Written answers
Thursday, 25 February 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Foreign Direct Investment
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland can remain an attractive location for foreign direct investment, having...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the business supports available to assist hairdressing businesses currently closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his statement of 17 December 2020 in respect of political involvement in the purchase of ventilators from a company (details...
- European Council Meetings
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports being considered for the hospitality sector in view of the extended restrictions on the industry; and if he...
- National Public Health Emergency Team
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will update this Deputy on his finding further to his statement on 28 January 2021 (details supplied). [10943/21]
- Public Procurement Contracts
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure...
- Wind Energy Generation
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid to windfarms in constraint payments annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10662/21]
- National Broadband Plan
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of fibre broadband at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- European Council Meetings
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under...
- National Broadband Plan
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an address (details supplied) was not included in the roll-out of the national broadband plan given other...
- Exploration Licences
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in respect of licences for mining exploration on the Inishowen peninsula and specifically the situation...
- Grant Payments
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of applications for Sustainable Energy authority of Ireland, SEAI, grants that are granted on their...
- National Broadband Plan
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available through National Broadband Ireland to an area (details supplied). [10844/21]
- Broadband Infrastructure
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will intervene in a long-running attempt by residents of a development (details supplied) to obtain broadband...
- Public Procurement Contracts
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the airline industry with a financial aid package to ensure the survival of the industry; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the issue of the delay and cancellation of driver theory tests (details supplied). [10648/21]
- National Car Test
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/21]
- Traffic Fines
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine increasing the penalty fees for persons parking in disabled parking bays; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Taxi Regulations
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently reinstate the small public service vehicle, SPSV, driver entry test; and his views on whether this test can be held in...
- Ports Development
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the proposed development by Drogheda Port Company of Bremore Port on the County Meath coast north of...
- Public Transport
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used the Dublin to Belfast rail service in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of passengers that used...
- European Council Meetings
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his...
- Road Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the regional and local roads allocations for each local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2021, inclusive in tabular...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have arrived into Ireland from Brazil in each week from 1 January 2021 to date; the reason the weekly aviation...
- Public Procurement Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
37. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the entitlement of a person (details supplied) to the temporary wage subsidy scheme and employment wage subsidy scheme. [10705/21]
- Insurance Costs
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are charging double excess on claims, a policy excess and a voluntary excess, without...
- Banking Sector
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken by his Department to ensure competition in the SME loan market; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the withdrawal of a bank (details...
- Credit Unions
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the recent engagement his Department has had with the three credit union representative bodies (details supplied) regarding the provision of SME lending and...
- Banking Sector
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts his Department is carrying out to ensure a bank maintains communication with customers whose mortgages were due to be sold to a company but are now...
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
42. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) who has recently returned to work and who was previously on the pandemic unemployment payment now appears to be paying...
- Financial Services Regulation
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which transactions, sale of loans and other activity have taken place in the past two years with reference to taking some investment funds...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if personal financial supports will be extended for airline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/21]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the help to-buy-scheme beyond the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10769/21]
- Public Procurement Contracts
48. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 25 November 2020, if further details of the social clauses in public procurement that the National Treasury...
- Tax Code
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if boats sent for repair to the island of Great Britain, in which substantial work is carried out on them, are liable for tariffs and VAT on return to Ireland;...
- European Council Meetings
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his Department; and the...
- Customs and Excise
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of containers and heavy goods vehicles, HGVs, arriving into Ireland from the United Kingdom in February 2021 that had their paperwork in order...
- Departmental Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have availed of the employment investment incentive scheme in each of the past five years; the funding invested in each year...
- National Treasury Management Agency
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the current amount invested in the National Treasury Management Agency prize bonds; and the percentage of this amount that was invested in each of the years...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer continued support for those areas of the economy most affected by Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Economic Growth
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the economy to recover in any six-month period after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Brexit Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has studied the effects of Brexit on all sectors of the economy; his plans to encourage recovery thereafter; and if he will make a...
- Economic Competitiveness
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the performance of the economy compares favourably or otherwise with other countries in the EU, within the eurozone and without; and if he...
- Brexit Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland has been able to avail of any opportunities in Europe arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10878/21]
- Corporation Tax
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains assured of the future for Ireland’s 12.5% corporation profits tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/21]
- Eurozone Issues
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if particular issues arise for the euro from the emergency of bitcoin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10883/21]
- Currency Exchange
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if bitcoin is being gradually recognised globally as a currency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/21]
- National Asset Management Agency
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of properties currently held by NAMA; the value of all such property disposed of to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/21]
- Interest Rates
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the way consumers in the economy might gain access to interest rates applicable throughout Europe, notwithstanding the requirement that banks here must hold...
- Economic Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which basic economic fundamentals continue to be recognised and applied in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/21]
- Customs and Excise
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if guidance and advice will be provided to the public in respect of charges that are payable on items purchased online from the UK; the permissible taxes; the...
- Credit Availability
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention been drawn to the lack of banks in the Irish market that accept carer’s allowance income as income for the purposes of loans, mortgages...
- Public Procurement Contracts
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication...
- Office of Public Works
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide additional public restroom facilities within the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Blackpool flood relief scheme. [11049/21]
- Coastal Erosion
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the serious coastal erosion at North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow; the studies or reports that have...
- Public Procurement Contracts
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure...
- European Council Meetings
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his...
- Office of Public Works
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for carry-over of leave for Office of Public Works operatives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he hopes to be in a position to ensure that capital expenditure proposals remain on target throughout 2021; and if he...
- Public Procurement Contracts
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he had discussions with the appropriate authorities involved in procurement with a view to ensuring the best value for money while...
- Public Expenditure Policy
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all Departments and subsidiary agencies continue to observe, in letter and in spirit, the principles of reform as a...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all public capital projects under his aegis are subjected to appropriate tests of costing and administration with a...
- Departmental Data
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department that has achieved most in terms of public expenditure and reform; the Departments that need to do better in this regard;...
- Public Sector Reform
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform remains part of Government policy in the context of meeting specific annual targets; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pay
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which commitments made in the unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest, FEMPI, Acts are being...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a review of the current restriction that prevents golf courses from reopening; if serious consideration will be...
- Public Procurement Contracts
103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 25 November 2020, if further details of the inclusion of social clauses in contracts...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports being considered for the tourism sector in view of the extended restrictions on the industry; and if she...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to including the sport of gymnastics in the elite sport category in view of the fact that many...
- Horse Sport Ireland
107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Horse Sport Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Tuarascálacha Ranna
108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí cóip den anailís tionchair rialála a bhí déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if responsibility for dance policy and funding is categorised as part of sports within the remit of the Minister of State with...
- Tourism Industry
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to bring in a grant scheme for the purchase of vessels engaged in marine tourism similar to the scheme in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial and business supports available through Fáilte Ireland to assist the Irish sea angling charter industry due to...
- Pension Provisions
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of planned changes to the rules of a pension scheme (details supplied) and arrangements and the annual administration...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional supports will be made available for a tourist site (details supplied) which has experienced a huge drop in footfall...
- Sports Capital Programme
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a sports capital grant will be awarded to a club (details supplied). [10805/21]
- European Council Meetings
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Public Procurement Contracts
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 25 November 2020, if further details on the social clauses included in some...
- Local Authority Rates
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered reinstating the rates waiver for vacant premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/21]
- Planning Guidelines
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an updated rural housing planning guideline document will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if contractors are allowed on site to secure a build that is open to the elements (details supplied). [10658/21]
- Natural Heritage Areas
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the designation status of a natural heritage area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10683/21]
- Energy Efficiency
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if advice and assistance will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and...
- Approved Housing Bodies
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital funding his Department has provided to Co-operative Housing Ireland, CHI, since quarter 4 of 2014 to...
- Home Loan Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will engage with a local authority (details supplied) to increase the loan amount administered as part of...
- Housing Data
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority voids returned to stock in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of...
- Vacant Sites
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-year revenue raised from the vacant sites levy from 2015 to 2020, by local authority in tabular form; the estimated...
- Departmental Legal Costs
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure of his Department and An Bord Pleanála in respect of all legal services provided in all appeal and...
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that will be taken to ensure that before projects are approved under the urban regeneration and development fund,...
- Housing Data
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses delivered through the buy and renew scheme, the repair and leasing scheme and the Housing Agency...
- European Council Meetings
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the...
- Departmental Data
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the type of risk analysis that has been undertaken in relation to the planned shared equity scheme (details supplied); and if...
- Public Procurement Contracts
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when processing of passports will resume; when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive his passport; and if he will make a...
- Public Procurement Contracts
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 25 November 2020, if further details on the introduction of solar panel energy to a number of...
- Human Rights
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government response to the recent events and discrimination regarding the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey; and if he will make a statement on...
- European Council Meetings
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his...
- Human Rights Cases
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and detention of numerous children as young as 12 years of age in Bahrain in recent days; and...
- Public Procurement Contracts
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Data
144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of pension applications yet to be digitised under the Military Service Pensions Collection; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Reserve
145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Force personnel by barracks; if there will be a recruitment campaign in the near future; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Investigations
146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish an inquiry into allegations of systemic sexual abuse and the covering up of sexual abuse in the Curragh Camp; and if he...
- Defence Forces Expenditure
147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual spend on national defence and on the Defence Forces excluding pensions as a percentage of GDP since 1999, in tabular form; and if he...
- Defence Forces Properties
148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the married and single quarters within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/21]
- Defence Forces Review
149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for reviewing the Defence Forces in isolation via a stand-alone commission; the reason a review of national defence and security as a...
- European Council Meetings
150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his...
- Defence Forces Data
151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment number for Defence Forces personnel, permanent, reserve and civilian support staff; the way these figures compare to...
- Public Procurement Contracts
152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19 related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Support Schemes
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that primary teaching students of a college (details supplied) are not entitled to apply for the...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the situation in which the junior certificate is considered the minimum requirement to become a special needs assistant, SNA,...
- Student Support Schemes
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will be made available to students of a course in a college (details supplied) to assist with the cost of their virtual Gaeltacht...
- Teacher Training
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will further reduce the cost of the 2021 Gaeltacht placement for student teachers in view of the fact that the placement will be...
- School Discipline
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10631/21]
- Special Educational Needs
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice she has for parents of children with additional educational needs who cannot find a special needs assistant to engage in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the reopening of schools (details supplied). [10651/21]
- Special Educational Needs
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for the new ASD unit in a school (details supplied) due to open in September 2021; and her views on the need for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the phased reopening of schools will give priority to children with special needs in mainstream classes who have been particularly impacted by...
- School Patronage
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop or advance a post-primary Educate Together school in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10696/21]
- School Curriculum
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on introducing a module on mental health awareness and positive mental health into the primary and secondary school curriculum; her...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take into account schools which have multi-grade classes, for example in which second and third-class are taught together, when she...
- State Examinations
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deadline can be extended for applications from external candidates to sit the leaving certificate in 2021 in view of the extraordinary...
- Schools Building Projects
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools built in Cork city and county from 2011 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10766/21]
- School Transport
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently investigate a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Clár Oiliúna Tosaigh Múinteoirí
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth a bhfuil táille €650 ar chúrsa coicíse Gaeilge do mhic léinn atá ag déanamh an...
- European Council Meetings
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of her...
- School Holidays
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the fact that secondary schools’ two-week Easter holidays run from 15 March 2021 in order that they can begin to...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if trainee primary teachers who have completed two years of their degree courses and were due to complete placements in their third-year will be...
- Special Educational Needs
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who have opted into the in-person supplementary programme to support the education and-or care needs of pupils with complex...
- Departmental Data
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will expedite plans for a new payroll system due to be completed in the latter part of 2021 to reduce the cost to her...
- Public Procurement Contracts
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Personal Micro Credit Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of "It Makes Sense" loans that have been taken over in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; if there has been a...
- Invalidity Pension
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an emergency basic social welfare payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, will continue to be paid to a person (details supplied). [10734/21]
- Carer's Allowance
182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the application will be expedited....
- Public Procurement Contracts
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 25 November 2020, if further details on the one contract in 2019, under Article...
- Free Travel Scheme
184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend the right to free travel to all persons with epilepsy who are precluded from holding a driver licence;...
- European Council Meetings
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the...
- Departmental Contracts
186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider supporting a project (details supplied). [10832/21]
- Carer's Allowance
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a carer’s payment appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the full minutes of the collaborative forum on mother and baby homes meetings including the...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of families and unaccompanied children who have arrived in Ireland from the Moira Camp, Greece to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if early childhood care and education, ECCE, hours are available to children of essential workers across all...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of taped recordings of the 550 testimonies given to the confidential committee of the mother and baby...
- Direct Provision System
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a protest in direct provision centre (details supplied); if he will ensure...
- European Council Meetings
199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020...
- Child and Family Agency
201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of the waiting list to access early years supports from Tusla early intervention teams in the north...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to replace the preschool services in areas (details supplied); and the preschool services...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be prioritising a plan for the safe return to full capacity in childcare settings and for ECCE...
- Public Procurement Contracts
206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Safepass courses are still operating. [10657/21]
- Research and Development
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public expenditure on research and development and as a percentage in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health and Social Care Professionals
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the categories and number of students by area of study and annual cohorts who undertake clinical or training placements in the health and social...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the return of third level students to campuses; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Admissions
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparations being made by the CAO in advance of applications under a year of a non-traditional leaving certificate; and if he will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to commence and to conclude the review of the SUSI higher education grants; if consideration will be given to include the...
- European Council Meetings
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his...
- Public Procurement Contracts
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Insurance Industry
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding insurance reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Reserve
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to address the low interest in persons joining the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she anticipates receiving and publishing the latest GSOC annual report. [10637/21]
- Visa Applications
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied). [10655/21]
- Citizenship Applications
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for citizenship are being processed during level 5 restrictions. [10661/21]
- Legal Aid Service
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 27 January 2021, when the information requested will be collated; and if she will...
- Deportation Orders
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied). [10676/21]
- Crime Data
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if data are available regarding arrests, prosecutions and convictions for the theft of catalytic converters and the handling of...
- European Council Meetings
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit...
- Legislative Programme
229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a Bill (details supplied) will be published in view of the fact that there has been a legal international obligation on...
- Court Orders
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a court order for the sale of a home arising from divorce proceedings can be executed during level 5 restrictions; and if...
- Immigrant Investor Programme
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the immigrant investor programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10912/21]
- Community Policing
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of areas in Dublin that do not have access to a community policing outreach van; and if she will make a statement on...
- Public Procurement Contracts
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated...
- Department of Health
- Misuse of Drugs
238. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the regulation of hemp stores in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10628/21]
- Speech and Language Therapy
239. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reinstate the speech and language therapy service at a facility (details supplied) following the loss of the service to the facility...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
240. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being put in place to prepare to allow a greater number of attendees at weddings by summer 2021 at the different levels of public health restrictions...
- Ministerial Correspondence
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/21]
- Hospital Equipment
243. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of faulty equipment purchased by the HSE in each of the years 2011 to 2019; the details of the type of equipment; the quantity that was faulty; the...
- HSE Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of additional health specialist posts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
246. To ask the Minister for Health the policy for the communication of extension of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10602/21]
- Covid-19 Tests
248. To ask the Minister for Health if staff at meat factories are the subject of regular Covid-19 tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10609/21]
- Disability Services Data
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability nationally seeking HSE-funded residential placements in each of the past five years to date; and the average cost per...
- Health Services Access
259. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for primary care ophthalmology appointments in the north Lee local health area; and if he will make a statement...
- Disabilities Assessments
260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in the north Lee local health area; and if he will make...
- Home Care Packages
261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office, LHO, area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10625/21]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, waiting lists by age and gender in the Cork north Lee area in tabular form....
- Health Insurance
263. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10638/21]
- Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of concerns and queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10639/21]
- Education Data
265. To ask the Minister for Health the categories and number of students by area of study and annual cohorts who undertake clinical or training placements in the health and social care services...
- Vaccination Programme
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a vaccine for a vulnerable person; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Insurance
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to insurance policies and maternity cover; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the supply and pricing agreement of medicines; the parties involved in these discussions; if he or his officials have engaged with an...
- Vaccination Programme
269. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering including phlebotomists as a category eligible to vaccinate persons for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10659/21]
- Rare Diseases
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, PIMS, and-or Kawasaki disease in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to...
- Vaccination Programme
272. To ask the Minister for Health when taxi drivers employed to drive patients for dialysis will receive the Covid-19 vaccine given they are essential front-line workers and if they cannot work...
- Health Services Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists per grade in primary healthcare; the number per capita of population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10665/21]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add Cariban to the approved drugs list under the drugs payment scheme; the medicines available under the drugs payment scheme to treat hyperemesis...
- Suicide Incidence
275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from suicide in County Galway disaggregated by location, city and county, age cohort and gender in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [10667/21]
- Mortality Rates
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from drug and alcohol overdose in County Galway disaggregated by city and county, age cohort and gender in each of the years 2017 to 2020....
- Emergency Departments
277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting in accident and emergency departments in County Galway with mental health related emergencies in each of the years 2017 to...
- Nursing Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Health if the pay arrangements put in place for student nurses in 2020 will be implemented (details supplied). [10670/21]
- Medicinal Products
279. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the recommendations of the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on evaluating orphan drugs have been implemented; if an...
- Vaccination Programme
281. To ask the Minister for Health when workers in categories (details supplied) will receive Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10677/21]
- Medical Cards
282. To ask the Minister for Health when a renewed medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10678/21]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
285. To ask the Minister for Health if IVF treatment will be commencing for persons on a public health basis; when treatment will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10688/21]
- Vaccination Programme
286. To ask the Minister for Health if persons on dialysis and who have other serious health problems can be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations. [10697/21]
- Primary Medical Certificates
287. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the halting of primary medical certificate assessments by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10698/21]
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
289. To ask the Minister for Health if registration fees will be waived for the members of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10700/21]
- Ophthalmology Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who requested glasses will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10702/21]
- Suicide Bereavement Support
291. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will facilitate a community-based health organisation (details supplied) in the CHO8 area. [10707/21]
- Vaccination Programme
292. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have a policy on which the Covid-19 vaccine is administered to persons, for example, which takes into account existing medical...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
293. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance will be provided on the process for a child and their family returning to Ireland after attending an appointment in Great Ormond Street Hospital,...
- Vaccination Programme
294. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate older persons living within 10 km of Citywest to receive their vaccine there, rather than in the Helix if they cannot be administered to...
- Health Services Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the HSE in Cork city and county per year from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise informal carers in the vaccination schedule as they provide an essential service for vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Data
298. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on public hospitals in Cork city and county per year from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10768/21]
- Covid-19 Tests
299. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 844 of 17 February 2021, if private providers of Covid-19 antigen tests are required to report their results to the Chief...
- Departmental Contracts
300. To ask the Minister for Health if there was political involvement in the decision to purchase ventilators from a company (details supplied); if he signed off on the deal at the time; and the...
- General Practitioner Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised (details supplied) in respect of fees paid to general practitioners will be examined. [10781/21]
- Vaccination Programme
302. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to recruit dentists as part of the Covid-19 vaccine teams in view of their qualifications and their experience and particularly to allow for...
- Alcohol Pricing
303. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to commission a study on the possible effect the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol in this jurisdiction would have on cross-Border trade,...
- European Council Meetings
304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his Department; and the...
- Hospital Funding
305. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be made available to ensure no further time is lost in progressing the provision of urgently required acute beds for the mid-west...
- National Cervical Screening Programme
306. To ask the Minister for Health if changes were made to the upper age limit in which women are invited for a smear test by CervicalCheck; the reason a person who turned 61 years of age before...
- Vaccination Programme
307. To ask the Minister for Health if all pharmacy staff will be considered front-line healthcare workers and be prioritised for vaccination in order to be able to continue looking after...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
308. To ask the Minister for Health if a business (details supplied) can be categorised as essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/21]
- Vaccination Programme
309. To ask the Minister for Health if persons between 16 and 18 years of age who are medically vulnerable will be offered a vaccine (details supplied); if family carers will be offered...
- Covid-19 Tests
310. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which the PCR tests in which the three cases of the P1 Brazilian variant that were announced on 19 February 2021 were carried out; the dates on...
- Addiction Treatment Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health if an external report and the subsequent recommendations on the Keltoi facility is to be published; and the timeline for this publication. [10859/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
312. To ask the Minister for Health his policy on vitamin D supplementation in the population; his policy on the strategic use of drugs such as HCQ and ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19;...
- Health Services Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors and specialists who have been appointed since the outbreak of Covid-19; the number who will be appointed in 2021; the grade...
- Vaccination Programme
314. To ask the Minister for Health the current plans to administer vaccines to those who are aged over 85 years, are completely housebound and, therefore, cannot attend a doctor's surgery or a...
- Health Services Funding
316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the access to care fund and the HSE national treatment fund action plan for 2021 announced in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vaccination Programme
317. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons under 65 years of age and who are resident in nursing homes are not prioritised for receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. [10868/21]
- Hospital Admissions
318. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an admission date to St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin, following a referral from their general practitioner; and if...
- Covid-19 Tests
319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers presently operating within the Covid-19 test and trace system; the additional recruitment of contact tracers that has taken place...
- Vaccination Programme
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators currently assigned to the Covid-19 mass vaccination centres nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10908/21]
- Health Screening Programmes
322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have availed of CervicalCheck screening services per month from January 2020 to date by county in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties owned by patients in the nursing homes support scheme by local authority area; and the number of those properties that are vacant by...
- Health Promotion
328. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations of the women’s health task force for endometriosis patients; his plans for the implementation of those recommendations; and if he...
- National Maternity Strategy
330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the HSE national women and infants health programme; the status of the roll-out of phase one of the ambulatory care model for...
- Health Services Funding
331. To ask the Minister for Health the current allocation for endometriosis diagnosis and treatment procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/21]
- Vaccination Programme
332. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in Denmark (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10925/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
334. To ask the Minister for Health the groups of persons who are exempted from quarantining after arriving into Ireland; the arrangements to ensure that these groups do not import the virus into...
- Vaccination Programme
337. To ask the Minister for Health the projected deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines into Ireland for the next six months; the quantities of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
340. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for checking that persons arriving into Ireland from abroad have a negative PCR test result; if the test result is verified pre-departure,...
- Public Procurement Contracts
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if equine therapy is allowed to operate under current public health restrictions. [10729/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined treating Irish fishers and their industry in a similar fashion to the bed and breakfast industry,...
- Public Procurement Contracts
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 25 November 2020, if further details on the awarding of two contracts for a social...
- Horse Sport Ireland
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which standard procurement procedures have been applied in the case of the proposed relocation of the centre of...
- Young Farmers Scheme
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the young farmers scheme 2020 will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who are in derogation are not eligible for TAMS tranche 21 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Teagasc Activities
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new entrants that will commence the green cert programme in 2021 in County Mayo; the number of applications that were...
- Herd Number Applications
358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a GDPR issue with a process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10692/21]
- Food Industry
359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation on the protected geographical indication, PGI, application for boxty; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Exports
360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to reopen the Chinese market to Irish fishers for the exportation of brown crab; and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies
361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason minutes are not made public from quota management advisory committee meetings; if he considers this to be good practice;...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current underspend in fisheries-related funding from the current European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, programme; and if he...
- Fishing Industry
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal definition that Ireland uses for recognising supertrawlers and factory trawlers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fisheries Protection
364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Irish-registered vessels are not allowed to fish in Irish waters for bluefin tuna when non-EU-registered boats are fishing...
- Brexit Negotiations
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Hague preferences were not invoked as part of the Brexit discussions and fishery arrangements to ensure Irish access...
- Departmental Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is planned to strengthen the staffing numbers in the marine sector of his Department by the appointment of new and extra senior...
- European Council Meetings
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of...
- Harbours and Piers
369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a multi-annual programme for the development of the fishery harbours owned by his Department; the location in...
- Customs and Excise
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of HGVs and containers arriving into Ireland from the United Kingdom that had the relevant phytosanitary paperwork...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined in a sympathetic manner, given the circumstances; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10853/21]
- Departmental Communications
373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a departmental official can block a member of the public from contacting any department official via his or her official...
- Public Procurement Contracts
374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure...
- Public Consultation Process
377. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when it is planned to publish the outcome of the public consultation on the Control of Dogs Act 1986 pertaining to dog breeds; the...
- European Council Meetings
378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of her...
- Public Procurement Contracts
379. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure...
