants for those farmers wishing to transition away from animal agriculture. [8267/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      1013. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preparations and actions his Department and all relevant agencies under his remit have taken to date to ensure the smooth...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1016. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the European Committee of the Regions proposal to promote the development of short supply chains and small-scale...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1017. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the European Committee of the Regions proposal for a gradual shift from a basic CAP payment per hectare to a basic...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      1018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reopening the beef environmental efficiency programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8359/21]
    • GLAS Issues
      1019. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a refund of a penalty for commonage will issue following an appeal by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Fishing Industry
      1020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the refusal of Covid-19 assistance for shellfish operators (details supplied) will be examined; if funding will be expedited for...
    • Forestry Sector
      1021. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private forestry licences within the licensing system that have been screened out, in and completed ecological...
    • Beef Industry
      1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will end the 30-month rule, the 70-day residency rule, the four-movement rule and break the cartel oligopoly in the beef...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the testing for and the eradication of TB in agriculture for each of the past ten years; the number of animals...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1025. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sale of cattle dosing products will not be taken off the agricultural merchants; and if he has estimated the economic damage...
    • Beef Industry
      1026. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed food ombudsman office will be established and operational; the number of staff the food ombudsman office will...
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the carbon tax being charged on agriculture is being spent (details supplied); and if he will ensure that farmers...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that CAP payments are focused on productive farmers rather than non-active landowners. [8657/21]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the revised REPS scheme reflects the value today of the initial scheme that existed in 1994; and if he will...
    • Beef Industry
      1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that any financial aid to the beef sector does not have the outcome of reducing the price to the farmer (details...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      1032. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if matters will be addressed in relation to the sheep welfare scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      1033. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding and other supports to the horse industry relative to the cost of vets and transport arising from Brexit...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1034. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Government requested that point-to-point racing be discontinued under current regulations relating to Covid-19; if he...
    • Regional Development
      1035. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development allocated to each NUTS 3 region in Ireland during the 2014-20...
    • European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
      1036. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund allocated to each NUTS 3 region in Ireland during the 2014-20 programme;...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      1037. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take in response to recent media revelations outlining the current ease at which veterinary antimicrobial...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      1039. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of investigations carried out by the special investigations unit or its successor investigations division within his...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      1043. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements under the basic payment scheme that are leased for a consecutive period of three, four and five years or...
    • Beef Industry
      1044. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the beef task force has met since it was established; the achievements of the task force to date; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of an association (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8874/21]
    • Beef Industry
      1049. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered setting up a beef regulator given the issues raised by farmers regarding beef prices; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Imports
      1050. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of beef imported into Ireland and the country of origin in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      1051. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider flexibility regarding the dates for the BEEP scheme given farmers are under pressure to have animals weighed in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1052. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since...
    • Ministerial Communications
      1053. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States Administration. [8905/21]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      1054. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the proposed location for a centre of excellence representing Horse Sport Ireland; his views on...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1055. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be implemented to address the difficulties for the mushroom, horticulture and nursery sectors due to the...
    • Beef Industry
      1056. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next meeting of the beef task force will take place; the agenda for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1057. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the local improvements scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7914/21]
    • Animal Welfare
      1058. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the procedures available for persons who wish to complain about standards operating in puppy farms. [7926/21]
    • Dog Licences
      1059. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog licences that have issued in each of the past five years by county in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1060. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding for the local improvement scheme will be allocated to local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development Initiatives
      1061. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to monitor urban and rural community activity with a view to addressing issues arising...
    • Community Enhancement Programme
      1065. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications on hand in respect of the community enhancement programme; the extent to which she expects to be in a...
    • Public Participation Networks
      1066. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of support from her Department through the public participation network for various groups and communities around the...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      1067. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she and her Department can interface with various community groups to address issues of IT deficiency and...
    • Voluntary Sector
      1069. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have interacted with the voluntary sector in the past 12 months; her proposals for the...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1071. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has supported various communities throughout the country through the LEADER programme in the past...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1072. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which applications under the town and village renewal scheme originating in County Kildare have been submitted to her...
    • Island Communities
      1074. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address issues affecting island inhabitants and their quality of life on the islands; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1075. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by her Department over the cost of €10,000 since...
    • Ministerial Communications
      1076. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been any contact with her counterpart in the United States administration. [8918/21]

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