Written answers

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Citizens' Assembly
      20. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens' assemblies committed to in the Programme for Government. [15657/21]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his latest discussion with the President of the United States of America. [14545/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff
      53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase staffing levels across the public service in key areas such as health, education, higher education and training in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to the implementation of social and green clauses in public procurement. [20403/21]
    • Fiscal Policy
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given further consideration to the ring-fencing of seized cash to fund community driven projects; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 27 January 2021, the status of the transfer of ownership of Westgate House, Drogheda from...
    • Public Sector Staff
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the oversight of his Department of the target to increase the public service employment target for persons with disabilities on an...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the OPW allocation of costal and flood relief funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20483/21]
    • Fiscal Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied that the action taken by his Department to date remains sufficient to protect Ireland from the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position in relation to the flood alleviation scheme for Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of Ireland’s capital expenditure as a proportion of GNI* in 2021; the way this compares to the EU average; and if he...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals to intensify co-operation with the relevant Departments and agencies in Northern Ireland to deal with flooding problems...
    • Fiscal Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if austerity measures are being considered or discussed by his Department in response to the economic impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the scheme to alleviate flooding from the Owenglin River in Clifden, County Galway; the details of the analysis carried out...
    • Remote Working
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on public sector employers moving to 20% home and remote working in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent Parliamentary Budget Office analytical model (details supplied) which suggests that the State’s debt...
    • Secretaries General
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the process for approval of the new salary for the Secretary General of the Department of Health which is said to be...
    • National Planning Framework
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of the National Planning Framework; the overall funding commitment in relation to climate and transport...
    • Fiscal Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on equality budgeting by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/21]
    • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén sprioc atá ann do líon na státseirbhíseach nua a earcófar i mbliana a mbeidh inniúlacht sa...
    • National Development Plan
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the revised National Development Plan will have a greater emphasis on persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fiscal Policy
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the expenditure ceilings outlined in the Stability Programme Update 2021 will deliver commitments made in the Programme...
    • National Development Plan
      78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for further review of the National Development Plan. [20043/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all relevant Departments have developed action plans as part of the reform agenda as in the Building Momentum Public Service...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to ensure value for money is obtained for the significantly increased capital budget which will be at an all-time...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department has taken to improve the infrastructure of ports and airports due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Children's Hospital
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received an update from the Department of Health in relation to the costs associated with the building of the new...
    • Fiscal Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will commence publishing statements of Ireland's net worth along with State assets and liabilities; the timeframe for the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for tackling the increasing and accelerated coastal erosion in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his Department’s work on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding the Enniscorthy flood relief scheme; when will the OPW officially sign off on the scheme for the River...
    • Climate Action Plan
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the phase 1 review report by the National Investment Office focusing specifically on the climate action measures;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to compile a report on non-compliant Covid-19-related expenditure given the high volume of Covid-19-related procurement...
    • Office of Public Works
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the findings made by a programme (details supplied) detailing the waste of public money in the Office of Public Works; the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to strengthen oversight of the capital budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20395/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood defences in the Spanish Arch and docks area of Galway city; if a public consultation will be undertaken in this...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the perceived regulatory weaknesses in Ireland’s public procurement regime which have been brought to the fore during...
    • Public Expenditure Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated level of public expenditure for 2021; the extent to which the level 5 restrictions in place since the end of 2020 have...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement he has had with the Department of Social Protection in relation to the issue of pensions for community employment scheme...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is engaging at European level to make social and green clauses more flexible in public procurement. [20404/21]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options being considered for funding of works required to the weir at Ballincollig Regional Park; the engagement that has been had...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key performance indicators his Department uses to establish the extent of green public procurement; the level of achievement they...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Bantry flood relief scheme; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20494/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a uniform pay rate and policy for senior civil servants in Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Risk Management
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals to amend the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include additional waterways including the River Erne system in County Cavan;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to review the cost benefit analysis for flood relief works to incorporate turlough flooding; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Funding
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds he expects to be available to Ireland under the European Union Cohesion Package; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Public Service Innovation Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20402/21]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a representative of his Department was sent to the WRC Conciliation Conference with staff from a union (details supplied) regarding...
    • Economic Policy
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to future proof the economy through social investment spending initiatives with an aim of preventing economic stagnation and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism to ensure the responsible and most effective spend of the potential €10.8 billion available to Departments and...
    • Budget 2021
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross expenditure provided for in the budget for 2021; if this will be sufficient to cover the now projected voted expenditure for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of civil servants currently working remotely as a result of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the CFRAM schemes for County Louth and east County Meath; the key dates and so on in relation to same; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Reform
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform throughout the public service is likely to be a feature of public policy in the current year and thereafter...
    • Public Sector Staff
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants recruited before 1 April 2004 currently availing of the increase in the compulsory retirement age from 65...
    • Public Services Provision
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the assessment he is making or he has made as to whether capacity across public service bodies is keeping pace with increased investment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount provided across 2020 and to date in 2021 for Covid-19-related spending programmes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the decision to increase the pay for the Secretary General of the Department of Health; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • UN Security Council
      128. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department during Ireland’s membership of the UN Security Council. [20508/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      129. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the higher executive officers, administration officers, assistant principal officers, principal officers and assistant secretaries in...
    • General Data Protection Regulation
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the...
    • Employment Data
      131. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who are classified as self-employed by sector in each year since 2015; and the number of employees who are classified as employed in the same...
    • Unemployment Data
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons from 18 to 24 years of age who are not in employment, education and training excluding those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [18475/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      133. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered arranging further meetings with the vaccine providers that are currently supplying Covid-19 vaccines here to discuss supply. [18645/21]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      134. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the timeframe for the NAMA Commission of Investigation was extended until 30 September 2021. [18717/21]
    • Shared Island Unit
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the work of the shared island unit with the Economic Social Research Institute; if the shared island unit has commissioned research to be undertaken by...
    • Timber Supply
      136. To ask the Taoiseach if wood chip is being transported out of Ireland; and if so, the location it is being transported to. [18822/21]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussion he had with the President of the United States of America with regard to the undocumented Irish in America during his phone call on...
    • Mortality Rates
      138. To ask the Taoiseach the reason Ireland has failed to submit excess mortality figures from 2020 to Eurostat; and if the excess mortality rates for 2020 are available and will be published....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      139. To ask the Taoiseach if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised. [19823/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the immediate reintroduction of click and collect services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Increases
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for an urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis for businesses; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the financial supports available to businesses will be extended to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic...
    • Vaccination Programme
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to any Minister or Minister of State or adviser to a Minister or Minister of State who requested or...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the IDA that it plans to appoint a consultant in Israel to present Ireland as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will explore the merits and the way in which it can be permitted to allow some retail outlets to provide a limited call-in...
    • Industrial Relations
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to approve pay rises for an industry (details supplied). [18326/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many businesses that do not have rateable business premises and do not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered classifying children's clothing and shoes as essential goods that can be purchased in-store during level 5...
    • Trade Agreements
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the engagement he has had with his European counterparts on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement;...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to ensure a series of criteria (details supplied) are met with regard to the recent announcement by the IDA...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce a new round of business restart grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/21]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if assistance will be provided to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18506/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available and the supports he is considering for businesses that are ineligible to apply for existing Government schemes...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if plans will be put in place to reinstate click and collect facilities for businesses in a safe and secure manner; and if he will...
    • Employment Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount in unpaid wages that has been returned to workers following workplace investigations by the Workplace Relations Commission...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give consideration to granting bookshops permission to offer click and collect services to their communities once public...
    • Trade Agreements
      165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an updated report on the implementation of the EU-UK trade agreement, and the impact that it has had on Ireland...
    • IDA Ireland
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a skills audit for County Mayo by IDA Ireland; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further clarification will be provided on when small window cleaning businesses, that is external cleaning on domestic properties,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €50,000 turnover threshold for the small business support scheme will be reduced; if an alternative financial support...
    • Enterprise Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish SMEs that have a subsidiary in Canada. [19064/21]
    • IDA Ireland
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of IDA grant supports provided to vaccine drug product manufacturing fill finish facilities and vaccine drug substance...
    • Vaccination Programme
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the challenges that were identified against Covid-19 vaccine drug product manufacturing in existing facilities here: the cost and...
    • IDA Ireland
      175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the overall level and composition of IDA Ireland grant supports by purpose, sector and region in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and...
    • State Examinations
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers will be entitled to ask job applicants if their leaving certificate was predicted grades or exam based; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses providing window cleaning for residential properties are allowed to resume their services on 12 April 2021 in line with...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 25 March 2021. if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the remaining lenders of...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on providing sector specific grants administered by Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices for English language...
    • Brexit Supports
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount drawn down by Irish businesses from the Brexit loan scheme to date; the sectors in which the loan has been accessed; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allow small businesses to transfer from the Covid restrictions support scheme to small business assistance scheme; and if...
    • IDA Ireland
      185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the essential requirements and qualifications which were specified in the request for tenders with regard to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the exclusion of businesses under the small business assistance scheme due to the €50,000 turnover threshold; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to review the regulations regarding the sale of children's clothes noting the challenges faced by parents trying to...
    • Data Protection
      190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that will be taken in respect of the decision by the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in Israel to...
    • Work Permits
      191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an employment permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19812/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a restart grant was declined for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19951/21]
    • IDA Ireland
      195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA has, in respect of the decision by it to appoint a business development consultant in Israel, investigated the...
    • SOLAS Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing the €3 million SOLAS fund established for a group (details supplied) to be used towards the...
    • Trade Missions
      197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of virtual trade missions to the USA that were held in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if a virtual trade mission to the USA...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 10 March 2021, if he will give further consideration to issues raised in additional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if concerns will be addressed in relation to the continuing prohibition on the purchase of children’s clothes and shoes, with...
    • Low Pay Commission
      201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with the Low Pay Commission regarding a review of universal basic income as set out in the Programme...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for a company (details supplied) with mobile premises, premises which are not permanently fixed in place and...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme
      203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 7 July 2020, the status of the long-awaited review of the eligibility for the insolvency...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to putting in place a new loan facility scheme for SMEs in order to reflect current challenges posed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Government plans to reintroduce the click and collect system of retail currently suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      208. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide financial supports for businesses operating out of homes that have been impacted financially by Covid-19 but do...
    • Proposed Legislation
      209. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed competition (amendment) Bill; if this proposed Bill will seek to provide additional powers for the...
    • Work Permits
      210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reopen the general employment permit scheme to help alleviate the current labour crisis in the mushroom sector; and if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to significant competitive advantage that bigger multinationals and retail operators presently have...
    • Living Wage
      213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made towards the Government's commitment to introduce a living wage for Irish workers by 2025. [20772/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider offering a restart grant for businesses that are unable to avail of the small business assistance scheme or the...
    • Brexit Supports
      217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason sole traders are excluded from the ready for customs grant; if an alternative grant is available for sole traders for such...
    • Departmental Reports
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Mercosur impact report will be published, given that it was expected to be published in spring 2021. [20830/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the restrictions that apply to the use of CCTV for enforcement against breaches of waste and litter legislation. [18101/21]
    • North-South Interconnector
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review of the North-South interconnector project is to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Resources
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a technical analysis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed fibre broadband will be available to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is participating in an EU Commission initiative on the monitoring of Covid-19 and its variants in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has identified or estimated the percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions for which each...
    • National Broadband Plan
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which an estate (details supplied) can be considered serviced by broadband providers and also require...
    • Inland Fisheries
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the National Inland Fisheries Forum; when it last met; his plans to reconvene the forum; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review and respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the...
    • Waterways Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if ahead of rewetting a bog (details supplied) under the Bord na Móna bog rehabilitation scheme, protective works...
    • Electricity Generation
      233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location of the source of electricity in view of the fact that two main power stations have closed down. [18819/21]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if two power stations, Lanesborough and Shannonbridge, are being dismantled for export to Germany. [18821/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by his Department to An Taisce in each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Projects
      238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 19 November 2020, when proposals will go to Cabinet following his...
    • Litter Pollution
      239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of litter fines issued; the number of litter fines paid in numerical and percentage terms; the number of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of funding collected for the salmon conservation fund between 2016 to 2021 by the licences distributors; the...
    • Fishing Licences
      244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of commission paid to fishing licence distributors; if he will review these payments and percentages...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the capacity review of the National Cyber Security Centre to be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Regulation
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected timeframe for the announcement of findings from the consultation on the development of new solid fuel...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of telecommunication service providers that provided access to zero rate educational websites during the...
    • EU Regulations
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline recent changes that took effect on the European Union energy labels for electrical goods; the...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of passthrough charges that are payable to the Government in the form of the PSO levy; the amount the...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will extend the warmer homes scheme to persons over 70 years of age who are not in receipt of fuel allowance; and...
    • National Broadband Plan
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the broadband roll-out in rural towns (details supplied) in County Dublin. [19522/21]
    • Telecommunications Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their landline connection; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 to make the Government a...
    • Court Judgments
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the impact of the recent judgement (details supplied) delivered on 30 March 2021 on the upcoming Climate...
    • Local Authority Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of litter wardens in each county in tabular form [19653/21]
    • Environmental Schemes
      266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Bord Na Móna and privately owned bogs and peatlands by county that are due to be rewetted, reseeded and...
    • Waste Management
      267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the responsibility of local authorities in residential waste management under the Local Government Act 2001. [19677/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funds being spent by his Department on research and development for renewable energy; and if he will make...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19813/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be connected to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19899/21]
    • North-South Interconnector
      275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the North South interconnector project is still considered a project of common interest; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Regulation
      276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the renegotiation of the Trans-European Networks for Energy Regulation, with particular reference to...
    • Waste Management
      277. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the groups he has met with in respect of providing a disability waste waiver. [20037/21]
    • Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide
      278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is...
    • National Broadband Plan
      280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration is being given to introducing more flexibility in the National Broadband Plan to allow National...
    • Environmental Policy
      287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to phase out usage of aluminium trays as containers for food; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Broadband Plan
      288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a household (details supplied) will be able to avail of e-fibre broadband. [20576/21]
    • Environmental Policy
      289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the importation of peat and coal briquettes to Ireland due to the wind down of production in...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to calls from advocacy groups for a designated wind farm zone of 22km from shorelines,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his...
    • Energy Policy
      295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the policy statement to be produced in April 2021 regarding the approach to opposing the importation of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric car charging points in each county. [18105/21]
    • Driver Test
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the driver theory test will be available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving lessons will resume for essential workers once level 5 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans to clear the backlog of driver tests once level 5 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific amount allocated towards each individual active travel project in County Wexford in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 28 to 31, inclusive, of 4 March 2021, the timeframe for the completion of the preliminary...
    • Vaccination Programme
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to any Minister, Minister of State or adviser to a Minister or Minister of State who requested or...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give permission for an emergency temporary pedestrian footbridge across the Owenriff River, Oughterard to ensure pedestrian...
    • Ports Development
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has assessed the development plans on which Dublin Port is now consulting; his views on the possible impact on other users in the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will accede to the request for a meeting made jointly by groups (details supplied) to discuss their body of work to stimulate...
    • Rural Development Plan
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recently published Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 - Our Rural Future includes additional funding for regional and local road...
    • Bus Services
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of providing an hourly bus service to every population centre in the State with a population of over 300 persons; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports available to private coach and bus operators that do not have a premises and do not pay commercial rates to their...
    • Road Projects
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if zebra crossings can be installed without Belisha beacons as currently installed at the junction of Church Street, Market Street and...
    • Driver Licences
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered postponing, deferring or altering the delivery method of CPC courses for lorry, coach and bus drivers in view of...
    • Driver Test
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing an online test option for the significant backlog of persons waiting to do their driver theory test given...
    • Greenways Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all available grant funding towards feasibility studies for greenways; and when each grant opens for applications. [18640/21]
    • Driver Test
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the situation will be clarified regarding persons that are awaiting driver tests for urgent work related issues; the way these...
    • Aviation Industry
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on efforts to develop a recovery plan for the aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18669/21]
    • State Assets
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of State-owned vehicles; the number of these that are hybrid and fully electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private aircraft flying into Ireland each week; the number of persons entering the country in private aircraft each week;...
    • EU Regulations
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that made the decision not to impose penalties under the European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions,...
    • Driver Licences
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by persons here in accessing a code required from the Driver and Vehicle...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 10 March 2021, if a decision has been made to date on the proposal by the Road Safety...
    • Road Tolls
      330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an issue will be addressed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18783/21]
    • Driver Licences
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18784/21]
    • Driver Test
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to make the driver theory test available to take online which would allow the applicants to go ahead and take their...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with airlines in relation to PCR testing for cabin crew and pilots; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can complete a driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18855/21]
    • Bus Services
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to instruct the National Transport Authority to incorporate the provision of dedicated toilet facilities for bus drivers and...
    • Public Transport
      338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the State subvention to Dublin Bus and other CIÉ companies to ensure there is no cut in services in view of the...
    • Motor Tax
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered a partial motor tax rebate for motorists that could not use their cars as a result of cocooning during the pandemic;...
    • Driver Test
      340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test can be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18921/21]
    • Driver Licences
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 17 October 2017, the progress that has been made to reduce the burden facing the diaspora...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if initial basic training motorcycle lessons can go ahead as normal given that IBT can provide two metres social distance in classrooms...
    • Driver Test
      344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the criteria under which either of category B driver theory tests will resume or category B driver theory tests will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver lessons for non-essential workers will recommence. [19075/21]
    • Driver Test
      346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to fund pop-up driver test locations to deal with the backlog of persons awaiting a test. [19076/21]
    • Public Transport
      348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if services between Athlone and Roscommon have been reduced; if there are plans to increase transport services following the lifting of...
    • Driver Licences
      349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the position on driver learner permits; if he plans to include persons that cannot renew learner permits due to...
    • Traffic Management
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy with regard to use of contraflow systems during scheduled closures of a single bore of the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork; if an...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a lack of a dedicated cliff rescue service due to the national suspension of the service by the Irish...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide specific support to the taxi industry in circumstances in which many taxi owners cannot trade and their revenue...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in legal fees to the legal representations of Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of a project (details supplied)...
    • Traffic Management
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the speed reduction measures a local authority can introduce in a village which sits on a regional road with a speed limit of 50km per...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason practical flying tuition is permitted under level 5 restrictions and practical driving tuition is not. [19215/21]
    • Road Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland will extend a footpath at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the waiting times for driver theory tests in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Electric Vehicles
      360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing SEAI electric vehicle grants to be paid directly to the garage from which a taxi driver wishes to purchase...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional measures are being taken to support the aviation sector here; if engagement has taken place with airlines or their staff...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will issue the new logbook with amended addresses for vehicle registration (details supplied); and when it will be...
    • Motor Tax
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the motor tax office can reprint a disc for a person (details supplied). [19333/21]
    • Airport Policy
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 40% of the passengers that have used the City of Derry Airport in recent years are based...
    • Departmental Schemes
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to have another round of funding under the active travel grants in 2021; if so, if he will provide the application timings...
    • Driver Test
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the suggestion of the approved driving instructors to allow candidates who are deemed suitable to take their driver...
    • Air Safety
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if licences issued to fly drones are recorded on a county basis; if so, the number issued for each of the past four years; the way in...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of PSO discussions for the Derry to Dublin route and Cork to Belfast route; if it is planned to have the issue on the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being considered to ensure that future infrastructure projects do not run over budget; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that has been given to providing financial assistance to Dublin Bus in view of the impact from Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the management of Bus Éireann to ensure that all replacement intercity bus stock has the capacity to carry...
    • Road Safety
      375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the requirements in relation to bollards placed on footpaths; the space that must be allowed between the bollards and the edge either...
    • Bus Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the frequency of the 207 bus route in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19497/21]
    • Driver Test
      377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the backlog of theory driver test appointments in County Tipperary; the measures being taken to clear the backlog; and when...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Coast Guard has suspended the use of blue lights, boat operations and rescue climbing; if there are plans to remove these...
    • Railway Stations
      380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the boundary wall separating Casement Station from Railway Terrace; if it requires maintenance or restoration; and the...
    • Public Transport
      381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the intercity train services that Leap cards can be used on; if it is planned to extend their use to all intercity train services; and if...
    • Road Projects
      382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on the Moycullen bypass on the N59; if a contractor has been appointed to carry out this contract; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to the use of antigen testing to assist in tackling the 180,000 plus backlog in driver tests in order to...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are means available through his Department in which a person could gain proof of the purchase of a vehicle as far back as 1981....
    • Greenways Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline any laws which forbid the use of national greenway infrastructure for equine or horse related activities; and his...
    • Military Aircraft
      386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) that landed at Shannon Airport on 5 April 2021 and stayed overnight at Shannon was approved to carry...
    • Rail Network
      388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the strategic rail review; when he expects the review to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test
      389. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in the current backlog of driver theory tests nationwide by county for each of the 16 licence category tests, that...
    • Road Safety
      390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a transport safety audit has been carried on the N73 Mallow to Mitchelstown road County Cork. [19647/21]
    • Rail Network
      392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects work to commence on the dual track railway line to Midleton; when he envisages this project to be completed; and if he...
    • Railway Stations
      394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to engage with private developers in putting in place new railway stations on the rail network; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has a role in relation to the proposed bypass of Castlemartyr, County Cork; the status of the proposal; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 31 March 2021, the status of a NCT test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the driver theory test resuming (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19752/21]
    • Driver Licences
      399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary for a person to have a bank account in order to apply for a driver licence; if so, the reason; if other methods of...
    • Driver Test
      400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of driver tests; the number of backlog applications waiting for a driver test in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a company (details supplied) advertises the change in its bus routes; the level of consultation that takes place with the public...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the management of the Irish Coast Guard will eliminate the possibility of further suspensions reoccurring in view of the repeated...
    • Proposed Legislation
      403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the legislation for e-scooter regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19806/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19825/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the approval of funding for Mayo County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19833/21]
    • Taxi Regulations
      406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the ten-year period for replacing taxis for those registered in 2011 given that 2010 registered taxis were given an...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19880/21]
    • Driver Licences
      409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address anomalies in relation to the issuing of driver licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the licensed portal for NDI approved driver instructors will be opened again to allow instructors to upload lessons completed by...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status in respect of evaluations regarding the search and rescue contract; the name of the independent company and-or person that has...
    • Coast Guard Service
      414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport in 2019 regarding the role...
    • Driver Licences
      415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a renewal licence has not yet issued to a person (details supplied) given that a full application with a medical report was...
    • Fishing Industry
      416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will re-engage with and arrange a meeting with a person (details supplied) to examine possibilities to compensate them...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons who have booked flights to a region from which travellers will need to quarantine in a managed facility will be entitled to a...
    • Public Transport
      419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of public transport infrastructure that is fully accessible for persons with disabilities; and his active plans to...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn the benefits of hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel as a direct substitute for regular diesel without the...
    • Cycling Policy
      421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential costs to the Exchequer associated with the expansion of the bike sharing schemes outside of Dublin, Galway, Limerick and...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated costs associated with expanding the bike to work scheme or a similar initiative to include students in higher education;...
    • Rail Network
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Sligo rail freight yard is included in the Iarnród Éireann report on rail freight; the timeline for the publication of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and schemes available to those wishing to replace their petrol and diesel cars for e-bikes and cargo bikes; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to assist companies to replace their car fleet at the earliest possible date given that it has been established that by...
    • Public Transport
      429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of providing free public transport in a full year in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to recent developments in relation to the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safeguards he will put in place in the Dún Laoghaire driver theory test centre when it reopens in the interest of public health...
    • Public Transport
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Leap cards sold in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [20421/21]
    • Taxi Licences
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the lack of hackney licences being issued in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/21]
    • Rural Transport Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding actions he has taken to ensure connectivity both between and within rural communities in the absence of public...
    • Public Transport
      437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the investment in public transport infrastructure in urban versus rural areas or by region in each of the years 2018 to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be proposing an extension to the ten-year rule for taxis given the financial hardship most taxi drivers are now facing as a...
    • Rail Network
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in rail projects as outlined in the Programme for Government including projected timelines and associated costs;...
    • Aviation Industry
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the queries raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to their intention in taking a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 18 February 2021, if his attention has been drawn to a bulletin (details supplied) which...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated final cost of the current search and rescue helicopter contract; the proposed value of the new search and rescue helicopter...
    • Driver Licences
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a trailer licence category was removed from a driver licence in the case of a person; if it will be reinstated for a person...
    • Driver Test
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20807/21]
    • Driver Licences
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an exchange transport manager CPC IRL-EU certificate will issue for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      459. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the proliferation of illegal vehicle registration plates on motor cars; the number of successful prosecutions secured for...
    • Tax Code
      460. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement with the Minister for Finance with regard to the issue of the definition of independent agricultural contractors regarding section 664A of the...
    • Banking Sector
      461. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems community groups and resident associations are having in opening new accounts in financial institutions to...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      462. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rent and mortgage repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18216/21]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      463. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the extension of the help-to-buy incentive scheme for first-time buyers to include the purchase of existing dwellings given...
    • Insurance Industry
      465. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that there is only one major insurer now available to the leisure industry and adventure tourism sector; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      466. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is flexibility regarding tax boundaries for pension recipients who are subject to increased tax deductions as a result of recent increases to the...
    • Tax Code
      467. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are differences in the approach of capital gains tax vis-à-vis inheritance in the case of an adopted person who leaves behind an estate and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      468. To ask the Minister for Finance if the operation of the stay and spend incentive will be reviewed and extended beyond April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/21]
    • Credit Unions
      469. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to deliver a strong and vibrant credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18437/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      471. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs or concessions available to support persons working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18439/21]
    • Banking Sector
      472. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the programme for Government commitment on a senior executive accountability regime to deliver heightened accountability with the banking...
    • Mortgage Lending
      473. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with mortgage lenders regarding mortgage applicants being able to drawdown their mortgage loans due to their inability to secure mortgage...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      474. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend access to the Covid restrictions support scheme for businesses and persons that do not operate in rateable premises but still face...
    • Value Added Tax
      476. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality beyond December 2021 until the end of 2022; if so, the estimated cost...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      478. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a way for a person (details supplied) to be supported on a scheme; if not, the alternative supports in such cases; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sovereign Debt
      479. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Parliamentary Budget Office analytical model for public debt sustainability analysis (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      481. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the section of legislation used by the Central Bank to investigate a transaction undertaken in 2014 by a consortium of staff at a firm...
    • Financial Irregularities
      483. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland will take with reference to the report of the UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity and...
    • Credit Unions
      484. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that have been permitted by the Central Bank to pay a dividend to members for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Probate Applications
      485. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to forward a SA.2 form to a person (details supplied) as per the Revenue Commissioners guidelines. [18628/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      486. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings held by the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment; the dates of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banking Sector
      487. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice in which vulture funds transfer the legal title of a loan to a credit servicing firm while retaining...
    • Legislative Measures
      488. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 to increase the turnover threshold for small and medium enterprises that can access...
    • Tax Reliefs
      489. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of the tax relief for tuition fees for private colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18854/21]
    • Bank Charges
      490. To ask the Minister for Finance if as a major shareholder in a bank (details supplied), he will instruct the bank to withdraw its proposal to impose non-overdraft account fees on...
    • EU Agreements
      491. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net contribution that will be made by Ireland under the MFF agreed by the EU for 2021-27; the way this compares to the estimated net...
    • Insurance Coverage
      492. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter relating to insurance for a dance school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19001/21]
    • Tax Code
      494. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying tax on income. [19062/21]
    • Mortgage Lending
      495. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding mortgage applicants and the EWSS scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Value Added Tax
      496. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to reduce VAT or zero rate VAT on new build apartments, on new build apartments within certain price ranges and and on new build apartments...
    • Banking Sector
      497. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Irish deposit rates are among the lowest in Europe; the way he plans to support the Irish saver environment and help regular savings accounts in...
    • State Savings Schemes
      498. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the introduction of a special savings incentive scheme similar to the ISA savings scheme in the UK and the TFSA scheme in Canada; and if he will...
    • Insurance Industry
      499. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the whole area of insurance reform and consider capping general damages for minor injuries by an average of 80% compared to the previous...
    • Departmental Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of State funding provided to An Taisce every year for the past five years; the categories under which such funding has been provided; and...
    • Customs and Excise
      501. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of betting excise duty collected in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month. [19317/21]
    • Tax Code
      503. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      504. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered encouraging employers who are financially able to help contribute to employees tax bills garnered as a result of the temporary wage...
    • Insurance Industry
      506. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing legislation to compel insurance companies to offer flood protection to all who wish to avail of it; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax
      507. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently enunciated position by the US with regard to global corporation tax reform; his plans to provide detailed forecasts on the proposed...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      510. To ask the Minister for Finance if any of the bond sales on behalf of the State or the NTMA and brokered by a company (details supplied) were sold to parties connected to the company,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      514. To ask the Minister for Finance if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19814/21]
    • Tax Collection
      515. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent statement by the IMF in respect of the prospect of a solidarity surcharge (details supplied) to support economic recovery globally; if...
    • Tax Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 86 and 87 of 1 April 2021, the yield from the sugar sweetened drinks tax in respect of the breakdown of the...
    • Economic Policy
      518. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposal with regard to the addition at European Council level of the words, by the use of secondary markets, to Ireland's 2018 country specific...
    • Tax Collection
      520. To ask the Minister for Finance if income taxpayers can make a paper tax return manually through the post; the procedures in place to facilitate such a return; if his attention has been...
    • Insurance Industry
      523. To ask the Minister for Finance if provisions are being made to assist claimants (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to an avenue which may support their claims; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      524. To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses impacted by the travel restrictions such as language schools, travel agents and so on the trading of which is unlikely to return to normal when...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      525. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the help-to-buy scheme to divorcees who have no beneficial interest in a property; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the key employee engagement programme in the most recent reporting period arising from figures compiled up to 31 March 2021; the number of persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      528. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason PAYE workers who were on the temporary wage subsidy scheme or the employment wage subsidy scheme but file taxes jointly with a self-employed person...
    • Mortgage Insurance
      529. To ask the Minister for Finance if the insurance section of his Department has conducted an analysis of issues in relation to the complications for persons seeking mortgage protection cover...
    • Mortgage Lending
      530. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised with the Central Bank the activities undertaken by a bank (details supplied) in relation to mortgage customers whose mortgages were...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      531. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the future of the National Asset Residential Property Services; and the options being considered for the future of the special purpose vehicle...
    • Banking Sector
      532. To ask the Minister for Finance the month in which the new central bank Bill underpinning the implementation of the senior executive accountability regime will be published; if the public...
    • Mortgage Lending
      533. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the banks are not allowing customers to draw down approved mortgages in cases in which their employers are on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      534. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the total expenditure on the scheme and its predecessor since March...
    • Tax Collection
      536. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on strengthening the enforcement of the vacant site levy; if he has considered or is considering the introduction of a site value tax; and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      537. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will set out the...
    • Customs and Excise
      538. To ask the Minister for Finance the income generated from betting duties in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the estimated income that will be collected in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      539. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the tax free status of Shannon Airport; if an aircraft transfers ownership whilst parked at Shannon if the transaction becomes liable for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      540. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Covid restriction support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20788/21]
    • Banking Sector
      541. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a public state bank similar to other European countries to increase competition in the Irish banking sector following the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Appointments Service
      542. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans a change to a rule (details supplied) for offers by the Public Appointments Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Service
      543. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the panel for the Irish language executives in the Civil Service is expected to be cleared; the length of time an applicant on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      544. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Office of Public Works
      546. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the trustees of a community centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18521/21]
    • Civil Service
      547. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service plan to run an open administrative officer competition in the Civil Service in 2021; if the service...
    • Garda Stations
      548. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of vacant and or unused Garda stations by location; if he will also provide a schedule of repurposed and...
    • Office of Public Works
      549. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to make resources available to Galway County Council to develop a plan to deal with the coastal erosion at a location...
    • Brexit Issues
      550. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact Brexit has on companies in Northern Ireland applying for public Government contracts here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      551. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to remove FEMPI cuts from retired members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works
      552. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the empty and vacant OPW buildings across the State by county; the length of time each of the buildings has...
    • Undefined
      553. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the recovery plan under the recovery and resilience facility will be submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      554. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the CFRAM schemes for County Louth and east County Meath to include key dates and so on; and if he will make a statement...
    • Office of Public Works
      555. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost for essential repair roadworks for the North Road in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 [19327/21]
    • Civil Service
      557. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the competition for temporary clerical officers in the public service that was announced in 2020; the progress in relation...
    • Pension Provisions
      558. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of scheme pension entitlements for community employment supervisors; the position regarding same; the timeline for a decision...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      559. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of a community employment supervisors pension scheme; and if this scheme will be in place shortly. [19614/21]
    • Departmental Data
      560. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 24 February 2021, if the list of publication dates for each of the 22 live studies, reviews...
    • Civil Service
      561. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recruitment processes for top civil servant positions run by TLAC in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, disaggregated by...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      562. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19820/21]
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and or the Office of Government Procurement were consulted in respect of the search and rescue contract process embarked upon by...
    • Office of Public Works
      566. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the location, square meterage and duration of properties in the OPW estate that are vacant and or unoccupied as of 13 April 2021, in...
    • Public Sector Reform
      567. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that public service reforms to date are sufficiently incorporated in the discharge of...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      569. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if rent allowance is reckonable with respect to the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 – 2020 and pensions paid to retired...
    • Public Sector Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants and the number of public sector workers who are currently working from home; the way in which this compares...
    • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
      572. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil na hacmhainní ar fáil le go mbíonn an tSeirbhís um Cheapacháin Phoiblí (PAS) in ann glacadh le...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      573. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Kenmare flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      574. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if discussions have taken place within his Department on providing funding for a feasibility study of the railway line from Navan,...
    • Environmental Policy
      575. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has made an assessment of the trend in carbon price which is consistent with the new enhanced EU target for the...
    • EU Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement he has had with the Northern and Western Assembly ahead of the new round of the European Regional Development Fund in...
    • Garda Stations
      577. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Bawnboy Garda station is to be refurbished; and if so, the timeframe for the completion of the works. [20447/21]
    • Freedom of Information
      578. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to recent adverse media commentary in relation to the performance of Ireland’s freedom of...
    • Office of Public Works
      579. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the implementation of the OPW integrated workplace management system; the details of the system; if the property data...
    • EU Directives
      580. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the transposition into Irish law of the EU whistleblowing directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20558/21]
    • Environmental Policy
      581. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans to develop a zero waste policy requirement for event organisers and vendors hosting events in the Phoenix Park; and if he will...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      582. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any changes in respect of procurement are contemplated with a view to speeding up various infrastructural proposals; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      583. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he...
    • Office of Public Works
      584. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all properties and national monuments under the control of the Office of Public Works in County Donegal in tabular form....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      586. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the April 2020 EU Parliament resolution (details supplied); the steps he has taken and controls his Department has put in...
    • Public Sector Pay
      591. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in the context of FEMPI; the extent to which issues remain outstanding in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      592. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which there exists a need for reform of procurement regulations with a view to identifying improved value for money,...
    • Housing Policy
      597. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he can create realistic opportunities for first-time and other house buyers to gain access to the housing market in the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can facilitate recruitment throughout the public sector with particular reference to essential...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      601. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects to be in a position to meet in full the expenditure anticipated in 2020 and subsequent years in the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      602. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a restart type grant to wet pubs similar to the grant scheme to help restaurant and dry pubs repurpose and...
    • Census of Population
      603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 1926 census will be available to the public in digital format. [20662/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding reopening of park runs in a safe controlled setting; and if she will make a...
    • Sports Organisations
      605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process by which a sports club is determined to be in a disadvantaged area or not; if a club can seek to be included in one of...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the responsibilities under her Department for the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18303/21]
    • Departmental Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,...
    • Departmental Reports
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the Night-time Economy Taskforce to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18434/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if chartered boat companies that take day-trip tourists on off-shore fishing expeditions qualify for supports under the tourism...
    • Arts Policy
      613. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the jurisdictions in which the arts sector has specifically been chosen for universal basic income pilots as she stated it had...
    • Tourism Industry
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18614/21]
    • Irish Language
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider implementing a policy on bilingual packaging in English and Irish by the end of 2024 on all products; and if...
    • Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta faoina mbeidh na treoirlínte d'earnáil na gcoláistí samhraidh atá idir lámha ag a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if clarification will be given in relation to underage non-contact outdoor training in pods of 15 and when this will apply to...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if evaluation has commenced on sports capital grant applications for the next round of funding; the average time it will take to...
    • Sports Funding
      624. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria in respect to the allocation of funding to Sport Ireland in 2020 used to allocate monies to the different sporting...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider matters (details supplied) in respect of the sports capital programme. [18843/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      626. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to member owned sports clubs nationally (details supplied) in view of the extended forced closure on public...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify the position in respect of clubs that have been previously awarded grants; if their chances of receiving a...
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an tsuim airgid iomlán a cheadaigh a Roinn d’Fhoras na Gaeilge in 2020; cén méid den airgead sin...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      629. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a scheme to support tourist businesses with a turnover of less than €50,000 affected by the Covid-19...
    • Sports Organisations
      630. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18897/21]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when decisions will be made on the 2020 Sports Capital and Equipment Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Events
      632. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if legislation will be introduced to regulate road bowling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18956/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      633. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding an application under the tourism business continuity scheme (details supplied); and if she...
    • Sports Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if final approval will be given to a grant for a project (details supplied) under the large scale sporting infrastructure scheme...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      635. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been a determination of invalid applications under the sports capital funding; and if clubs and organisations deemed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      636. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the names and-or composition of the expert group on the return of sport; if she will publish its...
    • Sports Funding
      637. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the large scale sport infrastructure fund will reopen for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19060/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      638. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application for the restart bed and breakfast grant (details supplied) will be processed as soon as possible; and if she...
    • Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta
      639. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh cead ag na cúrsaí Gaeilge a bhíonn ar siúl i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill a bheith oscailte i...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      640. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans for the return to sport; the engagement that has taken place with sporting organisations on the current public...
    • Tourism Funding
      642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the case of a business (details supplied) that does not qualify for the Fáilte Ireland grant for limousine tour guides...
    • Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta
      643. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh an mbeidh coláistí Gaeilge ar siúl i mbliana; an íocfar cúiteamh...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      644. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if formal sports capital approval will be granted to a club (details supplied) as soon as possible. [19611/21]
    • International Agreements
      645. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the situation with respect to Ireland signing and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports...
    • Arts Policy
      646. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives in place to scout for local talent in the arts space. [19787/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      648. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a business continuity scheme application by a company (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      649. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19824/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      652. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding supports for the amusement park providers who remain closed as a result of current public health...
    • Departmental Properties
      653. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the plans for St. Andrew’s Church, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2. [20049/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      654. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to revisit the way in which outdoor golf may resume in the context of allowing clubs to permit non-member fee paying...
    • Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding being allocated to the weatherproofing and outdoor dining infrastructure scheme for 2021; and the amount...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      661. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad iarratas ar chead pleanála de gach cineál a rinne Údarás na Gaeltachta nó...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the music entertainment business assistance scheme will open in April 2021 as announced by her on the 9 March 2021. [20670/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      663. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts her Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of her Department;...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      664. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgead atá á chaitheamh ag a Roinn le cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge a sholáthar ag an...
    • Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta
      665. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faoi aon phlean ag an Roinn faoi láthair maidir le coláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht in 2021; an bhfuil maoiniú...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to cull mink in the wild in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18852/21]
    • Office of Public Works
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans the Office of Public Works have to secure and repair the old church and surrounding walls at Raymoghy Abbey near...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the request submitted to his Department for additional funding to complete the design and construction a...
    • Planning Issues
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the problem of bonds lodged by developers with local authorities expiring before the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or assistance available for those who need to adapt their home for medical needs but who are over the income...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated Covid-19-related delays on the Rebuilding Ireland projects in County Kerry with an on-site status. [18235/21]
    • Housing Policy
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use in County Kerry by the voids stimulus programme and other void-related schemes...
    • Planning Issues
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the planning exemption for certain classes of commercial properties;...
    • Electoral Commission
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the recruitment process of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission; the location of the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); if Dublin City Council ever submitted a cost-benefit analysis or capital appraisal...
    • Housing Policy
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which a single person can purchase a property in Dublin or other urban areas; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the changes to the procedure for registration of easements due to come...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with lending institutions regarding the new affordable housing scheme; the engagement held in...
    • Commercial Rates
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis in which community owned childcare facilities are exempt from commercial rates; if he is satisfied that the...
    • Building Regulations
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the process of statutory recognition for competent architectural technology professionals to provide...
    • Housing Policy
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarity will be provided with regard to the inclusion of divorced or legally separated couples as eligible applicants for...
    • Disability Services Provision
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available for private homeowners to retrofit to enable access for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeframe for the review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes; the expected timeframe...
    • Housing Data
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost rental targets in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive. [18477/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if essential works which will prevent significant deterioration of a building can be conducted during the Covid-19...
    • Housing Policy
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commission the Housing Agency to conduct a study into the housing needs of persons who have experienced a...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a replacement financial assistance scheme available for new water and sewer connections for low income families...
    • Land Transfers
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application (details supplied) for a transfer of lands will be completed as soon as possible. [18595/21]
    • Housing Data
      694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will account for the discrepancy between figures given by Cork City Council relating to social housing waiting lists and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a community water scheme (details supplied) that received grant approval in...
    • Housing Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants or financial supports for a family that wish to convert a part of their house not adjoined to but beside...
    • Planning Data
      697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an extension or grace period will be granted for those with planning permission due to expire in the coming months but who...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that the housing needs of the Traveller community are met by local authorities; his plans to ensure that...
    • Planning Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider relaxing planning regulations for businesses to construct outside dining areas following the announcement...
    • EU Directives
      700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exemptions for Ireland on delivering the environmental objectives of the EU water framework directive within the time...
    • Housing Data
      703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for the provision of a sensory room in a private dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Data
      704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place for reviewing the employment practices of State-related providers, for example, the ESB. [18733/21]
    • Housing Data
      705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of developer provided infrastructure projects nationwide that fall outside the scope of circular PL5/14 of November...
    • Water Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been allocated to date under the first round of Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services...
    • Property Registration
      708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ascertain through the Property Registration Authority of Ireland the ownership of the granite outcrop to the rear...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if taking photography in a range of locations near a development site to facilitate the preparation of photomontages for...
    • Housing Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing supply targets for all local authorities; the context of the current review of the county development plans and...
    • Irish Water
      712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the necessary funding will be made available to Irish Water, approximately €2 million, in order to progress the...
    • Housing Data
      713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing for 2020, by local authority and month. [18946/21]
    • Housing Policy
      714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the further solutions he is proposing to address the issue of voids on local authorities such as Cork City Council. [18947/21]
    • Housing Data
      716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for funding under the vacant properties voids programme for 2020 that have been received from...
    • Hen Harriers
      720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/21]
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for the recent URDF; the reason an application (details supplied) failed to meet this criteria; the person or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department allocated to An Taisce in each of the years 2012 to 2020; the expected allocation for...
    • Housing Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 138 of 9 September 2020 and 334 of 13 January 2021, when final sanction for a small...
    • Waterways Issues
      724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body responsible for co-ordination and enforcement of legislation in relation to magnet fishing; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Data
      725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of the first 440 cost rental homes; the criteria that will be used for the allocation of same; and the way...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19143/21]
    • Housing Data
      727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of empty or unoccupied domestic dwellings in County Wexford by local electoral area; the action that has been taken...
    • Office of Public Works
      730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that a protected structure of historical, social and architectural significance is not...
    • Planning Guidelines
      732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason An Taisce is a prescribed body in the planning process; the membership and directorship of An Taisce; if he has...
    • Housing Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment support in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 6 October 2020, the status of the case relating to a windfarm (details supplied);...
    • Heritage Council
      740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of the Heritage Council in assessing grants for the publication of books such as a book (details supplied); the level...
    • Housing Data
      741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent vacant homes officers by local authority in tabular form. [19449/21]
    • Housing Policy
      749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a serious issue (details supplied) with regard to funding local authority housing will be addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Wildlife Rangers
      750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the vacant position of wildlife ranger in north County Kerry has never been filled; his plans to advertise the...
    • Wildlife Control
      751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if matters (details supplied) in relation to the control of wood pigeon will be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Policy
      752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the referendum on the right to housing as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make...
    • Housing Issues
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enhance the legal remedies for homeowners who are dealing with construction defects; and if he will make a...
    • National Monuments
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in conserving, designing, tendering and carrying out further works on the national monument on 14-17 Moore...
    • Planning Issues
      758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if agreement has been reached between the NPWS and Galway County Council in relation to method statements that are required to...
    • Departmental Funding
      759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available for general maintenance of a church; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19634/21]
    • Irish Water
      760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the funding allocated to Irish Water in the current round of capital funding; and if he will make a statement...
    • Commercial Rates
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that agriculture marts are not eligible for a waiver in respect of commercial rates as part of Covid-19 measures;...
    • Housing Policy
      767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant-aid is available to support families to construct a granny flat for older members of their families to prolong and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding community funding allocated by local authorities; if such funding can be allocated by a local authority...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/21]
    • Local Authority Staff
      770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to sanction a post (details supplied). [19837/21]
    • Planning Issues
      771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applications for data centres can go directly to An Bord Pleanála; if data centres are or will be deemed to be...
    • Planning Data
      772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications submitted to planning authorities for data centres in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Public Parks
      773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount he has allocated in additional funds to carry out increased cleaning and litter collection in parks and other...
    • Water Quality
      774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will build on the current successful pilot projects of all-year-round daily seawater quality monitoring in bathing areas...
    • Hare Coursing
      775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will maintain the current restrictions on the way in which the locations and when hares can be captured for the purpose...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive their annual compensation for ceasing turf cutting in a raised bog; the reason...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/21]
    • Housing Regeneration
      778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps have been taken to initiate the regeneration of Pearse House, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Issues
      780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the temporary accommodation pressures in County Donegal as a consequence of families having...
    • Local Government Reform
      781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Programme for Government commitment to incentivise local authorities to bring forward pilot participatory...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of fines imposed on Ireland by the EU in each of the past ten years due to raw sewage being released into coastal...
    • Housing Issues
      784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has examined the increased costs of building materials such as timber, steel and other essential materials; if he has...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Arklow wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/21]
    • Housing Data
      786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 24 March 2021, when he expects to receive the updated data in respect of quarter...
    • Local Authority Functions
      787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation for the new role of a directly elected mayor for Limerick city and county will be brought before Dáil...
    • Housing Data
      788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will publish the annual planning and development statistics for the years 2013 to 2019 for each local...
    • Planning Guidelines
      790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if one-off housing on family-owned land in a location (details supplied) will be considered for approval under the Ireland...
    • Land Acquisition
      794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to correspondence received by Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and...
    • Departmental Records
      795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a meeting took place on 29 September 2014 between a senior Department official and three persons to discuss the...
    • Housing Policy
      797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to be able to introduce the new streamlined local authority funding model; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vacant Sites
      800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites being assessed for the vacant sites levy in each local authority area; the number of sites for which...
    • Land Development Agency
      801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planned ownership of the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20379/21]
    • Housing Data
      804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections that were undertaken by the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 in...
    • Departmental Priorities
      805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there plans to amend section 133 of the Local Government Act 2001 to ensure that all councillors have access to detailed...
    • Housing Policy
      806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the income limits for eligibility for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the houses in Limerick city and county that have received funding under the voids programme in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if any...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of public funding that has been spent on legal fees for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgages...
    • Housing Data
      812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding assessment for social housing in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected time to finalise the new affordable housing Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/21]
    • Mica Redress Scheme
      815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will convene a meeting or correspond with the banks and financial institutions to call on the banks and financial...
    • Vacant Sites
      816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available to local authorities to support legal fees and costs incurred from CPOs under the vacant sites levy....
    • Fire Stations
      818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full update on the proposed provision of a new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth since...
    • Departmental Funding
      819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding mechanism that was provided by his Department to deliver social housing at an address (details supplied) in County...
    • Vacant Properties
      820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties in Ireland; and the amount of revenue that was generated by the vacant site levy...
    • Vacant Sites
      821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on strengthening the enforcement of the vacant site levy; if he has considered or is considering the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of new social homes by construction over acquisition commenced in line with the Programme for...
    • Planning Appeals
      824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the practice of deeming online planning observations invalid in cases in which an address has not been...
    • Housing Policy
      826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress and provide periodic reviews from 2011 to date in 2021 of the National Housing Strategy for...
    • Planning Guidelines
      827. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure planning and permitting processes for fossil fuel developments are in accordance with...
    • Local Authority Staff
      828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities which employ a biodiversity officer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Land Development Agency
      830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on remarks made by the outgoing interim chair of the Land Development Agency that the current allocation of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a dramatic reappraisal of public housing policy with a view to ensuring the early provision of a specific number...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Israeli Settlements
      832. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific action he or his Department has taken within the EU or at international level in the context of the commitment in the Programme...
    • Human Rights
      835. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure that human rights issues are addressed and embedded in any renewal of the 2016 EU-Turkey deal that was struck following...
    • Passport Applications
      836. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the processing of non-urgent passport applications will resume while Ireland remains at level 5 restrictions; the steps his Department is...
    • Middle East
      837. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the detention of a person (details supplied) with the Ambassador and officials of the Egyptian Embassy in Ireland; if he...
    • UN Human Rights Council
      839. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will lead a joint statement in the UN Human Rights Council for the upcoming 80th meeting of the Standing Committee (details...
    • Foreign Policy
      840. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had a conversation with the new administration in the United States of America in relation to ongoing US sanctions against Cuba;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      841. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government response to treatment of the LGBT+ community by Uzbekistan and the level of press freedom in the country; and if he will make...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      842. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent actions of the military of Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18382/21]
    • UN Security Council
      843. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will use its influence in the United Nations including the seat on the Security Council to promote peace and human rights across...
    • Middle East
      844. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the IDA plans to appoint a business development consultant to establish a presence in Israel; if his views or that of his Department were...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      845. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on an incident in which a journalist has had to leave China due to pressure from the Chinese authorities (details supplied); if he...
    • Foreign Policy
      846. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will express concerns in relation to the recent decision by Turkey to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention relating to the prevention...
    • UN Security Council
      848. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking at the UN Security Council to highlight China's genocide of the Uyghur Muslim population; the details of his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      851. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of person (details supplied) who applied to become an Irish citizen through foreign birth registration. [18834/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      852. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a case (details supplied); if he has come across an issue similar to this regarding Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      854. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether or not it would be possible to extend the life of passports as has been done with other public certificates in view of the...
    • Departmental Data
      857. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on a matter (details supplied); the details of yearly numbers or reliable estimates in each of the years 2001 to 2020, in...
    • Passport Applications
      858. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19506/21]
    • Passport Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff currently working in the passport section; if staff from the passport section have been redeployed to other Departments...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      862. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an aircraft (details supplied) was approved to land at Shannon Airport; if it was carrying weapons or munitions; if US military personnel...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      863. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if foreign births registration applications are still being processed such as in the case of a person (details supplied); the expected...
    • Passport Applications
      864. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19730/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      865. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19815/21]
    • Israeli Settlements
      867. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic steps he is taking through the EU or through Ireland’s seat on the UN Security Council to ensure that the 300,000...
    • Northern Ireland
      871. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the UK Government in relation to the gun that was found by workmen at a house near Moy, County Tyrone on 12...
    • Passport Applications
      875. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date a person (details supplied) can expect their passport from the passport office. [20144/21]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      877. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts taking place between Ireland and the US administration in terms of regulating the status of the undocumented Irish; and his...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      879. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to endorse the World Health Organisation Covid-Technology Access Pool initiative to help achieve equitable, global access to...
    • Israeli Settlements
      880. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to oppose any annexation or plans to apply Israeli sovereignty over territory which is part of Occupied Palestine...
    • Passport Applications
      883. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently owing to the current backlog within the passport office....
    • Israeli Settlements
      890. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that he has taken to prevent the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel and subsequently condemn those given UN reports...
    • Passport Applications
      892. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were made through the Irish Embassy in Tokyo, Japan in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      893. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he...
    • Passport Services
      895. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will reopen as normal; when persons can expect to have their expired passports renewed; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      896. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20802/21]
    • British-Irish Co-operation
      899. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements for the next meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Communications
      901. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent discussions he had with members of the UK Government pertaining to the Ireland-Northern Ireland protocol; and if...
    • Human Rights
      903. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had discussions with international leaders in the context of an international response to human rights abuses...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      904. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces returning here from overseas deployment will have to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine upon their return; and...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      905. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the future use of the firing range at Cushla, County Roscommon which is no longer in use by the Defence Forces; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      906. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/21]
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      907. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the plans of his Department to provide permanent stable accommodation as against hostel accommodation for retired...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      909. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of qualified female pilots currently in the Air Corps; the number of female pilots currently in training; the number of qualified...
    • Departmental Staff
      910. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of qualified female civilian fitness instructors employed either by his Department or the Defence Forces working in each military...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      911. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged virtually with his French counterpart to date in 2021. [20422/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      912. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Admissions
      913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in hand to ensure that students with special needs can apply to schools deemed appropriate for their needs without being...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason student teachers at a college (details supplied) are required to pay €350 to attend a Gaeltacht course while student teachers...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to give incremental credit to teachers returning to Ireland who have previously worked as post-primary teachers in private schools...
    • Special Educational Needs
      916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis for changing the policy regarding the allocation of special needs resource hours in schools (details supplied). [18171/21]
    • School Admissions
      917. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; if a school place will be provided for them; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Administration
      918. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 3 February 2021, if the response to the Parliamentary Question will be reviewed; her views on same;...
    • School Admissions
      919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can be facilitated with a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18192/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to the parents of a child (detailed supplied) who was excluded from mainstream secondary school in 2019 and has not had any...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in which there have been six confirmed cases of Covid-19 with children...
    • School Transport
      922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be notified of a decision in respect of its application for a new bus service submitted in 2020; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address an issue in relation to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18224/21]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18229/21]
    • School Transport
      925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider raising the compulsory retirement age of drivers who are in possession of a full PSV licence, a full driver licence and are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the legal strategy (details supplied) to pursue the contractor who originally built schools for the cost of the precautionary...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the permanent remediation works have been carried out in a school (details supplied); if not, the remediation works that still remain; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to any Minister or Minister of State or adviser to a Minister or Minister of State who requested or suggested to...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council who received their teaching qualification from a college...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 923 of 24 March 2021, if she will further review and advise on correspondence (details supplied); and if...
    • School Transport
      933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18335/21]
    • Third Level Education
      934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to allow graduates of Trinity College Dublin in deaf studies to apply for a professional master of education enabling them...
    • Schools Administration
      935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the naming of special needs schools as special; if she will consider removing the word special from the name of such schools as this...
    • School Curriculum
      936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop an inclusive sexual health education programme across primary and post-primary levels that includes an inclusive programme...
    • Special Educational Needs
      937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with a diagnosis of autism that need access to an ASD specific unit given that they are as yet without a confirmed school...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach raibh leagan Gaeilge den Return to Educational Facility Parental Declaration Form, 78 focal san iomlán, a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      939. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the in-person supplementary programme for children with special educational needs in view of the fact that it might...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if she has reviewed same. [18422/21]
    • School Staff
      941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a submission by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18441/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services that should be put in place by a primary school for a student who has a diagnosis of severe dyslexia and also dyspraxia; and the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status on an emergency works application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current requirements in place at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18511/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18522/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) and its contents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18542/21]
    • School Accommodation
      949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that over 50 children requiring a place in an ASD unit or special school place in east County Cork do...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who have permission to travel abroad for education purposes will be expected to pay €2,000 to quarantine upon returning home...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a recent application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for funding for emergency works to...
    • School Transport
      955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made eligible for school transport following the determination of a section 29 appeal;...
    • School Discipline
      956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a determination was made on one of the section 29 appeals by persons (details supplied) given the appeals of both were submitted...
    • School Admissions
      957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she can take to assist parents urgently seeking places for younger siblings in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered introducing a method for parents and guardians to confirm to schools that they have abided by the Covid-19 regulations...
    • School Management
      959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 836 of 24 March 2021, the person or body to be contacted in cases in which a board of management in a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for students unable to return to school due to a family member having a serious underlying condition; if those students...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current restriction on teachers registered with the Teaching Council under route 3 that requires them to apply for continuous extensions to...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts made by her Department to procure sites for schools at a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [18663/21]
    • Traveller Education
      963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to undertake an independent assessment of the pilot projects aimed at retaining Traveller and Roma children in education; and if she...
    • Irish Language
      964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to provide a comprehensive policy for the Irish language from pre-primary education to teacher education for all schools...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of notifications made by teachers to the Tusla education support service of instances in which students and children have disengaged...
    • Schools Data
      967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder places in primary and secondary schools in Finglas, Dublin 11; her plans to increase the number of ASD...
    • School Attendance
      970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 Question of 31 March 2021, the number of child referrals made by schoolteachers to Tusla for each of...
    • School Admissions
      972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) has not received a place in a special school as recommended by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Schemes
      973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available for parents of children with autism for the provision of educational equipment which can be used in the home; and if she...
    • School Staff
      974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the age limit for a primary school caretaker (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18761/21]
    • School Accommodation
      975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the latest move in temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); when the school will receive more information on a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate the full 50 special education teaching hours to a school (details supplied) needed as a result of the reprofiling in 2019...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include all DEIS band one schools when reducing class size numbers for all class levels; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the cascade aspect of teacher absences in the context of Covid-19 in which the substitute panel is saturated...
    • School Curriculum
      980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes available to secondary schools to highlight and educate students on issues surrounding sexual based crime; and her plans for any...
    • Education Schemes
      981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will intervene in this case to ensure that the child is...
    • Compensation Schemes
      982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she envisages having a scheme up and running to provide compensation arising out of a case (details supplied) to the victims of sexual abuse...
    • Vaccination Programme
      983. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers are going to be prioritised for the vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18916/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline on the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18924/21]
    • School Staff
      985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied) that is scheduled to have the teaching staff reduced from four to three based on...
    • Irish Language
      986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two students (details supplied) are unable to receive an exemption in Irish. [18955/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18958/21]
    • School Funding
      988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to rectify the payroll anomaly in which secondary school music teachers will not receive payment for their work in staging...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to prevent and address outbreaks of Covid-19 in special education schools and particularly those in urban areas such as...
    • School Accommodation
      990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in providing permanent accommodation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19005/21]
    • School Funding
      992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average per capita spending on technology for a visually impaired child in primary and post-primary school respectively in a given year....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if high risk staff are to return to second-level schools especially those with underlying conditions or are pregnant. [19018/21]
    • School Transport
      994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport grant for a child (details supplied). [19065/21]
    • School Admissions
      995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had meetings with the forward planning unit in her Department regarding the provision of second level places in east County Cork....
    • School Transport
      996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that will be implemented in the school transport system this coming academic year. [19085/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for completion of the review of DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19114/21]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the decision was taken not to conduct a re-profiling exercise of special education teacher allocation in 2021, in view of the previous...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allocated the additional special education teacher hours more than 50 that her Department previously...
    • School Curriculum
      1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she plans to support primary and secondary schools in the delivery of financial literacy and well-being for students; the measures that...
    • Departmental Funding
      1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a monetary allowance is provided for music teachers that facilitate and have various duties of the day of leaving certificate music practical...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1003. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19163/21]
    • National Council for Special Education
      1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the National Council for Special Education to complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes...
    • School Staff
      1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 24 February 2021, if her Department will consider allowing the affected teachers to progress to...
    • School Accommodation
      1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to minimise the time new schools spend in temporary accommodation before moving to a permanent site; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Data
      1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in an area (details supplied) that are operating either in temporary accommodation or in prefabs;...
    • School Admissions
      1012. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by her Department and the NCSE to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a placement in a school suitable to their...
    • Human Rights
      1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.170 of 21 January 2021, if she will provide a copy of the notices for this ex-gratia scheme published in...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently put in place a protocol to ensure that an investigation is promptly carried out involving her Department and any other...
    • Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
      1016. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aici Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna faoi leith a chur ar bun a dhéanadh freastal ar scoileanna agus ionaid...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagements regarding zero rate educational websites to support students and families during the Covid-19 pandemic; the actions of her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1018. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has not been awarded sufficient special education teaching hours; if she...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1020. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has held meetings with principals and education stakeholders from east Cork; if not, if she plans to hold such a meeting; if so, if all...
    • School Curriculum
      1021. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to educate young persons on the associated risks with gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19319/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1023. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) was promised an additional 50 hours in 2019; if the school has been delivered the hours it was promised; if the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      1025. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 11 February 2021, if she will provide details of any contact that has taken place in 2021 (details...
    • School Funding
      1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the practice of music teachers providing unpaid accompaniment and other assistance to students for their...
    • School Staff
      1027. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of discussions to bring school secretaries pay and conditions put on a par with all other public servants; her views on this matter;...
    • School Admissions
      1028. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to assist a person (details supplied) with autism in Cork city access to a school place; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Data
      1029. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students projected to transition to secondary level in each of the four school planning areas of Cobh, Midleton,...
    • School Transport
      1030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to school bus transport tickets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1031. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the wearing of face coverings in classrooms is mandatory or voluntary; if exemptions exist; and if so, the details of same. [19463/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      1032. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the proposed inclusion for the new electric vehicle charging guidance in the second edition of the TGD 033 School Building...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1033. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements she has had with representative bodies to date regarding the decision not to vaccinate teachers as a priority. [19573/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1036. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in providing new permanent joint accommodation to two schools on the one site (details supplied) which are in very poor...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1037. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a funding application review will be carried on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [19700/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      1039. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the differentiation in incremental credit on the teaching salary scale between those working in primary and post-primary private...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1040. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is reasonable for her Department to deny a school (details supplied) additional special education hours given the school...
    • School Enrolments
      1041. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current section 29 appeals process; if changes have occurred to this process in the past 12 months; if so, the reason for same; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of special school education facilities in east County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19759/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19811/21]
    • Teacher Training
      1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the five-day rule for final year teaching students will receive a response; and...
    • School Accommodation
      1045. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding the urgent need for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; her plans to...
    • School Attendance
      1047. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days of in-school learning children and young persons have missed since March 2020, by age group; and if she will make a statement...
    • Sports Facilities
      1048. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if private businesses that provide physical education sporting services for local schools are considered educational under the new restrictions;...
    • School Facilities
      1049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to implement the recommendations contained in a report commissioned by the Department of Justice (details supplied) to provide...
    • School Enrolments
      1050. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the new revised section 29 appeals process (details supplied); the way in which this revision and demand fit the best interest...
    • School Transport
      1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the school transport arrangements for affected children from Rathcoffey, County Kildare to a campus (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19929/21]
    • Schools Administration
      1054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work by her Department on the refinement of the new DEIS identification model will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      1055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will made on a section 29 appeal in a case (details supplied) given that the pupil is now in their final school term. [19989/21]
    • Schools Data
      1056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on secondary school waiting lists in an area (details supplied); the number yet to secure a place; the way in...
    • Autism Support Services
      1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made for the provision of ASD secondary school education for children in County Cork given the oversubscription of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to move away from the Gaeltacht grant model to full State funding of mandatory Gaeltacht placement for all student teachers;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1059. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 are expected to be completed; and the estimated cost of this project. [20092/21]
    • Teachers Conciliation Council
      1060. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will bring in an appeals process for those teachers seeking incremental credit for working in schools outside of Ireland; and if she will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20124/21]
    • School Transport
      1062. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider raising the compulsory retirement age of drivers who are in possession of a full PSV licence, a full driver licence and are...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1064. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the review of the report on the ex-gratia scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in day schools; and if she will make a statement...
    • State Examinations Commission
      1066. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to amend the State Examinations Commission's reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations scheme to broaden the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1067. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20197/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a procedure in place to deal with cases in which a person receives contradictory information regarding their Covid-19 risk levels...
    • School Management
      1069. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes and procedures in place to identify and address bullying, harassment and employment discrimination complaints in schools by direct...
    • School Accommodation
      1070. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing a new second-level school in east County Cork to open in September 2022 in view of the fact that second-level...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1073. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned to restore the three school days (details supplied) that were missed prior to the commencement of remote learning in order to...
    • School Staff
      1074. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to teachers who are in the high-risk category and have received their vaccination and wish to return to work if Medmark...
    • School Accommodation
      1075. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information in relation to each of the school planning areas covering an area (details supplied). [20496/21]
    • School Admissions
      1076. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provisions within the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 governing the termination of waiting lists and preference in admission to...
    • School Accommodation
      1077. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in sanctioning a new primary school in Santry, Dublin 9 given the 3,600 new dwellings in the area; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1079. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further progress has been made with regard to the planning application for a permanent school (details supplied) to be located on the Mill...
    • DEIS Scheme
      1081. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS primary schools and secondary schools, respectively by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20563/21]
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      1084. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 20 January 2021, if a final decision has been made in relation to the emergency works appeal by a...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      1085. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the post-primary schools to open in 2021 will be an Irish-medium school; and if not, her contingency plans to provide for the wishes...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1086. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure children with special educational needs who received a recent change in diagnosis as in the case of a child...
    • School Patronage
      1087. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a change of status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20677/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1088. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the timescale for the commencement of same; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Patronage
      1089. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on an application by a school (details supplied) for change of status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20709/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1090. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts her Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of her Department; if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1091. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be made to facilitate a child (details supplied) in relation to their application for enrolment in a special educational...
    • School Curriculum
      1092. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new curricular subject requirements which will be in effect from 1 January 2023 downgrade the importance of Irish history by...
    • School Transport
      1093. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review tendering for school bus routes in wake of the outcome of an investigation (details supplied); the action being taken to...
    • State Examinations
      1096. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if music teachers who facilitated the music practical examinations for the leaving certificate 2021 will be able to avail of the examinations...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Youth Unemployment
      1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her engagement with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of the ways in which the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment if their employment ceases at the end of the casual...
    • Fuel Allowance
      1100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance payment beyond April (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Meals Programme
      1101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) was omitted from the hot meals scheme; if the application by the school for same will...
    • Public Services Card
      1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether credit unions and other financial institutions should be allowed the option of accepting the public...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Covid-19 rent supplement claimants in County Kerry who are also on the full rate of pandemic unemployment...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will announce an increase in the number of participants on community employment, rural social and Tús schemes...
    • JobPath Programme
      1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to JobPath to date in 2021; the reason referrals have continued during level 5 restrictions...
    • Departmental Reports
      1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 989 of 24 March, if the report into the contracted employment services will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if invalidity and blind pensions are lost if persons with disabilities take up academic scholarships; and if she will make a...
    • Local Employment Service
      1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) on the Local Employment Service; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the increased numbers of persons in An Post branches as a result of changes to opening...
    • Employment Support Services
      1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will put in place to ensure that the proposed tendering for public employment services reflects the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of either the disability allowance, an invalidity pension or other disability payment from her...
    • School Meals Programme
      1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the only DEIS band 1 national school (details supplied) in County Clare was not included in the hot school meals...
    • Youth Unemployment
      1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for young persons from 18 to 24 years of age who are not in employment, education or training. [18476/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a person (details supplied) who was turned down for the State pension transition payment; and if the...
    • Gender Recognition
      1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the lack of progress in the area of legal recognition for non-binary persons; if she is committed to providing...
    • State Pensions
      1121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the outcome of an appeal for a State pension (non-contributory) will be re-examined in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the introduction of an extra three weeks of parental benefit; and the timeframe for the change to...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      1124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grants are available to allow a person caring for an elderly relative to upgrade their car in cases in which they are...
    • Gender Recognition
      1125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the draft legislation in relation to gender recognition for transgender persons aged 16 and 17 will be brought before...
    • Public Services Card
      1126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reopen services relating to public services cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18754/21]
    • Carer's Allowance
      1128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expand recognition and payments for carers of incapacitated persons; if persons who must give up work to care...
    • Pension Provisions
      1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on implementing the Programme for Government commitment on pensions for carers; if the matter for carers...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support the demands from community employment supervisors to access an occupational pension scheme and for the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      1135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is on a certain rate of carers allowance designed to allow them to work 18 hours, if the allowance can be...
    • Social Insurance
      1138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of PRSI liability for persons that are legally separated and in receipt of maintenance payments (details...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the 156/234 day allowance for jobseeker’s benefit has not been extended to those who are in receipt of...
    • Gender Recognition
      1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that is being made to give non-binary persons legal recognition on legal documents; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Benefit
      1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed workers with PRSI contributions in category S can avail of carers benefit if they meet other criteria; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to adjusting the terms of the pandemic unemployment payment scheme to allow persons to...
    • Gender Recognition
      1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on progress regarding the legal recognition of non-binary persons. [19221/21]
    • State Pensions
      1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns from a person (details supplied) that changes in pension eligibility and contribution rules...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      1153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in relation to an overpayment (details supplied). [19477/21]
    • State Pensions
      1156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if entitlement to a State pension through the ten year rule can be re-examined in cases in which an applicant has previous...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost associated with increasing all basic adult social welfare rates including the increase for a qualified adult by...
    • Widow's Pension
      1159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a widow’s pension. [19643/21]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the enterprise support grant will be made available to sole trader rate payers that did receive restart grants; and if...
    • Disability Allowance
      1161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the payment can be reinstated...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      1163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a listing of the social welfare schemes the payment rates and rules of which may be adjusted by way of...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      1164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women who are currently linked to their husband's PPSN via the addition of the letter W at the end of their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19749/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19822/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      1171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit aged 18, 19,...
    • JobPath Programme
      1172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date in 2021. [19841/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      1175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for the new benefit payment for 65 year olds since it was introduced; the number of...
    • Local Employment Service
      1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to the local employment service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [19845/21]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the recently announced benefit payment for 65 year olds in order that each person, irrespective of their...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19877/21]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      1180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the process will be standardised in cases in which a person is in receipt of farm assistance and their income is static...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      1181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that undertook a programme (details supplied) during its existence; and the cost of the programme....
    • Employment Support Services
      1182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the youth employment support scheme budget for 2021 including increased training allowances as provided for under the July...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 25 November 2020, if further information will be provided in relation to the...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      1186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students that availed of the back to education allowance in 2019 and 2020. [20179/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the process that is followed in her Department following receipt of a report from the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that have been taken to gender and equality-proof social welfare provisions as set out in the Programme for...
    • Widow's Pension
      1189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) is entitled to a widow’s pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students accessing the pandemic unemployment payment as a result of Covid-19 in August 2020, December 2020 and...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of capital a person can have without it affecting their lone parent family income payments; and if she will make...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment
      1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend the means test for those who wish to participate on the rural social scheme; and if she will make a...
    • JobPath Programme
      1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath will be coming to an end soon; if so, the date it be will be finishing; if she plans to replace the scheme with...
    • Disability Allowance
      1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is receiving the correct amount of disability payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Support Payments
      1198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an entitlement to an increase in child dependent payments in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of...
    • Tax Credits
      1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if credits are automatically awarded in cases in which a person received the pandemic unemployment payment as with other...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland
      1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the case of a person (details supplied) will be carried out following the provision of new information; and...
    • Disability Allowance
      1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department treated a home loan account amounting to €178,000 from a financial institution as a deposit...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts her Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of her...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the two year term that businesses are eligible to receive grant aid under jobs plus scheme...
    • Pension Provisions
      1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average fees on standard private pension products such as PRSAs and AVC-PRSAs in Ireland; the way in which these fees...
    • State Pensions
      1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe in which a person applying for a State pension should expect to hear back once they have submitted the...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the free travel pass scheme to persons who cannot hold a driver licence due to their level of...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      1208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from north County Tipperary that are referred to refuge accommodation in counties...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department has taken to survey the resource needs of local authorities and make available...
    • Gender Equality
      1210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the preparation and implementation of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020; the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all 50 asylum seekers from the Moria refugee camp that were committed to relocating in October 2020 have...
    • Youth Services
      1212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had discussions with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its need for financial support; the...
    • Victim Support Services
      1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to set up a redress board for persons that suffered sexual abuse in an organisation (details...
    • Childcare Services
      1214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process by which a preschool can apply for capital funding to develop a new building for an existing...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for not advertising the call for submission on a restorative recognition scheme for former residents...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      1217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that have commenced to date; his plans and...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government will immediately relocate refugees and asylum seekers from the horrific, dehumanizing Moira...
    • Childcare Services
      1220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of progress relating to the implementation of the recommendation from the WRC to amend the pay scale...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      1221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which the consultation on the establishment of a statutory entitlement to paid domestic violence...
    • Direct Provision System
      1222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of single persons who are sharing with other persons within the direct provision system. [18569/21]
    • Traveller Community
      1223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to develop a successor strategy to the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Tusla residential care and special care...
    • Direct Provision System
      1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average estimated cost of the direct provision system per person per month; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parental Leave
      1227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 729 of 31 March 2021, if parents who welcome a child via surrogacy can...
    • International Protection
      1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the follow-up actions taken by officials in the International Protection Accommodation Service regarding a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans providing extra funding to an organisation (details supplied) due to the effect the Covid-19...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter in relation to the ECCE scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and name of all private providers of children's residential care for Tusla; the number of residents...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      1232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for emergency refuge from domestic violence that could not be met each month during...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to resettle refugees in Ireland currently in Greek migrant camps including child refugees; if the...
    • Traveller Community
      1234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that have been completed out of the 149 actions recommended in the National Traveller and Roma...
    • Autism Support Services
      1235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the establishment of a working group to develop an autism innovation strategy; the membership...
    • Departmental Funding
      1236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the State funding an organisation (details supplied) has received each year since 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the way the irregular location of certain child and family support networks such as play therapy...
    • Family Support Services
      1238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on south County Tipperary being left behind in relation to the to the roll-out of the national...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans or has had engagement with any party in relation to potential future use of houses at a location...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 17 February 2021, the status of the investigation into the leak of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19864/21]
    • Foster Care
      1244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the draft national standards for children's social services once approved will replace the existing National...
    • Legislative Programme
      1245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the promised disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; the timeline for the publication of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for Ireland’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      1248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the decision support service; when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement...
    • Children in Care
      1249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons who have been taken into wardship in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Irish young persons resident in a hospital (details supplied); the way in which their progress is...
    • Legislative Programme
      1252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [20198/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of outbreaks of Covid-19 that have been recorded in early childhood education and care facilities...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the final report of the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      1256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date for publishing the interim report of the Anti-Racism Committee; the scheduled timeframe for the...
    • Seirbhísí Cúram Leanaí
      1257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cén fáth gur mhol a Roinn do sholáthraí seirbhísí cúraim leanaí Gaeilge...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      1259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth an bhfuil cúram ag a Roinn i leith comhionnanas do phobal labhartha na Gaeilge agus muintir na Gaeltachta,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Mental Health Services
      1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made into student mental health services over the past three academic years. [20706/21]
    • Third Level Admissions
      1263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student that received a higher CAO offer in November 2020 after taking up a third-level course will be expected to pay first-year student...
    • Third Level Education
      1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the delivery of third-level college places; the location of the additional third-level places to be allocated; and if...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      1265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to increase the SUSI grant threshold. [18288/21]
    • Student Support Schemes
      1266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for the DARE scheme by a student (details supplied) will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/21]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third-level students who are not in receipt of a SUSI grant and received the €250 once-off Covid-19 payment; and if he will...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      1268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is fair that SUSI recipients of the Covid student support payment are specifically exempt from tax however the non-SUSI...
    • Third Level Examinations
      1270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to support students in rural areas who are unable to attend or access a college course due to a lack of broadband and as a...
    • Language Schools
      1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will remain in place for language schools to allow the industry to protect itself until it can return to business with the...
    • Research and Development
      1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of publicly funded research being produced which is open access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18375/21]
    • Third Level Fees
      1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has to pay further fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who is completing a plumbing apprenticeship will be able to start their first stage of college; and if he will...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the work of the Higher Education Authority and the subcommittee of the governing body of Galway Mayo Institute of...
    • Student Support Schemes
      1278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to access to educational supports will receive a response. [18509/21]
    • Third Level Staff
      1280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the practice by the Science Foundation of Ireland Centre for Research Training at the University of Limerick...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying at the Mayo campus of GMIT since 2005, by course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18638/21]
    • Third Level Education
      1285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on talks with the aim of finding an alternative to placements for social care students in order to allow them to...
    • Regional Action Plan for Jobs
      1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a western regional skills forum to determine the current and future needs of employers in relation to education, skills and...
    • Third Level Education
      1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the higher education courses which include a compulsory placement element; if students are entitled to be paid on these...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      1288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount that has been distributed through the student assistance fund over the past twelve months to support students with...
    • Gender Recognition
      1289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure there are common practices across third-level institutions for the recognition of the names and genders of transgender and...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans for new apprenticeship programmes by Letterkenny Institute of Technology and ETB Donegal will be supported; and if he will make a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      1292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding a university (details supplied) for the purpose of SUSI grant aid and other open colleges which make QQI awards and...
    • Third Level Fees
      1294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of altering the free fees criteria to encompass students enrolled on a graduate entry programme who already hold a level 8...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time an apprentice is out of education and or unemployed before taking up an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      1298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 1 April 2021, the subjects that have intake limits or quotas issued from his or any other...
    • Third Level Education
      1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for first year veterinary medicine in UCD each year; the number allocated to students in Northern Ireland; and if...
    • Third Level Admissions
      1300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of all institution and courses that provide allocated places for students from Northern Ireland or make special...
    • Third Level Institutions
      1301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational staff to student ratio in each higher education institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18853/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per student on the Technological University DIT pilot pre-apprenticeship programme; the number transferred to apprenticeships; and if...
    • Third Level Staff
      1305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time, fixed term, zero hour, short-term and unpaid contracts that exist in each university, institute of technology and...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland
      1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request from a centre (details supplied) for a waiver of the QQ1 regarding the engagement fee based on section 80 of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in further education institutions will be afforded the Covid €250 grant. [19196/21]
    • Technological Universities
      1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of each project, description and funding he identified as having being already allocated a variety of projects in...
    • Third Level Institutions
      1309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed schedule with respect to the €966 million provided in capital funding across the higher education sector in...
    • Straitéisí Ranna
      1311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dul chun cinn atá déanta ag a Roinn go dáta le feidhm a thabhairt don gheallúint i gclár an Rialtais go mbeidh cur...
    • Third Level Institutions
      1313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State expenditure per student in higher education in 2021 including Covid-19 related expenditure; the cost per student excluding Covid-19...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost associated with a craft apprenticeship excluding the 45% used for allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of all qualifying students in receiving the €250 refund on fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expansion of a further education and training course hub with a new campus for a school (details supplied) will be delivered. [19572/21]
    • National Training Fund
      1326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projections for the future revenue of the national training fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19579/21]
    • Student Accommodation
      1328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to construct a single-occupancy bedroom as part of a student accommodation complex; if he plans to alter the policy on the way they...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by students on the Erasmus programme who are concerned about mandatory quarantine and the fees associated with same;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19816/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Minister for Health, the HSE and or higher education institutes to ensure that students on clinical placements in...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the PPP proposal to construct a new engineering building on the grounds of Waterford Institute of Technology; the new target date...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an income disregard for a student on the pandemic unemployment payment who is applying to SUSI for a grant given that they...
    • SOLAS Funding
      1338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of the Solas fund established for a group (details supplied) that is still available; if he has considered allowing this...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student nurses who were requested by the State to work during the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020 will be penalised by SUSI when their...
    • Third Level Staff
      1342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staff-to-teacher ratio in higher education since 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/21]
    • Research and Development
      1343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional information will be provided on the all-island research centres referenced in his Departments statement of strategy 2021-2023; and...
    • Adult Education Provision
      1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has or will be made available by his Department as part of the adult literacy strategy to implement the Labour Court...
    • Third Level Fees
      1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the prohibitive fees for graduate entry to medicine programmes; the steps he is taking to address the matter;...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were supported by the student support scheme for asylum seekers in 2019-2020 academic year. [20673/21]
    • Third Level Fees
      1348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of altering the free fees criteria to include migrants, asylum seeker and undocumented students. [20674/21]
    • Refugee Status
      1349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently studying in higher education institutions who are registered as having refugee status. [20675/21]
    • Third Level Staff
      1352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each two point reduction in the academic staff-to-student ratio for universities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      1354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students receiving the back to education allowance who also applied for the student assistance fund based on the latest figures...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works will be completed on the merger of Limerick Institute of Technology and Athlone IT into a technological university; and if he will...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad airgead atá á chaitheamh ag a Roinn le cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge a sholáthar ag an tríú...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Gambling Sector
      1358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the regulatory framework for gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20996/21]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when consideration will be given to naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Victim Support Services
      1363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the Justice Plan 2021 with particular reference to the relevant sections supporting a victim's journey...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Direct Provision System
      1365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of letters that have been issued and are being issued each month to those in direct provision in tabular form....
    • Residency Permits
      1372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in respect of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Visa Applications
      1373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be allocated to the visa application offices nationally to ensure any backlog of...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      1374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts will be updated to permit the repatriation of Irish prisoners serving sentences in...
    • Comhfhreagras Rannach
      1375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality an bhfuil ábhar an iarratais eadóirseachta seolta ar ais chuig an iarratasóir, mar atá luaite ina freagra...
    • Legal Aid
      1378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene and ensure that the barrier to accessing free legal aid will be removed for all Stardust families...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      1379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person with limited or no decision making capacity can be represented by a person with power of attorney...
    • International Protection
      1380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for first decisions and appeal decisions for applicants for international protection; the number of letters...
    • Judicial Appointments
      1381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the changes she has made to the internal process in her Department for the appointment of judges since she came to office....
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty charge notices issued for illegal parking of vehicles in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [18306/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      1383. 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. [18307/21]
    • Gambling Sector
      1385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered limiting the advertisements for gambling on both television and radio; and if she will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which alleged procurement irregularities involving the Irish Prison Service and a company (details supplied) was...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 150 and 151 of 25 March 2021, the number of potential protected disclosures made to the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      1390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount seized by Criminal Assets Bureau linked to organised drug crimes in Tallaght, Dublin 24 since 2018; and if she will...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of naturalisation applications made by UK citizens in each of the years 2014 to 2020, in tabular form; the average...
    • Visa Applications
      1392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the suspension on accepting new visa and preclearance applications will be lifted; the reason for this suspension; and if...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
      1393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1278 of 24 March 2020, when the current 880 active cases were received by the INIS; the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that cross-Border policing and cooperation between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda...
    • Legal Aid
      1395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of free legal aid annually in relation to cases of possession of illegal drugs for personal use and in cases of petty...
    • Garda Reserve
      1396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the strategic review of the Garda reserve due in 2019; the schedule for the recommencement of recruitment to the...
    • Courts Service
      1397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges attached to each court in the judicial system; the number of vacancies in each court waiting to be...
    • Visa Applications
      1398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the reopening of visa application centres and mandatory biometric enrolment for applicants; and if she will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Courts Service
      1400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding cases and the likely timeframe to address the backlog of cases in the Dublin District and Circuit...
    • Visa Applications
      1401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when face-to-face interviews for visas will recommence; and the procedure in place for those applying for visas during level 5...
    • Garda Recruitment
      1404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of candidates that were on the An Garda Síochána recruitment panel at 31 January 2021 subject to Covid-19...
    • International Protection
      1405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of audio-visual appeal hearings which have been conducted by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in 2020...
    • EU Directives
      1408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland was required under EU law to enact legislation giving effect to the EU directive on the repatriation of sentenced...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of checks An Garda Síochána undertook in 2021 before mandatory hotel quarantine was in place to check if...
    • Residency Permits
      1412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an Irish resident permit application by a person (details supplied); the steps the person can take next in...
    • National Archives
      1413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1294 of 9 July 2020, the details of the location of records of a person (details...
    • Victim Support Services
      1414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she plans to take in Q2 2021 to meet the objectives set out in the Action Plan 2021 to identify areas in which gaps...
    • Visa Applications
      1415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter in relation to a person raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications for citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19066/21]
    • Courts Service
      1418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure the full functioning of the court system compliant with public health advice to address the...
    • Garda Data
      1419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls that were received by the Garda Traffic Watch Service in 2020; the number of those calls that are...
    • Garda Procedures
      1420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is official policy that Garda traffic watch do not inform persons calling the service of PULSE numbers for their...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); if she will arrange to have a fresh medical...
    • Debt Collection
      1422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will expect a sheriff to be appointed to County Cavan; the resources that will be available to clear the backlog of...
    • Visa Applications
      1423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when tourist visa applications from South America will be considered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      1424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take steps to implement the recommendation of the Catherine Day advisory group to use her discretionary power to...
    • Probate Applications
      1426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Probate Office will reopen in order that probate personal applicant appointments can resume; and if personal...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      1427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide certainty for the English language education sector by providing a commitment to a timely return to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a citizenship route for non-resident spouses of Irish citizens will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      1429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department has taken to establish a one-off simplified case processing approach applying to all applicants who...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reverse the new visa requirements on passport holders from a number of countries which came into effect at...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      1434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the letter mentioned in an internal Department email dated 30 October 2019 relating to a Topical Issue submitted by the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the decision making process that led to the appointment of a person (details supplied) as lead of the mental health task force...
    • Crime Data
      1436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 24 February 2021, the number of incidents reported to An Garda...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      1437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new youth justice strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19494/21]
    • Prison Mental Health Services
      1438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of psychologists and psychiatrists employed in each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19504/21]
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      1439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will receive the final report from a person (details supplied) in respect of the circumstances surrounding the death...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if special consideration will be given to applications for citizenship of UK citizens in the wake of Brexit; and if applicants...
    • Work Permits
      1441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place for changing an employer on an atypical employment visa (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 3 March 2021, the date on which she expects to receive the independent study into...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      1444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the guidance provided to local Garda National Immigration Bureau stations with regard to the renewal and...
    • Deportation Orders
      1446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a case pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in the case...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure further investigations are carried out into the Belturbet, Clones and Pettigo bombings of December 1972...
    • Court Procedures
      1456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if case progression hearings in relation to case progression cases in which summons for case progression issued after 22 March...
    • Family Law Cases
      1457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current backlog of family law cases awaiting their first case progression hearing in the Dublin Circuit Court; and the way...
    • Court Procedures
      1458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if dates are being given out by the Dublin Circuit Court currently for notices of motion in default of defence or appearance...
    • Courts Service
      1459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contingencies being put in place by the Courts Service to deal with the backlog of cases in the Family Circuit Courts...
    • Court Sittings
      1460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of case progression hearings none of which should require any witnesses and are usually attended only by solicitors...
    • Domestic Violence
      1461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date statistics on domestic violence cases issued in the Dublin District Court from 1 April 2020 to 1 April 2021...
    • Victim Support Services
      1462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the audit of the way in which services for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence are segmented across State...
    • International Protection
      1463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanism in place for international protection order applicants to track the progress of their applications; and if she...
    • Garda Data
      1473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer. [20095/21]
    • Crime Data
      1475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of theft of MPVs reported to An Garda Síochána in the Blanchardstown district in each of the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      1476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new cars and vans that were added to the Garda dog unit in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the...
    • Immigration Policy
      1477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene in the case of a family (details supplied) looking to relocate to County Carlow in order for a family...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      1478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to alter the requirement for a person to register on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for citizenship applications in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Immigration Data
      1482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of migrants in Dublin who have been enabled to register their immigration status in each month since January 2020,...
    • Private Security Authority
      1483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if private security staff carrying out an eviction of a tenant from their property should be registered with the Private...
    • Divorce Process
      1484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding recognition of foreign divorce; and if...
    • Human Rights
      1485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; and if she...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a citizenship application by persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Missing Persons
      1487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if some or all aspects of an initial proposal (details supplied) sent to her Department in 2018 are being considered for...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Data
      1491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of on-the-spot fines issued by An Garda Síochána to persons that committed an offence under section 10 of...
    • EU Data
      1493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has failed to provide information regarding Procedural Time Limits on Civil and Commercial Matters to the...
    • Immigration Status
      1494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20572/21]
    • Visa Applications
      1495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      1497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current age of each boat in the Garda water unit; when each boat within the unit will be next scheduled to be replaced;...
    • Court Procedures
      1499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of cases under section 115A of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 which have yet to reach a conclusion in the...
  • Department of Health
    • Vaccination Programme
      1500. To ask the Minister for Health his views on childcare workers receiving the Covid-19 vaccine as a cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18202/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1501. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that data privacy of citizens is being protected in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic response, following recent reports...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1503. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1504. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to implement mass Covid-19 antigen testing across the early years sector, focusing on areas with the highest infection rates. [20201/21]
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      1505. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received engagements from the Taoiseach in relation to CervicalCheck raised with the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann by this Deputy on 8...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications at hand to date; the number of applications waiting to be assessed; the number of applications that...
    • Health Services
      1507. To ask the Minister for Health when computerised medical examinations for membership of medical governing bodies will resume given that frontline workers are vaccinated against the effects...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1508. To ask the Minister for Health if it is Government policy or if he supports the policy of refusing medical students and nursing students work placement in cases in which they have opted not...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting treatment for scoliosis in each county. [18103/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1511. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons with Addison’s disease on the vaccine roll-out; his views on the frustration and lack of clarity experienced by those with...
    • Health Services
      1513. To ask the Minister for Health when a diagnostic assessment will be carried out on a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1514. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide for the reimbursement of medicinal cannabis oil products PCBD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18116/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1515. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which high risk persons such as those with a BMI over 40 who are under general practitioner care and do not have a hospital team will be contacted...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1516. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the X-ray unit at Killybegs Community Hospital is currently not operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18129/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1518. To ask the Minister for Health the grant schemes available to those with medically certified mobility issues to assist in the purchase of mobility scooters; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1519. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET officials draw a salary for their work as part of NPHET. [18140/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute mental health beds available from 2010 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [18144/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1525. To ask the Minister for Health if all citizens in the over 85s category have been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if so, the date the vaccinations for the over 85s category were completed....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1526. To ask the Minister for Health the public health advice and opinion underpinning the continued ban on religious services, the restrictions on funeral services to only ten persons and...
    • Data Collection
      1527. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of amassing dossiers on children with autism involved in legal proceedings has been repeated or replicated across the health service. [18148/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      1531. To ask the Minister for Health if the prosecution of a person (details supplied) for information disclosed under a protected disclosure is being considered and prepared by his Department....
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      1532. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department compiles or keeps details on women or families who take or have taken legal cases against CervicalCheck and the HSE in relation to the...
    • Hospital Staff
      1534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the reduction in the number of doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1535. To ask the Minister for Health when persons with multiple sclerosis will receive their Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1536. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 25 March 2021, the number of fines issued following the 590 checks on persons quarantining at home that were...
    • Maternity Services
      1538. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the reintroduction of maternity support services in the reopening of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1539. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the recent events involving a hospital (details supplied) and the Covid-19 vaccine do not reoccur; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Internships
      1540. To ask the Minister for Health the way he and the Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE plan to facilitate the commencement and completion of clinical placements by unpaid first, second and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1541. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are included in the quarantine system for a family returning from the UAE who have a child with special needs; the way in which this child...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1542. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to events at a residential care facility (details supplied) as reported in the media; the steps he has taken to address same;...
    • Health Services Staff
      1543. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to engage with healthcare assistants on the way their roles can be developed; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1544. To ask the Minister for Health his views on delays in childcare staff being contacted by public health regarding close contact notifications and the risk of the delays resulting in an...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1545. To ask the Minister for Health if childcare workers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine as a group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18200/21]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic for a diagnostic test in each month from January 2020 to January 2021; and the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1549. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is over 70 years of age and has an underlying health condition will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a...
    • Data Collection
      1553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that no dossiers are held on families impacted by epilim - sodium valproate historically or otherwise. [18246/21]
    • State Claims Agency
      1554. To ask the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency attended any of the sodium valproate project group meetings; and, if so, the reason the agency would be in attendance of the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1555. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the actions of the CEO of a hospital (details supplied) in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine was a misuse of State property; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1556. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with lupus were in category 4 and have subsequently been removed from the category (details supplied). [18252/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      1557. To ask the Minister for Health when the gay men’s health service will reopen; the measures he is taking to ensure that staff and funding will be made available for the programmes and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1558. To ask the Minister for Health if measures have been put in place to ensure new referrals for assessment of need are seen in a timely fashion during the transition from current services to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some children have not been contacted by psychologists directly (details supplied) under the children’s complex pain service at...
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      1561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to HSE local health offices regarding charges for phlebotomy services; the number of complaints upheld; the number of complaints...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1562. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has records of the number of homecare workers who have tested positive for Covid-19 during the past three months; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1563. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place or that are about to be put in place for pregnant women in the context of the current and changing Covid-19 restrictions in order that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1564. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any Minister or Minister of State or adviser to a Minister or Minister of State who requested or suggested to the HSE or...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1565. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can respond to a query (details supplied) regarding resourcing of maxillofacial surgery procedure presently suspended at University Hospital...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      1566. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for appointments for therapies (details supplied) in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18281/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1567. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18285/21]
    • HSE Funding
      1568. To ask the Minister for Health the current funding available for the technical aids scheme by CHO in tabular form; the funding drawn down between 2016 to 2020; the eligibility criteria to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of persons suffering with rheumatoid arthritis on the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out programme. [18287/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1570. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned primary healthcare centre being developed at Station Road, Ennis. [18291/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1575. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy for exiting lockdown restrictions; the level of patients in hospital and in intensive care units that is required to allow further easing of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who had an appointment for vaccination at the Aviva Stadium, Citywest Convention Centre, Helix Theatre, and Technological University...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1581. To ask the Minister for Health if people entering Ireland who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with a European Medical Agency approved vaccine will be exempted from mandatory hotel...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1583. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made further to talks between a union (details supplied) and the HSE regarding the general practitioner provision of Covid-19 vaccines to persons...
    • Maternity Services
      1587. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure priority is applied for the return of full maternity services in all hospitals (details supplied) in the coming period as...
    • Hospital Staff
      1588. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No.1579 of 24 March, if he will consider extending standardised travel and accommodation allowances, the pandemic...
    • HSE Data
      1589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons from zero to 18 years of age who have a blind or vision impairment diagnosis in Ireland by community healthcare...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise all pharmacy staff for vaccination in which pharmacies will become central to vaccine roll-out not just pharmacists; and if he will make...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1592. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to sexual health testing for members of the LGBTQ+ community in areas of the country outside Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1593. To ask the Minister for Health the person he has appointed as the designated appeals officer under the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 for Covid-19 detention facilities; the criteria in terms...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators that have been recruited for the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the number of those recruited that are still awaiting deployment;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1596. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address waiting lists for cataract operations; if the Sligo scheme is being considered as a strategy to tackle waiting times for...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1597. To ask the Minister for Health if patients in category 4 will be identified by their attending hospital; if not, if they will need to identify themselves to their hospital; and if he will...
    • Disability Support Services
      1600. To ask the Minister for Health if a school (details supplied) is to lose all onsite therapists, including speech and language therapists and occupational therapists as part of the...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      1602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the document in which it has been established that a blood test should not have been charged by the local general practitioner...
    • Data Collection
      1603. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he proposes to take in relation to the dossiers maintained by his Department in respect of families and children as highlighted on a programme...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1604. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding approval for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18404/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1605. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is participating in an EU Commission initiative on the monitoring of Covid-19 and its variants in wastewater and availing of funding from...
    • Health Services Provision
      1606. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of orthognathic surgery provision in the south-east; and if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1607. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the NIAC guidelines (details supplied) which advise the allocation of MRA vaccines to the immunocompromised; and if it will be ensured that...
    • Health Services
      1608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) in being recategorised in order that they can access transitional care funding while a fair deal application is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1609. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a gallbladder removal operation given the nature of their medical condition; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1610. To ask the Minister for Health if there are staffing shortages at Cork University Hospital; if so, if he can account for these shortages; and if he can account for significant delays in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1613. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding a fair deal scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18450/21]
    • Dental Services
      1614. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the dramatic decrease of dentists with dental treatment service scheme contracts in County Wexford between 2020 and to date...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1617. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential care worker is deemed not fit to go back to work but cleared to return to work by their cardiologist will be permitted to return to work once...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications received in counties Galway and Roscommon, respectively, for each month in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason restrictions allow persons to meet outside but not in a private garden. [18462/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1620. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to families that are forced to seek private assistance for children with diagnosis of dyslexia or dyspraxia due to the extensive...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      1621. To ask the Minister for Health if the issue of minimum alcohol pricing in Ireland and in Northern Ireland will be discussed at future North South Ministerial Council meetings; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      1622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason transfer of services between counties was delayed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/21]
    • HSE Properties
      1623. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for HSE owned land at Coille Dios estate, Athboy, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18482/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports that a medical practice (details supplied) will only receive a vaccination delivery every two weeks which is causing...
    • HSE Data
      1625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bariatric surgeries that have taken place each year since 2010 by region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18491/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1626. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for all those waiting for bariatric surgery for three years or more, less than three years and less than 12 months by region in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1627. To ask the Minister for Health if there are financial supports for the service providers directly or for the adults with disabilities that attend day services or that live in residential...
    • Physiotherapy Services
      1628. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy services will be reinstated in Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1629. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 956 of 10 March 2021, if the number of residents that have received their first and second vaccination against Covid-19,...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1631. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the annual budget allocation inclusive of mainstream and interim funding allocated by his Department and drugs programmes to local drug and...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      1633. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long to get their registered number to work here with the HSE during a pandemic; if the application will...
    • Dental Services
      1634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18507/21]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      1635. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for ophthalmology services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Data
      1636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of syringes that have been procured to date; the timescales by which they have been delivered to date; the planned delivery of syringes over the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1637. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it can be found possible to provide appropriate treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been hired as Covid-19 vaccinators up until 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18530/21]
    • HSE Reports
      1644. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2015 report by two UK specialists into the HSE orthodontic service will be published; the reason the HSE has delayed the publication of the report;...
    • HSE Reviews
      1645. To ask the Minister for Health when the full results from a recent audit of 7,500 patient files in public orthodontic services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1646. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in the Irish Prison Service can expect to be vaccinated. [18536/21]
    • Data Collection
      1647. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed in relation to the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18549/21]
    • Home Help Service
      1648. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 692 of 7 July 2020, if the home support waiting list review in County Wexford that was due to commence in Quarter 3 and...
    • Health Services Staff
      1650. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of a psychologist for Wexford South CAMHS; the various recruitment steps which have been completed to date; the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1651. To ask the Minister for Health when a motorised wheelchair will be made available to a person (details supplied); if a risk assessment has been carried out as part of the process to provide...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1652. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person (details supplied) who is in the vulnerable category and aged in the 18 to 64 years of age cohort can secure their Covid-19 vaccination...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1653. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation to a group (details supplied) in order that it can meet the demand for essential orthotics and footwear; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1655. To ask the Minister for Health when clarity will be provided to couples planning weddings in May 2021 as to their guest numbers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will offer the HPV vaccine to all second-level students in 2022 who have not availed of it previously to ensure maximum take-up of the vaccine and that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1659. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be made to ensure that Irish students in receipt of SUSI grant supports who are studying abroad and will be returning home for the summer...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1660. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to define the groups of persons in group 9 who are living or working in crowded settings; and the proposed arrangements to verify the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1661. To ask the Minister for Health the status of birthing partners and their access to prenatal appointments as well as the birth of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      1664. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been in contact with a group (details supplied); and if he has given consideration to the request by the group that the HSE and hospital HR...
    • HSE Data
      1665. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid by the HSE or other public bodies to a hospital (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021 for any services...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1666. To ask the Minister for Health if preparations for a successor to the National Sexual Health Strategy are underway; if a successor strategy will be published; if the strategy will have a...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      1667. To ask the Minister for Health the latest estimate of the number of patients living with hepatitis C in the State for each of the past five years; the progress made towards making hepatitis...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1669. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a successor to the Healthy Ireland Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 to 2021; when an evaluation of the action plan will be published; and if he...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      1670. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations of the National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1672. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a schedule for the approval and implementation of a vaccination program for vulnerable children with underlying conditions under 16 years of age;...
    • Health Services Provision
      1673. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many trans persons are being forced abroad for surgery due to the lack of public healthcare surgery options...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a new model of care for trans persons by investing in surgery options here and providing training for general practitioners in order that...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1675. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants or supports available to subsidise the cost of purchasing a mobility scooter for those who need it; if there are no supports of this...
    • Maternity Services
      1676. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 739 of 27 January 2021, the status of the suspension of water birth services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1677. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding changes to National Vaccination Programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18622/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1680. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to recruit a speech therapist for St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis, County Clare; when this post is expected to be filled; the...
    • Cancer Services
      1681. To ask the Minister for Health when CAR T-cell therapy will be available in Ireland in view of the €8.18 million spend on same abroad by the HSE between 2019 and 2020; if he is...
    • Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements
      1682. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of CAR T-cell therapy by the HSE; the reason for the delay regarding a decision on the reimbursement of same; if he is...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1683. To ask the Minister for Health when pres level 3 medical exams will recommence; and the reason qualified medical doctors that have moved to Ireland but have not completed the pres exams due...
    • HSE Data
      1684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have signed up to the Be on Call for Ireland database in each county; and the number that signed up that have been recruited to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 16 to 69 years of age at very high risk of severe Covid-19 identified as part of group four of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out to...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BowelScreen in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through BowelScreen in each of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting to receive a Covid-19 vaccine; the reason they have not been prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine...
    • Medical Cards
      1689. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce non-routine dental benefit for medical card holders that are also on a disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Data
      1690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths in nursing homes in December, January and February of each year from 2017 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1691. To ask the Minister for Health if a query (details supplied) in relation to named medications being provided through the drugs payment scheme will receive a response; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1692. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made since 27 June 2020 to develop a Traveller and Roma mental health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1697. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine has reverted back to 18+ year olds for the vulnerable at risk category (details supplied). [18696/21]
    • Departmental Records
      1699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are no dossiers held by his Department and or any other State bodies on a family (details supplied) in County Meath, whose...
    • Health Services Provision
      1700. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if a care plan will be expedited; if they can remain in a facility; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1701. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who cannot social distance should be treated the same as a person without a disability in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BreastCheck in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through BreastCheck in each of...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some physical examinations for a scheme (details supplied) cannot take place. [18720/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1705. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1706. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the various annual vaccination programmes; the level of uptake in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      1709. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place for the healthcare of transgender young persons in Ireland given the exit of the UK based clinic (details supplied) from...
    • Health Services Staff
      1715. To ask the Minister for Health the additional specialised staff that have been recruited in the area of transgender healthcare including endocrinologists, social workers, speech and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1717. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum waiting time for surgeries across each discipline, speciality and hospital; the change for each in each of the years 2018 to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1718. To ask the Minister for Health the HbA1c threshold for a diabetic to be included in the vulnerable at risk priority for the Covid-19 vaccine. [18765/21]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      1720. To ask the Minister for Health the value to each hospital in the State of the car parking charges system in each of the years 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if the system is under the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1721. To ask the Minister for Health when adult day centres will be permitted to safely reopen given the vital role they play in supporting older persons to access social and health services in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Tusla residential care and special care units; the number of Covid-19 vaccinations...
    • Health Insurance
      1723. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address an issue with private health insurance policies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18785/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request his officials to investigate if a racecourse (details supplied) would be suitable for use as local Covid-19 mass vaccination centre for the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1725. To ask the Minister for Health if a needs assessment and mapping exercise to identify the status of existing sexual health services and current gaps has been carried out as recommended in...
    • HSE Staff
      1726. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacancies in the community (details applied) within the HSE. [18805/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1728. To ask the Minister for Health if his recent decision to prioritise vaccinations based on age took full account of the cascade effect in schools in which Covid-related teacher absences and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1729. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has or plans on re-examining the emerging evidence regarding the efficacy of ivermectin as a prophylactic and treatment for Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1730. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move from a psychiatric model of transgender healthcare to a model more in line with international best practice as outlined by the World Health...
    • Health Services Staff
      1731. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on waiting lists in the CHO 7 area for assessment of need; the breakdown if available by county; the number of staff employed in the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1733. To ask the Minister for Health the up to date position with the primary care centre in Newbridge, County Kildare; the services located there; the services operating at the moment; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      1735. To ask the Minister for Health the nature and cost of the contract of the head of Covid-19 test and trace system of the HSE; if such a position is a secondment from a private company on a...
    • Maternity Services
      1736. To ask the Minister for Health if a local implementation board has been established in 2011 for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda under the HSE obstetrics and gynaecology programme;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1738. To ask the Minister for Health if he or NIAC have considered evidence relating to risk from exposure in the alteration of the priority list. [18848/21]
    • Psychological Assessments
      1741. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be assessed by a clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18851/21]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      1742. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue more detailed guidance on the definition of essential travel; if he considers family reunification as essential travel; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      1744. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has awarded contracts for home help work to a service (details supplied); the costs of such contracts from 2010 to date; and the number of hours...
    • Seirbhísí Sláinte
      1747. To ask the Minister for Health cén líon daoine sa stát a chuir lámh ina mbás féin, briste síos de réir contae agus de réir aoise, gach bliain...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting on surgery for breast cancer by three month intervals of time on the waiting list in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospital Data
      1751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer operations of the breast, prostate, colon, rectal, lung, ovarian and oesophageal that took place in each year since 2016, in tabular...
    • Mortality Rates
      1753. To ask the Minister for Health if death rates in the elderly have coincided with vaccination; if his Department is reviewing corollary data between vaccination and deaths occurring; the way...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1754. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the security firms carrying out the security related work in respect of the Covid-19 mandatory hotel quarantine regulation; if security staff...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18900/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1756. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately reconsider easing restrictions on outdoor gatherings, outdoor activities and outdoor hospitality services in view of the recent data...
    • Suicide Incidence
      1757. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a real time suicide data programme on a national basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18905/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1758. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the uptake of the HPV vaccine; the steps he will take to make the vaccine available to persons that did not take it up in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1759. To ask the Minister for Health the provision he plans to make for persons in mandatory hotel quarantine that have a need to provide care for children or others; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce regulations to ensure that all persons working in the mandatory Covid-19 detention facilities will be regularly tested for the virus; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1763. To ask the Minister for Health the consultations he has had with communities from migrant backgrounds here when drawing up lists of countries subject to mandatory quarantine in detention...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1766. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons employed as vaccinators will be fully vaccinated in advance of being deployed to administer vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      1767. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a discrepancy between grades of staff within the National Ambulance Service and the grades of paramedic and advanced paramedic (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1768. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought advice from the Chief Medical Officer or NPHET regarding the position of fully vaccinated persons and mandatory hotel quarantine; if so, if...
    • Departmental Records
      1769. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a full independent investigation into revelations of secret dossiers on autistic children in his Department; if all affected persons will be...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1770. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 630 of 16 June 2020 and 766 of 8 December 2020, the position regarding appointments for a child (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Data
      1771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out at a new purpose built maternity theatre (details supplied) in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if...
    • Health Services Provision
      1772. To ask the Minister for Health when the gay men's health service will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18936/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1773. To ask the Minister for Health the additional costs incurred by the HSE in being forced to reschedule vaccination appointments as a result of the error that saw messages informing patients...
    • Hospital Services
      1774. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed new development of 96 bed units at University Hospital Limerick will result in a net overall increase of 96 beds for the hospital; the number...
    • Hospital Staff
      1775. To ask the Minister for Health when the new paediatric rheumatologist will commence in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1776. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the IT system for the vaccination roll-out; if he will improve logistical communication and prevent scam messages for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1778. To ask the Minister for Health if persons that own holiday homes and mobile homes within their county will be permitted to stay in same once the five kilometre travel limit is extended to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1779. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18954/21]
    • Mortality Rates
      1781. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the level of excess mortality within nursing homes between January and February 2020; if an independent inquiry will be carried out to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1783. To ask the Minister for Health if essential workers such as a petroleum engineer based in Bashara, Iraq, will have to quarantine every time on arrival here. [18965/21]
    • Health Services Reports
      1784. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or his Department has concluded its review into the mortuary services at University Hospital Waterford; the current status of the review; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases for the months of February and March 2021, respectively; the number of these cases in which contact tracing was carried...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      1787. To ask the Minister for Health the latest date in which he communicated with a group (details supplied) in relation to the setting up and operation of the CervicalCheck tribunal; the nature...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an age breakdown of Covid-19 vaccines administered to the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18976/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      1790. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to provide free IVF treatment through the public health system, as promised and for which €3 million has been announced; and...
    • Maternity Services
      1791. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure maternity and maternity support services such as ante-natal classes are returned to normal as soon as possible following the end of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1792. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with a positive Covid-19 test as of 26 March 2021 which will remain positive for three months can enter the country from Canada without the need...
    • Health Services Provision
      1793. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied). [18989/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1794. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the difficulties faced by couples who are currently separated and living in different countries due to Covid-19; the plans...
    • Health Promotion
      1795. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the need to promote increased movement and physical exercise as Covid-19 restrictions ease; the plans that exist to reverse...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1797. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line healthcare staff under sequence group 2 at a centre (details supplied) will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1799. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18999/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1800. To ask the Minister for Health if the onus will be on pharmacies to book persons in for vaccinations through their own booking systems and websites and so on; and if there will be a central...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a diagnostic test at a symptomatic breast disease clinic in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the percentage of...
    • Cancer Services
      1802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were on active cancer treatment in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the percentage of these patients that were admitted...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1803. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered any evidence in relation to those with a family history of severe clotting disorders and the risk of clotting disorders associated with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of flights arriving here between March 2020 and to date that had a passenger on board who tested positive for Covid-19; the number of close...
    • Dental Services
      1806. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE collect and monitor any data relating to adult waiting lists for dental treatment provided under the dental treatment service scheme; the way in...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO 5; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months respectively...
    • Dental Services
      1809. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for children awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the breakdown of the length of waiting time in tabular form; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1811. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be updated guidance issued for residential care settings on two Covid-19 vaccinated persons being allowed meet indoors; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1813. To ask the Minister for Health if the psychiatrist position in Kilrush day hospital has been filled in relation to the Kilrush health centre; if a review is taking place of the services...
    • Mental Health Services
      1814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts that are currently in the mental health services in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19042/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1816. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacy staff will be offered the vaccine as these persons are also frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19049/21]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      1817. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding spent on creating an ehealth personal profile card for every citizen in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [19051/21]
    • HSE Expenditure
      1818. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on IT in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [19052/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1819. To ask the Minister for Health if he needs to produce legislation in order to provide an ehealth system that will provide health information on every resident in Ireland; and if so, when he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccine doses that will be delivered here by companies (details supplied) by month and vaccine provider in tabular form. [19054/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      1822. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied). [19061/21]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1823. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of tobacco plain packaging on levels of smoking and the health benefits resulting from that policy; and the estimated number of lives that are...
    • Hospital Services
      1825. To ask the Minister for Health if the bed capacity of a hospital (details supplied) is being reduced in order to increase storage for wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1826. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen for a hip replacement. [19079/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      1827. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made under the national eating disorder treatment plan launched in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19080/21]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      1831. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation and the progress being made to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill...
    • Dental Services
      1832. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of orthodontic services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19087/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1833. To ask the Minister for Health when full-time residential care will be made available to a person (details supplied). [19091/21]
    • Hospital Data
      1837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have presented to the accident and emergency department in Tallaght Hospital with suicidal ideation; the number of the patients...
    • Health Services Staff
      1838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in each CHO that have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and if...
    • HSE Data
      1839. To ask the Minister for Health the number and name of all home care providers for older persons used by the HSE; the cost of same in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of home help hours...
    • Disabilities Data
      1840. To ask the Minister for Health the number and name of all private providers of disability residential care for the HSE; and the number of disability residents currently in privately run...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1841. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full cost of funding to all private providers of disability residential care contracted by the HSE in 2018, 2019 and 2020 excluding nursing...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1842. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any priority based on age in the vulnerable at risk category of persons aged 16 to 64 years in the roll-out of the vaccine; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1844. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19116/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1845. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 vaccine drug product manufacturing and supply strategy to combat variants of the Covid-19 virus; the way in which vaccine booster supplies will...
    • Ophthalmology Services
      1847. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to an ophthalmologist (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19123/21]
    • Medical Internships
      1849. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 24 March 2021 (details supplied), if he will guarantee that student radiographers will be treated the same as...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1850. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19134/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1851. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in September 2020 the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics refused reimbursement for the life-changing gene...
    • Maternity Services
      1854. To ask the Minister for Health the status for birthing partners in maternity wards with the easing of restriction. [19144/21]
    • Dental Services
      1856. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to dental care for children attending primary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1857. To ask the Minister for Health if persons aged 16 with underlying conditions such as cystic fibrosis that are hesitant to return to the classroom due to the infection risk but do not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1858. To ask the Minister for Health if tourist visits with the purpose of family reunification will be considered as essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19169/21]
    • Hospital Data
      1859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a diagnostic scan less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by hospital group in tabular...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO...
    • Audiology Services
      1861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO...
    • Health Services
      1862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by...
    • Podiatry Services
      1864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO area...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1865. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a first assessment for speech and language therapy less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting for a first assessment for occupational therapy less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months by LHO...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on the inpatient day case active waiting list less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months by...
    • Maternity Services
      1868. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the heads of maternity hospitals on lifting restrictions for birthing partners. [19180/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1869. To ask the Minister for Health if there are training schemes available to general practitioners regarding the care of transgender patients especially following gender confirmation surgery;...
    • Eating Disorders
      1870. To ask the Minister for Health if plans for public treatment facilities for eating disorders have been stalled; the reason for the delay; and if he has plans to get them back on track....
    • Vaccination Programme
      1871. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each mass vaccination centre to the Exchequer to date in tabular form; and if each vaccination centre is operating. [19186/21]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1872. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for children on the waiting list for initial speech and language therapy assessments by CHO; the number of children on the waiting list...
    • Eating Disorders
      1874. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the delay in delivery of the National Eating Disorder Treatment Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19199/21]
    • Counselling Services
      1879. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on the waiting list for counselling services in County Wexford; the breakdown of waiting times for this list; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1881. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will give consideration to permitting gyms to open for rehabilitation patients for those under the care of a general practitioner or a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications waiting to be assessed in 2021; the number of applications that were on the waiting list from 2016...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1883. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has underlying health conditions will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19242/21]
    • Home Help Service
      1885. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19246/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1886. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19249/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in CHO 4 that have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and if he...
    • Paediatric Services
      1889. To ask the Minister for Health if developmental checks for babies have fully resumed; if a plan has been put in place to ensure any backlog is cleared; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Births Data
      1891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born by month in 2020 and to date in 2021. [19254/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1892. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women treated clinically for postnatal depression in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [19255/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1894. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the ambulatory elective hospital in Cork; and the expected timeline of completion. [19257/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1896. To ask the Minister for Health if SouthDoc has outlined criteria by which it will judge the deterioration of the Covid-19 situation and withdraw the planned reopening of SouthDoc in...
    • Disability Services Data
      1901. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an assessment of needs in Cork North Lee services in March 2020 and in April 2021. [19264/21]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1904. To ask the Minister for Health the mitigation strategy that was put in place for the closure of residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds due to Covid-19; the increase in waiting...
    • Gambling Sector
      1906. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with the Department of Justice on the gambling control Bill. [19269/21]
    • Hospital Data
      1907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancelled outpatient and inpatient orthopaedic surgeries in the CUH in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form. [19270/21]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      1908. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department has engaged in to prepare for the proposed citizens' assembly on drugs; if a working group has been established; if the terms of...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      1909. To ask the Minister for Health if, after consideration of the data by the relevant departmental group, he will publish the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy; and if so, the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1910. To ask the Minister for Health the funding to be provided to drug and alcohol task forces in 2021, by task force. [19273/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1911. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter relating to a Covid-19 vaccine certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1913. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add cariban, xonvea and navalem to the approved drugs list under the drugs payment scheme; and the treatments available under the drugs payment...
    • Maternity Services
      1915. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the return of all maternity services including the return of cancelled antenatal classes and access to support during all stages of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1916. To ask the Minister for Health if CHO7 vaccinated the staff in schools (details supplied). [19293/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      1920. To ask the Minister for Health if the Ireland East Hospital Group has rejected a locally approved business case for a clinical psychologist, an integral part of the multidisciplinary team...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1922. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [19299/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      1925. To ask the Minister for Health when normal services of an organisation (details supplied) such as day centres will resume. [19305/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1926. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19309/21]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1927. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for persons to access gambling addiction counselling by quarter in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of...
    • Dental Services
      1931. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve dental and orthodontic services in the south-east especially in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      1932. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan for the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy, including clear timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1933. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case of patients unable to get the Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied) in County Clare [19334/21]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1934. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the way in which alternative therapies used to treat speech and language difficulties such as music and equine therapies are certified; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      1935. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 17 November 2020, if the feasibility study on St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire has recommenced; if not,...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1936. To ask the Minister for Health the number of actions of the 87 to 96 in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017 to 2021 that have been completed; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1937. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish eye clinic liaison officer positions in ophthalmology clinics outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19348/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      1938. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish an eye clinic liaison officer position at Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19349/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1939. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to whether an Irish citizen returning here in difficult circumstances, humanitarian grounds for example if a family member is dying...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1940. To ask the Minister for Health the options a person has with a history or a family history of thrombosis in choice of Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19351/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      1941. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal for funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19359/21]
    • Departmental Advertising
      1942. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended by the HSE on advertising related to Covid-19 awareness campaigns from March 2020 to date in 2021; the print, online and broadcasting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1943. To ask the Minister for Health if merchant navy, seafarers and professionally trained maritime crew travelling abroad for work-related purposes fall within the grouping of essential...
    • Dental Services
      1946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental staff currently employed by the HSE in County Longford in tabular form. [19373/21]
    • HSE Data
      1949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed by the HSE on a full-time basis in County Longford. [19376/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1950. To ask the Minister for Health the intended timeframe for the opening of the remaining 11 beds in Monaghan General Hospital, per the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1951. To ask the Minister for Health the primary legislation, statutory instrument or other legal mechanism or requirement underpins the need for those applying to deliver vaccines against...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1952. To ask the Minister for Health if the P1 variant of Covid-19 has been detected in any meat plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19386/21]
    • Medical Internships
      1953. To ask the Minister for Health if all student nurses and midwives that are on placement are receiving the €100 allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19392/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1954. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of the P1 variant of Covid-19; the attributed source for these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19393/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      1955. To ask the Minister for Health if he will improve the treatments available for person's with an eating disorder; if he is committed to implementing in full the eating disorder treatment...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1956. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the availability of general practitioner services in the area of Midleton, County Cork is sufficient to cater for current local...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1957. To ask the Minister for Health if residents in mandatory hotel quarantine with specific dietary requirements allergies, kosher and so on will receive meals in line with their requirements;...
    • Suicide Incidence
      1962. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that are being given to improve data collection regarding suspected cases of suicide which will help develop proactive suicide prevention...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1963. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the need for mandatory quarantining passengers who transit from countries on the mandatory hotel quarantine list; and if he will make a...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1964. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paid providers of safe talk suicide awareness courses in counties Longford and Westmeath. [19437/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1968. To ask the Minister for Health when frontline staff at a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19456/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1969. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being requested to provide documentation previously forwarded to the client registration unit in order to process a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1970. To ask the Minister for Health if IVF patients that have to travel abroad for treatment are exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine given that IVF treatment is extremely time sensitive; and...
    • Hospital Services
      1971. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed closure of the medical assessment unit in Mallow General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      1972. To ask the Minister for Health if the programme highlighted in the recent document prepared by a person (details supplied) and published in December 2020 will be expanded once the Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1977. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on medical or humanitarian grounds for exemption from quarantine (details supplied); the decision making process behind making...
    • Ambulance Service
      1978. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for an ambulance to arrive at a scene after a call was received; and the number on a response area basis. [19484/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1980. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on hospital outpatient waiting lists; the number of persons waiting on a six month incremental basis; and the number on a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1981. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for zolgensma; the progress made on this issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19490/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1982. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a mental health organisation (details supplied) in order for it to continue operating; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Services
      1983. To ask the Minister for Health if patients have a right to be informed of the risks of vaginal birth after caesarean; if a fully independent hospital wide review of vaginal birth after...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1987. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to offer another vaccine to those under 30 years of age in view of the links between a vaccine (details supplied) and blood clots, particularly in...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      1988. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-draft the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19514/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1991. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on the new criteria for vaccine roll-out; the dates on which those in the 65 to 69 years of age cohort are likely to be...
    • Medicinal Products
      1992. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) to make first-line treatments available under the medical card and drug payment scheme; his...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      1993. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the continuation of below cost selling of alcohol as a loss leader by supermarkets...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1995. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the points raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1997. To ask the Minister for Health the expected cost of the contract for pharmacists to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19537/21]
    • Disability Services Data
      2001. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in CHO 9 who have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      2007. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for Jigsaw; the average waiting time in CHO 9 in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form;...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      2008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for CAMHS; the average waiting time in CHO9 in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      2009. To ask the Minister for Health if he has paused the roll-out of the Progressing Disability Service programme in its current format and will ensure that no special school including a school...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2011. To ask the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be available for patients with type 1 diabetes aged over 21 years of age through the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services
      2012. To ask the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals that are allowing partners to attend scans in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19563/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2014. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the flu vaccine that were administered in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19565/21]
    • Abortion Services
      2015. To ask the Minister for Health his views on protests of a distressing nature outside the Maternity Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19581/21]
    • Dental Services
      2017. To ask the Minister for Health his views on changing to the Dentists Act 1985 to allow change to the scope of practice for dental hygienists to work independently from dentists; his views...
    • Maternity Services
      2018. To ask the Minister for Health when the status of expectant mothers' partners will be changed to allow them attend maternity screenings, classes and births; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2019. To ask the Minister for Health the number of housebound persons over 70 years of age who have not yet received the Covid-19 vaccination; the reason for the slow roll-out of vaccinations to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2022. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a hub (details supplied) for CHO 2; the location of the hub; the number and type of specialist multi-disciplinary teams of clinicians to be...
    • Departmental Budgets
      2026. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget for his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and the proportion of that budget that was allocated to the HSE or other...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2028. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made for the allocation of unused Covid-19 vaccinations. [19623/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2031. To ask the Minister for Health the matters included in the National Pandemic Management Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19632/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2038. To ask the Minister for Health if postnatal mothers will be considered for priority vaccination given their vulnerability and necessity to protect themselves and their newborn babies; and...
    • Maternity Services
      2039. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to support women with postpartum depression; if additional supports will be provided considering escalation of stress and anxiety that...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      2040. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims lodged with the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19660/21]
    • Dental Services
      2041. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment for a child (details supplied); if an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2042. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a care pathway for those suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19667/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2043. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients with MS that are being told by their consultants that they have a low immune system are not on the list of patients being called for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2044. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) and their companion who are travelling abroad for vital medical reasons do not have to undergo mandatory hotel quarantining;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2049. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the FreeStyle Libre device for diabetic patients who are medical card holders [19686/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2052. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting surgery, by speciality, and length of time spent on a waiting list, by monthly periods, in each of the years 2018 to 2020,...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      2053. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of capital project funding applied for each year since 2015 inclusive, by hospital groups; the details and general summary of the project; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2055. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will issue guidance, in conjunction with the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, on the reopening date for mobile home parks....
    • Health Services Staff
      2056. To ask the Minister for Health the locations at which there are paediatric anaesthetists employed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/21]
    • Health Services
      2057. To ask the Minister for Health the locations at which an MRI machine is available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19697/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2058. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitian posts approved, filled and vacant for mental health services in the south east; the length of each vacancy; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      2059. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health service patients will have access to a dietitian at the primary care unit in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19699/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2062. To ask the Minister for Health when the legal mechanism allowing for mandatory hotel quarantine is due to expire; the issues that will be considered when it expires; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2064. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent approved posts for consultant anaesthetists at each location; the number filled and vacant; the basis on which they are filled; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2065. To ask the Minister for Health the number vaccinated in a mass vaccine centre (details supplied); the number of cancellations; the number of no-shows within each group in tabular form; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2067. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative options available to parents who are attempting to secure an autism assessment for their child but who cannot afford to wait the time via the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      2071. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on Prader-Willi syndrome will be published; the extent to which matters arising are in hand with a view to meeting the concerns of families...
    • Hospital Services
      2075. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the current closure of St. Michael's unit, a ten-bed facility in Beaumont Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2077. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who fall into the very high risk and high risk category as per the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      2079. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the staffing shortages in the Ballyfermot mental health services (details supplied). [19761/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2080. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a directive requesting the HSE to ensure that patients from a general optician practice (details supplied) receive their overdue vaccines as...
    • Foster Care
      2081. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 195 of 17 September 2020, the status of the Farrelly Commission in relation to the Grace case; when the report of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2082. To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which variants of concern are detected as an issue in the context of differing levels of sequencing across the EU; if all EU states have equal...
    • Home Help Service
      2084. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for home help will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      2085. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve Ireland’s performance on access to new medicines relative to other western European countries; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      2086. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to the national cancer strategy and placing Ireland in the top quartile in Europe for cancer survival; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      2087. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations made in a report by a company (details supplied) in respect of the HSE's systems, structures, processes and governance for reimbursing...
    • Medicinal Products
      2089. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to publish a national biosimilars policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/21]
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      2090. To ask the Minister for Health the medicines and indications added to the reimbursement list in 2020 and to date in 2021; when they were added during the period; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services
      2091. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in order to improve treatment options for women experiencing miscarriages; if additional funding will be available for research in this...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2094. To ask the Minister for Health the specific schemes or supports that will be put in place for those who suffer complications or side effects, such as vaccine induced prothrombotic immune...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2095. To ask the Minister for Health if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19817/21]
    • Ophthalmology Services
      2096. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal (details supplied) to resource seven additional eye clinic liaison officer posts around the country; his plans...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2097. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 vaccination centres currently in use; the date from which each of these centres is in use; the number of persons who have been vaccinated in each...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      2100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners that have been transferred to the Central Mental Hospital in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19835/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2103. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to permit indoor social settings (details supplied) to reopen and or resume activities for the cohorts of persons fully vaccinated in view of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2104. To ask the Minister for Health when access to required health services including urgently required investigative procedures can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2105. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have to travel abroad for medical treatment under the treatment abroad scheme every six to eight weeks to a country with which Ireland has...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2106. To ask the Minister for Health if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      2107. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/21]
    • HSE Expenditure
      2108. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide additional funding through the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) in 2021 in view of the demand for its services and the extra...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2110. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1097 of 31 March 2021, the status of the roll-out of phase one of the model of care for infertility at secondary level;...
    • Maternity Services
      2113. To ask the Minister for Health the in-hospital and community supports available to women who miscarry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19890/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2114. To ask the Minister for Health the examination he has undertaken on the possibility of exemptions from the mandatory hotel quarantine system for Irish students studying abroad as a result...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2115. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19896/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2117. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the appeals process operates in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; the appeals officer in this regard; if a further appeal is possible...
    • Dental Services
      2118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding access to dentistry in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19900/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2119. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which the policy of mandatory hotel quarantine will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2120. To ask the Minister for Health when the 1,700 NDI approved driving instructors will receive a Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/21]
    • Mental Health Policy
      2122. To ask the Minister for Health when the revised terms of reference of the national implementation and monitoring committee, NIMC, as signed off at the meeting of the NIMC steering committee...
    • Maternity Services
      2123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will institute a review in relation to the practice of not permitting a birthing partner to be present with persons giving birth due to Covid-19...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      2124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on methadone maintenance therapy in each county; the length of time patients spend on such therapy on average by county; and the...
    • Mental Health Services
      2125. To ask the Minister for Health when the appropriate mental health service will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      2127. To ask the Minister for Health if private ambulance services have been contracted by CHOs to support the National Ambulance Service roll-out of group 3 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2128. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the key performance indicators or associated metrics that will be used to monitor the vaccination centres over the coming weeks and months that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2129. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding public services which remain restricted while at level 5 in view of the new roadmap for reopening the country which refers to the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2131. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine that has been provided to student nurses; if it is still the position of his Department and the HSE to force student nurses to take a Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a link to or advise of the location in which to access the regulations in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine. [19928/21]
    • Ophthalmology Services
      2133. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to resource additional eye clinic liaison officer posts in ophthalmology clinics that provide service outside Dublin;...
    • Electronic Health Records
      2134. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to plans to implement an acute electronic health record system in the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Reform
      2136. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement financial corporate systems to improve accountability and ensure funds can follow patient activity; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electronic Health Records
      2138. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of plans to implement a digital maternity system to support the National Maternity Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/21]
    • Ophthalmology Services
      2140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eye clinic liaison officer posts in ophthalmology clinics by county; if he will fund seven posts resourced through the HSE to provide the...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      2141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of neglect in nursing homes reported by the HSE and HIQA in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints in relation to visiting restrictions in nursing homes received by HIQA and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      2143. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [19959/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      2144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in signing an agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Covid-19 vaccine group 1 who are housebound that are still waiting to receive their vaccination from the National Ambulance Service...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2147. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received or sought legal advice from the Attorney General or otherwise on the legality of denying vaccinated residents of long-term residential care...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      2148. To ask the Minister for Health when the application for approval of the drug patisiran will be considered again under the Health Act 2013 for the treatment of hereditary...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2151. To ask the Minister for Health if the home vaccination scheme is operational for those who are seriously incapacitated and cannot leave their home; and if not, when this scheme will...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      2152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medical cannabis accessed regularly and legitimately by patients and their family on their behalf from sources outside the State is...
    • Health Services
      2153. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has had a procedure (details supplied) and now requires medication for life can be reimbursed medical costs; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2154. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of each of the mass vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19990/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      2164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HPV vaccine is not covered under the drug payment scheme; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2165. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has indemnified all Covid-19 vaccines; and if the HSE and his Department have received claims from persons as result of side effects from the...
    • Hospital Data
      2166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in acute mental health wards that are occupied by persons with neurological disorders waiting to access long-term care. [20005/21]
    • Hospital Transfers
      2167. To ask the Minister for Health the discharge options available to persons who have dementia in a hospital setting if they need to avail of long-term care for the first time. [20006/21]
    • Hospital Data
      2168. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of operating a bed in an acute mental health ward. [20007/21]
    • Hospital Transfers
      2171. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for patients transferring from mental health care to long-term care facilities such as a person (details supplied). [20010/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2172. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have a centralised reporting system for flagging the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines; and if so, the details of the way the...
    • Eating Disorders
      2173. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to treat young persons in County Wexford with an eating disorder; the plans in place to expand any eating disorder services for County...
    • Disability Services Data
      2174. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for disability psychology services for children in County Wexford; the length of waiting time for same in tabular form; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2175. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to level 5 restrictions will receive a response. [20034/21]
    • Health Services
      2176. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is a section 29 organisation. [20035/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting in excess of three years for an appointment with a pain relief specialist at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were subject to mandatory hotel quarantine in Dublin who have paid for their quarantine costs to date; and if he will make a...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an urgent review of the Cross-Border Directive that is being administered by the HSE following recurrent problems with the compatibility...
    • Health Services Staff
      2180. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pay restoration for staff. [20046/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been vaccinated at a location (details supplied) from the date the centre opened to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Palliative Care Services
      2182. To ask the Minister for Health the private nursing homes in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary that have agreed to provide palliative care beds to the HSE if required following the closure...
    • Substance Misuse
      2183. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which communities in County Clare are finding one hit kit packages with needles; if he will instruct his...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise SNAs in the vaccine roll-out programme alongside all healthcare workers. [20053/21]
    • Abortion Services
      2185. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the payments issued to date to each of the 352 general practitioners providing termination of pregnancy services within the HSE; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend Statutory Instrument No. 168 of 2021 in order that those who have had Covid-19 can meet with others who have had Covid-19 from one other...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2189. To ask the Minister for Health if the national immunisation advisory committee advisory group on cardiovascular patients has considered the HSE national heart programme submission which...
    • Health Services
      2191. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20087/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2192. To ask the Minister for Health the expedited vaccine pathway that can be provided for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20090/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      2193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric transplant and hepatobiliary surgeons with a special interest in kidney transplantation at CHI Temple Street,...
    • Health Services Staff
      2195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff by job title working in Corduff and Blanchardstown primary care centres, Dublin 15. [20102/21]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      2196. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is involved in the closing and sale of a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and the future plans for the site. [20103/21]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      2198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care speech and language therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting. [20110/21]
    • Occupational Therapy
      2199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care occupational therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting. [20111/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, LHO, age, category and time waiting. [20112/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      2201. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for homecare package applications by CHO and LHO. [20113/21]
    • Mental Health Policy
      2202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake an urgent review of the allocation of mental health services to young persons; the areas in which gaps in provision of services exist by...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered to and administered by general practitioners to date by county, local authority area and each clinic or general...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2205. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding visitors at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20123/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age currently on a waiting list for inpatient day case at the end of March 2021 or the latest date available by...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2213. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for the national gender clinic. [20140/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      2215. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation that developed recently in Borris, County Kilkenny (details supplied). [20143/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2216. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment in the dental hospital. [20153/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that arrived here in each week from 22 March 2021 to date that had been in a designated state in the previous 14 days; the number from...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2219. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) is being administered to cohort 3 given the revised policy that it is safe and effective for those over 70 years of age; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2220. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to its request for an additional seven eye clinic liaison officer posts; if these posts will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2221. 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. [20163/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2222. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary IT database exists to roll-out the EU digital green cert system in Ireland in a timely manner to allow freedom of movement for vaccinated...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2224. To ask the Minister for Health when walk-in Covid-19 testing will be available in Cork city. [20175/21]
    • Medical Cards
      2226. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20183/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2227. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for treatment of paediatric rheumatology in terms of numbers on the lists and the delay in getting a service; the number of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints that have been received by his Department in relation to the violation of the rights or poor treatment of persons staying in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 80 years of age who are confined to the home who have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine and have yet to receive their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2236. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the ending of partner restrictions in maternity settings; and the criteria for the removal or easing of the restrictions. [20231/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      2237. To ask the Minister for Health the attempts made to reflect the wide diversity of opinion in society on the definition of best practice and an evidence-based approach to pregnancy...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      2239. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve waiting times for speech and language assessments in north Dublin CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Diabetes Strategy
      2240. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the State of treatments and monitoring for persons with type 1 diabetes; the current cost of finger prick meters, lancets and glucose...
    • Ambulance Service
      2243. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which staff within the National Ambulance Service are supported when diagnosed with PTSD; the policies and procedures in place to support them; the...
    • Hospital Groups
      2247. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the art catalogues for each of the seven hospitals within the RCSI hospital group (details supplied); the name of each artwork, the artist and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination appointments have been cancelled per week since 1 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20263/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2251. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to designate Covid-19 specific hospitals in order that other hospitals would be available to deal with all non-Covid-19 health issues; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2252. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate vaccination and non-vaccination rates within each of the priority groups which have received or are currently receiving a Covid-19 vaccine...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      2254. To ask the Minister for Health the health and social care occupation groups which must now dual register in Ireland and Northern Ireland in which they practice on both sides of the Border;...
    • Hospital Staff
      2255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time midwives employed in the Coombe Women's Hospital in each of the past three years to date in 2021; if this number will be further...
    • Departmental Reports
      2256. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on same; the progress on the implementation of an e-prescribing system; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2258. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy to permit two fully vaccinated persons to meet indoors also applies to nursing home residents receiving outside visitors; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      2259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [20307/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2260. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20308/21]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      2261. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add drugs for treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme; the approved drugs list for the condition under the drugs...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2262. To ask the Minister for Health the options he is considering for students returning from abroad for the summer or Irish citizens who are otherwise repatriating in relation to mandatory...
    • Medicinal Products
      2263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medication Epidiolex; when it will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20340/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      2264. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medication PCBD-110; if it will be approved for addition to the medical cannabis access programme or otherwise approved for prescription and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      2269. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the sodium valproate inquiry; when this inquiry will be established; the status of the planned inquiry; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      2270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline any additional staff recruitment per discipline and by team that was undertaken in CHO 4 in each of the years 2018 to 2020 to address the...
    • HSE Data
      2271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social prescribers by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20365/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2272. To ask the Minister for Health if doctors in south County Kerry will receive vaccines for persons aged from 70 to 85 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2273. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Killarney community hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20369/21]
    • HSE Reports
      2275. To ask the Minister for Health when an implementation group will be enacted to progress the recommendations of the HSE Report of the National Psychology Project Team: Establishment of a...
    • HSE Funding
      2276. To ask the Minister for Health when ongoing funding and sponsorship of psychology training programmes will be expanded to include counselling and educational psychology; and if he will make...
    • HSE Staff
      2277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time posts in the HSE by discipline since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of these posts that have been filled; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2278. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to encourage undocumented immigrants to avail of the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20377/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      2281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant gynaecologist posts in CHO9 by hospital. [20419/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2283. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of persons who were due to receive a vaccine (details supplied) in a location on 15 April 2021 who...
    • Departmental Funding
      2286. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for a training programme run by an organisation (details supplied) will cease in June 2021; and if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age in each of the years 2017 to...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      2289. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the chronic care model; if it will be extended to all persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20450/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      2290. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to allow doctors practising in Ireland who are from non-EU countries to progress through their careers at the same rate as their Irish...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2292. To ask the Minister for Health if a young person returning home from New York after completing a graduate internship could have the costs of their mandatory hotel quarantine covered by the...
    • Dental Services
      2293. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 5 November 2020 and the response of the HSE (details supplied), the number of applications that were successful...
    • Hospital Services
      2294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive inpatient physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      2295. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering or has consulted with the Minister for Justice on amendments to the legislation underpinning current access to medical cannabis products...
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland
      2296. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 10 March 2021, if correspondence will be made available to this Deputy which was forwarded to his Department in...
    • Dental Services
      2297. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a child (details supplied); when they will receive an appointment for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20499/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      2299. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a residential facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20502/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 70 years and over in counties Louth and Meath who have been registered by general practitioners to be vaccinated in their own homes...
    • Mental Health Services
      2301. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve waiting times for psychological treatment and support in north Dublin CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      2302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to ease the shortage of home help care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20522/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      2304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are having to pay for a €10 charge for required phlebotomy tests; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider plans during the exit of level 5 to prioritise streamlining supports for persons at all stages of pregnancy and birth given that the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for urology in CUH; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20528/21]
    • Health Services
      2307. To ask the Minister for Health the resources he is providing to assist persons with Prader-Willi syndrome and their carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20541/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2310. To ask the Minister for Health if additional stock of hotel quarantine rooms have been made available; the amount of stock available for mandatory hotel quarantining; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      2311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to support one to one counselling and psychotherapy services to assist those delivering the services in the private sector to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider changes to the mandatory Covid-19 detention system to facilitate returning students from Erasmus programmes, other student exchanges and...
    • Hospital Services
      2315. To ask the Minister for Health when a public MRI facility will be provided on a permanent basis at Wexford General Hospital as was announced in the 2019 Health Capital Plan; if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2317. To ask the Minister for Health when the announced capital works for a 75-bed unit at Wexford General Hospital will commence; the allocated funding for this unit for 2021 and 2022; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      2318. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to provide acute psychiatric beds at Wexford General Hospital; the arrangements for acute psychiatric treatment currently available for the...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      2320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clamping fines paid in each hospital in each month in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of appeals allowed in each case in tabular form....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2321. To ask the Minister for Health if a person returning to Ireland from one of the designated mandatory hotel quarantine countries who was receiving essential medical treatment abroad and will...
    • Departmental Investigations
      2322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal firms corresponded with by his Department arising from a recent television programme (details supplied); the number of files identified in...
    • Legislative Measures
      2324. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to seek an extension in relation to those provisions of Part 3 of the Health Act 2020 that are due to expire in June 2021; the factors that will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      2325. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CervicalCheck Tribunal; if there has been further engagement with a group (details supplied); the actions taken to address the concerns of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2326. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for his recent decision relating to vaccine prioritisation by age as distinct from societal cohort; the reason essential workers in populated...
    • Primary Care Services
      2327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Counselling Services
      2332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      2333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment in primary care as of 1 April 2021 or the latest...
    • Health Services
      2335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      2336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 April 2021 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • Hospital Data
      2337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2021 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an...
    • Medical Cards
      2338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 April 2021; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Hospital Data
      2339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of March 2021; and the number to date in 2021, in tabular form. [20604/21]
    • Emergency Departments
      2341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during March 2021; the number to date in 2021;...
    • Hospital Data
      2343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital at the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 April 2021 or the nearest available date for a MRI scan in the RCSI hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2386. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20658/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      2389. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the opening of the 16 proposed specialist treatment hubs for eating disorders; if funding for the national eating disorder...
    • Health Services Staff
      2390. To ask the Minister for Health if the Finglas and Cabra drug task force projects receiving funding to employ staff via HSE grant aid agreements, City of Dublin Youth Services Board and the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2391. To ask the Minister for Health when all housebound persons over 70 years of age will receive their first Covid-19 vaccination from the National Ambulance Service; the reason the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      2392. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the reform of the fair deal scheme relative to farming families; his plans to carry out a general review of the scheme and the way it has...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2393. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital in Ardee, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant details in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed east Meath primary care centre; if a site has been secured; if so, the full list of services that will be provided on-site; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2396. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the capacity of the Covid-19 contact tracing system; the number of positive cases the system can cater for including close contacts of...
    • Health Services Funding
      2397. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding provided to regional sexual healthcare centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20695/21]
    • HSE Properties
      2399. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for the 6.42 acre site that was purchased in 2003 at a cost of €2,441,500 adjacent to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [20697/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2401. To ask the Minister for Health the practical procedures which must be followed by a person flying into Ireland but who is exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine as a result of a mandatory...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2402. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is in the 65 to 69 years of age cohort and is uncomfortable receiving a vaccine (details supplied) can opt out of this cohort and wait until...
    • Health Services Provision
      2403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for PrEP treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/21]
    • Health Insurance
      2404. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the lifetime community rating for health insurance can be examined on a case by case basis given that in some cases the amount the...
    • Hospital Staff
      2405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in University Hospital Limerick in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Gender Balance
      2407. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will set out the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2409. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners in rural practices will be provided with vaccines to vaccinate persons aged 60 to 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      2410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and or families of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      2413. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1445 of 24 March 2021, if he will request the HSE to respond to a question (details supplied). [20752/21]
    • Cancer Services
      2414. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 730 of 17 February 2021, the way he received confirmation on a matter (details supplied) in relation to CervicalCheck ;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HPV vaccinations administered in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [20754/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      2417. To ask the Minister for Health if services at a school (details supplied) will be retained. [20762/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2418. 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. [20767/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2419. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions can be made in the case of a person (details supplied). [20768/21]
    • Health Services Provision
      2420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse visits that have been missed in 2020 and to date in 2021 with new mothers by CHO area broken into specific areas under CHO...
    • Disability Services Provision
      2421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will proactively co-ordinate stakeholders’ engagement in relation to the future of a service (details supplied) in view of the serious concerns...
    • Dental Services
      2422. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal will continue to be used to provide dental treatment to patients; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      2423. To ask the Minister for Health if residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/21]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      2424. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add i-ports for children to the long-term illness scheme or otherwise reimburse costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2425. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and timelines for the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in County Donegal for housebound persons by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a matter regarding mandatory hotel quarantine in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      2429. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to regional variation that exists in the payment of blind welfare payment with many HSE offices refusing to make the payment...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the resumption of under 18s and pony equestrian competition; the timeline for the resumption of this activity;...
    • Animal Welfare
      2431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to enforce the issuing of equine identifications given the critical situation in relation to horse neglect and cruelty;...
    • Animal Sales
      2432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider adapting change of ownership laws in relation to equine purchasing in order that the onus is on the seller to...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total CAP payments to Irish farmers in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [18121/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      2435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of profit from the agricultural sector repatriated abroad. [18124/21]
    • Beef Industry
      2436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Irish beef sector contributed to the Irish economy as a percentage of GDP and in euro from 2010 to 2020. [18125/21]
    • Beef Exports
      2437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of Irish beef exports in each of the years 2010 to 2020, by country. [18126/21]
    • Beef Industry
      2439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a monthly catalogue of beef prices from 2010 to 2020. [18128/21]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been allocated annually to farmers in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the annual payment received from the EU;...
    • Land Issues
      2442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the packages that have been put in place to compensate landowners that had lands damaged or destroyed by the Shass Mountain...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding point-to-point racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18321/21]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      2445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is the case that when his Department appeals a decision by the Agricultural Appeals Office there is no legal obligation to...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      2446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department made in relation to reports of the importation of bees here from Italy (details supplied) to ensure that...
    • Land Issues
      2449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat soil per county in tabular form. [18352/21]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of the areas of peat soils which will be included in GAEC 2 of the new CAP in County Tipperary; and the...
    • Poultry Industry
      2452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will quantify the extent of the avian flu impact on the Irish poultry sector for each of the past five years; the financial...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      2453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers will still be able to claim their single farm payment for planted forestry land after their forestry premium runs out...
    • Afforestation Programme
      2454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 25 March 2021, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; his views...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      2461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department is challenging a decision made by the Agriculture Appeals Office in...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      2462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an increase in TAMS grants in view of increased costs on both timber and steel with further increases forecasted...
    • Forestry Sector
      2463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been received by the Forest Service for approval under the reconstitution and underplanting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the impact on agri-food exports and live exports and the transportation thereof, of placing Italy,...
    • Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority
      2466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a report published in 2020 by a company (details supplied) into the organisational capability of the Sea Fisheries...
    • Fishing Licences
      2467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce either a non-transferable transitional licence or a landing permit to Irish domiciled fishermen that have...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      2468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the green certificate courses for young farmers; the number of college places available in 2021 and 2022; the...
    • Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority
      2469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken since the publication of a report (details supplied) into organisational capability of the Sea Fisheries...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      2470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings either he or his officials had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in advance of that Minister’s...
    • Fishing Industry
      2471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to secure a tuna quota for Ireland in view of the fact that some EU partners are seeking an expansion to...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      2473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2020 ANC payment in respect of a person (details supplied) will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      2474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a basic payment penalty review appeal in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Hen Harriers
      2475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who purchases land that was previously in the hen harrier scheme can now qualify for entry into the hen harrier scheme;...
    • Fishing Licences
      2476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an offer for a sea fishing licence (details supplied) was subsequently withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      2477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the discussions that are taking place with the UK authorities to ensure the ending of the Brexit transition period...
    • Imports Data
      2478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of relevant goods entering Irish ports from the UK that are subject to physical SPS checks; the percentage required...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      2479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén dul chun cinn atá beartaithe a dhéanamh i mbliana maidir le forbairt na céibhe domhainmhara ag Ros an...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is funding available to goat farmers that wish to establish a society (details supplied). [18952/21]
    • Seafood Sector
      2481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason representatives for crewmen and women are absent from the recently established Seafood Sector Taskforce; if he will...
    • EU Regulations
      2482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 16 December 2020, if he will clarify and address matters in relation to the Court of...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      2483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to a herd owner who lost a significant proportion of their herd due to TB prior to the reference dates for the organic...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      2485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is refusing licences as the employment is of vital importance to a locality and community (details...
    • Wildlife Control
      2486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent reports that up to 15 million bees from Italy may be released in Northern Ireland later in April 2021; if he has...
    • Forestry Sector
      2487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department imposed a 15 km buffer zone on all forestry projects without having the necessary resources in place to...
    • Food Industry
      2489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to examine the feasibility of creating organic-only canteens and food provision within public services such as hospitals...
    • School Meals Programme
      2490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been allocated to the school fruit and vegetable scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form; the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any follow on scheme from the beef finisher scheme which was introduced in 2020 as a grant aid scheme to help beef...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      2493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter in relation to grant aid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19160/21]
    • Irish Land Commission
      2494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking given the social, cultural and political significance of the Irish Land Commission and the files therein to...
    • Equine Industry
      2495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when under-18 and pony equestrian competitions will recommence. [19304/21]
    • Afforestation Programme
      2496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a native woodland application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19306/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are in place in meat plants to halt the spread of the P1 variant of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position he is taking in the trilogue negotiations on the new CAP he discussed and that was voted on by the Houses of the...
    • GLAS Issues
      2499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county that secured an extension in the GLAS scheme; the number by county that did not remain within...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commissioned an analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on sheep wool markets; the financial impact this will have on the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to ensure that the next CAP will allow for a front-loaded payment per hectare basic farm payment; and if he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      2504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average level of payment that would be paid on all remaining hectares in the event of a €400 per hectare basic farm...
    • Departmental Meetings
      2505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the meeting by his departmental officials with a group (details supplied) on 11 March 2021 in relation to its...
    • Agrifood Sector
      2507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be further revisions of the draft Agri-Food 2030 Strategy before publication in April 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Equine Industry
      2508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when under-18 pony and equestrian competitions can recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19478/21]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      2509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS payments will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19491/21]
    • Forestry Grants
      2510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when forestry grant payments and an inspection will be carried out to facilitate replanting for a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      2512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if two basic payment entitlements in respect of a person in (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated; and if he will...
    • Livestock Issues
      2513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recommence the reopening of marts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/21]
    • Departmental Data
      2514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of all monies granted to Mayo County Council by his Department over the past ten years from January 2011 to March 2021;...
    • Forestry Sector
      2515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the ecology section on the weekly dashboard was removed in April 2021; if it will be reinstated without delay; and if he...
    • Felling Licences
      2516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19645/21]
    • Forestry Data
      2517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approximate tonnage of CO2 sequestered per hectare of afforestation over its lifetime at 70% conifer and 30% broadleaf; and if...
    • Animal Welfare
      2519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of breaches of section 36(4)(b) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 that were recorded for 2018, 2019 and 2020 in...
    • Livestock Issues
      2520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the owner or operator of a livestock mart is required to maintain a record of the livestock that enter, leave, are kept at, sold...
    • Animal Welfare
      2521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who had their horse licence revoked in each of the years 2018 to 2020 under the Animal Health and Welfare Act...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      2524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the permission was given in relation to tariffs that apply on the supply of beet molasses and beet pulp pellets coming from the...
    • Departmental Records
      2525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if access can be obtained to files held by his Department in the case of a solicitor (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19808/21]
    • School Milk Scheme
      2527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 412 and 413 of 1 April 2021, the parental levies that apply to non-DEIS schools in relation...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish a plan and funding scheme for schools and colleges to provide access to land on which students can...
    • Afforestation Programme
      2530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2049 of 24 March 2021, if he will respond concisely in relation to the afforestation level he...
    • Beef Industry
      2532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the implementation of a new BEAM scheme (details supplied) given predicted oversupply of beef product in the meat...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the pilot scheme entitled the general employment permit for horticulture workers, meat processing operatives and dairy farm...
    • Agriculture Industry
      2535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recruit seasonal horticulture workers, meat processing operatives and dairy farm assistants to tackle the current...
    • Felling Licences
      2536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences that have been approved since June 2020; the number of these licences that were for Coillte; the...
    • Aquaculture Development
      2537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an updated national strategic plan for sustainable aquaculture development will be published. [20057/21]
    • Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority
      2538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce an amendment to section 49 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to ensure that the final...
    • Harbours and Piers
      2539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the detailed design phase as recommended on page 46 of the final quay wall peer review report has commenced in relation to the...
    • Harbour Fees
      2540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in euro and the number of persons who were in arrears for their harbour dues (details supplied) in each of the years 2010...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      2542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte receive preferential treatment when applying to the forest service licence system in relation to the provision of...
    • Forestry Sector
      2543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry plantation application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences
      2544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to deal with the lengthy delays for those applying for forestry felling licences (details supplied); and if...
    • Dairy Sector
      2546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined recent reports of suppliers in the dairy industry using price mechanisms to limit the supply of milk; his views...
    • Beef Industry
      2547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of controlled finishing units by county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      2549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the types of broad spectrum antibiotics sold as veterinary medicinal products sold in Ireland; the volume of doses of each type sold...
    • Afforestation Programme
      2551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources, such as the provision of registered foresters or ecologists, made available by his Department to public bodies to...
    • Beef Industry
      2552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined the reasons for the significant beef price differential between the Irish and UK markets recently; his plans to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended number of participants in the new agri-environment scheme post the CAP transition period; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Issues
      2561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the advice for farmers participating in the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme regarding the use of weedkiller before they...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      2562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board have oversight or responsibility for ensuring that trainers who...
    • Agriculture Industry
      2563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the system for the manual submission of documentation currently in place for farmers who are receiving pig slurry can be extended...
    • GLAS Issues
      2564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal relating to the GLAS scheme in the name of persons (details supplied) has been concluded; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department;...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      2566. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has allocated additional funds to local authorities in the context of the major increase in outdoor recreational activity...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      2567. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the research her Department is undertaking to enhance community living, neighbourhoods and social solidarity in communities; the...
    • Rural Development Plan
      2568. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to publish detailed timeframes for the targets and policy measures contained within the Rural Development Policy...
    • Remote Working
      2569. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the qualifying criteria for hubs announced under Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 - Our Rural Future; the person or body...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      2570. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development an bhfuil sé i gceist aici coinníoll a chur sa chéad chonradh eile do bháid paisinéirí chuig na...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      2572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of registered breeding establishments situated in each local authority area in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • LEADER Programmes
      2575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated through the LEADER Programme in each of the years 2015 to 2020, inclusive by county; the way in which...
    • Rural Development Plan
      2576. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the consideration that was given to the impact of attracting remote workers to rural communities on house prices in rural areas in...
    • Community Welfare Services
      2577. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if moneys will be repaid to Pobal (details supplied); the action being taken to recover these moneys; and if she will make a...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      2578. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an allocation for County Laois under the local improvement scheme will be made for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      2579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the application process for 2021 for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Air Services
      2580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if analysis has been carried out on the estimated costs that would be associated with the provision of an air service to Inishbofin...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      2582. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Louth County Council received €200,000 that was approved by her Department for the development of the Mell walkway in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19821/21]
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      2585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local improvement scheme; if she will urgently allocate further funding to the scheme to clear the backlog; and if...
    • Community Services Programme
      2586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community services programme projects in place throughout the country; the number of participants and managers...
    • Library Projects
      2589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current progress and eventual timeline for the provision of grant support for a library (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts her Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of her Department; if...
    • Remote Working
      2591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application process is planned for interested pub owners in the recently announced proposal for a pilot scheme to turn rural...

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