Written answers

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent dialogues with the Government and President of the United States of America. [43329/20]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure broadband accessibility for all students to facilitate online learning at home throughout the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when premises in the intervention areas will receive high speed fibre broadband; if there is a timetable for the...
    • Environmental Policy
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which ranks Ireland last in the environment index and...
    • Energy Efficiency
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the work of his Department to support households in maintaining warm homes, important for reasons...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which Ireland performed in 2020 as per the programme for Government commitment to achieve an average 7% per...
    • Environmental Policy
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has taken action to protect the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve, the only gold reserve in the northern...
    • Post Office Network
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing a public service obligation to help sustain the nationwide post office sector. [13093/21]
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement with mobile phone operators in relation to roaming charges post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce emissions from the dairy farming sector as part of Ireland’s efforts to reach an average of...
    • Waste Management
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider promoting a scheme to have on-street compostable bins put in place as the value of compostable...
    • Proposed Legislation
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification will be provided in relation to the proposed Marine Planning and Development Management Bill; his plans...
    • Environmental Policy
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy in relation to the replacement of solid fuels as peat is being phased out. [13078/21]
    • Air Pollution
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department have carried out into the direct and indirect...
    • National Broadband Plan
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of intervention areas in counties Longford and Westmeath under the national broadband plan which have had...
    • Air Quality
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland's first clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44950/20]
    • Post Office Network
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with An Post regarding its capacity to deliver banking services; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the progress in the delivery of broadband in urban and rural...
    • Electricity Generation
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has held with stakeholders regarding the future use of the West Offaly power station; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of microgeneration; when persons will be able to sell power back to the grid; and if he...
    • Energy Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress on the completion of a new strategy to tackle energy poverty to replace the strategy which lapsed in 2019....
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to reduce the current long wait times for surveying and commencement of works under the warmer...
    • North-South Interconnector
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the latest negotiations on the North-South interconnector between his Department and a company (details...
    • National Broadband Plan
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan. [12894/21]
    • Energy Efficiency
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of engagement with the review in late 2020 of Ireland’s long-term renovation strategy as required under...
    • Data Centres
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact that data centres will have on electricity demand in Ireland over the next decade; the policy interventions...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to procure new renewable energy sources particularly vital for heating and transport sectors...
    • Environmental Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the outcomes of the Shared Island Dialogue on The Environment and Climate - Addressing Shared...
    • North-South Interconnector
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined the potential devaluation of private homes close to overhead pylons proposed for the north-south...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in achieving emission reduction targets in line with the programme for Government whilst at the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if National Broadband Ireland will provide greater functionality and more detail on its website with a rolling update of...
    • Environmental Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of the Celtic interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1331/21]
    • Data Protection
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the recent news that EU member states have now agreed on a negotiating mandate for revised rules on...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had and the plans he has considered in relation to the commitment to build the capacity of the...
    • Environmental Policy
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to supporting...
    • Electricity Generation
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department’s recent public consultation on microgeneration; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan nationally and specifically in rural areas of north County...
    • Energy Efficiency
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of retrofitting homes in the country; the number of those who have availed of the retrofitting programme; and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the community benefit element of the renewable electricity support scheme will operate; if funding will...
    • Energy Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify his position in relation to LNG terminals; if he supports such gas infrastructure being included on...
    • Environmental Policy
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has concerns regarding potential negative impacts on the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve, the only gold...
    • National Broadband Plan
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to support remote working through the roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband connections in...
    • Energy Efficiency
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had engagement with Government colleagues and other Departments regarding the way to alleviate the financial...
    • Climate Change Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has identified the main categories for new ambition beyond the existing Climate Action Plan in order to achieve...
    • National Broadband Plan
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with National Broadband Ireland to escalate the roll-out of fibre broadband for areas in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his plans to enhance the community energy sector. [12895/21]
    • Environmental Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a tax on single use plastics. [13196/21]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the recent developments in the ability of the electrical grid to accommodate renewable energy from...
    • National Broadband Plan
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact that the National Broadband Plan will have on Ireland's carbon emissions' profile; and if he will make a...
    • Illegal Dumping
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce illegal dumping nationwide; if he is satisfied that current measures to prevent dumping are...
    • Environmental Policy
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress INFOMAR has made in mapping the south-west coast of Ireland; and the way in which this data can be used to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date with the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the expected percentage take-up of this...
    • Post Office Network
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with other Departments with regard to developing a financial sustainability plan for the post...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will liaise with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to remove the planning restrictions and...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the new national digital strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13293/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that wood pellets are being imported from Australia; his views on the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for changes to the various SEAI schemes and grants available to private homeowners to make their homes more...
    • National Broadband Plan
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of broadband roll-out in Clogheen, County Tipperary. [13259/21]
    • Just Transition Commissioner
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the just transition plan; when he will establish a just transition commissioner as a statutory office;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising
      126. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19, by month and by media outlet (details supplied), from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [12323/21]
    • Departmental Consultations
      127. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, of 9 December 2020, if he will report on any other consultancy work that has been commissioned by his...
    • Departmental Internships
      128. To ask the Taoiseach the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland is supportive of the EU Commission's legislative initiative on mandatory and human rights due diligence for EU companies...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the classification of school clothing and school supplies under the level 5 plan following the start of the phased...
    • Redundancy Payments
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the board of a group (details supplied) communicated to him its intention to disregard an agreed severance package and proceed...
    • Economic Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current ranking of Ireland on the Digital Economy and Society Index; the plans to improve Ireland’s position on the index,...
    • Work Permits
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a matter (details supplied) in relation to critical skills employment permits for immigrant non-consultant hospital...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Covid-19 business aid scheme will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12563/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out research into the profiling of workers' electronic equipment by employers, given reports...
    • Trade Missions
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering a virtual trade mission to Singapore during the second quarter of 2021. [12694/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider removing the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 business aid scheme that states a business must be in a...
    • Business Regulation
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if concerns will be addressed in relation to increased customer and business costs following the requirement that all wooden...
    • Departmental Internships
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the issues raised in correspondence by a company (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outcome of his meeting with National Broadband Ireland to discuss the acceleration of the national broadband plan; and if the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the development of a remote working hub in Adamstown, County Dublin. [13374/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the submissions made by an organisation and a company (details supplied) relative to the negative impact that...
    • Customs and Excise
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the developments that have been made in addressing the issues in relation to rules of origin for goods that pass through UK from the...
    • Trade Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be appraising quarter two trading data between Ireland and the EU and Ireland and UK given that it will shed...
    • Equality Issues
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the research paper by a union (details supplied) which explores inequality and deprivation in Ireland. [13524/21]
    • Departmental Advertising
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19, by month and by media outlet (details supplied), from...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Natural Gas Imports
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to legislate for a ban on the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of broadband. [12496/21]
    • Energy Efficiency
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the forthcoming SEAI deep retrofit grant schemes for private individual homeowners; and when he expects...
    • Illegal Dumping
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to combat fly tipping and illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12598/21]
    • Local Authority Staff
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of litter wardens employed by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12599/21]
    • Programme for Government
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the commitment in the Programme for Government to reduce polluting emissions by an average of 7% a year and by 51%...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of e-fibre broadband. [12666/21]
    • Energy Efficiency
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the pilot scheme to test key elements of the national retrofitting plan; the expected composition of the...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost for shallow works, deep works and deep works with heating upgrades under the warmer homes scheme....
    • Better Energy Communities Programme
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated total scheme spend in relation to the better energy communities scheme for 2020; the energy poverty...
    • Climate Action Plan
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with member states or the European Commission with regard to an EU trading system for...
    • Waste Management
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a subvention for waste collection charges for families with medical conditions that lead to a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the renewable electricity support scheme involving 82 solar and wind projects, seven of which are...
    • Energy Resources
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review by his Department of the security of supply of Ireland’s natural gas and electricity...
    • Climate Change Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role he or his officials or bodies under the aegis of his Department played in the development of the recently...
    • Air Pollution
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the initial report and recommendations of the urban transport-related air pollution group jointly chaired by his...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce dependence on fossil fuel usage and to increase usage of renewable energy sources for heating and...
    • Climate Change Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the volume of feedback received to date by his Department regarding the reviews of the implementation of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress towards achieving development of the various forms of renewable energy with a view to achieving carbon...
    • Air Pollution
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of inspections that have been carried out in 2019 and 2020 regarding compliance with the Air Pollution Act...
    • Environmental Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if analysis has been carried out his Department into the impact of artificial light on Ireland’s natural...
    • Climate Change Advisory Council
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Climate Change Advisory Council; the areas of expertise which will be covered through the appointment...
    • Departmental Internships
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis...
    • Energy Efficiency
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date on the national retrofitting programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/21]
    • Local Authority Staff
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in ensuring that all local authorities have a sufficient number of biodiversity and heritage officers...
    • Energy Production
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to develop geothermal energy in Ireland given its potential to provide a significant proportion of the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process for the setting up and distribution of community dividend and benefit funds associated with wind and solar...
    • Legislative Measures
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the geothermal energy development Bill; when it is likely to be advanced further; the reason for the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      186. 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...
    • Air Quality
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air quality is being protected; the degree to which the measures in place are achieving the desired...
    • Climate Change Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the international community continues to ameliorate or exacerbate climate change trends; the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in achieving targets as set out in the Climate Action Plan 2019 with particular reference to the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which progress is being made towards the reduction of emissions in line with EU and international targets...
    • National Broadband Plan
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in the development of a new national digital strategy with particular reference to national...
    • Climate Change Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in achieving targets as set out in the waste action plan for a circular economy with particular...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of broadband connection points installed in County Kildare in the past three years to date; the number of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that carbon emissions throughout the EU are measured equally with a view to ensuring that the more...
    • Electricity Generation
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of producing electricity here compares with other countries throughout Europe with particular...
    • Inland Fisheries
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the recent national efforts on assessing and improving quality of inland waters particularly in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a recently built local authority housing estate (details provided) with no provision...
    • Energy Efficiency
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason low-income pensioners who own their own homes are precluded from availing of SEAI home energy grants for...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent across his Department on advertising with regard to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consumers who have flights booked during the period of level 5 restrictions, for example, those with postponed flights from 2020, are...
    • Taxi Licences
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation regarding taxi licences that have vehicle capacity for wheelchairs; if such licences can be sold; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the Taxi Regulator with regard to the requirement to ensure that vehicles for taxi purposes are under a certain...
    • International Bodies
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the International Maritime Organisation Conventions and Codes (details supplied) that have yet to be...
    • Driver Test
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to be in a position to roll out and make online theory tests available to the general...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of state aid that has been granted to the Shannon Airport Authority since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. [12587/21]
    • Airport Policy
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that have been made to secure additional cargo flights for Shannon Airport. [12588/21]
    • Rail Network
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of hiring railroad vehicles for each of the past five years; if the same company has fulfilled the contract for each of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the issue of long wait times for driver test dates to issue due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the threshold for failure and the degree to which failure is classed in the context of rear brake light inspection of cars in national...
    • Penalty Points System
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued by age and gender in 2020 and to date in 2021. [12720/21]
    • Road Projects
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when constructions work on the Athy southern distributor road will commence. [12721/21]
    • Public Transport
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of child fares or equivalent fare types sold in 2019 and 2020 by the main public transport providers. [12722/21]
    • Cycling Facilities
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications of the approval of planning permission for a cycleway on the Malahide estuary in terms of the new possibilities this...
    • Bus Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the adjustments that have been made to the BusConnects plan in view of the likelihood of a significant number of persons working from...
    • Rail Network
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the preliminary business case for the MetroLink project has been submitted to Government; when he expects it to be published; and if...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the policy on greyways; if segregation will be a key component and or minimum standard of any such development; if he plans...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put additional financial supports in place for the aviation sector in the wake of Covid-19 given recent announcements by...
    • Ports Traffic
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of haulage trucks that arrive into Irish ports on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/21]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a pension increase will issue to CIÉ group pensioners during the current review. [12804/21]
    • Rail Network
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department conducted a policy review for the development of a rail link from Limerick to Shannon Airport. [12806/21]
    • Bus Éireann
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann has increased the fare from Kenmare to Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12829/21]
    • Pilot Training Courses
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if flight training schools can operate civilian training flights during level 5 public health restrictions; if so, the way in which they...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend expiry dates for initial basic training certificates of satisfactory completion for motorcyclists during Covid-19...
    • Driver Test
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of hiring one additional driver tester. [12902/21]
    • Road Safety Authority
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA submitted a request for 80 additional driver testers in October 2020; the reason the request has not yet been met; and if he...
    • Airport Landing Slots
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to extend the 80:20 use it or lose it slot allocation rule for airlines that is set to expire at the end of March; and if he...
    • Aviation Industry
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of financial requests submitted by airlines here during the ongoing pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests and lessons will resume; the additional protections that will be provided to driver testers and approved driving...
    • Transport Policy
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any changes for trailers (details supplied); if there are regulations being introduced for trailers; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Internships
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost...
    • Road Safety
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the wearing of high-visibility clothing compulsory for cyclists and pedestrians. [13011/21]
    • Driver Licences
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by drivers who have taken up normal residence in Ireland within the past...
    • Road Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to assist farmers in the construction of agricultural underpass crossings on non-national roads in cases in...
    • Driver Licences
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter concerning the renewal of a driver licence (details supplied); when a refund will issue; and if he will make...
    • Public Transport
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of real-time systems used by public transport operators (details supplied). [13217/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in use that are totally reliant on electricity propulsion; his expectations for the future in this regard; and if...
    • National Car Test
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that persons, who had NCT tests due before 28 March 2020, were not given a four-month extension on their NCT validity despite...
    • Driver Test
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver theory test will be made available for persons that must complete the test in order to attend an institution of education...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to a scheme encouraging farmers and other rural land owners to cultivate or otherwise encourage a section...
    • Bus Services
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place for bus and coach operators (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13413/21]
    • Taxi Regulations
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the ten-year rule for taxi drivers with vehicles first registered in 2012 given the severe impact of Covid-19 on the...
    • Aviation Policy
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the recently adopted European Union Aviation Safety Agency rules in relation to flying drones will impact on the older...
    • Rail Network
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow stakeholders such as local representative groups to have an input into both the terms of reference and the liaison with...
    • Departmental Advertising
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services Regulation
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank in respect of a fine issued to a broker regarding the breaching of market rules in relation to a transaction; if his...
    • Banking Sector
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the competitive nature of retail banking; his further views on the impact of the closure of a bank and the branches of another bank (details...
    • Value Added Tax
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the standard VAT rate being reduced from 23% to 21% for a six month period from 1 September 2020 to 28 February 2021; if an analysis of...
    • Legislative Measures
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce legislation to allow banks to differentiate between customers in different sectors specifically to exempt solicitor client accounts from...
    • Banking Sector
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a citation in the relationship framework agreement between the Minister and a bank (details supplied) that prohibits or in any way prevents him...
    • Tax Credits
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out under the stay and spend scheme; the amount budgeted for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12654/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if the current rates allowed under the e-working tax relief can be increased given the current shortfall for employees in the difference between the maximum...
    • Tax Code
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 20% additional tax and duty being placed on raw materials in the production of lubricants which are not the end product itself will be examined...
    • Banking Sector Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retail bank branch closures per year since 2010, disaggregated by bank, year and county location. [12675/21]
    • Tax Yield
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit of a taxpayer unit by 3% per €1,500 on a person's income between...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons successfully prosecuted for either tobacco or cigarette smuggling in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [12725/21]
    • Euro Coins Production
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered placing Irish animals on the Irish euro coins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12736/21]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme will be extended given that the private construction sector has been restricted due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which credit union members can call an annual general meeting; and if the process was affected by the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount spent on the EWSS for the childcare sector on a monthly basis since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful applicants who have applied in each year of the operation of the help-to-buy scheme. [12887/21]
    • Departmental Internships
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and...
    • Banking Sector
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the announcement by a bank (details supplied) that it will close 103 branches including a significant number of rural branches, such as the...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the employment wage subsidy scheme extension to the end of 2021 for the tourism and aviation sectors which are both unlikely to see a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the pillar banks to ensure that concession-based moratoriums are being provided to tourism businesses until such time as Covid-19...
    • Value Added Tax
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider retaining the tourism VAT rate at 9% until at least 2025 to assist the recovery of the tourism sector post Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to defects in sections of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 whereby banks can initiate proceedings to...
    • Economic Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of individual consumption per capita across Ireland's NUTS III regions from 2008 to date. [13188/21]
    • Customs and Excise
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the UK to Ireland customs documentation that is handled electronically arising from the EU-UK free trade agreement; the amount handled by way of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the Covid restriction support scheme for businesses with a 75% drop in revenue; his views on the way the hotel industry estimates that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider lifting the four-year rule for recoupment of overpayment or refunds for a short period during the Covid-19 pandemic to allow struggling...
    • Community Banking
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the recommendations from the 2019 report by a company (details supplied) on community banking that have been implemented; his plans to...
    • Value Added Tax
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are circumstances under which VAT can be charged on medical tests used to diagnose and for treatment of cancer; the specific circumstances under...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will adopt a standard position on a moratorium for loan repayments for the hospitality sector to reflect the extended Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
    • Economic Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the economic letter from a former Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) which outlined that the prosperity of the Irish economy ranks...
    • Tax Code
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors of the G20 on 26 February 2021 and discussions regarding pillars I and II of the G20...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) in view of the €4.13 million fine by the Central Bank on 2 March 2021 in relation to a transaction...
    • Departmental Advertising
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Parental Leave
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to top up the additional three weeks parent's leave and benefit once it is rolled out in view of the fact that local...
    • Drainage Schemes
      314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if drainage works in Ballyduff, County Kerry will be extended to include a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made on an application by Galway County Council for funding for flood relief works at Brook Lodge, Ballyglunin,...
    • Garda Stations
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when construction will recommence on a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12656/21]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans for the flood relief in Kenmare, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12691/21]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the €7 million investment in the removal of the pinch points on the River Shannon which will address the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider an extension of opening hours for the Iveagh Gardens in summer 2021 in view of the continued restrictions impacting...
    • Departmental Internships
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost...
    • Heritage Sites
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to date of the maintenance and protection of the national monument buildings at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street since the Office...
    • Departmental Advertising
      325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions her Department has taken to actively deter short-term holiday lets during level 5 restrictions that have been the...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Fáilte Ireland has established destination recovery task forces for County Mayo; and the remit, role and strategy and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a detailed list will be provided of the allocations made by national governing bodies of sport in receipt of funding in excess...
    • Sport Ireland
      329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Sport Ireland has commenced the recruitment process for its new chief executive; if not, when it will commence; when she will...
    • Arts Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for funding received by the Arts Council in 2020; the number of those applications that were approved...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to introduce a specific grant for individual businesses to allow them to adapt their premises to provide facilities...
    • Sports Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a full list of the funding streams available for community sports initiatives will be provided; and if she will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering a replacement for the stay and spend scheme as introduced; if she has met with the Minister for Finance...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider an issue for a sports club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12655/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding her Department provided to each national cultural institution in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form [12726/21]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12833/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if supports are available or will be provided for businesses (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Internships
      347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019;...
    • Gender Equality
      348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the gender disparity data report on Irish radio; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce the results of the latest round of applications for the sports capital grant (detail supplied); and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      351. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for moving indoor visitor attractions to level 2 in COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021 - The Path Ahead which is an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the exclusion of marine tourism from all Covid-19 aid schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Funding
      353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the purpose for which the funding of theatres (details supplied) will be used. [13381/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider producing a five-year plan with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the hospitality sector...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider emergency financial support for a castle (details supplied) County Clare. [13450/21]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on matters raised (details supplied) in relation to the proposed move by Horse Sport Ireland to a new centre of...
    • Sports Facilities
      358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a club (details supplied) does not have a running track or basic facilities; if...
    • Departmental Advertising
      359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent across her Department on advertising on Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules under level 5 restrictions for a house that has been partially built and has no roof and is therefore exposed to the...
    • Rights of Way
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the November deadline for the registration of rights of way with the Land Registry in view of the fact that...
    • Planning Guidelines
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group on rural planning guidelines in his Department; and when revised guidance on the issue of...
    • Planning Investigations
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the report by his Department into allegations of planning irregularities in County Donegal. [12476/21]
    • National Planning Framework
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the national planning framework policy objective (details supplied) is being delivered; and if he will make a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary contacted his office...
    • Housing Policy
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new national implementation plan for housing first will be published given that the current plan runs from 2018-2021;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding the household means policy review; if open consultation will be allowed as part of the review...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if adoption of a home to permit homeworking is deemed essential work during level 5 restrictions. [12566/21]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to the housing assistance payment limit when a tenant finds accommodation that may be just...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the farm plan for designated areas will be available to all farmers in the 2021 Shannon Callows season; the amount...
    • Land Development Agency
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 24 February 2021, the reason the response did not include an update on the...
    • Local Authority Functions
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with Dublin City Council regarding the proposed white-water rafting centre at George’s Dock; his...
    • Irish Water
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the situation of the service level agreement between Irish Water and local authority workers will be clarified; the number...
    • Planning Issues
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the necessary local authority planning permission requests that persons need to apply for in order to be able to work from...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of social housing at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Architects Register
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the recognition of architectural technologists alongside other disciplines in the built environment (details...
    • Defective Building Materials
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out an urgent review of the financial assistance offered by the State under the defective concrete blocks...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is open to applicants who work less than 20 hours per week or are lone parents and...
    • Departmental Internships
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 20 January 2021, if additional construction sites have been given approval to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units completed during the level 5 lockdown by local authority; and if he will make a statement...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reviews that have taken place since 2011 on the performance of the shared ownership scheme; the person or body that...
    • Public Sector Staff
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the persons or grades of persons in the civil and public service and other employments who are prohibited from standing for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the oversight arrangements he has put in place with local authorities regarding compliance with level 5 restrictions; the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Dublin City Council for retrofitting council properties in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date...
    • Local Authority Rates
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the current waiver on local authority commercial rates for tourism and hospitality businesses...
    • Property Registration Authority
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the delays in registrations with the Property Registration Authority, PRA, which are now causing sales to...
    • Local Authority Rates
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the local authority commercial rates waiver until the end of December 2021; his views on the hotel sector...
    • Land Development Agency
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the tenure breakdown for each of the nine sites the Land Development Agency, LDA, is currently working on; and the percentage...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by local authority of long term leasing and long term leased Part V approvals for 2018, 2019 and 2020; the...
    • National Monuments
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total expenditure of €4.48 million for the conservation, protection and restoration of the...
    • Rental Sector
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the financing model for the cost rental scheme currently being piloted by his Department includes 60% loan finance from the...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps open to a seaweed harvester who wishes to register seaweed harvesting rights on their folio which abuts the...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of prosecutions that have been taken by the Residential Tenancies Board in relation to unregistered landlords....
    • Housing Policy
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions in place to protect those in multi-occupancies from unsuitable conditions and in particular to prevent two to...
    • Housing Issues
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents living near colleges in relation to the 2021 summer months and...
    • Building Control Management System
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason new housing developments cannot at present be uploaded onto the Building Control Management System; if this can be...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Meath County Council is correct when it states that the National Quality Standards Framework pertains only to services...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting times for approved housing applicants in County Tipperary by local electoral area in tabular form. [13452/21]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of HAP payments in each local electoral area in County Tipperary over the past five years. [13453/21]
    • National Economic and Social Council
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has read the recent NESC report on housing. [12564/21]
    • Fire Service
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to plans to carry out an independent report or analysis of the fire service in Bray, County...
    • Departmental Advertising
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied)...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diaspora Issues
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on matters raised in correspondence in relation to a building (details supplied) in New York; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that the international community must provide humanitarian assistance and support a peaceful and lasting resolution to the...
    • Human Rights
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is supportive of the promotion of democracy and basic human rights in Bahrain; if Ireland can advance these objectives through...
    • International Sanctions
      426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support the imposition of sanctions on Belarus through membership of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights Cases
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has raised concerns regarding the welfare of a person (details supplied) living in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates; and if he...
    • International Sanctions
      428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland is supportive of the imposition of sanctions on Venezuela through membership of the EU; and if he will make a statement...
    • Human Rights
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with his Polish counterpart regarding the recent rolling back of sexual and reproductive rights for women and...
    • Passport Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale behind the closure of the Passport Office; if the staff have been redeployed elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consular Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he has spoken formally with the Irish Consulate General in Sydney since 1 March 2020. [12719/21]
    • Departmental Internships
      436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in...
    • Northern Ireland
      437. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure the case is adequately investigated by authorities in Northern Ireland;...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      438. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered altering the requirement for a person to register on the foreign births register before the next generation’s...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the times that US military aircraft landed at Shannon airport on 11 January 2021 and 23 January 2021; the times that the aircraft departed;...
    • Northern Ireland
      441. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with members of the Northern...
    • Departmental Information
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice or briefings his Department received from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ahead of his meeting with the French...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in discussions with the UK Government to resolve the conflict over the right of Irish fishing vessels to...
    • Irish Aid
      445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Ireland Fellows Programme for 2021; the way it has been adapted in the wake of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Gender Equality
      458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that his Department is taking with respect to promoting International Women's Day; the steps he is taking to promote gender...
    • Irish Aid
      459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the assistance provided to the central Sahel region of Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13465/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his plans to deepen Ireland’s engagement with francophone nations in Africa; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 24 February 2021, if the figure of 84 crew rest stopovers refers to the number of crew members...
    • Passport Applications
      463. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13510/21]
    • Human Rights
      464. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Ethiopia; if he has received representations regarding concerns over the situation of the Oromo...
    • Departmental Advertising
      465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent across his Department on advertising relating to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      466. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a recruitment drive for the Defence Forces School of Music will occur during the first half of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      467. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fully qualified air traffic controllers within the Air Corps; and the average length of time it takes to qualify as an air traffic...
    • Defence Forces
      468. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to date regarding the Workplace Relations Commission ruling in December 2020 for a comprehensive review of...
    • Departmental Internships
      470. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in...
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      471. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress of an investigation in the Defence Forces into the involvement of one or more members of same with the far right (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      472. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the role of the Office of Emergency Planning throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; and the resources of and the...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      473. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for not establishing the office of veterans’ affairs as previously committed to; and his plans for this office and veterans'...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      474. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength versus the establishment of the Defence Forces personnel support service; and the status of the current capability of the...
    • Naval Service
      475. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength verses establishment of the Naval Service fleet operational readiness standards and training; and the status of the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      476. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12479/21]
    • State Examinations
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided on the practical aspects of some exam subjects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to tackle the emerging anomaly in relation to Gaeltacht fees being charged to third level students who are studying to become...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by substitute school teachers who are unable to progress on the pay point scale due to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support making the national training programme for special needs assistants a fully accredited and recognised FETAC level 7 award;...
    • School Admissions
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12540/21]
    • Education Policy
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to roll out the in-school and preschool therapy services demonstration project as a national scheme in the future; if so, the areas...
    • Schools Building Projects
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12580/21]
    • School Staff
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scheduled reduction of staffing numbers for the 2022-2023 academic year at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is committed to tackling educational disadvantage as per her press release of 1 March 2021 (details supplied); if so, if she will reverse...
    • School Transport
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school bus pick-up point at the limited car parking space at Ballykeeffe, Kilkenny, facilitating 27 pupils attending schools in Kilkenny...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind children in primary schools not being required to wear masks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12676/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which is due to open September 2021 and the permanent school which is proposed to be constructed in...
    • Bus Éireann
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy of Bus Éireann contracts will be examined in relation to the automatic retirement of drivers when they reach 70 years of age...
    • Special Educational Needs
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accommodations and provisions being made in mainstream secondary education for children with mild to moderate learning disability to return...
    • School Transport
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 376 of 17 February 2021, if he will provide details of the membership of the steering group; the number of...
    • State Examinations
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students repeating their leaving certificate in 2021 will be eligible to submit their practical projects for grading in the 2021 exam which...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline for the introduction of special schools from 50% to 100% capacity in the next few weeks; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the interim report for school transport to be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12827/21]
    • School Admissions
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of admissions to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12838/21]
    • School Transport
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if refunds will be issued to parents of pupils on the school transport scheme that have not been attending school and therefore not availing of...
    • Education Policy
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that fifth year students can be facilitated to catch up on class time lost due to school closures in 2021 and any associated...
    • Schools Building Projects
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) has been brought to her attention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12876/21]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of plans for the amalgamation of three secondary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12896/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of projects in schools (details supplied) approved under the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, Devolved Programme. [12901/21]
    • DEIS Scheme
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with regard to a school (details supplied) becoming included in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of engagement she has had with both parents and stakeholders in identifying and providing an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit for...
    • Education Policy
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full list of participating organisations, unions and advocacy groups that contributed to talks held to get agreement on the...
    • Departmental Internships
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the cost in...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive appropriate broadband services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12985/21]
    • School Discipline
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance issued by her Department on the use of physical interventions such as restraint and seclusion in schools; when the working group...
    • Education Policy
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date her Department will issue guidance for schools on the use of reduced timetables; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13013/21]
    • Education Data
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of these appeals that were for expulsion, suspension or refusal to...
    • DEIS Scheme
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to grant Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • State Examinations
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a copy of their leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13039/21]
    • School Staff
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if public service status has been granted to all grant-paid secretaries; if a review has been carried out in respect of the two-tier system; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place for assessments of needs for young persons who are transitioning from primary school to secondary school in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the wearing of masks and antigen testing will be brought into primary schools for children and teachers; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 27 January 2021, her views on whether the Framework of Design and Build Contractors to ensure the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant (details supplied) who is due to retire will be allowed to extend their working life; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the next steps in regard to a school (details supplied); the measures she plans to undertake in advance of the 2021-2022 school term with...
    • Education Policy
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the New Schools Establishment Group will next report on locations for additional secondary schools in County Wicklow; if her attention has...
    • Site Acquisitions
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will commence the process to acquire the site zoned for a new secondary school in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow; if the...
    • Education Policy
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the need to establish a new secondary school in Enniskerry, County Wicklow (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Curriculum
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some secondary schools require first-year students to choose their subjects for second year in...
    • DEIS Scheme
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a reduction of one in all class levels in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, band one schools and not just...
    • School Staff
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the role of school secretaries will be upgraded to clerical officer status; and if there is a timescale for this transition. [13187/21]
    • Siollabas Gaeilge
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aici siollabais nua Ghaeilge a thabhairt isteach don Ardteist nó an bhfuil i gceist aici ábhair éagsúla a...
    • School Transport
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for a person (details supplied). [13241/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of representations she received from parents on a school building project (details supplied). [13305/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a clear direction that parents dropping and collecting children from school grounds should wear masks while doing so; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times she has met officials in her Department to discuss a school building project (details supplied). [13335/21]
    • State Examinations
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the roadmap for students doing practical exams in, for example, music, home economics, orals, aurals, woodwork,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for the implementation of section 37A of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by section 8 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act...
    • State Examinations
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when clarity will be given to leaving certificate students applied for personal reflection tasks, graphics and construction work; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to modernise a circular (details supplied); the position on the employment status of physical education teachers; the number of...
    • School Transport
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a seat on a school bus will be provided for a child (details supplied). [13416/21]
    • Insurance Coverage
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 24 February, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of insurance cover for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 3 February, if there has been further progress in advancing a much needed building project at a...
    • Autism Support Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional technology that may be available to school students who are on the autistic spectrum; and if these students can avail of financial...
    • Schools Building Projects
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13512/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision will be extended by two weeks for 2021 given the disruption to students caused by school buildings being closed; and if she...
    • Early Start Programme
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Early Start units in schools currently under review with her Department; the reason for the review; if these units are at risk of...
    • Education Schemes
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the free school books scheme which was piloted in September 2020; when a review of the pilot scheme can be expected; and if she is...
    • Education Policy
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools the pilot workshops plan to recruit further to her statement of 3 March 2021 in order to pilot workshops on well-being and...
    • School Transport
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to two siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this family applied and paid on...
    • Departmental Advertising
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Food Poverty
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the research paper by a union (details supplied) which explores inequality and deprivation in Ireland. [13523/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if flexibility can be afforded to freelance and short-term workers with regard to eligibility for the pandemic unemployment...
    • Gender Recognition
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to revising the current procedure in which transgender persons who wish to have their names...
    • Local Employment Service
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the tendering process for the local employment services scheme; the stage the process is at; the...
    • Disability Allowance
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if flexibility is allowed regarding scholarships awarded to students in receipt of the disability allowance as in the case of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for those forced to take time off work due to illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employment earnings for 2020 will be taken into account when assessing the rate of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the telephone support allowance by €1, €2.50, €4 and €5,...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the jobseeker's transitional payment by €5,...
    • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the back-to-work enterprise schemes for an additional 12 months, given the impact restrictions...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken to revise the age thresholds for the domiciliary care allowance (details supplied). [12782/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department utilises a bank (details supplied) for making social welfare payments to recipients; her views on whether...
    • Parental Leave
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a process is available for applicants looking to avail of the additional three weeks benefit under parent's leave and...
    • Maternity Benefit
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to maternity benefit will be examined. [12910/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider appointing representatives of affected groups to the Pensions Commission such as groups (details...
    • Disability Allowance
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the disability allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make...
    • State Pensions
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the State pension, contributory and non-contributory;...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the back to education allowance; and if she will make...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance;...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the basic supplementary welfare allowance; and if she...
    • Blind Person's Pension
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the blind pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the carer’s support grant; and if she will make...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Fuel Allowance
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the household benefits package; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on an application for the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to provide pension provision as per a 2008 Labour Court recommendation for community employment...
    • Departmental Internships
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make changes to a service agreement with local community employment sponsor groups (details supplied) in County...
    • Registration of Deaths
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a death registered before the enactment of the amended section 37 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 can have the...
    • Disability Allowance
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Job Losses
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correspondence and interaction there have been between her Department and the board of a group (details supplied)...
    • Redundancy Payments
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will intervene with the board of a group (details supplied) to ensure the previously agreed severance package is...
    • Disability Allowance
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing payment including arrears to a person (details supplied) who has been approved for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants awarded the supplementary welfare allowance to date in 2021; the number of applications submitted by...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a family (details supplied) can qualify for a once-off exceptional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pensions
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the availability of the option under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 to direct that subsection 1 shall not be...
    • Invalidity Pension
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13337/21]
    • Carer's Allowance
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the support payments to her Department for those seeking international protection as provided for in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment by each of the four payment rates by age,...
    • National Economic and Social Council
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the recent NESC report on the self-employed. [12564/21]
    • Pensions Reform
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the living alone allowance should be accessed as income when calculating the income threshold for...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13509/21]
    • School Meals Programme
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the hot school meals initiative; when a review of the pilot scheme can be expected; and if the scheme will be...
    • Departmental Advertising
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied)...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Direct Provision System
      626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he plans to establish the new international protection support service to deal with applicants for...
    • Maternity Leave
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an extension of maternity leave due to Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the terms of reference for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation omitted to cover...
    • Foster Care
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the situation in respect of insurance cover for foster children, particularly in regard to farm accidents, given...
    • Childcare Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding pregnant childcare workers and Covid-19 public health restrictions; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [12575/21]
    • Child Protection
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the 2016 Concluding Observations Report for Ireland from the UN Committee on...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Births
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review into incorrect birth registrations commissioned by his Department in May 2018 generated a report;...
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the fact that the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children and sexual...
    • Child and Family Agency
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a funding allocation will be made to a group (details supplied) for 2021; if a commitment will be given that...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has completed its strategic review of domestic violence accommodation provision which is intended to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a copy of the Report of the Commission of Investigation...
    • Parental Leave
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the legislation will be progressed to provide the additional three weeks of parent's leave; if this change...
    • Childcare Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an additional year of preschool can be arranged for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Internships
      645. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his...
    • Parental Leave
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parents can expect to avail of the extension to parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to reopen childcare and to enable providers to prepare for full reopening; and if he will...
    • Child and Family Agency
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he will request that Tusla investigate the...
    • Childcare Costs
      649. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide heavily subsidised or free childcare (details supplied). [13046/21]
    • Parental Leave
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of and timeline regarding the introduction of the additional three weeks of parental leave; when...
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland
      651. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if correspondence will be made available which was forwarded to his Department in 1996 by the Adoption Authority...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      652. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list will be provided of all domestic violence refuge accommodation in Ireland by county; the capacity of...
    • Direct Provision System
      654. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision centres that already offer own door or own room accommodation in their...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      655. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a statutory or otherwise redress scheme will be put in place to provide compensation for those that spent...
    • Childcare Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); if this is happening in other playschools;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will be taken into consideration as income when assessing HEAR applications; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Education
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a return of the service arrangement payment for those studying nursing to allow for a waiving of student fees in return...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current plans for third-level institutions for September 2021, for example, if online learning will continue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Admissions
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of CAO offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase resources for research into virology on an ongoing basis; and if there will be an increase in funding for relevant...
    • Brexit Issues
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish students who have been accepted onto master's degree courses in the UK pre-Brexit and deferred their place for an academic year due to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the engagement process with social and healthcare course providers and regulatory bodies on the challenges for students required to...
    • Third Level Education
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work he is undertaking with third-level institutions to develop accredited learning courses for college students with a diagnosis of autism...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing first year college students who have particularly struggled during the pandemic to be permitted to repeat first year...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by a group (details supplied) in relation to English language education here; the supports...
    • Departmental Internships
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures will be put in place to give regard to the arrangements for those preparing for their final apprenticeship exams in view of the...
    • Third Level Education
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement for students embarking on paramedic studies degrees in the 2021-2022 academic year to have a grade C1 licence by the end of...
    • SOLAS Administration
      676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being put in place to move the Safepass training course online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13191/21]
    • Third Level Fees
      677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a situation in National University of Ireland Galway in which a student fails to pay the student levy fee of €224 by 31...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 24 February 2021, if SUSI is seeking repayment from the 743 students that were initially awarded...
    • Student Accommodation
      679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department requested all IT colleges to suspend the collection of rental income from businesses on their campuses during the public health...
    • Third Level Admissions
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that accept a place to study medicine each year through the CAO system since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location in which guidance counsellors can access information on apprenticeship vacancies. [13375/21]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, will be assessed by SUSI for the coming academic year in relation to third-level...
    • Departmental Advertising
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12488/21]
    • Legal Aid
      687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of criminal legal aid claimed by county under each of the various criminal legal aid schemes in each of the years...
    • Crime Prevention
      691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to combat the rise in crime in the north inner city area of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the visa process for medical professionals who have job offers in health settings here and who are engaging with the Irish...
    • Garda Data
      694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions An Garda Síochána has proceeded with for offences under section 17(3) of the Intoxicating...
    • Garda Strength
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time youth justice workers, family support and early intervention posts that are employed for each of the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a recent contract for the supply of new Garda public order unit vans went out to tender; and if so, when the new vans will...
    • Crime Data
      697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of armed robbery and jailed in 2020; and the number that received prison terms between 10 and...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a recent contract for the supply of new Garda cars went out to tender; and if so, when the new cars will come into the...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are full-time document fraud experts working in the Garda National Immigration Bureau. [12703/21]
    • Garda Training
      700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí trained in public order in each Garda division as of 1 March 2021, in tabular form; and when...
    • Prison Staff
      701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents in which conflict resolution methods such as dialogue were used by prison officers from 1 March 2020 to...
    • Fines Administration
      702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions taken regarding the funds collected from the courts via the judges using the donation to poor box procedure as part...
    • Garda Data
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that the Meath protective services unit has dealt with since being established. [12727/21]
    • Court Judgments
      704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of drink driving in Trim District Court in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Firearms Licences
      705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the licensing requirements for gun silencers. [12729/21]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans allocated to the Meath Garda division as of 26 February 2021. [12730/21]
    • Work Permits
      707. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of work permits for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12737/21]
    • Court Sittings
      708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact the pandemic has had on court proceedings; and the level of backlog this is likely to cause for the future. [12743/21]
    • Deportation Orders
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons awaiting deportation on foot of a deportation order; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Insurance Industry
      710. 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....
    • Prison Inspections
      711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views in relation to the Inspector of Prisons commencing a Covid-19 thematic inspection of all Irish prisons; and if she...
    • Departmental Internships
      712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019;...
    • Passport Controls
      713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 17 February 2021, the scientific and medical evidence on which the new visa...
    • Garda Stations
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the new Clonmel Garda station at Kickham Barracks; when the contract will be awarded; and the commencement...
    • Prison Visiting Regulations
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place for prisoners to receive family visits when restrictions are eased. [13132/21]
    • Work Permits
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to decrease the processing times in respect of atypical work permits especially for persons classed as...
    • Citizenship Status
      720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied) will be progressed to decision stage; and if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current valid time period for a visa awarded to a person (details supplied); if an extension is required in this case; if...
    • Prison Service Staff
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing security checks for applications to the Irish Prison Service; when a person (details...
    • International Protection
      724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking international protection in each of the past ten years by country of origin for this period....
    • Coroners Service
      729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the backlog which exists in the Coroner’s Courts around the country due to Covid-19...
    • Asylum Seekers
      731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland is a signatory to the Dublin Convention and compliant with the provisions of same (details supplied); the position...
    • Departmental Advertising
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19, by month and by media outlet (details supplied),...
  • Department of Health
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the speech and language and occupational therapists in a school (details supplied); if the school will lose the services in 2021; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure age appropriate treatment can be provided to a person (details supplied). [13407/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a 24-7 helpline for follow-up care for those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine who may experience some adverse effects...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a cataract surgery appointment in the case of a person (details supplied) at Nenagh General Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      741. To ask the Minister for Health when adults with intellectual disabilities living in residential facilities will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; if there are plans to move them up the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding deployment of HSE speech and language therapists as contact tracers; if they will be returning to their pre-Covid-19 roles as speech and...
    • Hospital Equipment
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE placed the order for the two oxygen generators for University Hospital Galway in response to Covid-19; and the date the units were delivered...
    • Disability Services Funding
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12505/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to study or sanction the use of Ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have contracted Covid-19 in nursing homes, other long-term residential care facilities, palliative care settings and in hospital; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      748. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 vaccines will be administered to psychiatric nursing staff at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12515/21]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2021 to implement new models of care, including the provision of wraparound...
    • Mental Health Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for access to mental health services will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if he will exempt those travelling abroad to New Zealand to be with a terminally ill parent from mandatory quarantine on their return to Ireland; if this...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a roadmap to resume speech and language therapy and occupational therapy services in County Clare; when the relevant therapists who normally carry...
    • General Practitioner Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a roadmap for Shannon Doc services to resume to a full service once level 5 restrictions are eased; if an updated schedule will be provided of...
    • Health Services
      755. 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. [12549/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to establish exclusion zones around medical facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12553/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      757. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume reconstructive surgery services for those receiving cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12554/21]
    • Nursing Education
      758. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a return of the service arrangement payment for those studying nursing to allow for a waiving of student fees in return for working in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      759. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a date for orthopaedic services. [12568/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned new ambulance station in Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/21]
    • Home Help Service
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home support services specifically for Sundays will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [12572/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing the Hocoma Lokomat treatment for disabled persons and long-term wheelchair users on social welfare who hold a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by Irish citizens who contracted Covid-19 abroad and have recovered from the virus yet are stranded...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of a lack of proper social distancing outside of busy Covid-19 testing centres; the steps his Department is taking...
    • Vaccination Programme
      766. To ask the Minister for Health when school transport escorts will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12608/21]
    • Maternity Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 3 February 2021, the basis on which lactation consultant posts are allocated to community healthcare...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      768. To ask the Minister for Health when indoor visits will be permitted in nursing homes which have been covered in the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Audiology Services
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the waiting list for an audiology appointment at present in the CHO2 region, Galway; and the measures being taken to reduce the waiting...
    • Vaccination Programme
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown on vaccine administration by county. [12634/21]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an increase in the amount of young person's seeking treatment for drug addiction in County Kildare since the beginning of March 2020; if so,...
    • Departmental Funding
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department has provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if the funding was drawn down under section 38 or 39 funding....
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug semaglutide has been removed from the drugs payment scheme for use by polycystic ovary syndrome patients; his plans to reinstate it; and if...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can obtain permission to complete a charity run from Mizen to Malin Head; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the HSE decision to suspend services at a service (details supplied) in County Dublin; when these services will resume; the alternative...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the HIV and STI public testing services that are currently in operation under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions in County Dublin; his plans to restore services...
    • Health Services Provision
      783. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the Covid-19-related challenges faced in delivering both clinical and community-based sexual health services in County Dublin; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      784. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to facilitate the vaccination of those who due to medical conditions are housebound or do not have anyone available to bring them to their general...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the value to each hospital of the car parking charges system in tabular form; the amount raised from car parking charges if the system is under hospital...
    • HSE Expenditure
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the cost the HSE pays for debt collection services for non or late payments of hospital fees. [12690/21]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in parking charges at Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Suicide Prevention
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the roll-out of age-appropriate Safe Talk training for pupils in secondary schools. [12710/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      791. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12713/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tricuspid valve replacement procedures carried out at St. James's Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [12715/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works that were carried out at National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the estimated cost of...
    • Home Care Packages
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath seeking an intensive home care package. [12717/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant cardiothoracic surgeon posts that have been advertised since 2016; and the number of these posts that have been filled to date. [12718/21]
    • Disability Support Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot attend a centre; when such centres will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12731/21]
    • Hospital Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of ambulance services for the Connemara region, particularly in view of an incident (details supplied); the number of ambulances...
    • HSE Staff
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the process through which a formal grievance submission by a staff member of the HSE can be made to a manager; the responsibility on the HSE manager to arrange...
    • Vaccination Programme
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity available to administer the Covid-19 vaccine as one million doses per month are received; and if there is a contingency plan to scale up capacity...
    • Health Services Provision
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if medical consultations in the public system have become virtual consultations; and if it is planned to continue this practice beyond the pandemic. [12741/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      803. To ask the Minister for Health when ninety persons in the over-85 years of age category who had appointments for Covid-19 vaccination cancelled without notice in Ballyfermot recently will...
    • HSE Staff
      804. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the issue of pay awards arising from Report No. 42 of the Review Body of Higher Remuneration in Public Service regarding payment being...
    • Vaccination Programme
      805. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccinations will commence for the over-65 years of age group given the anxiety of so many persons to be vaccinated; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a paediatric diabetes nurse in Mullingar General Hospital; and when this service will resume. [12791/21]
    • HSE Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the cross-border health directive in Northern Ireland in each of the years, 2016 to 2020, and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if those who were absent from school on the day of the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine administration and the catch-up programme can still receive the HPV...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the policy changes to the nursing homes support scheme to cap the financial assessment of family farms or businesses; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if aesthetic clinics are permitted to open during level 5 restrictions; the guidelines in place for the operation of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      814. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendation that a vaccine (details supplied) should not be used on persons over 70 years of age will be reassessed given the recent Public Health...
    • Health Services Access
      816. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the gender identity adolescent service in Our Lady's Children's Hospital to new referrals; his plans to improve access to healthcare for...
    • Medicinal Products
      819. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 10 December 2020, if he will clarify the definition of currently registered on the national pre-exposure...
    • Health Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams for transgender children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the process established to deal with difficult cases concerning the Covid-19 vaccination, in particular a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the existing treatments that are being provided for amyloidosis patients; the way in which these compare against patrisan; and the efficacy of these existing...
    • Vaccination Programme
      830. To ask the Minister for Health when international transport workers can expect to receive a vaccine; and if he has been in contact with his European counterparts concerning vaccinations for...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      834. To ask the Minister for Health when the minimum unit pricing for alcohol under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be implemented in view of the pressing need to tackle alcohol abuse...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on his meeting with EU Health Ministers on 1 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12870/21]
    • Paediatric Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to reduce unacceptable waiting times for paediatric occupational therapy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent figure for the number of persons waiting for motorised wheelchairs in community healthcare organisation area 4. [12872/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight and complaint mechanism available to families for reporting non-compliance with nursing home visiting guidelines during the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure organisation of times for vaccinations for front-line healthcare workers and the communication of these details to workers;...
    • Cancer Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the evidence or data to support conclusions by a person (details supplied) that the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumad does...
    • Health Services
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the national survey on drug and alcohol use in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board. [12935/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the change in the target for vaccination of the over 85s within his daily update to Deputies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Eating Disorders
      847. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a report by a group (details supplied) in relation to recovery from eating disorders Ireland that states that lack of proper treatment for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12941/21]
    • Health Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if the new package of increased supports and respite for a child (details supplied) has been completed; if so, if it has been shared with him and the family of...
    • Medical Cards
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card issued to a person (details supplied) was revoked without notification; if the card will be restored at least until there is...
    • Departmental Internships
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending Covid-19 regulations to designate the monumental masonry sector which deals with the provision and maintenance of headstones in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide contact information and details regarding its vaccination service for persons who are housebound; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ozempic, also known as semaglutide, was taken off the drug payment scheme for all non-type 2 diabetic patients in July 2020 in circular 022/20; his...
    • Vaccination Programme
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the sequence of dentists and dental staff in the national vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12970/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include dentists and hygienists in the Be on Call for Ireland initiative, given that they deal with medical emergencies and have the required...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the NTPF suspended outpatients list; the number of patients waiting; the length of the wait and speciality of consultant they are waiting to...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on a first outpatients appointment with a specialist consultant in the HSE, to include all hospitals not just children...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in respect of the long waiting times for MRIs in CHI who are currently waiting; the duration of their wait; the number of children who...
    • Paediatric Services
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were outsourced for scoliosis surgery in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the hospital to which they were...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      867. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12986/21]
    • HSE Staff
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the longest waiting time experienced by a HSE CHO4 staff member to have a grievance hearing arranged for stage 1 of the HSE grievance procedure following...
    • Dental Services
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical card reimbursement for dentists who treat medical card holders in areas (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant position of paediatric rheumatologist in Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin, has been filled; if there are further similar positions still...
    • Mental Health Services
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per person and overall cost of delivering mental health first aid training since its inception per year and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if...
    • Suicide Prevention
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GAA clubs that have received safeTALK training through health club initiatives; the number of persons per club, by age; the cost of delivering...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      878. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be carried out for a person (details supplied) through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [13024/21]
    • Hospital Equipment
      879. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a review into the effectiveness of UV equipment provided to St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, and Ballinasloe, County Galway, on loan in the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by persons (details supplied) in County Clare; when an assessment on this application will take place;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      883. To ask the Minister for Health if there is data to track the extent to which persons who flew into Ireland during January 2021 were associated with the spread of Covid-19 and the import of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      884. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scan will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [13072/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an obligation on home care providers to inform the families when the carers of patients are found to have contracted Covid-19; and if he will make...
    • General Practitioner Services
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified general practitioners that took up work in County Cavan in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent sonographers in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services Data
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in residential care in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13109/21]
    • Dental Services
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental hygienists in CHO 6 and 7 in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; if this number will be further increased; and if he...
    • Hospital Procedures
      890. To ask the Minister for Health if bladder botox is carried out at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13111/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons working in Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/21]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the approved positions and vacancies within CAMHS services in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13114/21]
    • Suicide Prevention
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-term equivalent staff in County Monaghan employed under the Connecting for Life strategy; the staff vacancies that exist; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if a recruitment campaign for additional full-time permanent nurses will commence shortly at Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant oncologist at Mercy University Hospital; the number of persons on the waiting list for same; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Data
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in CHO 7 that have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if technical issues in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine registration portal for health professionals have been raised with his Department; if so, the steps he...
    • UN Conventions
      905. To ask the Minister for Health if he considers the trace amount of THC in products derived from the EU hemp crop to be controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he...
    • EU Regulations
      908. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Commission regulates EU hemp products with trace amounts of THC such as food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13155/21]
    • UN Conventions
      911. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent clarifications provided by the European Commission to an organisation (details supplied); if Ireland will...
    • EU Regulations
      914. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to exercise the Misuse of Drugs Acts against CBD foods with trace amounts of THC produced and or sold by Irish companies who have novel food...
    • Vaccination Programme
      915. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the potential introduction of vaccine passports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13164/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      916. To ask the Minister for Health when Sativex will be approved for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/21]
    • Hospital Services
      917. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate repair clinics for upper prosthetic limbs at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13169/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      918. To ask the Minister for Health when a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Clare will be in possession of Covid-19 vaccinations to inoculate patients in view that some patients...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      919. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will be in a position to resume issuing primary medical certificates in the context of the disabled drivers tax concession scheme which was halted...
    • Hospital Facilities
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to end the practice of imposing parking fees at all public hospitals given that they have proved a costly burden on those...
    • Ambulance Service
      921. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the payment of ambulance service personnel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13181/21]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a speech and language therapist is being removed from a school (details supplied) on the basis of HSE rationalisation and speech and language...
    • Medical Cards
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the reason PCRS will not accept specific documents to progress a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration for pharmacists working in mass vaccination centres; if the method of their recruitment has an impact on their remuneration; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that arrived into Ireland in each week from 1 January 2021 to date and declared on the passenger locator form that they had been in a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the specific arrangements in place at public hospitals to ensure that cancer patients are facilitated with easy access to car parking at reduced...
    • Freedom of Information
      930. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that bereaved families that lost loved ones in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth are being asked...
    • Mental Health Policy
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the priority being afforded to mental health services; the extra funding made available to his Department for mental health services in 2021 compared to 2020;...
    • Medical Inquiries
      932. To ask the Minister for Health if issues raised in a High Court action by a person (details supplied) regarding failures in the north-east regional colposcopy service at Louth County...
    • Hospital Staff
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the status of nursing and consultant posts approved by the HSE in 2018 for the operation of the Women’s Health in Epilepsy programme and the...
    • Medicinal Products
      934. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of women of childbearing potential in Ireland currently taking the drug sodium valproate is known; if there has been a reduction in the number...
    • Ambulance Service
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the ambulance service in Connemara, particularly in the more remote areas of west and north Connemara; the effect of the...
    • Dental Services
      936. To ask the Minister for Health if a dental appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13317/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      937. To ask the Minister for Health if medical assessments are due to recommence for primary medical certificate applicants; if so, the date of commencement; the current situation in relation to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      938. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems experienced by persons in County Louth, particularly in Dundalk, in getting onto general practitioner lists both as...
    • Vaccination Programme
      939. To ask the Minister for Health the priority group in which carers for children with cancer will be included for the vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      942. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations regarding sodium valproate made by the Oireachtas Committee on Health of the 32nd Dáil (details supplied) have been fully...
    • Medicinal Products
      943. To ask the Minister for Health if a register is currently operational to record persons that are prescribed the drug sodium valproate during pregnancy; if a register is currently operational...
    • Suicide Incidence
      944. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide in each of the years 2017 to 2020, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13354/21]
    • Health Services
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO areas in which attendees at day services are being charged for transport costs; the number of persons being charged; the estimated costs charged and...
    • Eating Disorders
      946. To ask the Minister for Health if CAMHS and the mental health services of the HSE in County Clare have psychologists, counsellors and dieticians specifically trained to support adolescents...
    • General Practitioner Services
      947. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to extend free general practitioner care to six and seven year olds as envisaged under the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of...
    • Disability Support Services
      948. To ask the Minister for Health if all necessary remedial works have been completed at the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross,...
    • Home Help Service
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13392/21]
    • Respite Care Services
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds in each of the community hospitals in County Kerry available for convalescence and the elderly; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the future planned ownership, governance and control of the new national maternity hospital; the roles religious orders will play; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      953. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include indoor and outdoor play centres in level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13414/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in each county that have received their first and second vaccination against Covid-19, respectively in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      960. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review into the current assessment of needs standard operating procedure; the role parents will take in this review; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      961. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the policy of allocating only certain types of vaccines (details supplied) for the over 70s in view of the recent decisions in this respect...
    • Medicinal Products
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing of sodium valproate which was announced in November 2020; if the terms of reference have been agreed;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      964. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the community operations programme for families of children affected by sodium valproate; if funding is currently in place...
    • Maternity Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that pregnant women can be joined by their partner during prenatal scans and childbirth; the current situation that applies in each maternity...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      966. To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding options available to persons requiring fertility treatment; if such treatment is not available on the public system under the medical...
    • Ambulance Service
      967. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 298 and 900 of 24 February 2021 and the reply issued by the HSE on 2 March 2021, the refurbishment work undertaken at...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the semaglutide (details supplied) injection was removed from the drug payment scheme for persons with polycystic ovary syndrome; if it will be...
    • Abortion Services
      969. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 and the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)...
    • Health Services
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a paper (details supplied); and if his Department has acted on the proposal. [13476/21]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place to ensure that students who receive in-school speech and language therapy (details supplied) but do not meet the needs of the...
    • Medical Internships
      972. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to cut the 300 additional medical intern posts which were created in April 2020 as a result of the pandemic; the consideration that has been given...
    • Departmental Reports
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a report on the role of vitamin D in immunological health as it relates to same, given the evidence that vitamin D has a causal...
    • Vaccination Programme
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the sequence of events including timelines that take place to transport vaccines from the point of arrival into the country on a plane or ship to the point of...
    • Primary Care Services
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the psychologist post at Celbridge primary care centre, County Kildare, remains unfilled while waiting lists for psychological treatment lengthen...
    • Vaccination Programme
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations given by county by first dose only and by first and second dose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      979. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme does not include the prescription and funding of Dutch products for patients with specific...
    • Vaccination Programme
      980. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce a no fault compensation scheme to cover the Covid-19 vaccine programme in 2021; if the introduction of such a scheme would require...
    • Dental Services
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allowance for the orthodontic department in Letterkenny University Hospital from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Equipment
      983. To ask the Minister for Health when a new x-ray machine will be made available for the orthodontic department in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Health when new dental chairs and spaces for surgeries will be made available to tackle the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment at Letterkenny University...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      985. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to employ a full-time orthodontic consultant at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13502/21]
    • Hospital Data
      986. To ask the Minister for Health the number of x-rays carried out in Donegal and Killybegs community hospitals in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiology staff working in Donegal and Killybegs community hospitals in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in 2020 who were referred from Donegal and Killybegs community hospitals to other community hospitals for x-rays; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      990. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      991. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital parking fees should be applied for HSE employees when attending a hospital to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      992. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an explanation for the extraordinarily high incidence of Covid placentitis of which there were eleven cases reported worldwide up to November 2020...
    • Primary Care Centres
      994. To ask the Minister for Health when primary care services and a new primary care facility will be established in Tullow, County Carlow; the timescale for this service to be established; the...
    • Hospital Services
      995. To ask the Minister for Health if the outpatient service at Mullingar Regional Hospital is still under consideration for temporary relocation to a hospital (details supplied) in view of the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only 8,630 vaccines (details supplied) had been administered at the end of February 2021 out of a total received of 40,200; the reason the...
    • Health Services
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion date for the transfer of shares from a group to a company (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to ongoing public...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence in relation to pedigree boer goat breeders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      1003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body responsible for introducing a policy change (details supplied) to the forestry planting programme; and if he will...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when point-to-point racing will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12516/21]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      1005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Sport Ireland signed a lease for a centre (details supplied) on 1 March 2021; if proper procedures and protocols have been...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      1006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 485 and 486 of 10 December 2020, the out-turn at year end; the meat plants concerned for the...
    • Animal Diseases
      1007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps are being taken by his Department following the outbreak of a deadly strain of neurological equine herpes on mainland...
    • GLAS Issues
      1008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision was made on the request by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry to have the penalty applied to their GLAS...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the €3 million capital funding in Howth harbour in 2020 was spent under the fishery harbour and coastal...
    • Food Imports
      1010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the food import supply issues that have arisen due to Brexit; and if he will provide a detailed list of those items being delayed or...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules governing membership of a group (details supplied) a European Innovation Partnership Locally Lead Pilot project; the...
    • Seafood Sector
      1012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the terms of reference of the recently established seafood sector taskforce. [12795/21]
    • Milk Quota
      1013. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a mechanism available to apply for a refund of a penalty that was applied to a person for over production under the milk...
    • Forestry Sector
      1014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if afforestation initiatives will be included in the pilot agri-environment scheme being developed by his Department; and if he will...
    • Departmental Internships
      1018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the...
    • Land Issues
      1019. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of who may access the Land Commission records; the beneficial interest if any they must demonstrate in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level Ireland will need to be at before events such as agricultural shows are allowed to run safely under Covid-19 rules; and if...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1022. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided to assist farmers in the construction of agricultural underpass crossings on non-national roads in which...
    • Animal Diseases
      1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prioritise making equine herpes a notifiable disease in light of an outbreak of EHV-1 in Valencia, the most serious...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      1025. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps will be taken to protect the native Irish bee population in light of an identified threat (details supplied); and if he...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      1026. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the existing policy that offers indemnity to private land owners, whose land is crossed by a...
    • Animal Diseases
      1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken in response to reports of a rapid evolution of an aggressive strain of the neurological form of EHV-1...
    • Brexit Issues
      1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the animal and plant safety documentation involved in the new UK to Ireland animal and plant health checks that is...
    • Control of Horses
      1032. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of horses that are microchipped nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13340/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      1033. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his efforts over recent months to secure a fair burden sharing of the fish quota loss arising from the EU-UK...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      1035. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received representations from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the potential threat to beekeepers here...
    • Animal Diseases
      1036. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if horses entering Ireland are being tested for herpes virus in order to protect the equine industry (details supplied); and if he...
    • Felling Licences
      1037. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a felling licence will be issued for a person (details supplied). [13415/21]
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1038. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number and the number by county of cattle condemned as TB reactors in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form; and...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      1039. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on the TB eradication programme in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the amount of EU funding received in relation to...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1040. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the significant increase in TB infection rates over the past year; the measures he will enact to address this matter;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1041. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give special consideration to young farmers who started farming since the closure of the last GLAS scheme to be eligible...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      1042. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to extending the organics scheme criteria for applications due to the sharp rise in the cost of...
    • Beef Industry
      1043. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking with regard to beef prices for Irish farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13491/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      1045. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if recognition will be given to farmers who participate in either aerobic digestion or biomass processes, either on-site or at a...
    • Forestry Sector
      1046. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average length of time it takes to approve an afforestation application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13547/21]
    • Beef Industry
      1048. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in BEAM 2019 for farmers who do not reach 5% stocking rate reduction; if farmers can obtain a pro-rata payment rate at a...
    • Teagasc Activities
      1050. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 20 new education officers being recruited by Teagasc will be new recruits or existing employees of Teagasc being moved to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1051. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Enhancement Programme
      1052. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the application by Gortnahoe, County Tipperary for the community enhancement programme; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1053. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants and funding available from the community section of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12584/21]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      1054. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1055. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of demand for grant aid applications received under the LEADER food initiative for artisan, micro and small-food...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1056. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if specific funding schemes will be introduced to support community and voluntary organisations that cannot fundraise and have no...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1057. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1...

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