Written answers

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in County Tipperary. [23930/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the discussions between the European Union and the United Kingdom with regard to the Northern Ireland protocol; and if...
    • Middle East
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress his Department has made towards honouring the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [23883/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the current state of relations between the European Union and Russia. [24135/21]
    • Northern Ireland
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss a case; and if he will respond to correspondence in relation to same from Deputies...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the potential for famine in Ethiopia as a consequence of the conflict in Tigray. [24200/21]
    • Northern Ireland
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of engagement with the UK Government on the announcement of the resignation of the First Minister of Northern Ireland; the...
    • Brexit Issues
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. [24137/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland with regard to the Covid-19 technology access pool platform created to enable the sharing of intellectual property...
    • Arms Trade
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support an international arms embargo in Yemen. [24133/21]
    • Israeli Settlements
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to protect families in forced evictions in east Jerusalem. [24170/21]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he plans to progress the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Passport Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when recommencement of hard copy passport applications is expected; the timeline expected to clear the current backlog in this type of...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he and his Department are making with the new United States administration to improve the situation for undocumented Irish...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take to introduce a level of humanity to the EU refugee policy in view of the continuing incarceration of refugees on...
    • Brexit Issues
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work undertaken to date and the future plans to ensure to mitigate the impact of Brexit on the objectives and commitments contained in...
    • United Nations
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian policy priorities for Ireland’s membership of the Security Council of the United Nations; the way these priorities...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Chinese embassy following reports that an Irish journalist and their family had to leave China following...
    • Consular Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the provisions in place to support Irish citizens whose visa has expired but test positive for Covid-19. [24171/21]
    • Ministerial Communications
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagements with the British Government regarding the protection of the Good Friday Agreement and recent comments in relation to the...
    • Brexit Issues
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the provisions put in place in the context of Brexit continue to effectively cater for the situation arising in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland and the European Union can provide humanitarian assistance to India given the serious situation with regard to Covid-19 there; and...
    • Middle East
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise the findings of a report (details supplied) which stated that the ongoing treatment of Palestinians in Israel and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding Ireland has provided to help developing countries access Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23953/21]
    • Human Rights
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the events in Colombia in recent days, including the killing of protestors by police officers and reports of human rights...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correspondence his Department has had with the governments of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in relation to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the recommendations in the March 2021 Report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and...
    • Passport Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the processing of passports was not deemed to be an essential service given that the right to leave a state including one's own...
    • Northern Ireland
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will renew his efforts to implement the provisions of the Belfast, Good Friday Agreement; if he will enlist the support of the two...
    • United Nations
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date on the UNCCD Great Green Wall project and Ireland’s engagement with the UNCCD; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way Irish corporations can continue to justify their engagement with the state and economy of Israel given that Ireland has acknowledged...
    • Foreign Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland at the United Nations or otherwise to help address the humanitarian and political situation in Myanmar; and if...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the elements of the Good Friday Agreement that have not yet been fully implemented. [39932/20]
    • Human Rights
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s position on the UN Security Council to ensure a human rights observation mission is added to MINURSO mandate...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • State Visits
      121. To ask the Taoiseach if he officially invited the President of the United States of America to visit Ireland during his conversation with him on 17 March 2021. [23535/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      122. To ask the Taoiseach the details of property owned by the Chief State Solicitors Office; the current use and date acquired of each in tabular form. [23699/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      123. To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisers working in his office; and the name, title, salaries, commencement and exit date if applicable of their employment in tabular form. [23793/21]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      125. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 1 of 2021 on the website of his Department. [24072/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      126. To ask the Taoiseach the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the expected allocations to...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Intellectual Property
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the issues at WTO governing intellectual property rights in Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Holidays
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to having an extra bank holiday in 2021 or 2022. [24505/21]
    • Job Losses
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of plans to replace jobs lost at a company (details supplied); the efforts being made in relation to same; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided by the State for the Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme operated though the banks; the number of loans approved to...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24082/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Trade Agreements
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the economic and sustainability impact assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement will be published given...
    • Departmental Funding
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24440/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of plans by his Department and or the agencies under his aegis to roll-out pilot programmes with businesses and in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Programmes
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of jobs either directly or indirectly created by the just transition programme which has been introduced to...
    • Waste Management
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the obligations of takeaway venues in respect of waste management; and if he plans to introduce new measures which...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role he has with regard to the management or otherwise of the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Broadband Plan
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a property (details supplied) that is not included in the intervention area of the National Broadband Plan will be...
    • Legislative Programme
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the circular economy Bill particularly in relation to local authority use of CCTV to deter illegal...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria that apply for a partner to be considered a local community partner for the purposes of the renewable...
    • Energy Conservation
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants and funding opportunities available to offshore islanders to improve the habitability, sustainability and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding and supports that have been provided to develop job opportunities and investment in offshore island...
    • Energy Conservation
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding and supports that have been provided in each of the past ten years to support the work of an organisation...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the offshore islands that are currently served by high-speed fibre-optic broadband; when high-speed fibre-optic...
    • International Bodies
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs for subscriptions to international organisations and treaties; and the breakdown in terms of the cost of...
    • National Broadband Plan
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the progress made under the National Broadband Plan to date in terms of connections completed; if the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if inland fisheries bye-laws are regularly reviewed with regard to setting conditions for non-commercial fishing; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and...
    • EU Regulations
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is being fined by the EU for the failure to meet with the N-1 formula (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Commission for Communications Regulation
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider giving the Commission for Communications Regulation additional power to enforce solutions from...
    • National Broadband Plan
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 24 February 2021, the status of the matter as of May 2021; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same...
    • Departmental Staff
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his...
    • Departmental Contracts
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by...
    • Animal Culls
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he sanctioned a cull of pike in Lough Corrib; the extent of the cull that is underway; the end date of the cull; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Airport Passenger Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who flew into Ireland in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [23618/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated in 2020 to each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area and the regional cities under the sustainable...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a provisional breakdown will be published of minor and serious collisions as opposed to fatalities involving a cyclist by county in...
    • Driver Test
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on their driver test given that their work is essential; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Licences
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the temporary moratorium for taxi drivers from 10 to 15 years; if the Taxi Advisory Committee will be replaced with a...
    • Aviation Industry
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the methodology utilised to allocate funding between the regional airports and the Dublin Airport Authority (details supplied); and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for Ireland’s implementation of the digital green certificate for European Union travel; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including an upgrade to the link road from the M1 to Ardee, County Louth in the roadwork plans for the proposed...
    • Driver Licences
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will temporarily suspend the rule whereby non-EU driver licence holders must obtain an Irish licence after 12 months of residency...
    • Driver Test
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/21]
    • Road Projects
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the completion of the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road project, Limerick. [23790/21]
    • Driver Test
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver tests that have been carried out in County Cavan in the past year by car and motorbike; if driver tests are being...
    • Road Safety Authority
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans by the Road Safety Authority which were first proposed in 2015, to name disqualified drivers; the outcome of the...
    • Driver Test
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the backlog of learner driver theory tests will be dealt with given that many have had their test date rescheduled up to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date for the return of international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23970/21]
    • Public Transport
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts that will be made to improve security on public transport including on platforms and stops; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021;...
    • Driver Test
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 12 November 2020, the status of and the way the early stage planning has progressed; the...
    • Driver Licences
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Department will make efforts with the new United States administration to streamline driver licensing arrangements between...
    • Road Projects
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom, County Cork road development; if the project is progressing on...
    • Driver Test
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the driver test waiting list by county in February, March and April 2021, respectively in tabular form. [24269/21]
    • Disability Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the possibility of granting disabled parking badges for severely autistic persons and persons with an intellectual...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a testing centre (details supplied) is still operational; if not, the reason for its cessation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and his views on whether it is appropriate for a person to be...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that will be invested in the Public Service Obligation bus fleet by route in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [24353/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the period of validity of learner driver permits will be extended in view of the fact that driver tests have been deferred during...
    • Driver Test
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when learner driver theory tests will resume for driver lessons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24408/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24464/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to...
    • Driver Test
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Covid-19 compliance capacity of learner driver test theory venues is being applied to overcome the current backlog (details...
    • Aviation Industry
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Sligo Airport will be reimbursed for mandated safety works carried out in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if roads investments are subject to individual tenders; and if a panel of approved contractors can be used to deliver projects as they...
    • Rail Network
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress of Kishogue railway station; the proposed opening date and commencement of services; and if he will make a...
    • Dublin Bus
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress of the updated Dublin Bus drivers' pension scheme. [24580/21]
    • Driver Licences
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can extend their international driving permit in order that they can drive with their non-EU/EEA driver...
    • Rail Network
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of level crossings that are manned by Iarnród Éireann on the Limerick to Ballybrophy line; if there is a programme...
    • Departmental Schemes
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a scheme (details supplied) in which a person makes an application to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when testing for a full motorcycle licence will resume; and if, in cases in which the Initial Basic Training licence of an applicant...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will re-evaluate its position regarding event caters and expand access parameters to the Covid restrictions support scheme to allow these...
    • Tax Collection
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding double taxation for workers in Border regions and the impact this will...
    • Mortgage Lending
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for mortgage applicants having to wait six months for approval after coming off the pandemic unemployment payment; if he plans to change the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for purchasers of homes availing of the help to buy scheme to be asked by the seller of the property if they are...
    • Banking Sector
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have taken place between him or his officials with a bank (details supplied) in relation to its planned exit from operations here; the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the concession put in place by the Revenue Commissioners relative to the payment of tax due by employees arising from the temporary wage...
    • Departmental Funding
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the expected...
    • Tax Reliefs
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement a tax incentive to support the purchase of capital equipment and investment in the manufacturing sector (details supplied). [24183/21]
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated by introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of residential properties by trusts, partnerships and...
    • Tax Exemptions
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will conduct a review into the current tax exemptions in place for real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds with a view to restricting...
    • Mortgage Lending
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the support that can be given to persons currently in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme indefinitely who cannot drawdown a mortgage. [24273/21]
    • Financial Irregularities
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 284 to 287 of 28 April 2021, the reason the number of convictions for serious offences under section 1078 of the Taxes...
    • Interest Rates
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement that has been had with the Central Bank in relation to the planned negative interest rate charges that will affect some solicitor client...
    • Mortgage Lending
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to cease the blanket refusal of mortgages to persons whose employers are engaging in wage subsidy schemes; the engagement he has made...
    • Departmental Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended for the remainder of 2021 to the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24444/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal with public...
    • Gambling Sector
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to the recent collapse of a gambling and trading platform. [24487/21]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available for those that purchased property from NAMA which is no longer fit for purpose; if there are avenues for engagement with NAMA open for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if an employer availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme who does not qualify on an end of month review during January 2021 to June 2021 has to repay the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Budget 2021
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that budgetary targets set earlier in 2021 will continue to be met notwithstanding any changes...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects reform to remain a central part of his Department’s policy; the extent to which this is likely to...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific judicial review cases that he was referring to in his closing address to Seanad Éireann on 22 March 2021 when he...
    • Flood Risk Management
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for the River Slaney, Enniscorthy town, County Wexford; when the scheme will be formally signed...
    • Departmental Funding
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24456/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department...
    • Flood Risk Management
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocation of funding to Wicklow County Council by the Office of Public Works to carry out maintenance work on the Dargle River...
    • Public Appointments Service
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if alternatives to aptitude tests been considered for recruitment through the Public Appointments Service; the steps he has taken to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if touring caravans and motorhomes fall under the same Covid-19 restrictions as static mobile home parks, that is, once county...
    • Departmental Funding
      271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when funding will be made available to a sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23653/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration was given to award a grant or partial grant to pubs who do not serve food under the outdoor seating and...
    • Planning Issues
      274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process that will be followed by her Department in assessing the recommendation to the Minister for Housing, Local Government...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad uair le cúig bliana anuas ar chuir Foras na Gaeilge comhairle ar aon Aire Rialtais, nó ar aon Roinn...
    • Maoiniú d'Fhoras na Gaeilge
      276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgead a cuireadh ar fáil sna meastacháin do 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 agus 2020 d’Fhoras na...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she foresees in the roll-out of antigen testing to support the sustained reopening of cultural and sporting events in...
    • An Coimisinéir Teanga
      278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cur síos a dhéanamh ar an maoiniú bliantúil iomlán tugtha d’Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga ag...
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht briseadh síos a dhéanamh ar na deontais nó deiseanna maonaithe atá ar fáil, más ann dóibh, chun...
    • Departmental Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is currently allocated to arts and cultural pursuits on offshore islands; and the funding that has been provided...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has developed the specific guidance with the relevant sectors as promised in the Living with Covid Plan published on 15...
    • Sport Ireland
      291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of delivering One Good Coach, conducted by Sport Ireland to all sporting organisations affiliated to same; and...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date on the proposal for a three-year pilot scheme of a universal income for artists, writers and musicians;...
    • Departmental Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated by her Department or agencies under her remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the expected restrictions on outdoor festivals throughout the summer months; and the number of persons that will be...
    • Budget 2021
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of the €50 million allocated to live events in Budget 2021 that has already been distributed to artists or event...
    • Cumarsáid Aireachta
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ar labhair sé go fóill leis an Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe chun a chinntiú go mbeidh cumas...
    • Olympic Games
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her engagements with the HSE and or the Minister for Health in respect of vaccinating qualified Irish Olympic athletes ahead of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding Gaeltacht Irish courses for summer 2021 for Gaeltacht households, colleges and families (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from her Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider including skateboarding as a recognised sport in Ireland given that it is recognised internationally and was...
    • Departmental Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department. [24462/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider advocating for an expansion of the current restrictions to include outdoor classes such as zumba fitness in...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details of the Fáilte Ireland capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth will be announced for 2021 (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a scheme will be established similar to the outdoor dining scheme for pubs that do not serve food to enable them to initiate...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Heritage Projects
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of funding for the Barrow Blueway; the status of the progression of the project; and if he will...
    • Land Issues
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive their Land Registry documentation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the income limit for social housing in County Tipperary is €5,000...
    • Departmental Schemes
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on plans to raise HAP limits given the current thresholds are far below the current rental prices of housing...
    • Housing Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all strategic housing development applications since the beginning of 2017 in cases in which...
    • Housing Issues
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons to date on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23700/21]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children to date in homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23701/21]
    • Housing Schemes
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on HAP by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23702/21]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when positions (details supplied) will be advertised; the number of positions to be filled; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Issues
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions on strategic housing developments that have been taken since...
    • Turf Cutting
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when all payments under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme will be made for 2021. [23754/21]
    • Local Authorities
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all vacancies in local authorities since 2018 have been advertised and filled in accordance with the rules and regulations...
    • Housing Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been allocated annually for the past five years to specifically provide social and affordable housing on...
    • Housing Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to strategic housing developments; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the increase that has occurred in the private rental sector in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of Housing Assistance Payments that has been paid out to private landlords in County Cavan since the payment was...
    • Local Authorities
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing budget that has been granted to Cavan County Council in each of the past ten years; the amount the housing budget...
    • Departmental Staff
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies that exist at the office of his Department in Ballina, County Mayo; if an overview of the vacancies by...
    • Departmental Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date...
    • Departmental Records
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 795 of 21 April 2021, the date the missing file from his office was found; the person...
    • Departmental Communications
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate that his Department published a non-determination of facts naming persons in the...
    • Legislative Measures
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative measure and the associated regulation of the Planning and Development Act 2000 which lists or makes reference...
    • Departmental Schemes
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment and the rental accommodation scheme that were moved...
    • Departmental Funding
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date with respect to the Town and Villages Growth Programme 2020-2024; the amount allocated under the...
    • Direct Provision System
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he has advanced to local authorities in preparation for the ending of direct provision; his plans in this regard;...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an inspection process into homeless services provided by private companies and non-governmental agencies; and if...
    • Local Authorities
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a steady funding stream will be provided for the upgrading of local authority owned homes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Issues
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of orders issued under section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 during each of the past five...
    • Departmental Staff
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department....
    • Departmental Contracts
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if species of birds (details supplied) will be removed from the list of birds that may be shot currently included in the Open...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information his Department, the Housing Agency or any other agency operating under the aegis of his Department has on the...
    • Housing Policy
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing investments are subject to individual tenders; and if a panel of approved contractors can be used to deliver...
    • Local Authorities
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific measures in place in his Department to assist local authorities in taking estates in charge; and the way in which...
    • Heritage Sites
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the deterioration of a wealth of heritage at Knocklofty House in Clonmel, County Tipperary which is falling into...
    • Housing Policy
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in relation to the social housing reform agenda as referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 28...
    • Departmental Projects
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the members of the Bathing Waters Expert Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/21]
    • Irish Water
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of claims that were made against Irish Water and its insurers for damages in 2019 and 2020 in County Cork and...
    • Housing Issues
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take within his power to work with approved housing bodies and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County...
    • Legislative Measures
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the upcoming Land Development Agency Bill 2021 will be revised at committee stage to prioritise traditional council housing...
    • National Monuments
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the terms under which the national monument at 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin 1 was purchased and any...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on C-Tap as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24698/21]
    • Passport Services
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an emergency passport application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Bodies
      374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at EU level to improve engagement with like-minded member states on European Commission files and to clearly reflect...
    • Departmental Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department is providing to climate adaptation and mitigation activities in some of the least developed countries;...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the possibility of allowing national parliamentary input in recipient countries on the use of the ODA budget; and if he...
    • Brexit Supports
      377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the progress of the Get Brexit Ready campaign of his Department. [43549/20]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to protect the principle of devolution in the Good Friday Agreement. [17075/21]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can influence the international community to focus on various war zones globally and encourage the UN to take a...
    • Human Rights
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which through the EU or UN he expects to be in a position to alert the international community to the violence against women...
    • Northern Ireland
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he had with members of the Northern Ireland Executive and with members of the UK Government in relation to the need to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 17 February 2021, if allowances will be made (details supplied) in cases in which delayed...
    • Departmental Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution made by Ireland to the global effort to help resolve the current conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed in 2020; the average turnaround time for an application; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the UK Government and European Commission regarding recent developments with the Ireland protocol. [13248/21]
    • Human Rights
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 28 April 2021, if he will address a series of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Chinese Ambassador regarding the treatment of the Uighur people by China; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a recently published report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of vaccines that the EU plans to give to Palestine given the extended state of emergency in Palestine to prevent the spread of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with his counterparts in the European Union regarding the ongoing war in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the process whereby some embassies have refused to process visa interviews due to the fact Ireland is...
    • Departmental Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24446/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if financial support for mandatory quarantine can be put in place to support a person (details supplied) who was originally to return to...
    • Northern Ireland
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to monitor development in Northern Ireland arising from Brexit or the Good Friday Agreement with particular...
    • United Nations
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland proposes to focus on major human rights black spots globally through its membership of the UN Security Council;...
    • Trade Missions
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish trade missions abroad continue to make successful conclusion in respect of the promotion of Irish exports; and if...
    • EU Issues
      406. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union continues to address threats to the rule of law in all European member states; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      408. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multilateral aid from Ireland continues to find the destination for which it was intended; the exceptions...
    • International Terrorism
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community continues to monitor the activities of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab with reference to the areas...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which positive steps continue to be taken to influence the future of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to influence the international community and European countries to ensure they play their part in resolving...
    • United Nations
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council to ensure a human rights observation mission is added to the...
  • Department of Defence
    • White Papers
      416. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Irish military attachés will be appointed to a small number of Irish embassies abroad as outlined in the White Paper on Defence 2015;...
    • Naval Service
      417. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the communications the UK Royal Navy has with its counterparts here in relation to the ongoing movements and exercises of its submarines in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      418. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the...
    • Defence Forces
      419. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will extend the 2021 deadline for accepting applicants for the Defence Forces cadetship competition. [24354/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      420. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces
      421. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address the low pay of enlisted personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24412/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      422. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24436/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      423. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal...
    • Defence Forces
      424. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 1 May 2021 or the latest date for which figures are available; the breakdown of all ranks...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for additional defence investment in strategic airlift, air intercept and airspace monitoring primary radar capability and cyber...
    • Defence Forces
      432. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits to the Permanent Defence Force to date in 2021 with regard to all three services; the gender breakdown of...
    • Overseas Missions
      433. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make...
    • European Defence Agency
      434. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the European Defence Agency projects which Ireland is currently involved in tabular form; and if he will provide an overview of the nature of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the opening of ASD units in schools in the areas of Dublin 2, 4 and 6. [24591/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who took part in the summer provision programme both school-based and home-based and the DEIS summer programme in 2020. [23620/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to secure a special school place for a child (details supplied). [23658/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the technical inspection of a school (details supplied) on 1 May 2019. [23662/21]
    • Irish Sign Language
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters (details supplied) raised in relation to Irish Sign Language will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23666/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress made on a permanent building for a school (details supplied). [23677/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children on the ASD spectrum are not provided with a special needs assistant in the early start programme; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the capacity of schools in the local area of Chapelizod, Dublin, due to a number of housing developments in the area; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the queries raised in correspondence by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23696/21]
    • School Staff
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to allow and facilitate the retention of a behavioural analyst at a school (details supplied), which is essential for the...
    • School Accommodation
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an urgent request for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure all post-primary schools have ASD classes to cater for persons who have a diagnosis of ASD; when it is hoped that...
    • School Transport
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus transport will be provided on a qualifying rather than a concessionary basis from Corraguan, Windgap, County Kilkenny, to a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are enough ASD units in towns (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in tabular form. [23792/21]
    • Teacher Training
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and supports that have been provided for professional development training on islands in each of the past five years. [23816/21]
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on securing small rural and island schools against closure. [23830/21]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the Teaching Council; the reason there has been a delay in processing the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing the cap on the annual ancillary services grant for schools with over 500 pupils enrolled; and if consideration...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application to the Teaching Council will be processed considering that the applicant (details supplied) has a job offer pending; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23889/21]
    • School Accommodation
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will be in place by September 2021; and if she...
    • School Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school cleaners will be included in the plan to regularise the pay, conditions and pension rights of school staff; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Sign Language
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include Irish Sign Language as a school curriculum subject to ensure equality and inclusivity for the considerable proportion of...
    • School Staff
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place regarding leave for pregnant teachers, SNAs and early years educators during the Covid-19 pandemic. [24026/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the provision of a new school at a site (details supplied); when the next stage in the process is likely to be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is guidance provided to home tutors employed to teach children with autism, especially children who are preschool age; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated by her Department or agencies under her remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24148/21]
    • Irish Sign Language
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 29 April 2021, the reason Irish Sign Language is not a curricular subject in view of its status as a...
    • Child Abuse
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 170 of 21 January 2021 and 1014 of 21 April 2021, if as part the examination by her Department of the ex...
    • School Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed removal of a teacher from a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this...
    • School Patronage
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the plebiscite results for a school (details supplied) by local electoral area in tabular form; if she will provide...
    • School Transport
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the steering group in reviewing the school transport scheme which excludes thousands of students from school transport each year....
    • Departmental Programmes
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children taking part in the school-based summer education programme 2020 who were entitled to the school meals programme; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 28 April 2021, the levels of learning disability that will be accepted in the schools specifically...
    • School Accommodation
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will communicate as a matter of urgency with An Foras Pátrúnachta with regard to the permanent site for a school (details...
    • Education and Training Boards
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the LMETB does not have a single head office building as per a Government decision of 2013; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to provide early intervention classes in Cobh, County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from her Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns identified in a report by an organisation (details supplied) specifically the finding that 84% of teaching...
    • Legislative Measures
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to progress the enactment of the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 as committed to in the programme for...
    • School Patronage
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to achieve the target of at least 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030 as committed to in the programme for...
    • School Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools in County Kerry that are due to lose a mainstream teacher or teachers for the 2021-2022 academic year compared to their...
    • Departmental Programmes
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if contingency plans are in place for the 2021 summer provision programme given the continued prevalence of Covid-19; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department. [24438/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her Department to deal...
    • School Curriculum
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in developing an inclusive relationships and sexuality education curriculum; the steps taken to enact legislative changes in...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the anti-bullying procedures in schools are robust enough; if these procedures are effective; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Sign Language
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of Irish Sign Language in post-primary schools; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to setting up an additional special language class in a school (details supplied). [24524/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider CHO1 as one of the pilot areas to be included in the extension of the pilot of the school Inclusion model; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project to be completed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24559/21]
    • School Accommodation
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future plans for a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24562/21]
    • School Staff
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit full-time PE teachers at primary school level. [24578/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will undertake an impact assessment on the effects of prolonged school closures in 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of DEIS status for primary schools; when the review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the installation and completion of temporary accommodation on the site of a school (details supplied); and if the school and the...
    • National Educational Welfare Board
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Education Welfare Board will engage with a family (details supplied) to resolve an issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instances of primary schools and secondary schools sharing the same physical site but having separate roll numbers as per schools...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an issue (details supplied) in respect of foreign pensions and charges on allowances has been raised with her officials;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person referred for long-Covid treatment is entitled to stay on the Covid illness payment of €350 while they are...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used by community welfare officers in assessing persons for supplementary payments; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in respect of parents in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in the circumstance in which they have...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23665/21]
    • Employment Support Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of job clubs operating nationwide; and the locations in which they are operating. [23761/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory); and if their...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an urgent review of a family income supplement payment will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if guidance can be offered to those in receipt of the disability allowance and other benefits in relation to whether they can...
    • Pension Provisions
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided on the future of funding for a service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated by her Department or agencies under her remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare supports available for self-employed persons when they come off the pandemic unemployment payment; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered making persons currently on the pandemic unemployment payment eligible for community employment...
    • Widow's Pension
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the information submitted by a person (details supplied) for a widower’s contributory pension application will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseeker's allowance, disability allowance and carer's allowance appeals currently pending within her...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason emergency foster parents automatically precluded from using a childminder are forced to be available for work or...
    • Departmental Funding
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from her Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in...
    • Departmental Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department....
    • Departmental Contracts
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her...
    • Employment Support Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have had a sanction imposed on their payment for failing to engage with the JobPath services in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when case officers in social welfare offices were notified that participants on the back to work enterprise allowance could...
    • Pensions Reform
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publishing of the report by the Commission on Pensions which is expected to report in June 2021. [24593/21]
    • Widow's Pension
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the widow’s pension. [24595/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in receipt of illness benefit should apply for the State pension (contributory). [24709/21]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage and total figure of young persons aged up to and including 18 years of age that have an active...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct...
    • Early Years Sector
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23617/21]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date that has been made by his Department on the implementation of the Workplace Relations...
    • Departmental Funding
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given to the request by an organisation (details supplied) for financial support in...
    • Direct Provision System
      563. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of residents in a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Issues
      567. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual funding provided to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission by the State each year since it...
    • Youth Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding has been provided to the provision of youth services and facilities on offshore islands in each year...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans regarding progressing a new framework in respect of the Policy Framework for Children and Young People...
    • International Protection
      571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the 50 persons agreed in October 2020 to be resettled under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme...
    • Departmental Strategies
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the establishment of a working group to develop an autism innovation strategy; the estimated...
    • Direct Provision System
      573. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct...
    • Departmental Funding
      575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Childcare Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a playgroup (details supplied) is entitled to apply for capital funding for a permanent building; the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of play therapists and child art psychotherapists directly employed by Tusla in 2019, 2020 and to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for the youth service grant scheme within his Department in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in...
    • Foster Care
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason emergency foster parents in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance are expected to be available for...
    • Departmental Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to...
    • Departmental Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his...
    • Departmental Contracts
      584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the cases of workers in the childcare sector who are currently pregnant; the...
    • Disability Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the completion of a pathway to eliminate the practice of accommodating young persons in nursing...
    • Youth Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider funding a pilot outreach youth service in Dublin 12 through the CDETB (details supplied);...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Protected Disclosures
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 is being properly applied and adhered to within all third-level institutions. [23496/21]
    • Adult Education Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has acted on the Labour Court recommendation on regularisation of the terms and conditions for adult literacy teachers; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the decision to cut graduation ceremonies for third-level institutions so far in advance of the ceremonies. [23706/21]
    • Higher Education Authority
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 29 April 2021, the details of the specific strategic or important purposes that were identified since...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the higher education student population receiving a SUSI maintenance grant since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the higher education expenditure as a percentage of GDP, GNI and modified GNI in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1315 of 21 April 2021, if he will provide further detail on apprenticeship salary costs which are distinct...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role he foresees for the roll-out of antigen testing to support the sustained reopening of third-level educational facilities in 2021-22; and...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoin bhfeachtas atá ann le déanaí, curtha chun cinn ag an tOllamh Caoimhín De Barra, chun...
    • Research Funding
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and supports that have been provided for maritime and ocean research in each of the past five years at third level or to assist the...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the higher education institute policy guidelines with regard to allowing students to carry out assessments and exams in Irish as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all Erasmus students returning from Erasmus+ participating countries on the mandatory hotel quarantine list will have their mandatory hotel...
    • Departmental Funding
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional places being made available for training hairdressing apprenticeships in each of the six new locations; the number of...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tutors registered with the Teaching Council; the number of tutors employed by the State to deliver adult literacy courses and ESOL;...
    • Institutes of Technology
      608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the buildings that have been purchased by Dundalk Institute of Technology since 2016; the cost per building; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Technological Universities
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding, current and capital, that will accompany technological university status; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Policy
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown between home and EU student within the 708 quota each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24363/21]
    • Education Fees
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer of covering tuition fees by €5,000 and €10,000; the total; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will...
    • Nursing Education
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a course in veterinary nursing will be delivered in the mid-west, specifically in Limerick Institute of Technology in the 2021-2022 or...
    • Departmental Staff
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24448/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal...
    • Third Level Education
      616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken in 2021 and the resources that will be made available to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Wards of Court
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that there will be a smooth transition for wards of court into the new system provided for...
    • Visa Applications
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is processing visa applications from Pakistan for skilled workers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if investment into sporting clubs (details supplied) is eligible under the immigrant investment programme; and if she will make...
    • Visa Applications
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 821 of 28 April 2021, if the particular appeal in question been assigned to an official...
    • Immigration Status
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23678/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the increase of Garda services in east County Meath given the large increase in population of the area; and if...
    • Passport Services
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an issue which has arisen in relation to persons who were born in the UK but have lived and...
    • Student Visas
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if English language students are required to sign-up and pay for a 25-week language course in order to access the visa...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported traffic accidents on the M7 motorway between the Moneygal exit and the Birdhill exit, County Tipperary...
    • An Garda Síochána
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for expanding the current Garda station or providing a new Garda station in east County Meath given the large...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases since 2015 in which a debtor has proposed a personal insolvency arrangement which has been rejected by a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 643 of 10 February 2021, the number of drivers by District Court that were summarily...
    • An Garda Síochána
      629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 10 February 2021, the progress to date made by An Garda Síochána in...
    • Departmental Data
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by An Garda Síochána in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by Garda district and division...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Staff
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies that exist at the Garda Information Services Centre in Castlebar, County Mayo; if an overview of the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will initiate a comprehensive independent review of our approach to support for victims of sexual assault to...
    • Asylum Applications
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated by her Department or agencies under her remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date...
    • Stardust Fire
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet and engage with the legal representatives of the families who lost loved ones in the Stardust tragedy to...
    • Departmental Staff
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda band members that have been redeployed for the purposes of policing and enforcing Covid-19 guidelines....
    • Departmental Funding
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Office of State Pathologist in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí expected to graduate in 2021. [24270/21]
    • Departmental Data
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of domestic and sexual abuse reported to the Clare Garda division from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of funding allocated to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence organisations in 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline in regard to the publication of the implementation plan to drive forward the key recommendations with...
    • Immigration Controls
      654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Australian and New Zealand citizens refused permission to enter the State in 2019 and quarter one of 2020, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from her Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Probate Applications
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the processing of applications submitted by either a solicitor or a private individual for grants...
    • Departmental Staff
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department....
    • Departmental Contracts
      659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her...
    • Departmental Staff
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the local drugs units in the DMR west region as of 1 April 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the expedition of citizenship applications for non-national frontline healthcare workers; the actions she has...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding the endoscopy action plan to build a sustainable endoscopy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23713/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if his officials will make contact with them with a view to offering advice; if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a retired nurse; if the supplementary pension being sought in the case outlined will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has previously tested positive and recovered from Covid-19 is exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23610/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the planned reopening dates for funfairs, theme parks, amusement parks, circuses and aquariums. [23608/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have tested positive while staying in hotel quarantine since mandatory quarantine in Ireland was introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23615/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      671. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their primary medical certificate application. [23621/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries which were carried out in the state in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [23629/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests carried out in airports in the state for each month since the start of the pandemic. [23630/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged between 65 and 69 years of age who have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine; and the number of persons in that age bracket who have...
    • Hospital Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments which were cancelled in 2020 and to date in 2021. [23633/21]
    • Cancer Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were diagnosed with cancer in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [23634/21]
    • Hospital Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancelled hospital appointments in University Hospital Galway in 2020 and to date in 2021. [23635/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if the State will be a party to contracts currently being drawn up in relation to the new national maternity hospital including contracts involving St....
    • Vaccination Programme
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can get a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23654/21]
    • Maternity Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to make the risk assessments of all hospital maternity units publicly available. [23655/21]
    • Adoption Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if matters (details supplied) in relation to an adoption will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if persons are permitted to travel to counties in Northern Ireland as part of the proposed commencement of inter-county travel on 10 May 2021. [23670/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/21]
    • Health Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology services in CHO2 in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway; the average waiting time for an appointment; and...
    • Dental Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for child dental services at a hospital (details supplied); the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine registration process for pregnant women in view of the recent NIAC recommendation; the way in which, when and by whom pregnant women will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      696. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reallocate appointments to those who have missed their scheduled vaccine appointment slot; the process for allocating new appointments to persons...
    • Health Services Staff
      697. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that the HSE recently advertised for unpaid voluntary assistant psychology posts involving a full range of professional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      699. To ask the Minister for Health when play centres and other venues catering for children’s birthday parties can reopen under the new guidance. [23697/21]
    • Cancer Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending publicly funded fertility preservation services to children and adolescent cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Safety
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which prescribed medicines for human consumption have been detected in horse meat by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland audit and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind swimming pools and gyms not reopening until June 2021. [23737/21]
    • Maternity Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a national policy for visiting maternity hospitals has not been implemented; the reason the HSE advice on partners attending 20 week scans, during...
    • Hospital Facilities
      706. To ask the Minister for Health when Wi-Fi will be made available to patients at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23742/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out whereby health workers in higher age categories are not being offered their...
    • Departmental Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of Secretary General of his Department has additional responsibilities or functions given the salary increase; if so, the additional...
    • Ambulance Service
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times in 2020 and to date in 2021 an emergency ambulance has been used for hospital discharges in which the intermediate care ambulance is not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the amount a company (details supplied) is paying each vaccinator per hour and per day; the amount the HSE is paying the company for those vaccinators per hour...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 54 persons in mandatory hotel quarantine who tested positive for Covid-19 who had initially presented with a negative PCR test on arrival in...
    • Health Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of a dedicated specialist intestinal rehabilitation unit to treat and rehabilitate patients with intestinal failure; his further...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements his Department has made to provide vaccinations for students participating in the Erasmus programme and that must provide proof of full...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on e-health by his Department since he became Minister. [23794/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the funding currently allocated to the provision of mental health services to island communities; and the amount that has been spent on same in each of the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the offshore islands that are currently served by a resident general practice doctor; and the way this essential service is provided to islanders that do not...
    • Primary Care Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the offshore islands that are currently served by a resident public health nurse; and the way this essential service is provided to islanders that do not have...
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      726. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil gach dochtúir agus altra atá lonnaithe ar oileáin Gaeltachta in ann seirbhís a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge, agus...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions which are needed for weddings restrictions to be relaxed to allow for more than six in attendance; the timeframe for weddings to be able to...
    • Medicinal Products
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) and the provision of a drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23839/21]
    • Maternity Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) regarding partners of expectant mothers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23845/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the vaccine delay in respect of a person (details supplied) who registered on 1 April 2021 and has still not been contacted; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (detailed supplied) in relation to a dementia specific homecare package will receive a response; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccines administered by cohort by county and for each vaccination centre as a percentage of the approximate target population per cohort which...
    • Health Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be put in place for eye clinic liaison officers in eye clinics nationwide and in particular in the eye clinic of University Hospital...
    • Vaccination Programme
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been deaths recorded consequential to having received the Covid-19 vaccines; if so, the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on a WHO recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23880/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded Covid-19 deaths that are solely attributed to Covid-19 in which the person had no underlying illness; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      743. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1619 of 21 April 2021, if he will address further matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the review by a company (details supplied) of governance structures in relation to the HSE drug reimbursement process; and if he will make a...
    • Disease Management
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Rare Disease Plan; if incomplete or unfinished actions in the existing plan are being prioritised in the context of the update of...
    • Cancer Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases currently before the CervicalCheck Tribunal. [23984/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made and proceedings initiated against the HSE by persons or groups of persons whose loved ones died after contracting Covid-19 in HSE run...
    • Health Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials will give consideration to a proposal (details supplied) to ensure the provision of eye clinic liaison officers in eye clinics outside...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to not counting fully vaccinated wedding guests in the 25 guest limit which is due to be introduced in June 2021; and if he...
    • Maternity Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health when a directive will be issued to all hospital groups nationwide to allow birthing partners attend maternity appointments of all kinds given the current level...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      757. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery. [24017/21]
    • Dental Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the dental practices in Dublin 18 that accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24022/21]
    • Medical Cards
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing free medical cards for persons with epilepsy during the period in which they are disallowed from driving; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the basis of assessing a person as being fully vaccinated regarding the vaccine bonus four weeks after the first dose of a vaccine (details supplied); the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a dual diagnosis team to consist of a substance misuse counsellor and psychiatric nurse in each drug and alcohol service; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing nine ambulances including staff consisting of a driver and psychiatric nurse to provide a crisis de-escalating team in each...
    • Eating Disorders
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to honour the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide specialist eating disorder teams in each CHO area including inpatient...
    • Sport Ireland
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering mental health first aid training to all sporting organisations affiliated to Sport Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the increased capacity required to clear current waiting list for mental health counselling at primary care for adult services; and if he...
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to deliver Safe Talk training to all existing teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24050/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reappointing a national director for mental health for a one year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24053/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of filling all current vacancies for psychologists in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24054/21]
    • Maternity Services
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an inpatient perinatal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24059/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a timeline for the return to work of landscapers and gardeners given that it is a crucial season for the industry; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24063/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (detail supplied) in order that they can be considered exempt in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO areas which have been selected as a pilot site for the implementation of the model of care, adults accessing talking therapies while attending...
    • Special Educational Needs
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate plans that are in place to deal with the severe waiting lists for autism spectrum disorder assessments in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to vaccinate persons aged 18 to 25 years against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24090/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the cost of medical cannabis is met at source for persons receiving cannabis under a Ministerial licence rather than through a...
    • Departmental Funding
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated by his Department or agencies under his remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the expected respective...
    • Vaccination Programme
      794. To ask the Minister for Health when members of the Irish Coast Guard will be vaccinated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24119/21]
    • Advanced Healthcare Directives
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taking to establish a register for advance healthcare directives as part of the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making...
    • Maternity Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the reason gynaecologists are not available on site full-time as opposed to being on call in maternity units to deal with emergency issues that may arise,...
    • Care Services
      798. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing closure of HSE day services and respite services for those in need of round-the-clock care and the damaging...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      800. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24155/21]
    • Maternity Services
      801. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on access to maternity units for expectant fathers; when he expects fathers to gain full access; and if this will apply across all...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine given the medical circumstances. [24157/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the situation in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas in which many general practitioners no longer accept new non-GMS patients, leading...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that the new national maternity hospital to be built at St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park will comply with the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical sterilisation procedures that were carried out on women and men, respectively, in each of the past five years in St. Vincent's...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding marquees in an outdoor setting with regarding to weddings in particular; if marquees are considered an outdoor setting in the context of...
    • Health Services
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in HSE audiology fitting services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24190/21]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who await a first-time appointment under CAMHS in each geographical subsection within each CHO by age, gender and time awaiting such an...
    • Vaccination Programme
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to 24-hour vaccination centres; and the centres that could facilitate same. [24217/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the endoscopy waiting list for longer than 13 weeks at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Transfers
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some dialysis patients from County Mayo are unable to receive their treatment at Mayo University Hospital; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the vacant staff positions at University Hospital Kerry; the grades of these positions; the length of time each position has been vacant in tabular form; and...
    • Emergency Departments
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the recent rise in emergency department trolley figures at University Hospital Kerry; the average weekly figures since the beginning of 2021 in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      820. To ask the Minister for Health if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding accreditation, equipment technology and holistic management of cases have been previously...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for vascular surgery at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24238/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time physiotherapists working in Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim in each of the past three years to date in 2021; if this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the changes being made in the arrangements for partners to attend a birth. [24242/21]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the promise to align the introduction of minimum unit pricing on alcohol with Northern Ireland has not been kept given that by introducing minimum...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      826. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide financial assistance to persons requiring the use of oxygen machines currently costing approximately €1 per day; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if child psychologists have been seconded by the HSE to do administration work for the vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24276/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      830. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue instructions to have a uniform policy nationally in regard to a partner's ability to attend maternity services such as appointments and births...
    • Nursing Homes
      831. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendation in the Ombudsman report Wasted Lives: Time for a Better Future for Younger People in Nursing Homes (details supplied). [24310/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the response he has given to the European Commission following its letter of concern in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that safeguarding mediation services for older persons are currently only available via online meeting; his views...
    • Primary Care Centres
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plans for the development of the 200 primary care centres across the country; the status of the plans for same; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for assessment for autism diagnosis; the steps that are being taken to alleviate the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has examined the participation of pharmacists in the vaccination programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 2,000 pharmacist...
    • National Carers' Strategy
      845. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to implement the carer’s guarantee as committed to in the programme for Government; if provision will be made for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of delivering an operating theatre; the estimated cost of equipment; and the estimated annual revenue cost. [24337/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a Covid-19 vaccine. [24343/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department gave advice to a person (details supplied) setting dates for the celebration of the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation; and...
    • Hospital Equipment
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be secured for the replacement of the x-ray machine at Portiuncula Hospital. [24356/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Maternity Services
      854. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to care in maternity units (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      855. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering providing leave to request an exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine prior to travel into the country; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of first year students that are or were applicable under the HPV scheme; the number of HPV vaccines administered to the same cohort in each of the...
    • Disability Services
      858. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the threat to a care home (details supplied); and if he has identified a way in which residents can be guaranteed continuity...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the relevant regulation which grants exemption from hotel quarantine for those travelling for surrogacy reasons; if the regulation applies to those travelling...
    • Hospital Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been reversed to fund operations in a hospital (details supplied) due to cancelled procedures at Tullamore Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Maternity Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if a consistent approach will be introduced throughout the State to allow partners to attend pre-natal appointments and births; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists currently working within HSE services in an unpaid capacity. [24423/21]
    • Third Level Education
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing additional doctoral places in psychology; and if he will meet with the Minister for Further and Higher Education,...
    • Medicinal Products
      869. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or is being given to the inclusion of bipolar disorder on the long-term illness scheme to allow persons with the disorder free access to...
    • Departmental Staff
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24450/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal with public...
    • Health Services Staff
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the information that HSE recruiters share with foreign medical graduates particularly in relation to the opportunity for job progression if they were to...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      873. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate in respect of the redress scheme applicable to women who resided in Magdalene laundries that a person (details supplied)...
    • Health Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) must wait a period of up to three years for a cataract operation and that the same...
    • Mental Health Services
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing funding for a counselling service (details supplied) to ensure that it can respond effectively to the mental health crisis...
    • Value Added Tax
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and advise on the required letter of recommendation for a VAT72 refund for a trust (details supplied) that is undertaking vital work in...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the reason drugs manufactured by a company (details supplied) are not funded at source under the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to all children up to seven years of age. [24504/21]
    • Medical Inquiries
      880. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the provision of a product to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24507/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      881. To ask the Minister for Health if day centres will be permitted to reopen for older persons who are vaccinated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24512/21]
    • Maternity Services
      882. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift restrictions on partners and supporting persons attending full maternity care services including scans, labour and post-delivery visits in view...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      883. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for an ASD and AON assessment. [24523/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been accepted with CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24525/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in cases in which a general practitioner practice is unable to cope with the vaccine delivery system the...
    • Health and Safety
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which an annex three certificate can be found (details supplied). [24540/21]
    • Health Information and Quality Authority
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24541/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the level of regulatory non-compliance with conditions for registration in designated centres for older persons in past ten years; the number of regulatory...
    • Health Services Staff
      890. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner whole-time equivalents in the public primary care system; the number of general practitioners issuing services under the GMS...
    • Home Care Packages
      896. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages and intensive homecare packages delivered for each month in 2020 and to date in 2021; the target for monthly delivery by...
    • Health Services
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute medical unit beds in the public system by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      902. To ask the Minister for Health when vaccinations will be available through local pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and the reason for the delays in advancing the provision of a primary healthcare centre in Lucan, County Dublin over the past five years; the...
    • Health Services
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area who have been on waiting lists for assessment for speech and language therapy for more than 3, 6 and 12 months and 1, 2...
    • Home Help Service
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area who have received an assessment and are now waiting on home help packages for more than 3, 6, and 12 months and 1, 2 and...
    • Health Services
      909. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that exist for the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with...
    • Vaccination Programme
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the number of badges that have been produced to distribute to those after they have received their Covid-19 vaccine; the cost of production; and if he will...
    • Maternity Services
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has considered to enable partners of pregnant women to attend antenatal appointments and labour; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests carried out at each pop-up testing centre for persons not displaying Covid-19 symptoms nationally. [24608/21]
    • Medical Cards
      918. To ask the Minister for Health if persons over 70 years of age with terminal cancer qualify for a medical card irrespective of their income given a recent report in a national newspaper in...
    • Health Services
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the status of commitments provided by the HSE that it will revise and update the 2015 model of care for neonatology; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Abortion Services
      921. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the measures being taken to expand access to termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/21]
    • Health Services
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite a commitment given to the HSE, SouthDoc is refusing to see persons in its Blackpool, County Cork,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the projects in Cork city and county for which funding was allocated for extensions or improvements of hospital facilities, community home facilities and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time chiropodists working in each primary care centre in CHO9 in tabular form; and if this number will be increased. [24624/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to see a consultant transplant surgeon at St. Vincent's University Hospital. [24625/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the number of coronary calcium scans carried out at St. James's Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [24627/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting cardiothoracic surgeon in CHI. [24628/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      930. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for robotic surgery for prostate cancer patients at University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants attached to the dermatology department at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at the national maternity hospital in each of the past five years; and the estimated cost of each project in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Sligo on the waiting list for an autism assessment. [24633/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse graduates Mayo University Hospital will be hiring in 2021. [24634/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      936. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish students who are completing studies abroad of courses not available in Ireland and who are returning to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a child (details supplied). [24701/21]
    • Youth Services
      942. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding a pilot outreach youth service in Dublin 12 through the CDETB (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for his and NPHET's reasoning behind the decision to allow dining in hotels for hotel guests but not to allow indoor dining in restaurants; and if...
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings the audit and investigations division of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland have had with his officials in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the study into the Dinish Wharf construction site investigation works at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre, County Cork is...
    • Animal Diseases
      949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the cost-benefit analysis of Ireland’s bovine TB programme is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Industry
      951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the reduction in herd numbers for farmers in the BEAM scheme is being calculated; the average number of farmers to...
    • Fishing Industry
      952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he or his Department have had with the European Commission, the Northern Ireland Executive, and the UK Government,...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the control plan under the Common Fisheries Policy has been removed; the discussions he has had with the vessel owners and...
    • Animal Diseases
      954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a second BVD test can be carried out on the herd owned by a person (details supplied); the action to be taken by his Department...
    • Fishing Industry
      955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding and supports that have been provided to the fishing industry on offshore islands in each of the past five years. [23819/21]
    • Animal Diseases
      956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the practice of issuing TB herd history letters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23834/21]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for pony racing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23868/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1107 of 28 April 2021, if feedback has been sought from industry stakeholders as to the reason...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports his Department provides to a club (details supplied); and if multi-annual funding will be provided for this...
    • Forestry Sector
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2021 of 24 March 2021, the reason forestry was deemed as industrial and not as a land use...
    • Departmental Staff
      964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1113 of 28 April 2021, the grades of the remaining 12 full-time equivalent ecologists working...
    • Forestry Sector
      965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an average of around 45 licences has been issued in each week for 2021 going by the quarter 1 dashboard figures between all of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1117 of 28 April 2021, the name of the person selected to be the project manager for Project...
    • Departmental Schemes
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being put in place to accommodate farmers still affected by the mudslide in 2020 near Drumkeeran, County Leitrim when it...
    • Forestry Sector
      969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of forestry licences in his Department by year of submission that are still awaiting a decision in each of the years...
    • Departmental Staff
      970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies that exist at the office of his Department in Castlebar, County Mayo; if an overview of vacancies by grade...
    • Fishing Industry
      971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fisheries regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24078/21]
    • Greyhound Industry
      975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way Greyhound Racing Ireland defines rehome in the context of its rehoming statistics; if greyhounds must be spayed or neutered...
    • Waste Management
      979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of bins will be examined. [24188/21]
    • Beef Industry
      980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not granted exceptional force majeure for a beef finisher payment given the circumstances....
    • Coillte Teoranta
      981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department accept, process and approve Coillte tree felling licence applications in a manner different to the standards that...
    • Harbours and Piers
      982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the items for which the €100,000 for the deep water quay project have been allocated in relation to the recently announced...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a statement (details supplied) made in the Coillte Annual Report 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24304/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if...
    • LEADER Programmes
      987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a representative group (details supplied) is not included in the CAP consultative stakeholders committee given that Leader...
    • Departmental Staff
      988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24430/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his...
    • Live Exports
      990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses exported from Ireland to China in the past ten years; the method of transport of those horses in tabular form;...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses injured and killed in horse racing, horse training, point-to-point racing and show jumping in the past ten years...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at racecourses; if jockeys and track staff are required to wear masks and...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of permanent or temporary medical staff and the number of ambulances and ambulance crew members in attendance at...
    • Greyhound Industry
      995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhound pups born from information recorded when owners make a declaration of litter submission to a club...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Article 46(2) of Regulation 1782/2003 means that the single farm payment entitlement cannot be separated from the land in cases in...
    • Fishing Industry
      998. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of engagement with the European Commission in association with the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority regarding the...
    • EU Regulations
      1000. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the enforcement of EC2073/2005 (details supplied). [24511/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 11 February 2021, the details of his efforts to address the discrepancies affecting the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1002. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is continuing to fund the Covid-19 stability scheme for community voluntary, charity and social enterprise...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1003. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a scheme (details supplied) in which a person makes an application to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Offshore Islands
      1005. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants and funding opportunities available to offshore islanders to help them deal with the higher cost of living and...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      1012. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of registered puppy farms and registered dog breeding establishments for each of the years 2010 to 2020. [23971/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      1017. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated by her Department or agencies under her remit to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Departmental Staff
      1019. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department. [24458/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1020. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she or her Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by her...

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