Written answers

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Funding
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the contact details for the sections that deal with all ongoing and established grant funding in his Department and in each agency under the remit of his Department in...
    • Departmental Offices
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in the workplace and as part of the...
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the senior officials' group on the sustainable development goals; the membership of the group; the dates of meetings held since its inception; the scope of...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him in tabular form. [9605/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9670/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be...
    • Garda Reform
      7. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the roll-out of A Policing Service for the Future programme. [10305/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      8. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers, national radio, regional and...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections of business and commercial premises that have been undertaken by the Health and Safety Authority since...
    • Redundancy Payments
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person cannot apply for redundancy after a year has passed since he or she lost his or her job; if so, the advice for a person...
    • Departmental Offices
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to introduce additional financial supports for the proprietors of wet pubs whose businesses have been closed for a...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him in tabular form. [9594/21]
    • EU Issues
      16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 10 February 2021, if Ireland will support the PCBCR proposal if it is tabled and discussed...
    • Departmental Staff
      17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9659/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the properties and land rented by Enterprise Ireland in 2020 including overseas properties in tabular form; and the yearly rent paid...
    • IDA Ireland
      20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the properties and land rented by IDA Ireland in 2020, including overseas properties in tabular form; and the yearly rent paid per...
    • Work Permits
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to extending the validity of documentation (details supplied); if automatic extensions will be granted...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports sought and received by a company (details supplied) during Covid-19. [9799/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the statutory sick pay Bill; the timeline for the publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Intellectual Property
      27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland will put pressure on the EU to support the intellectual property waiver proposal from India and South Africa at the WTO...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the supports announced in Scotland (details supplied) for the wedding industry; and his views on...
    • Employment Rights
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the construction sector sectoral employment orders by all companies working here....
    • Further and Higher Education
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any of the skill sets on the critical skills occupation list have been removed from the list since it was established; and if his...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases heard by the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the period of time an employee has been on the temporary wage subsidy scheme or the pandemic unemployment payment will be taken...
    • Company Law
      34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the powers of receivers outlined in the Companies Act 2014 with a view to ensuring that they act responsibly and in...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10249/21]
    • Employment Rights
      36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if processes are in place to ensure compliance in the construction sector with the sectoral employment order; if the order is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been received for the restart fund by Dublin City Council from businesses; the funding that has...
    • Labour Market
      38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he has had with the companies that will require significant assistance from seasonal workers during summer 2021; and...
    • Brexit Data
      39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered publishing an impact assessment on the UK-EU trade deal on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure by his Department to date on awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers,...
    • Environmental Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a potential mechanism that would encourage businesses that operate online under an Irish domain name to indicate the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Offices
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two...
    • Prospecting Licences
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a licence (details supplied); when a public consultation will take place; and if he will make a statement...
    • Recycling Policy
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initiatives currently operating and those planned to encourage domestic recycling. [9456/21]
    • Prospecting Licences
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the checks and scrutiny processes his Department carried out when it considered and subsequently endorsed a company...
    • Commission for Regulation of Utilities
      46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered engaging with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to introduce a measure to ensure that...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him in tabular form. [9595/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9660/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of additional staff that have been recruited to National Cyber Security Centre in 2020 and to date in 2021;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be supplied to a location (details supplied), given residents of the area are struggling with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next renewable energy support scheme, RESS, auction will commence; the terms and conditions made available; if...
    • National Broadband Plan
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding the provision of broadband in the case of a person (details supplied). [9839/21]
    • Climate Action Plan
      56. 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...
    • Energy Policy
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for enacting policy on fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9897/21]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a union (details supplied) has made a request for a meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Horticulture Sector
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined. [10117/21]
    • Offshore Exploration
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have met with representatives of a company (details supplied) or other industry bodies in...
    • National Broadband Plan
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre optic broadband will be activated for Tinnahinch, County Carlow. [10244/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated by his Department in 2020 and 2021 for the retrofitting of private dwellings; and if he will make a...
    • Illegal Dumping
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a national anti-illegal dumping campaign; and his views on whether the current measures to prevent...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a 24-month delay in assigning contractors under the better...
    • Post Office Network
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure the financial sustainability of the post office network; when the public service...
    • EU Directives
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details and dates of the introduction of the single use plastics directive; if existing stocks of plastic utensils...
    • National Broadband Plan
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which decisions are made regarding the order of areas to be connected in the rural broadband plan; and if...
    • Postal Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an eircode will be expedited in advance of the next quarterly assignment of eircodes in May 2021 for a person...
    • Air Pollution
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sources of fine particulate matter in the atmosphere over Ireland by volume or weight between commercial transport,...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming marine planning Bill will include agreed minimum distances for offshore wind turbines based on...
    • Waste Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 17 February 2021, if his Department or agencies under its aegis monitors the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a specific business support scheme will be put in place for travel agents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects applied for by each of the four Dublin local authorities under the regional and local roads allocations for 2021; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10560/21]
    • Departmental Offices
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in...
    • Local Authority Funding
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes and financial supports available to local authorities that do not qualify for the National Transport Authority sustainable...
    • Driver Test
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out by the Road Safety Authority of online driver theory tests (details supplied); when the system will go live;...
    • Driver Licences
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have submitted a UK driver licence to be transferred to an Irish licence; the number still waiting to be issued...
    • Marine Training
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is standardisation in terms of training and professional standards for marine pilots that operate in Ireland; and if he will make...
    • Ports Facilities
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of Irish compliance with article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2017/352, which relates to the provision of port services; and if he...
    • Consumer Rights
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place for air passengers who are not being offered refunds or vouchers from their carrier despite following Government...
    • Local Authority Staff
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport out of the 248 new posts announced to expand walking and cycling facilities, the number that will be allocated to Galway County Council;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with the Minister for Health to provide free public transport services to and from various points around each county in...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him in tabular form. [9607/21]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company was awarded a contract for electric buses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9608/21]
    • Driver Test
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a driver test centre in a location (details supplied), given the backlog for tests; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a full car and motorcycle licence obtained in British Columbia is only exchangeable for a full car licence; the reason the NDLS...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public procurement took place in the awarding of a contract (details supplied); if companies were invited to tender for this work; and...
    • Driver Test
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies in relation to the provision of the driver theory test and its availability to essential workers; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can waive the requirement to have a recently expired certificate of competency exchanged for a full driver licence for...
    • Departmental Staff
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9672/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points available nationwide; the number that are high-speed charging points; the number located...
    • Departmental Staff
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff, by job title, in the railway accident investigation unit of his Department. [9768/21]
    • Aviation Industry
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be put in place to protect airlines and airline workers; and if he has carried out forecasting on the cost to...
    • Road Safety
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an emergency fund will be made available to ensure that path surfaces and lighting are of a decent quality for paths and routes that...
    • Airport Development Projects
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a funding facility available to a company (details supplied) to construct a new hangar facility at Shannon Airport; and if he...
    • Aviation Policy
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that connecting routes held by Irish aviation companies are protected; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Licences
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence application by a person (details supplied). [9903/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on fulfilling the commitment in the programme for Government to accelerate the electrification of the transport...
    • Seirbhísí Dátheangacha
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén fáth nach féidir coinne athnuachana ceadúnais tiomána leis an tSeirbhís Náisiúnta um...
    • Aviation Industry
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the proposal by a union (details supplied) for an aviation income support scheme similar to the scheme in place in...
    • Driver Licences
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if learner permits that are due to expire in March will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10037/21]
    • Aviation Industry
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on all his engagement with airlines on the question of direct State support for this critical industry; if Ireland's...
    • Proposed Legislation
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legislation dealing with e-scooters will legalise all e-scooters; if not, if it will legalise sharing scooters and companies as has...
    • Driver Test
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) on the renewal of approved driver instructor registration; and if he will make...
    • Driver Licences
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to reduce the licence renewal backlog in the National Driver Licence Service, NDLS; and if he will make a...
    • Aviation Industry
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to act on the four key concerns outlined in the aviation briefing document circulated by a union (details...
    • Road Projects
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of road grants provided to Wexford County Council in each of the years from 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Public Transport
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects public road transport vehicles to convert to non-fossil fuels over the next five years; and if he will...
    • Transport Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with stakeholders in the transport sector with a view to maximising a changeover to the use of non-fossil...
    • Brexit Issues
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role he sees for sea and air transport in the future, with particular reference to issues arising in the aftermath of Brexit; if...
    • Driver Licences
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the turnaround in respect of driver licences; if means have been found to eliminate...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make particular provision for demographic issues arising in the County Kildare commuter belt, with particular reference to the...
    • Rail Network
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the electrification of the Maynooth line and the provision of the consequential increased demand for parking given the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the improvement, extension and upgrade of rural transport networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/21]
    • Rail Network
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects the upgrading of the M4 and N4 in addition to the upgrading of rail services in anticipation of the...
    • Military Aircraft
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each of the civilian aircraft on contract to the United States military that overnighted at Shannon Airport between 1...
    • Rail Network
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is committed to completing the MetroLink project; if the funding is in place for this project; if this project will be delayed due...
    • Driver Licences
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason National Driver Licence Service appointment holders are not being advised beforehand when their appointments are being...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount his Department has expended to date on campaigns to raise awareness of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers,...
    • Aviation Industry
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans with regard to the ongoing difficulties that customers are facing with airlines when acquiring refunds for flights that have...
    • Driver Licences
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application by a person (details supplied) to change a UK driver licence to an Irish driver licence will be processed; and if he...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current policy which requires signatures of all parties in circumstances in which a request has been made to the Financial Services and...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact assessment his Department has undertaken of the recent changes to the help-to-buy scheme which extends the scheme to end 2021 and allows new buyers...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of including boat tour businesses which are tied to one particular location and as such are not...
    • Departmental Offices
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with World Health Organization, WHO, guidelines of two years for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; the steps he is taking to address the issue for solicitors and their...
    • Tax Credits
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the tuition tax credit when submitting their form 12 tax returns through Revenue MyAccount and ROS account for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure the timely transition of tax credits for persons who were previously in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and have now...
    • Mortgage Insurance
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that mortgage applicants are being refused mortgage protection insurance if they have had Covid-19 within the past...
    • Tax Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from VAT, mineral oil tax and carbon tax on liquid fuel in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis of the decision by the Revenue Commissioners to recover all tax outstanding on foot of the pandemic unemployment payment support in one year and not...
    • Brexit Issues
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a 10% tariff now applies to the importation of used cars from the UK if the cars were built in Europe as the country of origin but no tariff...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance when the VRT calculator will be up and running; his views on the website of the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9534/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if childcare professionals who returned to work on 29 June 2020 will not be expected to pay tax on their net wages; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Lending
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with banks and lending institutions on a moratorium for mortgage holders, and other borrowers, affected by the Covid-19 crisis; the...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9596/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department, by gender and Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [9661/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled...
    • Tax Yield
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider supporting the introduction of a windfall tax of 6% on the major tech organisations such as companies (details supplied) using the UK...
    • Housing Issues
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the purchase of properties by a foreign investment firm (details supplied); the tax rate investors will pay on rental...
    • Tax Yield
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the life assurance exit tax in 2019 and 2020; and the forecasted yield in 2021. [9775/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for assistance that were made under the Covid restrictions support scheme; the number that were refused; the number that were...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of VRT relief on electric cars in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9827/21]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of funding provided to date under the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9890/21]
    • Tax Compliance
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to allegations of abuses of the travel and subsistence payments that is country money within the construction sector; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there is mechanism to get back the pandemic unemployment payment the employee...
    • Property Tax
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration being given to include properties with serious subsidence issues for a local property tax exemption, given that properties with pyrite...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund measuring of the carbon footprint of its investment portfolio as part of a wider approach to identify,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have recovered from Covid-19 are being denied mortgage protection for a period of six months...
    • Tax Exemptions
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if fishing boats or commercial freight and passenger vessels are exempt from carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10130/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended. [10162/21]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by mortgage holders due to substantial increases in interest rates when mortgages were...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will carry out a review of policy regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme with regard to childminders; and if he will make a statement...
    • Banking Sector
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a proposed loan sale by a bank (details supplied); and if he will take steps to ensure that those home loans within this...
    • Brexit Issues
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if those with a primary medical certificate, as in the case of a person (details supplied), are subjected to the new tax liabilities since Brexit; and if he...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 17 February 2021, when payment was given to a company (details supplied); the terms on which payment was...
    • Gambling Sector
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which betting duty is used to combat the social costs of problem gambling as outlined as a purpose of the duty in his Department's general excise...
    • Mortgage Lending
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) or with individual banks regarding wage subsidy schemes affecting the eligibility for mortgage...
    • Tax Collection
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding late returns filed by businesses with the Revenue Commissioners for corporation tax; if the Revenue Commissioners are applying...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation a query (details supplied) regarding debt warehousing and the reduced rate of interest for outstanding non-Covid-19...
    • Credit Unions
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank regarding its decision to advise credit unions not to pay a dividend or give members a rebate on their loan interest....
    • Tax Rebates
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in tax rebates that have been claimed under the stay and spend scheme; the number of persons who have made a claim; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of early years education services that have availed of the employment wage subsidy scheme in each week since 21 December 2020, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers, national radio,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the situation of self-employed workers who received either the pandemic unemployment payment or wage subsidy schemes in the past year and who may now face...
    • Banking Sector
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the establishment of a future of Irish banking forum that would include all key stakeholders, banks, regulators, unions and external...
    • Mortgage Lending
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to impose conditions on the transfer of residential mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/21]
    • Banking Sector
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of discussions he had with a bank (details supplied) in relation to its decision to withdraw another bank from the Irish market; if he had...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a series of issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/21]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider measures to stop insurance companies increasing premiums on long-term, incident-free customers given that it is crippling businesses and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has investigated the need for tidal defences in the River Liffey including the possibility of a retractable barrier. [9449/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options being considered further to comments during Leaders' Questions on 10 February 2021 that the Government will respond to and...
    • Departmental Offices
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the travel distance bands for travel and subsistence rates for civil servants will be reconsidered to widen band 2 to over 5,500km...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him in tabular form. [9602/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9667/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Garda Stations
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the refurbishment works and construction works at Portlaoise Garda station; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional...
    • Inland Waterways
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by the Office of Public Works, OPW, on clearing vegetation from rivers and waterways in each county between 1 January...
    • Construction Contracts
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints that have been made to his Department with regard to the fact that State agencies such as county and city...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if works are planned in 2021 on a river (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10031/21]
    • Office of Public Works
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties under the control of the Office of Public Works, OPW, in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11. [10269/21]
    • Waste Management
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requirements on event organisers and vendors to have integrated waste management plans when hosting events in the Phoenix Park; the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 20 January 2021, if clarity will be provided on the issue (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if financial supports will be considered for community groups that have seen their community-based funding sources diminish during the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when outdoor activities such as football training are expected to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10325/21]
    • National Archives
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to introduce legislation to enable the development of systematic web archiving on a legal deposit basis; her views on...
    • Tourism Funding
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a support scheme will be reviewed and assistance provided to a business (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Offices
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if applicants who have already applied to the coach tourism business continuity scheme will be able to apply for the business...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her in tabular form. [9606/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9671/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to allocate funding supports to local print media similar to the €5 million provision which was allocated to...
    • Sports Organisations
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the system used for elite cyclists to gain entry on the high performance unit of Cycling...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that the proposal by Horse Sport Ireland to sign a 35-year lease on a property at Greenogue, County Dublin,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give further consideration to issues raised in relation to the entertainment industry (details supplied); and if she...
    • Television Licence Fee
      265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reviews currently taking place or due to take place before Budget 2022 regarding the television licence fee. [9855/21]
    • Arts Council
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on claims by the live arts sector that the €50 million funding made available to the Arts Council excludes many...
    • Arts Policy
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on giving some arts instructors, such as dance teachers, educational status, to offer them the opportunity to open to...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the recent announcement of Fáilte Ireland grants for chartered skippers;...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on providing additional funding to local authorities specifically to provide for the development of visitor facilities...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if wedding bands will receive funding from the moneys allocated to her Department in Budget 2021, given that wedding bands have...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if particular supports have been provided to charter boat operators that have seen their income devastated since the start of the...
    • Sports Funding
      272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding or grant aid supports that are available to sports clubs and organisations based in Northern Ireland; and if she will...
    • Film Industry
      273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the recommendations of the development and working conditions in the Irish film industry report of July 2018 published by the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider allowing the resumption of golfing with appropriate safeguards in place given that it is an outdoor activity...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recently announced outdoor dining scheme is open to applicants from all counties; the application process; and if she will...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated by his Department in 2020 and 2021 for the retrofitting of local authority housing; and if he will make a...
    • Water Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a grant scheme to enable the installation of water softeners for those who cannot afford them; and if he...
    • Housing Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategic housing developments which have been granted permission since July 2017; the number that have had commencement...
    • Departmental Offices
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years...
    • Animal Welfare
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken by his Department and his predecessor in relation to 2018 whistleblowing reports of euthanasia being carried...
    • Land Development Agency
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the Land Development Agency. [9421/21]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a means to resolve cases where the advice provided by a departmental help desk differs from the decision taken by...
    • Heritage Sites
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps can be taken by the State to retain ownership of the graving docks on the Grand Canal that were constructed in 1796;...
    • Invasive Plant Species
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking, pursuant to the Wildlife Acts and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats)...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the referendum to ensure public ownership of water will take place; if he will address the concerns of local government...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children and families in hotel accommodation and family hubs; and the prospects of secure housing for these...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider issuing exemptions in written format to private citizens having to conduct emergency works under level 5...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her, in tabular form. [9600/21]
    • Local Authority Staff
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the age of retirement for local authority workers; and if he will...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved by Cavan County Council in 2020. [9612/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [9665/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason 60 social housing units in the social housing stock of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council remain unoccupied...
    • Departmental Reviews
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study,...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the housing and homeless situation in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/21]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, in County Donegal; the number of persons in receipt...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing waiting list in County Donegal by the type of accommodation and length of time...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the property value thresholds for the mortgage-to-rent scheme; when these thresholds were introduced; when his Department will...
    • Planning Issues
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning application deadlines should be extended given the restrictions that are in place making it less likely that...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the options for social housing applicants to transfer to other local authority areas; if so, the way in...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of recruiting seven additional ecologists and wildlife inspectors at grade 3, and four district...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if policy on the tenant purchase scheme prohibits a person who has the necessary finance and tenancy period and is on a...
    • Land Development Agency
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency; the number of development sites in which the Land Development Agency has...
    • Water Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of funding applications (details supplied) in County Mayo; if they will be included in the next multi-annual...
    • State Bodies
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing numbers in the Office of the Planning Regulator. [9852/21]
    • Planning Investigations
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9892/21]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications received from persons in County Wexford to date; and the number that...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to address community concerns regarding the deterioration in the quality of the habitat in the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 110 and 111 of 13 May 2020, the status of the interdepartmental group to scope out an...
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the findings in the work of the biodiversity forum monitoring the third national...
    • Fire Service
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for funding (details supplied) has been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10047/21]
    • Local Authority Housing
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for the voids programme is planned to be wound down, as suggested in circular 5 of 2019 issued to Cork City...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow tenants of approved housing bodies to purchase their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to ensure against discrimination for those seeking housing whilst in receipt of HAP; the supports in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current law with regard to evictions during Covid-19 and the way in which it might be amended if there is a change in the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons have trying to secure rental properties in County Wicklow...
    • Irish Water
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the specific local authorities or firms in which 400 jobs will be generated pursuant to his announcement on 11...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will act on the commitment in the programme for Government to reform the fair deal scheme to incentivise renting out...
    • Planning Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permission exemptions changes made to the planning and development regulations over the past ten years;...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make an order designating the Curragh Plains as a natural heritage area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the capital loan subsidy scheme, CLSS, the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, and other loans...
    • Horticulture Sector
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process that will be used to determine membership of the working group on the review on the use of peat moss in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers,...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of projects sanctioned in round 1 of the urban regeneration and development fund roll-out; the value of same; the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to protect the Rockabill to Dalkey Island special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be made available to Donegal County Council to complete the replacement of single-glazed windows and doors...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider funding for Irish Water to resolve the current issue of flooding in New Road, Bandon, County Cork, in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Offices
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in...
    • Diplomatic Immunity
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of instances in which diplomatic immunity has been formally invoked to avoid road traffic offences in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects embassies and consular activities to resume for members of the public who need in-person appointments and so on; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office is still processing passport requests; the number of requests being processed; if staff have been assigned to other...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9597/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [9662/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Military Aircraft
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the crew and passengers of an aircraft (details supplied) were informed of the Covid-19 regulations in place in Ireland when flying...
    • Vaccination Programme
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when staff in Irish embassies, consulates and foreign missions will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Immunity
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of flights given diplomatic clearance since the beginning of 2021. [10118/21]
    • Third Level Admissions
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Scottish Government to change the fees status of higher level Irish students...
    • Visa Agreements
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the Government must step up its efforts to ensure passage of the E3 visa Bill through the US Congress (details...
    • Military Aircraft
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the mechanisms that will be put in place to ensure that United States military personnel who may be passing through Shannon Airport will be...
    • Passport Services
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the processing of documentation with passport applications once staff return to the processing units; the way in which...
    • Vaccination Programme
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 17 February 2021, if it is the advice of his Department that Irish citizens abroad partake in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of discussions his officials have had with their European counterparts regarding intercountry travel following vaccine roll-out,...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Offices
      371. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of serving members of the Defence Forces who have received a Covid-19 vaccination by base or barracks, and rank, in tabular form; and...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      373. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9592/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      374. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department, by gender and by Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [9657/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      375. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      376. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant paramedic and advanced paramedic posts in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and when these posts will be filled. [9763/21]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      377. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works that were carried out at Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick, and Collins Barracks, Cork, in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and the...
    • Air Corps
      378. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of aircraft (details supplied) due to come into the Air Corps fleet in 2023; and if the costs have been paid to date. [9765/21]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      379. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figures for grades 5 and 6 technicians in the communication and information service corps of the Defence Forces; and the...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      380. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Army Ranger Wing deployed with the German armed forces in Mali engaged in military conflict in the area; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      381. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service that qualify for the naval personnel tax credit in 2020. [9853/21]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      382. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who spent between 70 and 79 days at sea in 2020, in tabular form. [9854/21]
    • Defence Forces Review
      383. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Commission on the Defence Forces will consider the reinstatement of the 4th Western Brigade to Custume Barracks in Athlone. [9877/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      384. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when serving members of the Defence Forces stationed in and outside Ireland, respectively, will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      385. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of the ongoing works at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; the cost of same; the works planned in the next 12 months; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      386. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the inequality between officers and enlisted personnel in terms of healthcare provision; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      387. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers,...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      388. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 3 February 2021, the amount paid for travel allowances to the RDF in each of the past five years;...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      389. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 3 February 2021, the dates on which skill surveys of the RDF were conducted having regard to the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teacher Training
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if educational supports will be extended to students in private teaching colleges (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scientific and medical basis on which the safe reopening of schools is being planned while the State is recording high levels of infection...
    • Teacher Training
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of students in a college (details supplied); and if she will engage with the course directors and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of accreditation of the national training programme for special needs assistants in UCD, which has...
    • Education Policy
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an evaluation was carried out into the success of the slow down to catch up phase in autumn 2020 within different educational settings; if so,...
    • Departmental Offices
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      398. 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. [9385/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reopen schools across the country in order that parents can plan for work and ease the pressure on families working at home; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issues facing a special school (details supplied) that is finding it increasingly difficult to find places...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that SNAs attending the national training programme for SNAs in UCD, which has been running since...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to facilitate students of the leaving certificate or other years who feel they cannot return to the classroom with the community...
    • School Accommodation
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the plans for a school (details supplied) in respect of the provision of practical subjects and the appropriately resourced...
    • School Admissions
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a role in designating feeder primary schools for post-primary schools; if she can intervene in the case of a new school...
    • School Transport
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details in which the current concessionary ticketing system is being examined under the current review of the school transport system; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has prepared cost estimates for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if a...
    • School Patronage
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process of deciding the provision of new secondary schools in a county or region; the role demographics plays in the process and the process...
    • School Catchment Areas
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school planning areas in Waterford city and county; the student population in each planning area; if there are plans for additional primary...
    • School Staff
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a voluntary redeployment panel for primary school teachers, which would run on a year-by-year basis subject to annual...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way funds arising from the charges levied on concessionaire passengers using the Bus Éireann school transport scheme are accounted for;...
    • School Accommodation
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the framework for a tender for a school (details supplied). [9528/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider making it obligatory for sixth class students in primary schools to wear face coverings; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in relation to the provision of a school (details supplied) considering that the matter is ongoing for several...
    • School Catchment Areas
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school planning areas in Dublin city; the student population in each planning area; the schools in each area by population, staff levels and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with additional needs or special education needs across Dublin city school planning areas; the status of the provision of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools across areas in south-east Dublin; the staff to student ratios and levels of each by patronage in...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her in tabular form. [9593/21]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully implementing section 13 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs since the passing of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can be afforded autonomy in circumstances in which they are willing to do so to provide the 20-hour supplementary programme in the...
    • State Examinations
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who left school after completing the school-based junior cycle assessment in 2020 will receive their State certificate of...
    • School Accommodation
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9647/21]
    • School Transport
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the surpluses from the school transport contract between her Department and Bus Éireann were entered into the audited profit and loss...
    • Departmental Staff
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9658/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review and research...
    • Schools Building Projects
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in advancing a new building project for a school (details supplied) since her meeting with the school...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of providing 860 additional special needs assistant posts. [9777/21]
    • School Staff
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 535 to 730 to fill secretary vacancies providing they have fewer than three posts and...
    • State Examinations
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans being considered for the junior certificate examinations in view of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9808/21]
    • Education Policy
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support children and their parents who decide they should be held back to repeat a year in September 2021 due to the loss of...
    • State Examinations
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken to ensure that the full leaving certificate curriculum will be covered in advance of the 2021 examinations; and if she...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being implemented to address the mental health needs of students and the increased need for support; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the in-person supplementary programme for pupils with special needs during school closures who are not attending special schools will be...
    • School Enrolments
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity for new first year students in each of the secondary schools in County Westmeath in tabular form. [9914/21]
    • School Patronage
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the establishment of a new secondary school. [9918/21]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the site identification for a new secondary school in Gorey, County Wexford; when confirmation of the site location will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the number of second level students who hear public health advice saying that schools are safe yet they do not feel safe; her views...
    • School Staff
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional guidance counsellor was promised to a school (details supplied); and if so, the reason the placement has not been filled. [9943/21]
    • State Examinations
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be put in place to allow students with epilepsy to resit their State examinations in the same academic year should they...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence in relation to person (details supplied); and if her officials will be requested to engage with the person to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10020/21]
    • Education and Training Boards
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in the provision of a headquarters for the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB, in Drogheda, County Louth...
    • School Accommodation
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a lease will be finalised in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10039/21]
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if publicly-funded higher education institutions are restricted or limited to independently determining the number of students they enrol for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the reopening plan of schools for children with special needs includes those that are in mainstream classes; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Admissions
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty in getting secondary school placements for those leaving sixth class at a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to establish new additional educational needs, AEN, classes in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 for the academic year commencing next...
    • School Admissions
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to changing the policy of Educate Together schools that are not listed as feeder schools, given the potential...
    • Third Level Fees
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fee of €650 (details supplied), being charged to students of private colleges completing the...
    • School Holidays
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered a restructuring of school holidays to ensure that children receive more in-person learning; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied). [10161/21]
    • School Transport
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions her Department have put in place for students that Bus Éireann categorise as concessionary ticket holders due to the students...
    • Teacher Training
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response. [10179/21]
    • School Transport
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the school transport scheme will take into consideration the next nearest school to a pupil in order to account for those who...
    • Teacher Training
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure students undertaking teaching training courses at a college (details supplied) are not forced to pay extortionate...
    • State Examinations
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the reasonable accommodations at State examinations scheme to make particular provision for students with epilepsy; and if...
    • Teacher Training
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review State supports available to student teachers studying in private colleges, in particular their ineligibility for the Gaeltacht...
    • School Enrolments
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to increase the number of secondary school places in north Dublin in order to deal with the unprecedented length of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and average timeframe from the appointment of a design team to the completion once a project has been referred to the National...
    • State Examinations
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow for the reopening of public and private study centres that provide study time in the evenings for leaving certificate students...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures her Department has put in place for to the proposed winding up of the Caranua fund on 23 March 2021; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 27 January 2021, the status of the reimbursement of the agreed mileage rate under the July provision...
    • Literacy Programmes
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether children who attend literacy classes in a school setting for support with reading and writing have missed out on this...
    • School Admissions
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deadline for schools to publish their amended admissions policies remains September 2021. [10424/21]
    • School Catchment Areas
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is not listed as a feeder school for secondary schools in the Howth...
    • School Staff
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if substitute teachers will be able to avail of pay scale increments which have been delayed as a result of recent school closures; if her...
    • State Examinations
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who opt for State Examinations Commission-accredited grades in language subjects and not to sit a written exam but who excel in the...
    • Education Policy
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further detail on the plan for junior cycle qualifications in 2021. [10445/21]
    • State Examinations
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which out-of-school learners will be provided with SEC-accredited grades; and if all students will be facilitated with the choice...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns on Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers,...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate length of time for the appraisal of possible school sites when there is active engagement with a local council; the length of...
    • Education Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the Gaeltacht grant to students in a college (details supplied) in 2021; the estimated cost if the grant was...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safety measures being put in place in schools, for example, ventilation and air purification systems, in order for them to re-open safely;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supplementary tuition will be sanctioned for a student (details supplied) in a school setting for medical reasons. [10559/21]
    • State Examinations
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate examination fee will be waived for 2021 given the extreme financial difficulties caused by Covid-19; if students who...
    • Early School Leavers
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has put in a place a strategy to reduce the risk of early school leavers during the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of early...
    • State Examinations
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the geography investigation which represents 20% of the marks for the subject in the leaving certificate will be required to go ahead in 2021;...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of negotiations with community employment supervisors regarding pension and gratuity payments; and if she will...
    • Departmental Offices
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years...
    • State Pensions
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension, non-contributory, and the State pension, contributory, respectively,...
    • Parental Leave
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the parent’s leave and benefit as announced in budget 2021; and if...
    • JobPath Programme
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the current Turas Nua contract to deliver the JobPath programme is to be renewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awarded the supplementary welfare allowance in 2019; the number of applications submitted by county in...
    • Pension Provisions
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exemption will be made for a person (details supplied) with regard to the person's benefit pension entitlements. [9484/21]
    • Pensions Reform
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility to persons aged 65 years who do not have the required paid contributions for 2019 but who...
    • Pension Provisions
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons currently aged 65 years who did not earn enough to pay PRSI in 2019 and who did not receive State benefits in 2019...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost and the number of recipients who would be included, if those in year two of the back to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the rules relating to the pandemic unemployment payment by allowing recipients to continue to receive...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her in tabular form. [9604/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adapting the rules of the pandemic unemployment payment to include those workers who are under 18 years...
    • Departmental Staff
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9669/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an increase to the telephone support allowance to ensure those who are eligible for the allowance can...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of on-site inspections by social welfare inspectors at construction sites in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021;...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension is taking place for community employment schemes as outlined on 28 January 2021 in Dáil Éireann....
    • JobPath Programme
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the contract for Turas Nua is to be reviewed; her plans for the future of the JobPath programme; and if she will make a...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will establish a free travel pass for those with long-term health conditions such as epilepsy that can prevent these...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of licensed contractors that did not qualify for the enterprise support grant by county. [9995/21]
    • Gender Recognition
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Gender Recognition Act 2015 means that a man who self-identifies as a woman is entitled to access any and all...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to requesting the assistance of local employment service personnel in processing and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date regarding a request from a person (details supplied); and the policies in place within the...
    • Departmental Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of grades within her Department from service officers up to and including secretary general by age range and...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of investigations into employment status and false employment carried out by social welfare inspectors in 2018,...
    • Carer's Allowance
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the means test threshold for entitlement to carer's allowance in €50...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10356/21]
    • Fuel Allowance
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time the fuel allowance will continue in 2021. [10409/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when those awaiting pandemic unemployment payment arrears as a result of a recent information technology issue can expect to...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a weekly payment or supplementary welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of childcare workers in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment on a weekly basis from 21 December 2020 to...
    • Carer's Allowance
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the means limits for the carer’s allowance which have been in place for many years given that...
    • Invalidity Pension
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10464/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers,...
    • Illness Benefit
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an enhanced illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10539/21]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a personal public service number, PPSN, application by a person (details supplied). [10571/21]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Employment Rights
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has prepared legislation to implement breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to protect the records of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes prior to the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the refusal of the Tusla education service to fund a maternity leave replacement from early May...
    • Early Years Sector
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of early learning initiatives funded by his Department; the changes that have been made in the...
    • Parental Leave
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the extension to parental leave to be implemented. [9451/21]
    • Childcare Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider issuing retrospective grants to childcare providers that paid for works in 2019...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him in tabular form. [9591/21]
    • Child Abuse
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been referred to Tusla for suspected cases of abuse; the breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form....
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will not dissolve on 28 February 2021; and if it...
    • Departmental Reviews
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in domestic violence refuges in County Donegal in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to...
    • Direct Provision System
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in direct provision accommodation in County Donegal in each of the years 2017...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to issuing a pandemic extension to carer's leave for persons that were on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reintroduce the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme for children of non-essential...
    • Immigration Policy
      612. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of investments made through the National Integration Fund in tabular form; the further plans he is...
    • Child Protection
      613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of outcome 3, aim 3.1 in relation to Better Outcomes Brighter Futures (details supplied); and if he...
    • Maternity Leave
      614. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward primary legislation to amend the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 to 2004 in order that...
    • Parental Leave
      615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 4 February 2021, the status of the legislation giving each parent...
    • Direct Provision System
      616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to plans to limit asylum seekers to an in-house shop rather than allowing them...
    • Human Trafficking
      617. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the full inquiry into the scale of forced and illegal adoptions that occurred in Ireland as called for by...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      621. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a copy of report of the Commission of Investigation into...
    • Direct Provision System
      622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when additional cooking facilities will be sanctioned at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing PPE to all residential care facilities; the number that are Tusla units and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position of those who made submissions to the mother and baby home commission that did not relate to one of...
    • Legislative Measures
      628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider putting in place the necessary legislation to provide unconditional access to birth...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports in place for front-line hospital staff, including for children who are of primary school...
    • Child Detention Centres
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of inmates currently in Oberstown Children Detention Centre, Dublin; and if a social worker has been...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to review the early childhood care and education programme entry time; if he will examine a potential...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the way in which the audio recordings of oral evidence given by persons to the Confidential...
    • Autism Support Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the current waiting lists for autism assistance dogs and the number of years children are left on...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      645. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) who has requested a copy of the transcript of their evidence to the Commission...
    • Children in Care
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 277 and 278 of 3 December 2020 and 399 of 15 December 2020, when the...
    • Direct Provision System
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the independent monitoring of direct provision centres that was due to commence in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CAO applications submitted in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Professions Admission Test
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an opportunity for students who sat the leaving certificate in November 2020 to undertake the HPAT assessment, which is needed for...
    • Departmental Offices
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in the...
    • Technological Universities
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to advance the technological university for the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9510/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who have already paid their fees for the 2020-2021 academic year will effectively be unable to access the €250 Covid support...
    • Third Level Admissions
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assurances will be provided that any potential delay in the issuing of the 2021 A level results will not disadvantage students in Northern...
    • Third Level Examinations
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagements with Dundalk Institute of Technology regarding exam results not being delivered to students; the steps he has taken to resolve...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed its consultation with the Department of Finance and the necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9598/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale, in tabular form. [9663/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Education Data
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of further education students who received each level of SUSI support, such as full maintenance grants, full fees, 50% fees and so...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 15 September 2020, if the same figure will be provided for all academic years from 2015 to 2016; and...
    • Education Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the number of third-level students either opting to defer their year of studies or to drop out...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by a student or college representative who have expressed a concern regarding the mental health of students and young...
    • Third Level Costs
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the parents of a person (details supplied) can be reimbursed in view of their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Policy
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 139 of 4 February 2021, the status of the implementation of the recommendations in Framework for Consent in Higher...
    • Third Level Education
      677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on working with higher education institutions to ensure that online classes and virtual learning environments are made as accessible as...
    • Brexit Issues
      678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been changes to the way that Irish students studying in Scotland will be treated as a result of Brexit; if will they continue to be...
    • Third Level Examinations
      679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a petition by students (details supplied); if clarity will be provided in respect of the way in which...
    • Third Level Fees
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available under the funding allocated for third level courses through the July stimulus package for a course (details supplied)....
    • Access to Higher Education
      681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if the higher education access route application process will be...
    • Education Data
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in professional masters of education course by public and private colleges, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Scottish Government to change the fees status of higher level Irish students in...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the issuing of Safepass registration cards under current restrictions is not being conducted and...
    • Local Development Companies
      688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene with the WWETB, Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board, to ensure that help is being provided to the new board of an...
    • Research Funding
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the development of a national public genomics programme given that €66 million in funding has already been given to a private...
    • Student Accommodation
      690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure by higher education institutions on constructing student accommodation since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Examinations
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request SOLAS to provide clear information to phase 6 electrical students in TUD, Tallaght, on their upcoming exams; if these exams...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the review of the SUSI scheme; the changes that have been identified; if the new criteria for the scheme will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers,...
    • Education Data
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has data on the practice of higher education institutions running non-accredited courses; if so, if he will provide same; and...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Offices
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years...
    • Crime Data
      696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by Garda division. [9398/21]
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
      697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the INIS system will reopen for appointments given the website does not indicate the length of time it will be until new...
    • Stardust Fire
      698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide legal aid to the families of the Stardust fire victims in order that the inquests into the deaths of their...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the question regarding court cases pending for naturalisation applications is a reference to criminal and civil cases; if...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are vacancies on the prison visiting committee; where such vacancies are advertised; and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of legislation to deal with harmful and grossly offensive communications with intent to cause harm perpetrated...
    • International Protection
      702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the review into the conduct of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9585/21]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her, in tabular form. [9601/21]
    • Immigration Status
      705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the interactions and communications her Department has had with the Department of Health in relation to the migration status of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for citizenship applications by EEA and non-EEA applicants, in tabular form. [9632/21]
    • Citizenship Status
      707. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used within the citizenship process to judge if an applicant is of good character. [9633/21]
    • Ministerial Functions
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 13 February 2018, if posthumous pardons for women convicted of offences related to...
    • Departmental Staff
      710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [9666/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,...
    • Garda Operations
      712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she had been appraised of the work undertaken by An Garda Síochána in respect of an operation (details supplied);...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a barrier at present to Irish prisoners who are incarcerated abroad being repatriated to the Irish prison system;...
    • Garda Data
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Tipperary protective service unit. [9781/21]
    • Crime Data
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were convicted under section 15(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in 2020; the number to receive a...
    • Garda Equipment
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided for the purchase of drones for use by An Garda Síochána; the number of drones currently...
    • Crime Data
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles reported to gardaí that were stolen from Irish Rail stations in Dublin in 2019, 2020 and to date in...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Donegal Garda division as of 31 December 2019 and 15 February 2021, in tabular...
    • Alcohol Sales
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of special exemption orders granted in 2019 and quarter 1 of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Bench Warrants
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants issued to gardaí in the R district in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Garda Recruitment
      727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting four additional full-time intelligence analysts at the grade of higher executive officer for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if clarity on these matters will be...
    • Private Security Authority
      729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of engagement there has been with the Private Security Authority regarding the reduction of fees for licensed...
    • Proposed Legislation
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the drafting of a new family law Bill to include the recommendations of the report by the Joint Oireachtas...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
    • Parole Boards
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applicants can apply for membership of the Parole Board; and the process for submitting applications. [10129/21]
    • Driver Licences
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a NDLS receipt for a driver licence renewal will be accepted by An Garda Síochána in lieu of the licence given the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of monitoring visits the anti-money laundering compliance unit within her Department has undertaken in respect of...
    • Immigration Status
      740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Crime Data
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions in the courts from 2010, by year in tabular form for possession of a knife or other weapons; and if...
    • Sentencing Policy
      742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation in relation to sentencing for knife crimes and which policies around knife crimes are under review by her...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new youth justice strategy will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10306/21]
    • Garda Stations
      744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if approval will be given for a Garda station in a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers,...
    • Work Permits
      746. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current restrictions in place with regard to the processing of employment visas due to Covid-19; the expected timeline for...
    • Immigration Status
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined in relation to residency status which was previously in place; and...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if the continued construction of nursing homes is within the exceptional construction guidelines under the current level 5 restrictions. [9931/21]
    • Maternity Services
      753. To ask the Minister for Health when pregnant women will be permitted to have the support of their partners at consultations in maternity hospitals in view of the vaccination of healthcare...
    • Departmental Offices
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years ago for women in the workplace and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to administer Covid-19 vaccinations to vulnerable persons who are unable to leave their home commencing with those over 85 years of age; if...
    • Blood Donations
      756. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month bone marrow donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has a policy for emergency preparedness for infant feeding protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9389/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if the new children’s hospital will have lactation facilities for HSE employees and a lactation department; if so, if this will include mothers...
    • Medical Cards
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the under-eights general practitioner visit card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9394/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the drugs approval process for Luxturna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9413/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      763. To ask the Minister for Health when the contact regarding the Covid-19 vaccination centre in County Longford will be finalised. [9417/21]
    • Cancer Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9429/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE is contacting the pharmaceutical industry to acquire booster vaccines for autumn 2021 to respond to Covid-19 variants. [9438/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if headstones services are classed as an essential service and permitted under current Covid-19-related restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Data
      774. To ask the Minister for Health when the adult critical care capacity census will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9444/21]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      775. To ask the Minister for Health when the national service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/21]
    • Medical Cards
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); if a medical card will be considered...
    • Dental Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to reinstate all pre-2010 dental treatment entitlements to medical card holders; the anticipated cost per annum of such a move; and if he will make...
    • Home Care Packages
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the adequate home care hours needed; if he will review and increase the home care hours; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      780. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1001 of 13 January 2021, when child-specific waiting lists will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the application process details for a medical card (details supplied); the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9475/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline by which diagnostic services such as x-ray and ultrasound will be available in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      783. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in conjunction with the Minister for Transport to provide free public transport services to and from various points around each county in respect of...
    • Medicinal Products
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) is being considered by the HSE drugs payment group for reimbursement; and if so, the status of the application. [9487/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age awaiting an audiology appointment by CHO by age and gender in tabular form. [9488/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the hotels which will be used for inbound travellers to mandatorily quarantine when arriving into Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent cardiologists at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent interventional cardiologists at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age awaiting ear, nose and throat or ENT intervention by acute hospital, age and gender, in tabular form [9523/21]
    • Hospice Services
      798. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 856 of 10 February, the funding allocated in the 2021 HSE service plan for the hospice (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy in place to vaccinate children certified as high risk for Covid-19 by Tusla and their in-home caregivers. [9533/21]
    • Hospital Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if he is taking steps to review access to services for persons with eating disorders given the diversion of funding from that area; if not, if the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of sites will be provided in Drogheda, County Louth, that were proposed to his Department and-or the HSE for consideration as sites for the Covid-19...
    • Hospital Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that young transgender persons receive the healthcare that they need in view of the fact that the gender-identity service,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccination programme implemented by a company (details supplied) for its staff is in co-ordination with the HSE and the Government's plans; if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for persons with type 1 diabetes; if he has considered...
    • HSE Staff
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE staffing levels in comparison with the previous peak in April 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9567/21]
    • Nursing Education
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he considers it not appropriate to repeat the same arrangements for student nurses and midwives currently on, or soon to commence, clinical...
    • Hospital Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for not providing final year interns who are rostered members of staff, who are remunerated within an agreed salary with an increased salary equal...
    • Medicinal Products
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if patisiran medication will be provided to a person (details supplied); his plans to provide treatment for such patients should patisiran no longer be...
    • Vaccination Programme
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss with the national immunisation advisory committee when persons with sickle cell disease should receive their Covid-19 vaccination and to...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9599/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      814. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9621/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      815. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process followed for the 37 mass vaccination centres; the budgeted cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9625/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line health workers will be allowed a reimbursement of annual leave for days that have been used for childcare responsibilities during level 5...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the seven and 14 day rate of infection for Covid-19 in nursing homes in each week of January 2021; the number of nursing home residents who have contracted...
    • Medical Cards
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a general practitioner visit card and a medical card, respectively, by age in five-year intervals and those aged over 70; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      820. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress legislation on mandatory disclosure; the penalties for non-disclosure; the persons or bodies to which they will and will not apply,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mop-up clinics that have been set up to date, by county; the number of mop-up clinics that are still waiting to be set up, by county; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      823. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens are permitted to travel to the UK for family reunification purposes; if partners are considered family; if family reunification is considered...
    • Vaccination Programme
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to review the position of persons with cerebral palsy on the prioritisation list for Covid-19 vaccinations, with a view to ensuring...
    • Departmental Staff
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in his Department, by gender and by civil service salary scale, in tabular form. [9664/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      830. To ask the Minister for Health when residents of care homes under 65 years of age with underlying conditions and needs will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reviews
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if there is specific data available on the contribution that attendance at religious services and public worship has made to the R number with respect to...
    • Hospital Funding
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and or grants for building, plant or equipment provided to Mayo University Hospital since 2015, in tabular form. [9720/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting plastic surgery in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [9721/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 9; and the services provided within each in tabular form. [9722/21]
    • Hospital Data
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the early pregnancy assessment unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [9723/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult mental health respite care facilities in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 1 for persons living in County Cavan. [9724/21]
    • National Maternity Strategy
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if alongside birth centres pursuant to the National Maternity Strategy have been rolled out. [9725/21]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional consultant neurosurgeon with a special interest in paediatric neurosurgery at Beaumont...
    • Audiology Services
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of recruiting five additional full-time permanent audiologists for community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7. [9727/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      842. To ask the Minister for Health when an appropriate residential place with treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for front-line workers with primary school age children in relation to childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9729/21]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      844. To ask the Minister for Health when matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) on 6 July 2020 will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      845. To ask the Minister for Health if a certain cohort (details supplied) can receive the Covid-19 vaccination without delay in view of the impact the lack of vaccination will have on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme has been reformed to incentivise those in long-term residential care and their families to rent out vacant properties; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans his Department and the HSE have with regard to licensing the drug dupilumab for use by patients with severe eczema as of February 2021...
    • Vaccination Programme
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the Covid-19 vaccine refusal rates amongst healthcare workers in acute hospital groups in tabular form. [9745/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      851. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the number of guests from six to 25 for weddings as pertained during previous lockdowns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      852. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 27 January 2021, when a reply will issue from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time pulmonary function physiotherapists working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [9769/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an extra ambulance and necessary staffing at each ambulance base within County Tipperary. [9780/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the persons or group responsible for identifying the 37 vaccination centres; and the criteria used. [9782/21]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for a refund of phlebotomy charges incurred by medical card patients; the status of such claims awarded, refused and pending, by...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme that came into effect on 1 January 2021, for 12 months, taking over from the cross-border...
    • Mental Health Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, on the north side of Cork city; the number who should be employed;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents who have died in a nursing home (details supplied) to date in 2021; the dates of those deaths; if there will be an investigation into...
    • Vaccination Programme
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to vaccinating early education and childcare workers earlier than currently planned. [9826/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for assessment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9831/21]
    • Care of the Elderly
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private nursing homes being supported by community healthcare organisation, CHO 8 in counties Louth, Meath and Monaghan during periods (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the current criteria for testing patients for Covid-19 upon discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9849/21]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if those who are holders of a full medical card are obliged to pay for routine blood tests. [9856/21]
    • Substance Misuse
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar having overdosed on illegal drugs in 2019 and 2020, and to date in 2021, in...
    • Suicide Prevention
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar having attempted suicide in 2019 and 2020, and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if details will be provided on active addiction support services and the funding allocated to each in 2019 and 2020, and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Substance Misuse
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources his Department will make available to tackle effectively the substantial increase in drug misuse by county in tabular form; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of SNAs working directly with children and adults who cannot adhere to hygiene etiquette who have been vaccinated to date by county. [9863/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      879. To ask the Minister for Health when patients awaiting primary medical certificates from the primary care health centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath, since March 2020 will have their cases...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for gynaecology appointments by hospital in tabular form. [9867/21]
    • Hospital Data
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [9869/21]
    • Maternity Services
      888. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether women should be facilitated with a supportive partner while presenting at hospital due to pregnancy loss. [9876/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been recorded in the State of post-Covid-19 paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome; the hospitals in which these cases have...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      892. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the use of antigen testing regimes in non-healthcare settings to facilitate return to sectoral activity when emerging from level 5...
    • Health Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being considered for the reopening of the gay men’s health service which has been closed since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the gap in data relating to sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV in the absence of regular screening and testing; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary healthcare centre in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, will include full changing places and toilets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Safety
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the interdisciplinary measures taken recently to reduce the loss of life in the Corrib river in view of recent tragic loss of life in waters in County Galway;...
    • Respite Care Services
      898. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a regional respite service (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9912/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      899. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for the health centre in Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway given the dilapidated state of the health centre including...
    • Ambulance Service
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of a health and safety audit carried out by the National Ambulance Service at its Carlow base; the work carried out at the base relative to the...
    • Health Services Staff
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment for a full-time dietician for the child and adolescent mental health service unit in Arden House, County Wexford; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in accessing dental services in County Wexford for persons with medical cards; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the status of free general practitioner care for children under 12 years of age; if he has signed the order to allow the scheme to be extended; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a requirement for persons to quarantine in a hotel following their return from abroad in cases in which an Irish citizen is returning home...
    • Mental Health Services
      905. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a survey carried out locally among an organisation (details supplied) which found that 66% of members have reported that their mental health has...
    • Vaccination Programme
      907. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who regularly work in front-line settings, for example, contract air ventilation installers who work primarily in a number of nursing homes and...
    • Hospital Staff
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if a discharge co-ordinator is in place at University Hospital Limerick; and when urology appointments will recommence at Ennis General Hospital. [9955/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing the adult eating disorder network and child and adolescent eating disorder network; the number of hubs established; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      915. To ask the Minister for Health when serving members of the Defence Forces, stationed in and outside Ireland respectively, will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a...
    • Eating Disorders
      917. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 28 January 2021, the role of his officials in the decision to temporarily pause the nationally planned...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      920. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the review into a health facility (details supplied) will be provided. [9996/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      921. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the HSE have considered alternative drugs and treatment plans for patients in the absence of the approval of a drug (details supplied). [9998/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown by location for the transmission of the Covid-19 virus listed as community transmission; if a more detailed breakdown of the locations in which...
    • Vaccination Programme
      929. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) will be involved in the vaccination roll-out process; if so, if the contract went through the public tendering programme; and...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      930. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued guidelines to methadone dispensaries regarding takeaway methadone; and, if so, if the guidance issued will be provided. [10036/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible each year for the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccination programme in schools since 2015; the number who did not take this...
    • Hospital Data
      936. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded consultant posts by discipline and speciality for each hospital by hospital group; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the profession breakdown by discipline and speciality for each public health department; the number of posts funded, filled, and vacant; the basis on which...
    • Emergency Services
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the profession breakdown by discipline and speciality for each operational unit of the National Ambulance Service and Dublin Fire Brigade; the number of posts...
    • Home Help Service
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the profession breakdown by discipline and speciality for staff hired for home help services; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant; the basis on which...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      955. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10076/21]
    • Hospital Data
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds, by bed type, in each hospital by hospital group on 1 January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10077/21]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      960. To ask the Minister for Health if the work of the interdepartmental group looking at relaxing rules under the fair deal scheme to facilitate the rental or sale of vacant homes has reached...
    • Mental Health Services
      961. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for mental health supports through the HSE in County Donegal; the length of time persons are waiting; and if he will...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service supports in County Donegal; the length of time the children are waiting;...
    • Eating Disorders
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the details of available treatments for young persons with eating disorders; the number of times a young person has been readmitted to a service in a one-year...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      964. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a refit for a prosthetic leg that was due to take place in March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      965. To ask the Minister for Health when the next annual report of the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10100/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      967. To ask the Minister for Health if a masseur will be allowed to operate in the current level 5 restrictions in cases in which they are providing therapy for medical reasons and clients have...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the mean and median waiting times in number of months across each waiting list for each speciality for each hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Data
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of profession by discipline and speciality for each hospital laboratory department; the number of posts that are funded, filled and vacant,...
    • HSE Expenditure
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the spending per head of population for palliative care in each of the HSE areas, in tabular form. [10116/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available from the HSE for a person who was vaccinated with the HPV vaccine on 28 September 2020, had serious health issues after...
    • Alcohol Sales
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce regulations to prohibit the sale and delivery of alcoholic drinks from pubs and restaurants to private householders for the duration of...
    • Mental Health Services
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the training being provided to psychiatric services in relation to ADHD in order that patients can access proper assessments, diagnosis and treatment,...
    • Health Services
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the knowledge and training on the issue of menopause and perimenopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10156/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      977. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider supporting HRT as a treatment for severe menopause symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10157/21]
    • Health Services
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and information available to women who are experiencing menopause and perimenopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10158/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      979. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request from the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, if myalgic encephalomyelitis will be under the medical conditions listed in group 7...
    • Dental Services
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking in order to achieve objectives within child dental services in County Laois (details supplied); and the time period by which he plans...
    • Home Care Packages
      981. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 10 February 2021, when a full or an increase in a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person...
    • Dental Services
      982. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [10174/21]
    • Health Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will implement the new Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10207/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      985. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in New Ross, County Wexford that hold a GMS contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10213/21]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      986. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for GMS general practitioner contracts; the standard ratio of GMS general practitioner contracts to area population; and if he will make a...
    • Palliative Care Services
      988. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a foundation (details supplied); if the foundation will be included in the palliative care service plan for 2021; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      989. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing an increase in the number of persons who can attend funerals from 10 to 25. [10248/21]
    • Hospital Services
      993. To ask the Minister for Health when a full return to outpatient service is expected; and the metrics that will be used to decide same. [10276/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      994. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the examination of a one-door policy (details supplied); and the consideration that has been given to finding...
    • Abortion Services
      995. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce measures to ensure care for women who initiate legal abortions in Ireland but must travel for a termination in another country in cases...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      996. To ask the Minister for Health if students from other countries who are studying here will be able to travel home at the end of the academic year and not have to face Covid-19-related fines...
    • Vaccination Programme
      997. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and his Department are taking to resolve and prevent technical issues faced by dentists, and dental staff, when registering for the Covid-19...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      998. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add first-line treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme and medical card; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Health Services
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of critical care that are provided in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/21]
    • Hospital Data
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided in each hospital, by hospital group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10318/21]
    • Health Services
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the trauma centres in Ireland; the levels of same; the services provided for each; the framework for determining the level of trauma centre;...
    • Legislative Programme
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed reforms (details supplied) to the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017 will be considered. [10320/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing Covid-19 vaccinations to all adult residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated weekly cost of contact tracing regarding Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10327/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health when he will pay student nurses and midwives; the actions emerging from the first report on pandemic pay; when the second review will be conducted; the terms...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health if older persons in assisted living arrangements will be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/21]
    • Dental Services
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health if improved funding will be provided for dentistry services, in particular for the reimbursement of medical card treatments (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the vacant posts in a health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10378/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers vaccinated across the sequencing groups identified under Sequencing of Covid-19 Vaccination of Frontline Healthcare Workers;...
    • Health Services
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health if the plans for transgender health services have been implemented; and his views on reports of confusion in relation to the locations to which persons should...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the roll-out of the vaccine to each of the priority groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the tender process for the new day unit for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10403/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health if Sativex will be covered under the medical card and drug reimbursement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the situation in which a person (details supplied) in need of a psychology appointment was advised there is currently a 75-week waiting...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health when nurses attached to an organisation (details supplied) will be vaccinated; and the reason for the delay. [10416/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 17 February 2021, his views on whether it is possible and if he considers it urgent to arrange for safe transport...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no occupational therapist in Ennis General Hospital; and his plans to address the matter. [10460/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has expended to date on awareness-raising campaigns regarding Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers, national radio,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of hotels in which the HSE has accommodated healthcare workers during the pandemic will be provided; the number accommodated in each hotel; if any...
    • Health Services
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health the regional basis upon which public health specialists are appointed; if they are appointed based on former health board areas; if not, if this has been...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health if recipients of disability services such as a service (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 vaccine alongside the front-line staff who care for them;...
    • Mental Health Services
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow child psychologists to conduct appointments by phone, including access to patient files and necessary information; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Data
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the value of transfers of value received by HSE organisations from pharmaceutical companies from 2017 to 2019. [10513/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health when persons deemed at very high risk of serious illness or mortality from Covid-19 due to immune-suppressing and disease-modifying treatments will receive...
    • Ambulance Service
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent audit of the management of hazardous waste by the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service; his views on this; his...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in residential centres for intellectual disabilities and those they care for with severe medical conditions will receive their vaccinations; and if...
    • Health Services Provision
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support women diagnosed with hyperemesis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10547/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring first-line treatments for hyperemesis under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10548/21]
    • Health Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is considering to ensure women diagnosed with hyperemesis do not fall into financial hardship when paying for treatment; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health if he will move kidney dialysis patients and transplant patients to priority vaccine status given this cohort of patients is particularly vulnerable to...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 969 of 10 February 2021, the breakdown of the hospitals that these ventilators were destined for in tabular form. [10554/21]
    • Air Ambulance Service
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding to a service (details supplied) to ensure it can operate without the need to rely on fundraising; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are taking place with drug alcohol task forces and projects given the commitment in budget 2021 to increase the core funding for existing drug...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy will provide for a clear and urgent response to drug related intimidation, debt and violence; and if the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Offices
      1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for...
    • Pesticide Use
      1048. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of notified status applications (details supplied) with the biocide control section of his Department; and if he will...
    • Programme for Government
      1049. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe following the appointment of a national food ombudsman for a consultation with an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Felling Licences
      1050. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision with regard to a tree felling licence application; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1051. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in a BEAM, beef exceptional aid measure, scheme appeal; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1052. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out to shell fish aqua farmers in 2020 to support them through the Covid-19 crisis; the number of successful...
    • Fishing Industry
      1054. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with shellfish fishermen or their representatives in the past few months in relation to the collapse in...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1056. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9590/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      1057. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale, in tabular form. [9655/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1058. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review...
    • Animal Diseases
      1059. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was no immediate campaign to highlight BVD status changes in herds which was changed on 1 January 2021; and if he...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      1066. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the proposal by Horse Sport Ireland to sign a 35-year lease on a property at Greenogue, County Dublin has...
    • Consular Services
      1067. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Irish embassies that have an agricultural attaché; and if there are plans to increase the number. [9771/21]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      1068. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concerns being raised that there has been a rush in recent weeks to put the Greenogue plan for...
    • Planning Issues
      1075. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a site (details supplied) currently operates in contravention to its existing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1076. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a funding stream is available to a beef farmer (details supplied) who is under financial pressure due to Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Trade Agreements
      1077. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the voisinage agreement as it relates to reciprocal access to the 0 to 6 nautical miles around the island of Ireland...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      1078. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the reported potential loss of thousands of tonnes of quota that will be deducted from Irish fishers and the loss...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1079. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list of all records of correspondence and meetings between him and or his officials with a person (details supplied) and-or the...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      1081. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a young farmer payment will issue to a person (details supplied) for the years 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      1082. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows that have been slaughtered within a month of a calf being registered to them by breed; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Passports
      1084. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for changing the data presented on a blue passport card for a bovine animal to include the breed of its dam; and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have burned land during January and February 2021 without the necessary controls and permissions in place will have...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1086. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of TB here by county in 2019; the number of reactors; the number of reactors that killed out with lesions; the...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1087. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken research into the root causes of TB in livestock; if so, if a copy of the most up-to-date research...
    • Fishing Industry
      1089. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and value of first point of sale of fish landed at each of the six fishery harbour centres in tabular form; and if he...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1090. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on capital development at each of the six fishery harbour centres in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Forestry Grants
      1091. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an afforestation grant and premium scheme application by a person (details supplied) given that the...
    • Community Development Projects
      1092. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish a plan to work with local authorities and communities to help develop community gardens, allotments...
    • Commonage Land Use
      1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 5 February 2019, if the current outstanding payments in relation to commonage at a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1094. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the exclusion of marine tourism from all Covid-19 aid schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fisheries Protection
      1096. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made an attempt to negotiate a quota for Irish fishers to catch bluefin tuna in Irish waters; and if he will...
    • Ports Development
      1097. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all capital investment in each individual Irish fishing port for the period January 2010 to date, in tabular form;...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      1098. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the proposal by a group (details supplied) that a new rural environment protection scheme be index linked to...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      1099. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific scientific basis for the 30-month age limit remaining as a requirement for the slaughtering of beef in Ireland; if he...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reverting to the previous TB inspection regime whereby cattle were inspected once a year; and if he will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised regarding supports being provided to Irish farmers during the next round of the Common...
    • Tillage Sector
      1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase funding for the tillage sector with respect to research, developing new markets, centres of excellence and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the actions his Department is taking to address this issue; and if he will make...
    • Horticulture Sector
      1105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding to research a viable alternative to peat in relation to horticulture; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that six out of eight of the current farming for nature award nominees are not eligible...
    • Pesticide Use
      1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a PCS number by a company (details supplied). [10389/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      1108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1020 of 17 February 2021, if a copy of the relevant legislation will be provided; if evidence...
    • Forestry Sector
      1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a forestry application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the urgency of the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his diary for December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10430/21]
    • Animal Welfare
      1112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and or his officials have referred a matter in relation to the doping of a horse (details supplied) to An Garda...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      1113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 23 June 2020, the number and location of all sea lice inspections carried out in the...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      1114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Teagasc green certificate is considered to be an advanced certificate at level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness-raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date and the wording of the European Commission communication to his Department concerning the verification of the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10543/21]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      1119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed development and relocation of Horse Sport Ireland will not expose the Exchequer to any liability, future liability...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Services
      1122. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if libraries can operate an online click and collect system for book borrowing during the level 5 public health restrictions. [10003/21]
    • Departmental Offices
      1123. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1124. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the CLÁR schemes for 2021 will be announced; the reason for the delay in doing so; the type of schemes it is intended to...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      1125. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by her in tabular form. [9603/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1126. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises will be extended in view of the fact that...
    • Departmental Staff
      1127. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale in tabular form. [9668/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1129. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on providing additional funding to local authorities specifically to provide for the development of visitor facilities at...
    • Departmental Funding
      1130. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a detailed report will be provided in relation to correspondence (details supplied); and the funding options for the organisation....
    • Local Development Companies
      1131. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify the position regarding the conditions attached to interdepartmental assistance which demands the resignation of...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1135. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to take the steps necessary to implement the commitment in the programme for government that administration of the next...
    • Tidy Towns Committees
      1137. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports, funding and grants available to registered tidy towns groups; if she is considering increasing these supports; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1139. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if a response will issue to the request being made for the reopening of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1140. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional...

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