Written answers
Thursday, 22 April 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if low interest loans will be made available through SBCI and Microfinance Ireland directly to the tourism and hospitality sector to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the return of click and collect options/for non-essential retail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Enterprise Support Services
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the establishment of a taskforce for the Shannon estuary including north County Kerry as committed to in the Programme...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a service (details supplied) is considered an essential service under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 March 2021, the supports provided by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his...
- Redundancy Payments
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review redundancy legislation in relation to correspondence (details supplied). [21025/21]
- Transport Policy
8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wind Energy Generation
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the benefits he envisages for north County Kerry arising from the recent off-shore wind energy project announcement in...
- National Broadband Plan
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband survey at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20900/21]
- Proposed Legislation
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the stage the proposed geothermal energy Bill is at; the further length of time his Department plans to take in...
- Transport Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to...
- National Broadband Plan
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Hands Lane, Rush, County Dublin will be provided with fibre broadband given that a number of commitments have been...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial support and business assistance available specifically to the corporate transport and travel sector given that most supports...
- Driver Licences
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the systems in place to allow returning emigrants from countries with which Ireland does not have driver licence exchange agreements to...
- Electric Vehicles
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are grants or reliefs available to potential purchasers of electric bikes similar to that offered to purchasers of electric cars;...
- Greenways Provision
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development and provision of funding of the Hazelhatch greenway; if additional funding will be made available for this...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Israel has been removed from the list of countries required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival in Ireland; if his...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the comments made by the head of the Irish Coast Guard (details supplied) with regard to the awarding of the search and...
- Driver Licences
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend expiry dates for initial basic training certificates of satisfactory completion for motorcyclists similar to the...
- Transport Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work;...
- Department of Finance
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if the timeframe for applicants to meet the conditions for the help-to-buy scheme will be extended by the number of weeks that construction was closed down;...
- Tax Data
24. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of capital gains tax relief on properties acquired between 7 December 2011 and 31 December 2014; the average amount of...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
25. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications granted for the help-to-buy scheme by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of applications by county in each of the...
- Financial Services Regulation
26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the legislation which governs financial and corporate behaviour is fit for purpose; if not, the changes he plans to make; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
27. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided on a matter regarding the Covid restrictions support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defective Building Materials
28. To ask the Minister for Finance if the prices of properties that have undergone full remediation under the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to...
- Tax Reliefs
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the stay and spend relief is only applicable from October 2020 to April 2021 and not from July 2020 as was previously indicated; and if he will make...
- Transport Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a...
- State Pensions
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is specific evidence or analysis conducted by his Department that confirms that an increase in the State pension age would lead to significant...
- Banking Sector
32. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the policy on the State’s shareholding in the banks (details supplied) should be reviewed given the recent developments and the...
- Central Bank of Ireland
33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the Central Bank to ascertain its views on announcements (details supplied). [21077/21]
- Banking Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he sought the views of the Central Bank on a statement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21078/21]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Children's Science Centre
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the planned national children’s science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20888/21]
- Coastal Protection
38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application (details supplied); if the project is to be funded by the Office of Public Works; if so, the cost; and if he...
- Civil Service
39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/21]
- Transport Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work;...
- Flood Prevention Measures
41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to develop a flood defence scheme in Claddagh, Galway city from the Claddagh to Grattan Park; if so, the details of...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Internet Pornography
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce measures to restrict access by children to pornography on smartphones; if internet service providers have a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) and similar rental services are permitted to operate under level 5 restrictions given hotels,...
- Tourism Promotion
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is working on a roadmap for either the return or phased return of the various of strands of the light entertainment...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to announce the details of the music entertainment business assistance scheme for the live music industry. [20997/21]
- Transport Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Charges
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants will be provided for households facing costly connection fees to public water and wastewater infrastructure...
- Public Sector Staff
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to persons who are over 60 years of age working in the Ordnance Survey repeatedly being asked...
- Commercial Rates
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing rates waivers for funeral homes until 31 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Environmental Protection Agency
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request that the EPA provides this Deputy with a copy of the EPA report entitled Drinking Water Quality in Public...
- Wildlife Control
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the derogation for control of wild birds species will be extended given that it is due to expire on 30 April 2021; and if he...
- Rental Accommodation Standards
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a NCT type system for rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/21]
- Local Authority Staff
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of outdoor staff currently employed in each of the municipal district councils in east County Cork in tabular form;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider those on a temporary pandemic unemployment payment in terms of eligibility for social housing support...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to bring in new planning regulations in relation to wind turbines in view of the increasing height of these...
- Housing Data
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delivery targets for housing in Galway County Council for 2019, by build, acquisition, leasing and the actual numbers...
- Mica Redress Scheme
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a scheme that will allow householders to raise the 10% matching funding for the MICA support scheme to enable them...
- Transport Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East Peace Process
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with Israeli authorities with regard to the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine in order to...
- Human Rights
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the description of the human rights situation in the Palestinian Occupied Territory as dire by the UN...
- Passport Services
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it is planned to reopen the passport office to deal with ongoing cases and the large volume of backlog cases that have built up while it...
- Northern Ireland
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to strengthen North-South and British-Irish political institutions following the commitments made in the New Decade, New Approach...
- Transport Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps pilot service commitment scheme will be retained in the long-term following its success and learnings gained from previous...
- Military Aircraft
71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the arrangements for the establishment of an independent military air regulator within his Department, the establishment of which has been...
- Transport Policy
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Training
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the five-day limitation on substitute teaching for final year primary school teaching students will be removed; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) with special needs will be provided with school transportation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a July provision transport refund will be expedited on behalf of a student (details supplied). [20890/21]
- School Transport
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will further review an appeal for school transport assistance by a person (details supplied). [20912/21]
- Special Educational Needs
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20913/21]
- Schools Building Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) that is in tender for ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20921/21]
- School Staff
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will still lose a teacher in September 2021 given the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider recognising Carrigtwohill and Midleton, County Cork as one education centre under the school transport scheme for...
- Schools Building Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the Design and Build Schools 2020-2021 programme; and when projects currently delayed due to Covid-19 are expected to recommence...
- Special Educational Needs
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of ASD classes in Dublin 12. [20991/21]
- Schools Building Projects
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two schools (details supplied) that are in a tender process; and the status of progress in relation to same. [20993/21]
- State Examinations
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols which are currently in place for a student with epilepsy should they have a seizure during a State examination; the process which a...
- Transport Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Local Employment Service
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposed changes being considered to the current funding model for the tendering process for local employment services...
- Pensions Data
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department requires pension funds to disclose investments in fossil fuel and extractive companies; and if she will make...
- Community Employment Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support will be provided to a community centre (details supplied) that wants to retain its maintenance worker under a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the level of rent allowance payable was reduced following reassessment in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- State Pensions
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a spouse who has worked on the family farm for all of their life equally with their husband but has not...
- Carer's Allowance
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited given the urgency of the matter. [20989/21]
- Invalidity Pension
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request a full review of an application for invalidity pension which is at appeal stage in the name of a person...
- Gender Recognition
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation will be introduced to enable 16 and 17 year olds to obtain a gender recognition certificate on their own,...
- Free Travel Scheme
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider establishing the free travel scheme as a standalone benefit as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee...
- Transport Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to...
- Community Employment Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the period of training and upskilling of the present community employment...
- Local Employment Service
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the proposals to publicly tender on a cost bid...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Youth Services
107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is scope for additional funding to be allocated to an organisation (details supplied) to offset its...
- Childcare Services
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to address the high costs of rent for small childcare providers particularly during...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide funding for childcare providers to increase staff ratio in ECCE classes taking...
- Childcare Services
110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts he will take to address the high level of administrative duties for small childcare providers; if...
- Transport Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on providing financial support for students returning from Erasmus who have to mandatorily quarantine; and if he will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the costs of mandatory hotel quarantine will be waived for students returning from a graduate internship programme similar to that being...
- Departmental Funding
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the overall funding for his Department that has been ring-fenced for the implementation of the Framework for Consent in Higher...
- Third Level Institutions
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with DCU on the complaints made by the embassies of Georgia and Ukraine regarding their teaching of a course on the geopolitics...
- Transport Policy
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Stations
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a report on the official reopening and manning of the refurbished Rush Garda station; the timeline for...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 751 of 28 July 2020, if the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice...
- Transport Policy
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute...
- Legal Aid Service
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which she is guaranteeing the independence of her review into the use of public defenders as per a commitment to an...
- Department of Health
- Proposed Legislation
123. To ask the Minister for Health the date to which his Department is working towards to introduce the nursing home support scheme (amendment) Bill to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
124. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-Departmental report on Prader-Willi syndrome; when it is expected that the report will be published; the reason for the delay; and if...
- Medicinal Products
125. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in making a gene therapy (details supplied) available and publicly funded for persons diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
126. To ask the Minister for Health the way the appeals system for those in mandatory quarantining operates; the grounds on which appeals can be made; the time scale involved; the number of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
127. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for equipment will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20880/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
128. 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...
- Vaccination Programme
130. To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative vaccine will be immediately provided to those in the 60-69 years of age cohort who are not recommended to take a vaccine (details supplied)...
- Public Sector Pensions
132. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter in relation to a HSE pension will be addressed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20894/21]
- Vaccination Programme
134. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) will be taken into account when issuing appointments for vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans put in place with respect to the withdrawal of an organisation (details supplied) and the setting of a transition deadline for the...
- Addiction Treatment Services
138. To ask the Minister for Health when a new health service will be established in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20926/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
139. To ask the Minister for Health if there are pregnant women ill with Covid-19 who are currently on life-support or other critical care in a hospital either for their own care and or in order...
- Primary Medical Certificates
140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical care certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20932/21]
- Vaccination Programme
141. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number within each vaccine prioritisation group of those who have received two doses, those who have received one dose and those yet to be...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
142. To ask the Minister for Health if new information or clinical presentations are emerging here suggesting that pregnancy does or could put women at particular or greater risk of serious...
- Vaccination Programme
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he has evaluated all available evidence for prioritisation of pregnant women on the vaccine priority list; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
144. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of patisiran; when it will be next discussed by the HSE drugs group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/21]
- Addiction Treatment Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the detox ten-bed unit in St. Michael’s Ward, Beaumont Hospital is currently closed; the status of the...
- Dental Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health the treatments available to a person (details supplied) for dental work. [20965/21]
- Health Services Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be afforded respite as a matter of urgency. [20967/21]
- Hospital Groups
149. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1158 of 31 March 2021, if he will seek an appropriate response that answers the questions asked; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
150. To ask the Minister for Health when persons in the their 60s and 70s who refuse a vaccine (details supplied) due to concerns regarding the possibility of a negative health impact will be...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a general practitioner service at Enfield Health Centre, Enfield, County Meath given that there are no general practitioners in the...
- Care of the Elderly
153. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the safe reopening of day care centres for the elderly; the timeline for the reopening of these centres; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
154. To ask the Minister for Health the updated advice for pregnant women to receive the Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied). [20986/21]
- Alcohol Pricing
155. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the past three months in relation to introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol as provided for in legislation; the steps that have to...
- Vaccination Programme
156. To ask the Minister for Health when those who act as community first responders in their local communities will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccination. [20995/21]
- Commencement of Legislation
157. To ask the Minister for Health when the sections of the Health Identifiers Act 2014 which have not been commenced will commence; the current impediments stopping the progress of the...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to reform the current pathway for trans healthcare for persons under 18 years of age who currently must go through CAMHS which does not have...
- Medicinal Products
159. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on a matter regarding long-term immunosuppressants group 4 in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
160. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to review the restrictions that apply to the numbers that can attend weddings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21007/21]
- Health Services Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on the pay restoration in section 39 workplaces (details supplied); and if those workers excluded from this process will be...
- Disabilities Data
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available; the number currently...
- Physiotherapy Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list in each local health area as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than...
- Speech and Language Therapy
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list in each local health area as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available; the...
- Occupational Therapy
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in each local health area as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available;...
- Disabilities Assessments
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 in each...
- Health Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 of 10 March 2021, if the situation regarding a unit (details supplied) has been reviewed in relation to...
- Proposed Legislation
177. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal nursing home support scheme (amendment) Bill will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dental Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment nationally by CHO area; the number on the waiting list in the Dublin north city and county...
- Transport Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
180. To ask the Minister for Health when cataract surgery will be carried out for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21066/21]
- Paediatric Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have a diagnosis of juvenile arthritis; the number of children that have a diagnosis of other autoimmune diseases; the number of...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
182. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided for drug task forces in view of the increasing demands on such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Reviews
183. To ask the Minister for Health when terms of reference for the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be published; if a company or...
- Healthcare Policy
185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of recommendation 3.1 of Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010 – 2019; the actions...
- Vaccination Programme
213. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a research paper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/21]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the resources and staff of the forestry appeals and licensing process to ensure that all licences and appeals...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new date for an appeal will issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20925/21]
- Aquaculture Development
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme to allow for the scheme to cover the period from 30 June 2020 onwards; if...
- Beef Industry
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a beef exceptional aid measure payment appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- GLAS Issues
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the request by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry to have the recent decision on their GLAS...
- Greyhound Industry
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish-bred racing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom in each of years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he...
- Agrifood Sector
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for a proposed project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21000/21]
- Animal Feedstuffs
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is giving consideration to expanding nationwide the pilot scheme currently being run by the Bantry marine research...
- Fishing Industry
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will honour the commitment in the Programme for Government to work to retain factory weighing of pelagic fish in the context of...
- Agriculture Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if each agricultural planner can only submit ten applications for farmers under the proposed agri-environmental pilot project; and if...
- Transport Policy
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Remote Working
231. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations and number by county of the eHubs for remote working to be developed referred to in the Rural Development Policy...
- Transport Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to...
