Written answers
Thursday, 4 March 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Data Centres
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data centres that are currently operational and the number that are under consideration including pre-planning stage by...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has met with representatives of the wedding industry to discuss the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on weddings and the supports...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide specific supports for the wedding industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12249/21]
- Work Permits
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the process for non-EU nationals who urgently need a passport renewal to renew their employment permit but cannot do so due to embassy...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made to banks under the €2 billion Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; the number refused; and if he...
- Research and Development
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding and grants available for companies developing disruptive technologies. [12372/21]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Warmer Homes Scheme
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 13 October 2020, if the issue of repeat upgrades was included in the scheme;...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification will be provided on the programme for Government commitment to reduce polluting emissions by an average...
- Natural Gas Imports
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification will be provided on the actions to be taken following a recommendation by the Joint Committee on...
- Data Centres
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the risks to the State or to local authorities of data centres being developed by special purpose vehicles; the life...
- Post Office Network
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if post offices will be enabled to provide additional financial services in view of the serious reduction that will...
- National Broadband Plan
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the proposal that National Broadband Ireland employ much greater numbers of employees to conduct the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Mountain Rescue Service
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is funding available for a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12200/21]
- Driver Licences
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those looking to renew their driver licence are experiencing difficulties in doing so...
- Motor Tax
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appeals mechanism available to those who dispute their motor tax liability. [12205/21]
- Driver Test
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will restart for non-essential workers; and the number currently on the waiting list in the Mullingar area. [12211/21]
- Road Safety Authority
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers employed by the RSA at the end of February 2021; the number employed by the RSA at the end of February 2020;...
- Driver Test
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory and driver tests will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12290/21]
- Córas Iompair Éireann
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding retired wage staff of the CIÉ group with regard to pension increases pro-rata with staff wage increases within...
- Aviation Industry
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to prohibit so-called ghost flights to avoid the payment of refunds to customers; the amount still owed to Irish customers as...
- Road Projects
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further progress has been made in respect of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass; and if he...
- Rail Network
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current timeline for announcing the preferred bidder for the DART expansion programme. [12376/21]
- National Transport Authority
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the greater Dublin area to include all of Drogheda, County Louth and its environs which are in the county; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of Covid-19 on the tax position of frontier workers who have previously been eligible for transborder workers relief (details supplied); the impact...
- Mortgage Lending
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are regulations preventing lenders from refusing credit or mortgage applications on the grounds of geography such as refusing credit or a mortgage...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
35. To ask the Minister for Finance the investigation or analysis that has been carried out by his Department to ascertain whether any part of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is being...
- EU Issues
39. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a digital euro; the assessment of its likely impact on Ireland that has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fiscal Data
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has carried out on the possibility of financial instability or reduction in the tax base due to the use of cryptocurrencies; and...
- Value Added Tax
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the extension of VAT rates at 21% beyond 1 March 2021 in view of the exceptional impact of Covid-19 restrictions and the continuing lockdown...
- Tax Code
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption can be made in the case of a family (details supplied) being billed for import tax in view of the extenuating circumstances. [12265/21]
- Banking Sector
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a number of banks issuing notices to customers regarding the introduction of negative interest rates including solicitor...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals made to the Revenue Commissioners by businesses and persons against determinations made that the businesses and persons in question do...
- Banking Sector
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he had discussions with a bank (details supplied) in view of its recent announcement in relation to branch closures; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if a help-to-buy scheme application will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied); if all outstanding matters will be brought to a successful...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Freedom of Information
49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of the freedom of information dispute resolution process; and the status of cases (details supplied) currently...
- Office of Public Works
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if childcare allowances are made for OPW employees who cannot avail of external childcare facilities at present; and if OPW employees who...
- Information and Communications Technology
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if State bodies can now make greater use of commercial cloud computing in delivering public services including in cases involving the...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if correspondence has taken place between his Department and the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces regarding the desire of an...
- EU Directives
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all bodies under his aegis are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive EU 2016/2102 with regard to websites from 23...
- Public Procurement Contracts
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies under his aegis which procure their legal services through the Office of Government Procurement framework; the bodies which do...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she met with representatives of the wedding industry to discuss the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on weddings and to ensure...
- Tourism Industry
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the importance of weddings to the domestic tourism industry; and the role of Fáilte Ireland...
- Fáilte Ireland
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the qualification criteria for the outdoor dining grant announced by Fáilte Ireland; if this grant will allow restaurants to...
- Foras na Gaeilge
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 1 October 2020, if the revised scéim pobal Gaeilge has been launched (details...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding or grants are available in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12288/21]
- Arts Council
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has strategies in relation to areas (details supplied). [12314/21]
- Arts Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the live performance support scheme will open for 2021; the amount available under the fund for 2021; and her...
- Sports Capital Programme
67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of funding for a walkway (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12402/21]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Turf Cutting
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hedge Cutting
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the hedge cutting season in recognition of the recent level of rainfall. [12305/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received and or requested a risk assessment report in relation to the closure of the construction sector as a result...
- Social and Affordable Housing
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the types of heating systems installed in new public and social housing in the past three years for which figures are...
- Defective Building Materials
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to establish a comprehensive redress scheme for houses affected by historic defects and pyrite as recommended by...
- Land Development Agency
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has yet to acquire any sites on which it is currently working or if all the projects are...
- National Planning Framework
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which national policy objective 58 in the national planning framework (details supplied) is being overseen and...
- Home Loan Scheme
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who applied for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number who...
- Local Authority Functions
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been an update to the 1987 Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government document A Policy for the...
- Urban Development
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative, statutory and regulatory framework for the provision of public green space in urban areas; and if he will make...
- Local Authority Funding
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific central or EU funding available to support local authorities and communities to deliver public parks and green...
- Local Authority Housing
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which local authorities can be included in new house building programmes with particular reference to the urgent...
- Home Loan Scheme
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the local authority housing loan system and the Rebuilding Ireland loan scheme are restructured in such...
- Local Authority Housing
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects Kildare County Council to have a plan to build houses for all of the applicants on its housing list; and if he...
- Heritage Sites
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has considered plans for the protection and restoration of heritage structures and listed buildings...
- Local Authority Housing
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the development of local authority serviced and subsidised sites as a means of dealing with the housing crisis;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact his counterpart in Northern Ireland for a report on the status of the investigation into the death of a person (details...
- Passport Applications
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will resume processing applications that are non-emergency given passports are important pieces of identification...
- Human Rights Investigations
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to call for the establishment of a UN commission of inquiry into the actions of China with regard to the Uighur population in...
- Passport Applications
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12291/21]
- Brexit Issues
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is ongoing engagement across Departments and statutory agencies with businesses and with the authorities in Northern Ireland in...
- Human Rights
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland, through the UN, has focused on various worldwide abuses of human rights including the use of child soldiers,...
- Human Rights Cases
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action taken to date by the international community to assist a person (details supplied); if the EU and UN will intercede on their...
- Foreign Conflicts
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken or in hand by the EU and UN to address the situation in Myanmar in which the president has been deposed; if action will be...
- United Nations
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the UN can be reformed to assert itself as a human rights defender at various conflict locations globally; and if he...
- Middle East Peace Process
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which a peace process is proposed in the Middle East with particular reference to the need to ensure the existence of a body...
- Human Rights
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community can devise a means by which atrocities punishable by law can be referred quickly to the international courts...
- United Nations
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps now being taken to restore the status of the UN as an internationally respected entity in peacekeeping or peace enforcement; and...
- EU Membership
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the western Balkans continues to be monitored with a view to eventual EU membership; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of the Boko Haram and Al Shabaab continue to be monitored by the international community; if a...
- Overseas Development Aid
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which bilateral and multilateral overseas development aid continues be targeted at those locations most in need globally; and...
- Brexit Issues
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the business sector on the island of Ireland continues to meet the challenges of Brexit; and if he will make a statement...
- Human Rights
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by the EU directly or in conjunction with the UN to address issues such as the imprisonment of opposition leaders in the...
- Department of Defence
- Covid-19 Pandemic
127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department was contacted by CHO 8 to assist in nursing homes in early April 2020; if so, the details of any such communications and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pension Provisions
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when retired teachers who receive their pension payments through the PSSC and NSSO will receive the 2% increase in the pay and the restoration of...
- State Examinations
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the practical music exams are going ahead for leaving certificate students; and if so, the format in which the practical music exams will be...
- Special Educational Needs
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available to support second-level students who are blind or vision impaired on their return to the classroom...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to revise the plan for the March 2021 return to school in order that in cases in which there is a confirmed case of Covid-19 in a class...
- Special Educational Needs
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a family (details supplied) for assistive technology for their child which has been rejected...
- State Examinations
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if details with regard to oral examinations will be clarified (details supplied). [12253/21]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a course (details supplied) will be accredited at an early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12254/21]
- Special Educational Needs
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of placements available to a special school for a child aged 7 in north County Dublin; and the actions that can be taken for a child...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant is permitted to work until the age of 70 years if they wish to do so, the social welfare and pension entitlements of...
- Home School Community Liaison Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate a dedicated home school community liaison coordinator to a school (details supplied). [12307/21]
- Early Start Programme
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will maintain the early start programme in all schools currently enrolled in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classrooms that are to be provided in a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [12320/21]
- Special Educational Needs
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new special needs school in Crumlin, Dublin 12; the location of the school; the capacity of the proposed school; and the timeline...
- School Admissions
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the education supports and school place options available for a person (details supplied) who currently is not able to access a school place...
- Schools Building Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 July 2020, if the stage 2b report for new school building works at a school (details supplied)...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Exceptional Needs Payment
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment will be made to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency notwithstanding the normal requirements for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of childcare workers who are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment on a weekly basis from 21 December...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the short-term work payment for persons (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a jobseeker’s allowance application appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Electricity Supply Board
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if stamps from an ESB pension can be converted to stamps for a contributory pension; if stamps can be bought towards a...
- Community Employment Schemes
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the eligibility criteria for community employment schemes for those over 55 years of age who have been...
- Redundancy Payments
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that has been paid into the social fund from employers who have made employees redundant in each of the years 2010...
- Social Insurance
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if PRSI contributions will be paid to those persons in receipt of the new interim payment in which they retire at the age of...
- Carer's Allowance
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s allowance; the number who are on a reduced rate of carer’s...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason workers in the aviation industry on casual contracts due to Covid-19 are not entitled to the pandemic unemployment...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered updating the application criteria for the Covid-19 operating support payment to ensure as...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently address a situation which has arisen in which children who do not return to take up their...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Brexit Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he proposes to continue to support joint cross-Border activities on the island of Ireland with particular reference to...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if support will continue to be provided through the free fees initiative and SUSI grants for students that have to repeat a year due to the...
- Student Support Schemes
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the fee arrangements that will be in place for Irish students attending Scottish universities in autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
- Institutes of Technology
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the GMIT Mayo campus mid-term review report of the independent assessor; if a date has been scheduled for when the report will be...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a university (details supplied) is proceeding with student work placements in food processing plants during the current level 5...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time it is currently taking apprenticeship students to complete their qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding and grants are available for mature students to purchase electronic devices to aid with their studies given courses have moved online...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation despite the fact the...
- Garda Training
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training given to gardaí on implementation of the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010. [12271/21]
- Parliamentary Questions
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 20 October 2020, the status of the reply given that no correspondence has been...
- Garda Recruitment
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected Garda recruitment in 2021; and the impact of Covid-19 on same. [12284/21]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish a formal accredited training service for oversight personnel employed in GSOC to further empower them to...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for applications made by local authorities for authorisation to operate a CCTV system; and if she...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
176. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted research on the way to safely reopen the wedding industry at different levels of restrictions of the COVID-19 Resilience and...
- Speech and Language Therapy
177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a five-year-old profoundly deaf child (details supplied) who has been waiting for over four years for a speech and language therapist....
- Medical Cards
180. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a medical card. [12183/21]
- Health and Social Care Professionals
181. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12184/21]
- Vaccination Programme
182. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a timescale and regime has been agreed for Covid-19 vaccinations for undertakers with particular reference to those in the front-line who...
- Disabilities Assessments
183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 20 January 2021, if he will provide a full and accurate breakdown of the assessment of needs requests by primary...
- Ophthalmology Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health the yearly breakdown of ophthalmology waiting list figures between 2016 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health supports such as counselling and psychotherapy are provided specifically to persons with newly diagnosed vision impairment and sight loss; and...
- Autism Support Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health the process for a parent obtaining a companion therapy dog for their child who is on the ASD spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12198/21]
- Vaccination Programme
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider offering Covid-19 vaccinations to 16 to 18 year olds who work in a high risk environment such as a pharmacy or in healthcare in view of the...
- Home Care Packages
192. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of persons in CHO 1 who have been awarded homecare hours but are still waiting to receive the allotted hours due to a shortage in...
- Vaccination Programme
193. To ask the Minister for Health the position of Irish Sign language home tutors on the Covid-19 vaccination schedule; and when those who teach Irish sign language within students’...
- Covid-19 Tests
195. To ask the Minister for Health if the costs of antigen tests are covered by the temporary assistance scheme for nursing homes; the supports in place to help cover the costs of antigen tests...
- Vaccination Programme
197. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vaccines that Ireland will receive by the end of February, March, April, May and June 2021 (details supplied); the number of vaccines that...
- Medical Cards
198. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) have been refused a full medical card; and if their case will be considered to allow them to keep their full medical...
- Hospital Appointments Status
199. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12235/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the ways in which a system could be created to appoint a person as a named visitor to a care home resident and in which that...
- Health Services Funding
201. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by the HSE to ShannonDoc in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [12245/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to visits at care homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12260/21]
- Vaccination Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of inconsistencies in the distribution by the HSE of the Covid-19 vaccine among general practitioners in south...
- Mental Health Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacancy in Kilbarrack east and west mental health services (details supplied) will be filled; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
- Vaccination Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Health the position of school bus escorts for children with special educational needs on the vaccination schedule; and when school bus escorts who are back working in...
- Primary Medical Certificates
211. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12286/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
212. To ask the Minister for Health if a family (details supplied) will be permitted to have a kitchen fitted in their home given that they are currently without a kitchen. [12289/21]
- Vaccination Programme
214. To ask the Minister for Health if a front-line worker who is unable to take a vaccine (details supplied) as advised by their general practitioner will be prioritised for another vaccine....
- Cancer Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate measures will be taken to facilitate women who have had their smear tests misinterpreted and who have since been diagnosed with cervical cancer...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
216. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation that will reform the nursing home support scheme or fair deal will be introduced; the reason for the ongoing delays; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of an advanced nurse practitioner in the diabetes clinic at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; if there has been...
- Vaccination Programme
218. To ask the Minister for Health the date vaccination of the over 70 years of age cohort will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/21]
- Rare Diseases
219. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons with rare diseases in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/21]
- Nursing Home Accommodation
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that were late submitting NFO1 forms in 2020; the number of serious incidents that were reported to HIQA in 2020; if HIQA included...
- Emergency Services
226. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE provision to co-respond to certain medical emergencies with the fire service in cases in which the ambulance service is occupied; the...
- Vaccination Programme
227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HPV vaccine programme in view of ongoing school closures; the plans in place to ensure its continuation for first years in 2021; and if he...
- Health Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development and delivery of the world leading newborn screening program promised by the Minister and his predecessor; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a full-time podiatrist position in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12385/21]
- Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health if statistical information in relation to CHO 2 will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
231. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12387/21]
- Home Help Service
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; the number of...
- Disability Services Data
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; the number of...
- Disability Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability currently being provided as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available by CHO in tabular form....
- Disabilities Assessments
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 in each...
- Physiotherapy Services
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list in each local health area as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; the number of persons...
- Speech and Language Therapy
238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list in each local health area as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; the...
- Occupational Therapy
241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in each local health area as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available;...
- Covid-19 Tests
242. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for the roll-out of mass rapid testing in schools and other community settings; the community settings which will be included in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
243. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the developing views within his Department on vaccine passports given reports that the European Commission will propose legislation for same in...
- Alcohol Pricing
244. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol products which is a key measure in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
245. To ask the Minister for Health if unused allocations of a vaccine (details supplied) in other EU countries will be redistributed throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vaccination Programme
248. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the fee which is payable to each of the professional categories that will be administering the vaccine; the basis on which these fees were...
- Disability Services Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability as of 1 March 2021, by local health office in tabular form. [12410/21]
- Podiatry Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Ophthalmology Services
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Audiology Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a audiology appointment in primary care as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Primary Care Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Mental Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Counselling Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 1 March 2021 or the latest...
- Mental Health Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2021. [12427/21]
- Home Help Service
258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; the way it compares to target in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 March 2021 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
- Medical Cards
260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 March 2021; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
- Hospital Data
261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of February 2021; and the number to date in 2021, in tabular form. [12431/21]
- Emergency Departments
263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during January 2021; the number during...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
265. To ask the Minister for Health the details in respect of both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital for the end of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agricultural Colleges
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if capacity can be increased for a course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12179/21]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an ANC appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be processed. [12240/21]
- Control of Horses
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changing the way horse statistics are presented (details supplied) to be more in line with the control of dogs'...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment appeal made by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/21]
- Departmental Websites
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that farming companies are locked out of their accounts on the website of his Department when their account has been...
- Animal Sales
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend as a matter of urgency the arrangements in place at present for cattle sales with particular reference to pedigree...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- National Broadband Plan
272. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she last engaged with the national broadband plan; and if she is satisfied with the current roll-out in rural areas. [12474/21]
