Written answers

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      12. To ask the Taoiseach the status of his most recent communications with the Northern Ireland First and Deputy First Ministers following recent events in Northern Ireland. [19970/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland last met and will next meet. [20485/21]
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20507/21]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      21. To ask the Taoiseach the full cost to date of the IBRC Commission; and the expenditure incurred in respect of legal fees by recipient law firms. [20513/21]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Vacant Properties
      41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 58 apartments have lain idle since their construction almost 15 years ago at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make...
    • Mayoral Election
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the process to establish a mayor for Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22876/21]
    • Planning Issues
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be made not to extend the strategic housing development planning process and to allow for a return to a...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports put in place for inshore fishers whose livelihood are impacted by the different stages of the preparation and...
    • Planning Issues
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the duration of planning permissions due to expire in straightforward cases which do not require...
    • Commercial Rates
      49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the current rates waiver will be extended; and the measures being taken by his Department to ensure any extension will not...
    • Housing Provision
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reviewed the effectiveness of the public procurement process for the delivery of housing projects in terms of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is examining the possibility of introducing a pilot scheme for the provision of sewerage facilities in small villages....
    • Rent Controls
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will close the loopholes relating to rent fixing in the rent pressure zone rules; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Functions
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a blended model including new online methods of conducting local authority business will be adopted as public health...
    • Housing Provision
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the construction of social housing can be accelerated with restrictions on residential construction now lifted. [23001/21]
    • Irish Water
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding to Irish Water to replace and bring up to standard disintegrated mains and sewerage treatment plants...
    • Housing Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase homes that will be available in 2021 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will legislate to ban REITs from buying up housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22881/21]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the social, affordable and cost rental housing projects funded by his Department in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been built here to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use in County Cavan by the voids stimulus programme in 2020; and the estimated...
    • Local Authority Management
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the permanent position of chief executive of Galway County Council has been vacant following the departure...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve income eligibility limits for social housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan given that the existing limits...
    • Departmental Schemes
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the proposed affordable purchase shared equity scheme under the affordable housing Bill in particular its...
    • Housing Provision
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions his officials had with Iarnród Éireann in relation to surplus lands in the CIÉ Works, Inchicore,...
    • Rental Sector
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to support renters in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22613/21]
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an appeals process for unsuccessful applicants under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; if so, the...
    • Housing Policy
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies in place to promote the concept of young persons who are given a site by their parents or other family members...
    • Planning Issues
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the taking in charge of housing estates process will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1428/21]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a large-scale trial of innovative technological solutions such as those provided by an organisation...
    • Heritage Sites
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the major heritage sites (details supplied) in County Clare that have been closed since March 2020 will be permitted to...
    • Ministerial Communications
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the documents he sent or agreed to send to a company (details supplied) in relation to its proposed developments on the Moore...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a recent report following a survey of persons who are homeless (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that social housing units will be made available in 2021 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the NPWS review, including the establishment of a wildlife crime investigation unit; if the body will be...
    • Electoral Process
      82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the examinations he has undertaken in relation to extending the right to vote in all elections to persons when they reach 16...
    • Fire Service
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that the second largest town in County Roscommon has had its fire service removed; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Water
      85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the method by which he will fund Irish Water to provide public wastewater treatment plants in towns and villages in order to...
    • Horticulture Sector
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to facilitate the harvesting of horticultural peat in 2021 and 2022. [23025/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put measures in place to support the refurbishment of vacant property in towns and villages; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to support local authorities given the impact Covid-19 has had on local authority incomes...
    • Planning Issues
      90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the review of the Flemish Decree in relation to the rights of persons to travel within the European Union...
    • Land Development Agency
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that the size of the capital and borrowing limits for the Land Development Agency has been decided; the estimated level...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reverse the sharp increase in single person homelessness evidenced in recent months. [22935/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to support and encourage outdoor dining in summer 2021; the engagement he has had with the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the operation of the defective blocks scheme to date; the amount drawn down by Mayo County Council; and if he...
    • Local Authority Members
      96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to introduce maternity leave for councillors; the meetings that have been held to date to progress this...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will put a fair and equitable tenant purchase scheme in place to cater for persons who want to buy out their houses...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Quality Standard Framework is being applied to all homeless services; if not, the reason; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties
      100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the issue of vacant council houses in Limerick city and county to ensure that these properties can be...
    • Housing Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for an affordable housing scheme outside of Dublin and for cost-rental accommodation in counties Laois and Offaly....
    • Departmental Schemes
      102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the cost of refurbishing existing houses and...
    • Water Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that all 566 outstanding developer-provided water infrastructure projects in residential developments...
    • Commercial Rates
      105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider the proposal to have bed and breakfast businesses valuated for paying commercial rates. [1712/21]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation and in particular its...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 24 November 2020, the status of the work of the Galway social housing task force;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent report by the European Committee of Social Rights published in April 2021 (details supplied); and the...
    • Water Pollution
      109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative and policy-based measures which prevent the pumping of sewage into public waterways. [12892/21]
    • National Parks
      110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if fire belts will be put in place to divide up the 27,000 acres in Killarney National Park following the recent fires. [23059/21]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or following a...
    • Shared Island Unit
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if consideration has been given to the funding of a joint project between the CSO and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency to have a more standardised...
    • Census of Population
      113. To ask the Taoiseach when the next national census will be conducted; and when it is proposed to be concluded. [22956/21]
    • Departmental Information
      114. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [23259/21]
    • National Economic and Social Council
      115. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [23260/21]
    • Programme for Government
      117. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Programme for Government. [23263/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      119. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with transport will next meet. [23266/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Film Industry
      121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken to protect workers against being blackballed or blacklisted for joining trade unions, engaging in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the waiving of intellectual property rights of Covid-19 vaccines in view of the current situation in many countries in...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full report on the recent North-South Ministerial Council that focused on trade matters; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports being provided to businesses and workers in the funfair sector and if he will meet with representatives of the sector...
    • Departmental Investigations
      126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of plans to provide for remote working post-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22950/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that employers provide reasonable accommodations for employees due to receive vaccinations during...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if small businesses whose annual turnover is under €50,000 will be allowed to qualify for the small business assist scheme;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be ensured that the guidelines for the safe reopening of the hospitality sector are connected with the indoor and outdoor...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports a business (details supplied) can avail of in order to support and assist it through Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances in which the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has directed companies to amend or change its...
    • Agriculture Industry
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the advice he can provide in relation to correspondence concerning restart grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Work Permits
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on adding healthcare assistants to the critical occupations list for work permit applicants. [23217/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • House Sales
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to allow digital signatures to be used on all key property documents needed for housing...
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding distributed under the EPA green enterprise innovation for a circular economy programme; and if he will make...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when works on a river (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22589/21]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number in CO2 equivalents or other measure that corresponds to the commitment in the Programme for Government to...
    • Departmental Investigations
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a...
    • Climate Change Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the basis for microgeneration not being included in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill...
    • Recycling Policy
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to introduce a deposit-and-return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans as per the Programme...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has made an assessment on the likely impact on Ireland’s emissions profile of his decision to...
    • EU Directives
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the nature of the letter of formal notice the European Commission sent to the Government as announced on 2 July 2020...
    • Waste Management
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to address the issue of excess packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23066/21]
    • Local Authority Funding
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding given to each of the four Dublin local authorities over the past five years under the local authority...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received a letter from a company (details supplied) in relation to changes to the SEAI communities grant...
    • National Broadband Plan
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a property (details supplied) will be included in the intervention area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Production
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an application by an organisation (details supplied) for funding for the Community Energy Grant Application...
    • Recycling Policy
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to improve Ireland’s recycling rate with regard to plastics; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the efforts by his Department efforts to address rising rates of hazardous waste; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23578/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a previous commitment that if implemented would allow asylum seekers to apply for Irish driver licenses; and if he...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund enhanced and or increased CCTV monitoring of bus lanes in Dublin; if he has engaged with Dublin based local authorities...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the determination in relation to section 41(7) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 regarding the former employees of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work that has taken place to address the current situation facing motorcycle learner riders (details supplied); and his engagements...
    • Road Projects
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further progress has been made in respect of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass considering...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be allowed to facilitate EDT driving lessons (details supplied). [22620/21]
    • Bus Éireann
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann buses are not wheelchair accessible on the Galway to Sligo and Sligo to Galway bus route; when disabled...
    • Driver Test
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the backlog of those waiting to take a driver theory test; his plans for clearing the backlog in circumstances in which persons in areas...
    • Driver Licences
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a licence. [22701/21]
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a service (details supplied) is scheduled for tendering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22753/21]
    • Marine Accidents
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the wreck of a ship (details supplied) which is grounded at Ballycotton, County Cork; the details of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary...
    • Driver Test
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 21 April 2021, the geographic locations of the extra 20 locations for driver test centres....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to continue supporting aviation workers considering the likely continuation of a downturn in aviation industry; and if he will...
    • Aviation Industry
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been informed of any plans by a company (details supplied) to remove assets from the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full list of changes made by public transport providers on and inside public transport vehicles to prevent the...
    • Aviation Industry
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken to ensure Shannon Heathrow connectivity given that the seven-year ownership of the Heathrow slots...
    • Heritage Sites
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed transfer of ownership of existing Shannon Heritage sites to another entity; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aviation Industry
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the delivery of a restart plan for the Irish aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/21]
    • Public Transport
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to extend the Luas to Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/21]
    • Waterways Issues
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of funding for the section of the Royal Canal on the Dublin, Kildare border; the status of the progression of...
    • Road Network
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of the NTA regarding pre-BusConnects when the project is operational on the way in which unauthorised use of bus lanes and or...
    • Rail Network
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the proposal by a group (details supplied) to have a separate section of Metro North extended to Santry village; and...
    • Driver Test
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out online driver theory tests for tractor, car and motorbike applicants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the passage into law of the forthcoming road traffic (miscellaneous provisions) Bill to tackle the misuse of scramblers and...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appointment for a driver theory test for a trailer will be provided to allow a person (details supplied) in County Kerry take up an...
    • National Car Test
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to install a NCT centre in the vicinity of west County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aviation Industry
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to redeploy unemployed Irish aviation staff into freight work such as the recent cargo flights to deliver medical...
    • Driver Test
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the operation of the driver theory test under public health restrictions; and the number awaiting a test by test centre and...
    • Aviation Industry
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of each of the recommendations made by the Aviation Recovery Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/21]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23579/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason circuses and funfairs were explicitly excluded from eligibility for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme as outlined on page 13 of the...
    • Insurance Industry
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the existing terms and conditions in relation to life and health insurance in circumstances in cases in which a relationship...
    • Credit Unions
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions being made or that will be made in respect of section 56B of the Credit Union Act 1997 to prevent undemocratic nominations processes within...
    • Banking Sector
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of private operators of ATMs who charge customers for cash withdrawals; and the regulations related to same. [22612/21]
    • Value Added Tax
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in VAT for the leisure industry and more specifically for gyms due to the importance of the fitness industry to the health of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will encourage a bank (details supplied) to fully honour the transfer of undertakings under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if the benefit-in-kind exemption for employed recipients of the 2020 temporary wage subsidy scheme by which employers have the option of paying their...
    • Banking Sector
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure competition for consumers and to ensure the competitiveness of Irish banks given the proposed sale of a bank (details...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the NGO and charity sector receives in State funding per annum. [22984/21]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [22989/21]
    • Value Added Tax
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which VAT is applied; the rate at which the tax is applied to the labour cost element of an invoice that includes the cost of actual...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be taken to fix the fish pass installed as a part of flood relief works in Bandon town, County Cork; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and agencies under his remit are facilitating employees in receiving Covid-19 vaccinations by providing reasonable...
    • Pension Provisions
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) and address the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a commencement date for flood defence works to be undertaken by the Office of Public Works at Springfield, Clonlara,...
    • Departmental Investigations
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the content of the reported troika-style spending restrictions implemented in Departments to reduce spending. [22990/21]
    • Heritage Sites
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the OPW to remove the railings around Conolly’s Folly, County Kildare, in view of the historical, social and...
    • Brexit Issues
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact of Brexit on companies from Northern Ireland applying for public works and Government contracts here. [23073/21]
    • Garda Stations
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if refurbishment works have commenced on Portlaoise Garda station; the duration of such works; and the estimated cost of such works....
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23570/21]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the full records of the 1925 Special Census of the Gaeltacht will be released in 2025 in line with the 100 year rule under the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports being provided to businesses and workers in the circus sector. [22708/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding training for elite sports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Industry
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has assessed the impact of the tourism crisis on town centres and the problems they will face in the short and medium term....
    • Print Media
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has assessed the pressures on the local print media and the challenges it faces in the short and medium-term; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts that have been made to examine the possibility of using rapid antigen testing for Covid-19 to allow for the return of...
    • Culture Policy
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding funding for a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Policy
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the persons who have been appointed as members of the oversight group to deal with the recommendations of the Arts and Culture...
    • Industrial Relations
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to ensure that no State funding goes to employers that engage in union busting practices and anti-worker activities....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason nine hole golf courses were excluded by Fáilte Ireland from the support available to golf courses to assist them...
    • Departmental Investigations
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na sonraí go beacht a choinníonn Údarás na Gaeltachta i dtaobh cliant-chuideachtaí dá...
    • Sports Funding
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an organisation (details supplied) and its associated sports received 40% of all public sports funding in 2020 from Sport...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consideration that has been given to allowing spectators to attend sporting events during 2021; the established targets for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will extend the inbound agents business continuity scheme and provide €20 million in the programme to cover losses...
    • Tourism Industry
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a five year plan outlining the measures including supports and taxation policy to ensure the sustainable...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the self-catering sector; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that three local authorities (details supplied) are facilitating only 50% of the...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering plans to reverse the decline in and possibly expand Gaeltacht regions given the decline in the size of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received representations from small or local media outlets that claim they are not receiving a fair share of...
    • Culture Policy
      264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has discussed with the management of the cultural institutions either the need to guarantee full accessibility for persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if advice will be given to a person (details supplied) in relation to the live performance support scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Culture Policy
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans in facilitating Culture Night 2021; the supports that will be available to organisations that will be...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the processing of applications made under the sports capital and equipment scheme 2020-2021; and if she will make a...
    • Tourism Industry
      268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures taken to implement the recommendations of the Recovery Oversight Group for Tourism; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the supports being offered to businesses that will benefit the night-time economy; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23580/21]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wild Fires
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position of his Department on the recent gorse fires in Killarney, County Kerry; if his Department is considering...
    • Land Issues
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide assistance in relation to the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list will be provided of the inshore fishers and the organisations (details supplied) he or his Department have consulted...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if radon levels in social housing are monitored; the steps that have been taken to ensure that there is no build-up of radon...
    • Sporting Rights
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the derogation for the shooting of pigeons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/21]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role An Bord Pleanála has regarding the development and planning regulations of windfarms. [22683/21]
    • Planning Issues
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of co-living units which have been approved by An Bord Pleanála to date; the number of units still to be...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of funding allocated to Offaly County Council for the past three years under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan...
    • Defective Building Materials
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Clare County Council for the establishment of a defective block pyrite MICA...
    • Rental Sector
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a recent media report (details supplied) which indicates that some landlords are using...
    • Departmental Investigations
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the 10% deposit requirement for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan given that this is causing serious...
    • Property Registration
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the inordinate delay in processing a dealing (details supplied) in the Land Registry; if this application will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received information from Irish Water which might affect the ability of his Department to provide affordable or...
    • Heritage Sites
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify additional funding streams which may be applicable to the restoration process of a heritage building...
    • Planning Investigations
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1234 of 13 May 2020 and 60 of 4 November 2020, if he will publish the report (details...
    • Lease Agreements
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 17 November 2020, the number of housing units leased in 2020 and to date in 2021...
    • Rental Sector
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of eviction notices served from March to December 2020 and from 1 January to 27 April 2021. [22995/21]
    • Housing Issues
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken since entering Government to prevent so called cuckoo funds buying entire housing developments; and if...
    • Heritage Sites
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Tara management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/21]
    • Housing Policy
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which by way of direct build housing he expects to be in a position to meet the housing needs of those currently...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that persons who lost their employment temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic and who will be...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units delivered by each local authority using the build delivery mechanism in 2019, 2020 and to date in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding granted to each local authority through the estate regeneration remedial works programme since its...
    • Defective Building Materials
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the next step for the independent working group which has been established to examine issues of defective housing; the details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the unit size of social leased housing units by county in tabular form; the number delivered that were directly built by local...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing assistance payment limits for social housing support for families securing own door...
    • Waterways Issues
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the water and electric provision on Waterways Ireland moorings will be disrupted due to work on Lough Derg;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a hardship payment to cover the period during which persons building new homes have not been able progress...
    • Departmental Investigations
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the investigation into complaints by a person (details supplied); the actions taken by his Department to...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the discretionary housing assistance payment rates for County Louth in view of the very...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with local authorities regarding their share of the funding for grant schemes to support persons...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will conduct a review of all housing schemes for persons with long-term illness or disabilities in order to...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will take steps to remove financial barriers that prevent persons from availing of housing adaptation and...
    • Building Regulations
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Departmental working group that was set up to investigate potential amendments to building...
    • Planning Guidelines
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of a nationwide e-planning system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/21]
    • Cultural Objects
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy on the growing calls for heritage obtained through plunder or colonialism to be repatriated. [23224/21]
    • Marine Protected Areas
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing work undertaken by his Department on Ireland’s marine protected areas and particularly on the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the ongoing review of the National Parks and Wildlife Services will be completed; if an action plan will be put in place...
    • Waterways Issues
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the project his Department is rolling out on a phased basis for the Ulster Canal in Clones, County Monaghan....
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated timeline for drawdown in respect of recently allocated urban regeneration and development fund funding for...
    • Wild Fires
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to aid the recovery of Killarney National Park following recent devastating fires; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department is rolling out affordable housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish revised rules for the tenant purchase incremental scheme 2016; the reason for the delay with same;...
    • Local Area Plans
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration he has given to the difficulty faced by councillors faced with county and city plans, many of them running...
    • Local Authority Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations on local authorities to engage with and inform local Houses of the Oireachtas members following the abolition...
    • Election Management System
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of access to postal voting that will be given to the electorate in advance of the forthcoming by-election in the...
    • Water Supply
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of identified private water supplies; the efforts made to ensure their safety; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23573/21]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Armenian genocide which occurred 106 years ago; if Ireland can formally recognise the massacre of up to one and a half...
    • Ministerial Communications
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Georgian and Ukrainian Governments in view of their ambassadors’ attempts to influence academic...
    • British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communication he has had with the UK Government on the possibility of the holding of a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental...
    • Passport Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the processing of non-urgent passport applications will recommence; the action his Department is taking to ensure that the backlog of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that Ireland and the European Union have taken regarding Ethiopia in the view of the activities of the Ethiopian and Eritrean...
    • Irish Aid
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of foreign aid provided in 2020, by country. [22987/21]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose remains continue to be on display in the Hunterian Museum...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23574/21]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Investigations
      350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or...
    • Departmental Properties
      351. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the use his Department has for a plot of land (details supplied) between the Chapelizod Road and the River Liffey; and if his Department has...
    • Defence Forces
      352. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of commissioned Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve officers by rank that were classified as inactive in each of the years since...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      356. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23575/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Irish Sign Language
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have Irish sign language incorporated into her Department’s curriculum in order that it can be taught in schools and...
    • Departmental Properties
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the hold-up by her Department in releasing land to the Department of Health for the provision of the Rowlagh primary healthcare...
    • Schools Building Projects
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school build (details supplied) is expected to be completed in Julianstown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the details and relevant dates of the 2021 summer provision programme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in moving a school (details supplied) to a permanent home; the plans ongoing to achieve same; and if she will make a...
    • Compensation Schemes
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to compensating the victims of institutional abuse such as those who attended a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Facilities
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation undertaken in the decision to include gender neutral toilets in schools; and the parent, teacher and student groups that were...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is continuing to delay in applying the recommendations of the Labour Court from December 2019 in relation to the public...
    • Schools Building Projects
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works on a school (details supplied) will be completed. [22725/21]
    • School Transport
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the removal of a school bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new model of SNA provision will be released by her Department in view of the fact that the National Council for Special Education is...
    • Education Costs
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants in place for driving a child to a second-level school in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school transport system cannot be put in place to facilitate 15 students (details supplied) in County Clare given the availability...
    • Departmental Investigations
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or...
    • School Facilities
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to schools to facilitate the safe and secure storage of bicycles and scooters outside on school premises; and...
    • School Transport
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered allowing empty school buses travelling to towns and villages to facilitate rural persons en route wishing to travel to...
    • Sign Language and Deaf Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sign language can be recognised as a curricular subject which would make it available to be taught in schools in Ireland as a subject; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reconsider the five-day rule for substitute teachers (details supplied) due to the impact of Covid-19 on same; and if she will make...
    • School Accommodation
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite plans to build the proposed permanent building for a school (details supplied); if she will instruct her officials to submit...
    • School Facilities
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be prioritised for the refurbishment and provision of outdoor playing facilities in primary schools including paved areas and...
    • School Transport
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees working either full-time or part-time in the school transport section of Bus Éireann; the number expected to take...
    • School Funding
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funds will be provided to a school (details supplied) for the construction of an ASD classroom; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Sign Language
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to add Irish Sign Language to the secondary school curriculum given that it is the third official language; her views on whether a...
    • Autism Support Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all primary and secondary schools by county that have either one or two ASD units. [22968/21]
    • School Admissions
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a student (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a secondary school place in schools in an area. [22994/21]
    • School Accommodation
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a process (details supplied) will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23020/21]
    • Irish Sign Language
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that Irish Sign Language is added as a curricular subject in post-primary junior cycle and senior cycle; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the schools building unit will give the approval for the contract to be placed for the extension to a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • Schools Administration
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will have to return to work in order to be paid for the summer period; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation for staff working in education centres who have lost out on wages during the Covid-19 pandemic...
    • Special Educational Needs
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if support will be provided for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23112/21]
    • DEIS Scheme
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the list of DEIS schools will be updated soon to include schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23116/21]
    • School Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of substitute teachers; and if she will consider amending the five-day rule in which newly qualified teachers...
    • DEIS Scheme
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in the decision to award a school with DEIS status; if changes have been made to the criteria from previous years; if not, if...
    • Schools Administration
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a comprehensive response from the appeals advisory committee to substantial queries raised in correspondence by a school...
    • School Admissions
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate school place will be provided to a person (details supplied). [23145/21]
    • State Examinations
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all methods, systems and algorithms which will be used to adjust calculations to leaving certificate grades both those achieved...
    • Schools Administration
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23161/21]
    • State Examinations
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will be made to those persons who examined and marked the LCVP candidates' portfolios for the 2021 leaving certificate; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/21]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil aon bhéim ar labhairt na Gaeilge i measúnú T1 an Teastais Shóisearaigh i mbliana; an...
    • Home Schooling
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the rights of parents to homeschool their children; the manner in which a parent can commence homeschool education;...
    • School Curriculum
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which climate change and climate science is currently being taught in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23571/21]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Birth Certificates
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place for those who need a birth certificate to be able to obtain one in circumstances in which they do...
    • Employment Data
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding seasonal employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is receiving the correct pension rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22628/21]
    • Public Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the process for widows to obtain new PPS numbers or reactivate their old PPS numbers on the passing of their husbands can...
    • Departmental Appointments
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the human resources unit in her Department did not issue the top level appointments notification for the internal...
    • Departmental Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Meals Programme
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly that exists in relation to the provision of the hot meal scheme at two schools...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend the eligibility period for those currently in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit who remain on...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if greater flexibility will be shown to persons on jobseeker’s allowance and other social welfare payments to help...
    • Illness Benefit
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19 for close contacts of a person who has been medically certified to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans that have been put in place for extending community employment schemes for participants who have not been in a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to publicly tender on a cost bid model for the local employment services and jobs clubs here; and if...
    • Bank Charges
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1032 of 24 March 2021, the outcome of discussion with a bank (details supplied)...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to persons with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23215/21]
    • Civil Registration Service
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a research project undertaken by the civil registration unit on the process of registration for babies born...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23576/21]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Ombudsman for Children
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints currently with the Ombudsman for Children by county in tabular form; if the age of...
    • Residential Care
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for a child or young person turning 18 years of age to be allowed to stay on in...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he will ensure that persons with disabilities will have a voice in Government and are included in policy...
    • Scouting Ireland
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns of some smaller scouting groups that their financial reserves may be...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative Forum; when a chair will be appointed; the number of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as...
    • Childcare Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the long-standing issue of suitable and sustainable accommodation for a...
    • Direct Provision System
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the reports of a death in Mosney direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made by his Department on the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission...
    • Equality Issues
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his work on the proposal to ban conversion therapy; if there is a timeline in place; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remaining sections of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 will be commenced; when...
    • Third Level Education
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation in cases in which a person who has an immigration stamp 3 visa in relation to attendance in education can apply for and go on to...
    • Departmental Investigations
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when section 34 of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 will be commenced; if he will ensure...
    • Third Level Staff
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he plans to take to address the situation regarding the hiring of academic staff on a temporary or casual basis in universities and the...
    • Education Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22927/21]
    • Irish Sign Language
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that higher institutes of education and other third-level educational institutions offer Irish Sign Language as...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23581/21]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of schemes that provide citizenship in return for significant investment in the State; if the schemes apply to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Alcohol Sales
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the sale of alcohol Bill; and if this Bill will include provisions for drink deliveries similar to those...
    • Jury Service
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by the Working Group on Jury Service; when this work is expected to be completed; and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current turnaround time on applications for Irish citizenship via naturalisation through marriage to an Irish citizen from...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians holding the position of property and exhibits manager within An Garda Síochána; the Garda...
    • Garda Strength
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community officers for each district in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Equipment
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cars and motorcycles attached to Laois-Offaly roads policing unit as of 19 April 2021. [22724/21]
    • Prisoner Data
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners from each county who are known to have minor children; and the number of children residing in each...
    • Prison Staff
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal injury claims taken by prison officers in each of the four main committal institutions (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications that have reached a decision stage in each month from January 2020. [22745/21]
    • Departmental Investigations
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in her Department who have had access to files and-or email restricted and-or revoked as part of a...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of eligibility for long-term residency and eligibility for naturalisation in the case...
    • Garda Stations
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells that have been upgraded in Garda stations nationwide in the past five years; the amount spent on cell...
    • Garda Data
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of breaches of protection, safety and barring orders that are made to An Garda Síochána; the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an unredacted copy of an independent external report regarding the penalisation of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the citizenship applications of healthcare workers will be prioritised given their importance during the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and-or sanctions issued by An Garda Síochána in respect of unauthorised vehicles using bus lanes...
    • Leave to Remain
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) who appears to have been awarded stamp 4 but whose local immigration...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to review the existing functions, powers, appointment procedures...
    • Programme for Government
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to establish a penal policy consultative council to advise on...
    • Community Policing
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a community safety partnership (details supplied) will be retained following the establishment of the community safety...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cén fáth nach bhfuil na foirmeacha eadóirseachta (sonraí tugtha) ar fáil as Gaeilge ar líne agus...
    • Prison Staff
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 14 January 2021, the length of time the senior psychologist positions have been...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23569/21]
  • Department of Health
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of the backlog concerning the disabled drivers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22608/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered allowing the restrictions on numbers attending weddings depending on the size of individual venues to be informed by a risk assessment for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting over four months for a scoliosis operation; the number of children waiting over 12 months for a scoliosis operation; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system undertaken by his Department in 2019; and if he will consider extending the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals to change the method of needs assessment for children with special needs; if so, the reason for the proposed changes; if consultation on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists as both inpatients and outpatients for Mayo University Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than...
    • Health Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway in comparison to the same period in 2019;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      508. To ask the Minister for Health when a Covid-19 home vaccination will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/21]
    • Disability Services Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current 30-month waiting time for disability psychology services in County Wexford; his plans to immediately address the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      510. To ask the Minister for Health when a Covid-19 vaccination appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22603/21]
    • Maternity Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue (details supplied) regarding antenatal care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/21]
    • Health Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a community intervention team with a multidisciplinary team in County Meath; his plans for an older person integrated care team in County Meath;...
    • Home Care Packages
      513. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting time for homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22649/21]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if a timeline has been provided for the expansion of attendance at addiction recovery group meetings. [22654/21]
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is repeatedly requested to provide information that has been fully provided as per their own request; the steps he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      517. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system for persons over 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes on the long-term illness...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      518. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the potential introduction of a Covid-19 vaccine certificate, vaccine pass or immunity certificate to govern access to services, goods or...
    • Vaccination Programme
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding pregnant women receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; if they will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine given the risk of Covid...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if it is necessary to seek a waiver of the trade and intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines in order to protect developing countries from the threat...
    • Health Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the planned payment of €800,000 for services (details supplied) to address historical underfunding at the service provider. [22678/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22681/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the relative accepted efficacy rate of the authorised vaccines for Ireland (details supplied); the understood effectiveness of each of these vaccines for new...
    • Maternity Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the ongoing attendance and visiting restrictions on partners at maternity hospitals, particularly in view of discrepancies in Covid-19...
    • Hospital Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed commencement date for construction to commence on the new cath laboratory at Waterford; the scheduled completion date based on the start date...
    • General Practitioner Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to accessing a general practitioner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an institute (details supplied) regarding its offer for members of the institute to be added to the list of authorised persons in...
    • Legislative Programme
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeline for publication of draft changes to the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22719/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to instruct the vaccination centre administrators to accept either a birth certificate short or long, long-term illness card,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and when they can expect a hospital appointment. [22726/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has undertaken a review of the HSE staff temporary accommodation scheme which was used to accommodate front-line workers such as those in direct...
    • Vaccination Programme
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse effects reported following Covid-19 vaccination to date; the types of adverse effects reported; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Abortion Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the training programmes in place for doctors in Ireland in carrying out dilation and evacuation abortion procedures from the second trimester of pregnancy; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have appealed against the mandatory hotel quarantine; the reason for the appeal; the number of appeals that have been successful; the...
    • Hospital Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health when results of an examination will be sent to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22752/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an exemption to the mandatory hospital quarantine cannot be allowed for those attending the funeral of an immediate family member on compassionate...
    • Vaccination Programme
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of elderly persons have had to wait for almost two hours while being exposed to the elements for...
    • Departmental Investigations
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or...
    • Physiotherapy Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the physiotherapist at Kenmare Community Hospital (details supplied) [22792/21]
    • Hospital Equipment
      553. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 29 September 2020, the position on the inability of University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy...
    • Hospital Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that attended the paediatric diabetes clinic at the University Hospital Waterford who have been treated with insulin pump therapy; and...
    • Dental Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of access to dental care in the east County Cork area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the situation with regard to mandatory hotel quarantine regarding persons, in particular Irish citizens, who intend to travel to Ireland and who are fully...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an appointment in Drogheda Hospital for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22809/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those with chronic neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis are no longer part of cohort four for vaccination; and if he will consider...
    • Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised motorised transport grant which was closed in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22819/21]
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      565. To ask the Minister for Health cén fáth nach bhfuil daoine in ann clárú i nGaeilge le haghaidh vacsaíní Covid-19. [22820/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered recognising a vaccine (details supplied) for the purposes of exemption from hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE opticians currently providing services in County Mayo; the areas within the county they cover; the number of vacant positions there are...
    • Mental Health Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons currently in the acute adult mental health unit in Galway University Hospital whose discharges from hospital have been delayed by one,...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      572. 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. [22853/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is supportive of the proposed new EU regulation on digital green certificates; if a cross-Departmental group has been established to advance this...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions, diseases or ailments that are currently part of the pre-natal screening programme. [22899/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to caravan parks will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22900/21]
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 17 December 2020, if HSE community healthcare west has signed a lease for an alcohol treatment centre in Galway...
    • Health Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22917/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the inclusion of intractable epilepsy in cohort 4 for the Covid-19 vaccine; if it will be made a priority illness for receiving the Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the reason consideration is being given to opening hotels and guesthouses ahead of pubs; and the reason hotel bars and restaurants are deemed safer than...
    • Vaccination Programme
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if supports, financial or otherwise, have been put in place for persons who had side effects from the swine flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the ageing out of residents at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22932/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff in the Louth Meath mental health services that provide dialectical behaviour therapy; the number of persons waiting for same; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if a version of a vaccine (details supplied) will be considered and accepted as a valid and viable vaccine by the National Immunisation Advisory Council and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the reopening of society and outdoor dining; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons over 80 years of age who have been given the first and second vaccine in the Covid-19 vaccination programme. [22954/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres completed, opened and staffed since 2016; the details of such centres; and the dates they were opened. [22966/21]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the CervicalCheck Tribunal has cost to date. [22967/21]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if minimum unit pricing on alcohol sales will come into place in 2021. [22969/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 50 years of age who have had a laboratory confirmed case of Covid-19 since the pandemic began. [22970/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a job advertisement for a position is confined to internal candidates (details supplied) and no candidates with relevant experience from outside are...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the overall expenditure on PCR testing to date; if he will itemise the breakdowns in total payment to the entities supplying PCR test kits and or laboratory...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the data that is being utilised to justify the continued restrictions on outdoor activities including sports given the HSPC data that 0.1% of overall Covid-19...
    • Departmental Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the current wording used in HSE administrative and patient forms provided to guardians of children, adult patients and advocates of adults with disabilities on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      599. To ask the Minister for Health when persons in cohort 7 will receive their Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23022/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the lack of funding available to Ballynanty health centre, Limerick for the provision of a reclining wheelchair for a person (details...
    • HSE Reports
      601. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1103 of 31 March 2021, when the final report (details supplied) will be published. [23028/21]
    • Hospital Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with type 1 diabetes who have been treated with insulin pump therapy by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      604. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making a medication for morning sickness related to pregnancy (details supplied) eligible under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Eating Disorders
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that a person (details supplied) undergoing treatment for a severe eating disorder will receive the healthcare they require;...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      606. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme Preferred Blood Glucose Strips for adults...
    • Vaccination Programme
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a vaccine (details supplied) in the European Union; if it is being considered for authorisation by the EMA; when persons vaccinated with the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of a Covid-19 testing centre for Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23069/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to allow for 0.3% THC specifically for the cultivation of industrial hemp in Ireland in line with other states...
    • Vaccination Programme
      612. To ask the Minister for Health when a frontline worker (details supplied) in vaccination category 2G will receive an appointment for a vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the accident and emergency department of Portlaoise Regional Hospital in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date...
    • Dental Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department and the HSE to ensure the availability of dental treatment to patients with a medical card; if his attention has been...
    • Primary Care Centres
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the planned primary care centre for Kilrush, County Clare will not be going ahead (details supplied); the...
    • HSE Reviews
      618. To ask the Minister for Health when the boarding out scheme was last reviewed by the HSE. [23104/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      619. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports (details supplied) that the roll-out of vital Covid-19 vaccines to the homeless population of Dublin was cancelled. [23115/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters in relation to testing and contact tracing (details supplied). And if he will make a statement on the matter. [23122/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the feasibility of delivering designated Covid-19 hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/21]
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Products Regulatory Authority audits conducted on cosmetic and skin care production companies in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those under 16 years of age are not eligible for Covid-19 testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; the legislative timeline for same; and if he...
    • Dental Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if an issue (details supplied) in relation to school dentistry appointments will be examined. [23157/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive a particular vaccine given they have underlying health problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some diabetes type 1 patients in University Hospital Waterford are being requested to transfer the status regarding persons with type 1 diabetes in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied) from representatives of the fitness industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23168/21]
    • Legislative Reviews
      634. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the structure and timeline of the review under section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if he will be accepting...
    • Vaccination Programme
      635. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1660 of 21 April 2021, the consideration given to prisons as a place in which persons are living and working in crowded...
    • Hospital Facilities
      638. To ask the Minister for Health when refurbishment works on Fermoy Community Hospital will be completed; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23177/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of each department in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the past four years; the patient numbers in each department in the hospital...
    • Hospital Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided to South Tipperary General Hospital under capital works in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies contracted to provide personal assistant care of behalf of the HSE in CHO8 in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that are available in CHO7 for persons suffering from Parkinson's disease; his plans to expand services in this area in the future; and if he...
    • Hospital Funding
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the maintenance and refurbishment of Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021,...
    • Hospital Data
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gall bladder removal operations that took place in each of the past five years; the hospitals in which this procedure is carried out in tabular...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in south Wexford CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/21]
    • Nursing Staff
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialists at CHI, Temple Street and Crumlin in each the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021,...
    • Dental Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time dental staff employed by the HSE in County Leitrim in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23186/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      648. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making the drug epidiolex available to patients on medical cards when prescribed by a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a sustainability plan for a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the HSE will consider expediting this plan; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if there are currently waiting lists in maternity hospitals throughout Dublin for women seeking perinatal care; if so, the length of the waiting lists; the...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for treatment abroad in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23198/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of medical aid being supplied to India in tabular form; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the scheduled completion date for the handover of the new mortuary building at University Hospital Waterford; the programme of commissioning and certifying...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting for an appointment for an initial referral with a scoliosis consultant, scoliosis assessment and a scoliosis operation....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Israel has been removed from the list of countries required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival in Ireland; if his attention has been...
    • Vaccination Programme
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if NIAC has researched a matter related to vaccines and hotel quarantine (details supplied). [23240/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if a person travelling outside the State with their young child for medical appointments and treatment will have to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival back...
    • Mental Health Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist multidisciplinary mental health for intellectual disability teams that are in place in each catchment area nationwide; the details of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department is undertaking to encourage persons to take the second dose of their Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      662. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 7 October 2020, the breakdown of all payments made to each company and the service they provided since March 2020...
    • National Children's Hospital
      663. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will finalise and publish its assessment of the revised budget and timelines regarding the construction of the new national...
    • Medicinal Products
      666. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug kaftrio for cystic fibrosis patients will be approved for funding for use in Ireland. [23256/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to use the Covid-19 tracker application operated by the HSE to provide evidence of vaccination from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if the change of policy in the assessment of needs in relation to it now being used solely as a screening service for children’s needs has had an impact...
    • Autism Support Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if a diagnosis of autism can still be made through the assessment of needs process if the child presents with characteristics associated with autism; and if he...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23572/21]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be made available for small scale poultry businesses which were totally dependent on selling their product to the...
    • Forestry Sector
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of forests in various counties including in County Laois are experiencing...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 1 April 2021, the status of plans to retroactively amend SI No. 786 of 2007 to enable...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the decision making process for the new distribution of area aid payments; when the decision will be made; the details...
    • Felling Licences
      679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a tree felling application by a person (details supplied) will be processed and approved; and if the process will be expedited....
    • Agriculture Industry
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of and implementation schedule for action 29 of Ag Climatise A Roadmap towards Climate Neutrality, to Establish a Future...
    • Forestry Sector
      681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a licensing crisis exists in Ireland and not in other European countries that also comply with EU habitats and bird...
    • Departmental Investigations
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2016 Scottish Derogation application by a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry will be re-examined; and if he will make a...
    • Food Safety Standards
      687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the enforcement of EC2073/2005 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22810/21]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the return of point-to-point racing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22850/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if concerns were raised on a matter regarding a conflict of interest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to conduct an assessment of the appropriateness of the Greenogue site that Horse Sport Ireland plans to relocate to in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new agri-environmental pilot scheme will open; the terms and conditions for same; and the amount of funding that will be...
    • Programme for Government
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that has been completed by his Department to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to fully explore the potential...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of engagements or meetings his investigations unit has had with the Health Products Regulatory Authority in each of the...
    • Felling Licences
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tree felling licence will issue to a person (details supplied). [23144/21]
    • Fishing Vessel Safety
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 4 February 2021, if he will communicate with the Department of Transport that advised in...
    • Animal Welfare
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the structures he is planning on putting in place for equine and canine welfare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Food Industry
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made by his Department to reduce food waste in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/21]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23568/21]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Planning Data
      700. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of planning applications submitted for the erection of headstones in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the number granted and...
    • Dog Licences
      701. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering expanding the list of breeds on which additional rules for ownership are imposed under the Control of Dogs...
    • Departmental Funding
      703. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address a matter regarding funding for a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22680/21]
    • Departmental Investigations
      705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in her Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary...
    • Departmental Funding
      706. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider a targeted increase in funding provided under the outdoor recreation and infrastructure scheme to midland...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      707. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of lanes that have been resurfaced under the local improvement scheme in the north Kilkenny area in 2019 and 2020. [22842/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      708. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she plans to formally reopen the application process for the community services programme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23577/21]

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