Written answers

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • EU Meetings
      20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communication with the President of the European Commission. [23956/21]
    • Departmental Offices
      44. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the shared island unit of his Department. [23951/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      51. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to the arts and culture will next meet. [24195/21]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare payments will continue to be electronically transferred following Covid-19 for certain payments to reduce...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if modifications in short-time working or rent supplements are envisaged to help persons in cases in which the return to...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the practice of bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25945/21]
    • Employment Support Services
      77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure the services provided and the ethos of the local employment services scheme are preserved; her views on...
    • Departmental Reviews
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost of disability study commissioned by her Department as part of budget 2019; when the research is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering expanding the criteria for the fuel allowance for the winter lockdown 2021 given that more workers and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in her Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if she will...
    • Employment Schemes
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been a definitive decision to move away from the standard costs met model to a costs bid model of tendering of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance who worked in excess of the 18.5 hours in nursing homes and care homes...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the availability of community employment places for persons on the pandemic unemployment payment; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1106 of 21 April 2021, when the report on the public employment service by an...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that bogus self-employment practices have been in use in RTÉ and that a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issues regarding the pension and gratuity status of community employment supervisors; and her further...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when social welfare payments will be increased to meet the minimum essential standard of living. [26154/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of carer’s payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26263/21]
    • Youth Unemployment
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for youth unemployment; and if a commitment will be given not to introduce JobBridge-style activation schemes...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way room rental income is treated for those with a serious condition or disability when assessing a disability allowance...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appointments will be reopening in the Cavan Intreo office for persons to avail of the public services card. [26074/21]
    • Youth Unemployment
      109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initiatives her Department will take in order to assist young persons in returning to the workforce following the easing...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the take-up of parent’s leave and parent’s benefit since the extension was announced on 1 April 2021; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost and the staff employed in the employer reporting facility established by her Department in March 2020 to enable...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be given to keep emergency access to rent supplement in place for victims of domestic violence...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place to help persons get back to work post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26253/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of extending community employment contracts for participants whose term on a scheme and opportunities for learning...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have had their adult dependent payment reduced or lost in the past year due to audits; the age...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department running the community employment scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce and or expand supports including payments, training and skills courses to help persons get back to...
    • Employment Support Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to maintain the method of funding, that is, cost met model and not the cost bid model for local employment services...
    • Departmental Reviews
      123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the child maintenance review group will report on child maintenance matters; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the school meals programme to all schools in the country; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available for persons coming off the pandemic unemployment payment in cases in which their employer has had to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to extend the jobseeker’s...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Covid-19 supports available for taxi drivers from her Department; if there are plans to extend or expand these supports;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to maintain pandemic unemployment payments beyond the end of June 2021 particularly in sectors that are not fully...
    • National Economic and Social Council
      135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the NESC report on the position of the self-employed. [1330/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date on addressing the pension gap for carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26233/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes that will be made to the disability allowance given the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments...
    • Departmental Strategies
      138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on the implementation of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding paid for the free travel pass in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [26230/21]
    • Public Services Card
      143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approximate backlog on applications for the public services card; if public services card appointments have recommenced...
    • Programme for Government
      146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment on the cost of disability; the steps being taken to introduce a cost of...
    • Youth Guarantee
      147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the progress made by her Department on the European Council recommendation, A Bridge to Jobs,...
    • Pensions Commission
      148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects to receive a report from the Pensions Commission. [26138/21]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising
      149. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the advertising spend and initiatives promoted by his Department in 2021 to date; and the plans in place for the rest of the year. [26237/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      150. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the information his Department collates as per circular 20/2019 (details supplied); the date this report was issued; the location on his Departmental...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      151. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his Department has lead responsibility as...
    • Social Media
      153. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his...
    • Departmental Investigations
      155. To ask the Taoiseach if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and purpose of...
    • Census of Population
      156. To ask the Taoiseach if he will use the opportunity presented by the postponement of the 2021 Census to ensure that the arts are included as a distinct industry separate from recreation and...
    • Data Protection
      157. To ask the Taoiseach the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26107/21]
    • Social Media
      158. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021,...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidance for businesses that interact directly with the public regarding their obligations to employees for customers and clients...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if restart grants will be provided to assist SMEs reopen after Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if persons in Ireland under work permits are entitled to have their spouses resident here with them for the duration of their work...
    • EU Directives
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation on the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is considering to address the level of financial debt experienced by many small and medium businesses as a result of...
    • Departmental Reviews
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work by his Department to review the nature of collective bargaining and industrial relations in Ireland; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial support can be given to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25698/21]
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his...
    • Social Media
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so,...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time digital investigation specialists at HEO level for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in each...
    • Economic Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will create a mechanism whereby local chambers of commerce and the business community can engage directly and support the...
    • Data Protection
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26096/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing payments for the small business assistance scheme for Covid to businesses...
    • Grant Payments
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the start-up grant to include businesses that have a turnover of less than €50,000; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that Covid-19 vaccine trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver is addressed...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any transport operators, bus and travel companies availed of the SBCI working capital scheme in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if...
    • EU Directives
      183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a regulatory body is in place to ensure the enforcement of the late payments directive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ports Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will contact the Egyptian Government to register concern for cargo bound for Ireland on a ship (details supplied) that has been...
    • IDA Ireland
      185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in IDA Ireland client companies in 2020 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Enterprise Ireland
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in 2020 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Media
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1...
    • Departmental Funding
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26622/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Grant Payments
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of projects submitted under Strand 2 of the just transition project (details supplied). [26379/21]
    • Climate Action Plan
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland’s compliance or non-compliance with each of the international greenhouse gas emissions and...
    • Air Quality
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to invest in the network of monitoring...
    • Climate Change Policy
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being considered to support investment and growth in the green economy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Broadband Plan
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the companies National Broadband Ireland is using to roll-out broadband; the amount of the work that is being...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets...
    • Social Media
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide...
    • Departmental Investigations
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to...
    • Recycling Policy
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has explored the concept of a mandatory recycling scheme for mattresses similar to the WEEE recycling...
    • Grant Payments
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the criteria for accessing the solar PV scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Environmental Policy
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the further steps he will take to reduce single use plastics following the proposed ban on certain plastics in July;...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has spoken virtually with the CEO and Chairperson of Inland Fisheries Ireland in the past three months. [25935/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 28 January 2021, if a further update was issued to his office. [26068/21]
    • Data Protection
      210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26097/21]
    • Fuel Sales
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress on a multiagency enforcement programme on solid fuel use as a home heating source; if his attention has...
    • Illegal Dumping
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce legislation to allow local authorities to use CCTV and drone footage to prosecute illegal dumpers;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new micro-generation scheme will be introduced; the form it will take; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Recycling Policy
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will he consider proposals to introduce utilising a digital deposit and return scheme for plastic bottles and...
    • Departmental Funding
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific initiatives for which his Department has provided An Taisce with funding in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Climate Change Policy
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of his engagement to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to...
    • Departmental Funding
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has provided funding for the purchase of solar photovoltaic PV panels from 1 January 2019 to date;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of his engagement to date with the Minister for Rural and Community Development regarding supporting and...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the Sustainable Development Goals Interdepartmental Working Group; and if he will make a...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to highlight the issues that wipes cause to wastewater systems; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Media
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in...
    • Departmental Funding
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26623/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of his engagements to date with regard to supporting and promoting efforts to increase active travel; and if he will make a...
    • Coast Guard Service
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact the Irish citizens that are also Irish taxpayers have provided civilian search and rescue to...
    • Driver Test
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding a driver theory test in relation to a person (details supplied). [25549/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an assurance that CIÉ will await the outcome of the High Court application being made by the CIÉ pension...
    • Driver Licences
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied). [25611/21]
    • Air Corps
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the tendering process for a new search and rescue contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25667/21]
    • Marine Casualty Investigations Board
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the terms of review of the performance of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (details supplied) in relation to the...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his...
    • Social Media
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social...
    • Rail Network
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans by Irish Rail to repurpose and or renovate the disused portion of Bray Daly train station that was formerly a public licensed...
    • Departmental Investigations
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the...
    • Driver Test
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [25839/21]
    • Maritime Safety
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make representations to his Dutch counterpart in relation to the case of a fishing boat (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the number of bus routes serving Wexford town by Bus Éireann is being reduced; the number of services still operating between...
    • Driver Test
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the current process of rescheduling theory tests will be reviewed (details supplied); the way he plans for the backlog to be dealt...
    • Air Corps
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the unredacted version of the Air Corps submission on the provision of military search and rescue service to the State...
    • Road Tolls
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider lifting the road tolls on the M1 Drogheda toll or at the very least for heavy goods vehicles to keep them out of the...
    • Driver Test
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the resumption of driver theory tests in line with wider easing of restrictions. [26047/21]
    • Bus Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the direct award contract with Bus Éireann; if Bus Éireann is operating on a month-by-month contract basis at...
    • Data Protection
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26109/21]
    • Driver Test
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the theory test for B class licences will be made available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26300/21]
    • Bus Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the LocalLink service in counties Laois and Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made inquiries regarding car tax versus fuel tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26388/21]
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has an agreement with a company (details supplied) in...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the long-standing proposal to develop the northern port access route north of Drogheda town; if he...
    • Driver Test
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory testing will resume for essential workers as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the driver licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26447/21]
    • Bus Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NTA and LocalLink in counties Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim awarded recent tendered routes in County Leitrim to large bus...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road deaths and accidents recorded in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26570/21]
    • Road Safety
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if speed camera vans are permitted to operate in areas which do not feature speed camera warning signs; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Media
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May...
    • Driver Licences
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason some rural NDLS centres are only opened one day a week which is resulting in persons having to travel to get appointments; and...
    • Airport Policy
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether plans to extend the runway at Cork Airport could disrupt the extended summer season; if the works can be brought...
    • Departmental Funding
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26638/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties purchased by REITs in Ireland in each year since 2013. [25712/21]
    • Grant Payments
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the criteria for receiving a car adaptation grant is that a person must not have the function of two limbs,...
    • Farm Safety
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance when the overdue farm safety scheme will be launched; the form it will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/21]
    • Tax Code
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing VAT for the hospitality sector for the duration of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/21]
    • Legislative Process
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has contracted accountancy firms or accountancy consultants with respect to the legislative reform of the way investment funds operate...
    • EU Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of Ireland's annual contribution to the European Union. [25699/21]
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his Department has lead...
    • Social Media
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be extended beyond the end of May 2021 for travel agents. [25895/21]
    • Tax Code
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue that would be generated if a 40% capital gains tax rate was applied in which the person making the disposal had an annual income in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his engagement with the IMF over the past 18 months; if he will request the IMF to include health risks in all country specific economic risk...
    • Data Protection
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26098/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of relief that has been granted to date under section 604A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 introduced in the Finance Act 2012 which provides...
    • Departmental Records
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the briefing note from his Department on 5 May 2021 in relation to institutional investors developing new apartments; and if he will make a...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of settlements an association (details supplied) has made with the Revenue Commissioners in the past 10 years to date. [26321/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons seconded to his Department from and or that previously worked for companies (details supplied) in the past 10 years to date; and the...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance the total operating profit, profit before taxation and profit after taxation deriving from rental and related income for Irish real estate funds in each of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exception will be made for the backdating of Covid restrictions support scheme payments to their start date of 13 October 2020 in the case of a small...
    • Cycling Policy
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of allowing the cycle to work scheme to cover the purchasing of child seats or trailers annually; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on providing a tax credit for parents and guardians for childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26546/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) in relation to damage caused by a river will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [25731/21]
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his...
    • Social Media
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged a third party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the...
    • Office of Public Works
      327. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works and operations in Barryscourt Castle, County Cork. [25949/21]
    • Oireachtas Members' Expenses
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the modernisation and-or reform of the way in which the travel bands and corresponding payments are calculated for Members...
    • Protected Disclosures
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the drafting of legislation to transpose the EU whistleblowing directive into law; his plans to ensure that local elected...
    • Data Protection
      331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26104/21]
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he received two submissions (details supplied); the date he received same; when he will be in a position to make a determination on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when construction on a new Garda station in Bailieboro, County Cavan will commence; the estimated timeframe for completion; and if he...
    • Social Media
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1...
    • Office of Public Works
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider purchasing a building (details required) with the express view of ensuring that it remains a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants will be provided for chambers of commerce and business associations to promote and advertise their areas and summer arts...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ar choinnigh Údarás na Gaeltachta airgead siar ó chliantchomhlachtaí in aon chás thar na blianta sna...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider, in consultation with the Minister for Health, the inclusion of a group (details supplied) in any proposed...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which her...
    • Social Media
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports...
    • Departmental Investigations
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if...
    • Irish Language
      345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if indoor Irish language summer schools for pods of less than 15 children will be permitted in June 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will advocate to the Sports Council to provide indemnity on State-owned land for bridleways registered as part of the...
    • Arts Policy
      348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the ability to analyse the number of artists and arts workers in the census would assist with efforts to...
    • Data Protection
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26108/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      350. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if water parks are permitted to reopen along with swimming pools and leisure centres on 7 June 2021 in line with the easing of...
    • Social Media
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish...
    • Departmental Funding
      353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26637/21]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if battery energy storage system developments are fast-tracked for planning purposes given they are treated as strategic...
    • Water Charges
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the reintroduction of domestic water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26297/21]
    • Irish Water
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount Irish Water has received in State funding per annum since its foundation in 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Quality
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking in response to the finding in the EPA Bathing Water Quality in Ireland 2020 report that after any...
    • Hen Harriers
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25517/21]
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders that were initiated in each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to...
    • Housing Schemes
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department is not putting pressure on an association (details supplied) to develop or renovate the ground floor...
    • Rights of Way
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification regarding an extension for rights of way in relation to a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) in view of recent building materials price increases; if...
    • Water Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of funding for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Wexford; when works will begin on the scheme; and if...
    • National Monuments
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials along with Dublin City Council officials and representatives of a company (details supplied) have supported a...
    • Local Authorities
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the recent rent increase in council houses in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out by local authorities in HAP in each of the years 2015 to 2020, nationally and by local authority. [25707/21]
    • Housing Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restrictions and lockdowns in terms of social housing not built and private properties not built since...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which...
    • Social Media
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide...
    • Departmental Investigations
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing tensions in County Donegal in relation to the serious problems that families...
    • An Bord Pleanála
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implementation status of the organisational review of An Bord Pleanála published in 2016; and the implementation...
    • Grant Payments
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for a person who wishes to renovate a protected structure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26102/21]
    • Housing Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes provided in each local authority area under the capital advance leasing facility; the value of these homes...
    • Housing Schemes
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a planning application is made for a build to rent scheme, if the applicant is required to flag this in their...
    • Housing Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number in each county in receipt of local authority provided special accommodation for older persons; and if he will...
    • Heritage Sites
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Tipperary county councils to obtain UNESCO world heritage site status...
    • Departmental Bodies
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fees and expenses paid to each member of the management board of the National Directorate For Fire and Emergency...
    • Social Media
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing adaptation grant will be made available to persons in public rented accommodation social housing; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been made in each of the past five years for the housing adaptation grant for persons...
    • Departmental Funding
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26633/21]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Fishing Industry
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made in resolving the dispute in relation to Irish fishing boats accessing the waters around Rockall; the negotiations...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will consider sending observers to the forthcoming Armenian elections. [26759/21]
    • Middle East
      414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent military strikes by Israel on Palestine; if he will condemn ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinian...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his...
    • Social Media
      418. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social...
    • Departmental Investigations
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the...
    • Middle East
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the worsening conflict against civilians in Palestine and Gaza; if it is within the remit of Ireland on the UN Security...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his Australian counterpart to date in 2021. [25920/21]
    • Middle East
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will elaborate on his recent statement in relation to the violence at the Al Aqsa mosque that the right to peaceful freedom of...
    • Data Protection
      426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26099/21]
    • Human Rights
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's delegation at the United Nations attended a human rights briefing on the persecution of Uyghurs in China on 12 May 2021; and if...
    • Northern Ireland
      428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take in view of the plans by the UK Government to give an amnesty to British soldiers accused of crimes during the...
    • Foreign Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work he is carrying out on Belarus; if his Department has engaged with the ambassador regarding the detention of...
    • Common Travel Area
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will prioritise the resumption of freedom of travel arrangements heretofore enjoyed under the common travel area subject to the...
    • Passport Services
      431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed in view of the fact that the application was received by the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had engagement with his UK counterpart regarding the detention of EU citizens in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 5 May 2021, his views on whether it is appropriate to engage with the Georgian and Ukrainian...
    • Passport Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the An Post passport express system will reopen for applications. [26413/21]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      435. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the powers he has to summon ambassadors of foreign jurisdictions to meet him to discuss any urgent matters; the basis on which such power or...
    • Departmental Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time qualified architects employed by his Department in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Social Media
      437. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or body a person would contact to claim an Army pension after the death of a soldier who died when retired and not while serving; and...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      440. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his Department...
    • Social Media
      442. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on social media...
    • Departmental Investigations
      444. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost,...
    • Defence Forces
      445. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank currently in the Defence Forces School of Music. [25916/21]
    • Naval Service
      446. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace LÉ Ciara and LÉ Orla. [25917/21]
    • Defence Forces
      447. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full list of capital works projects valued at over €2 million in the Defence Forces that are ongoing at present; and when each...
    • Data Protection
      448. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26094/21]
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      449. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the activities of Ireland under PESCO since its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26305/21]
    • Defence Forces
      450. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times action has been taken against the Defence Forces and brought to the Workplace Relations Commission; the number of cases his...
    • Social Media
      451. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020...
    • Departmental Funding
      452. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26620/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a July education programme for 2021; when details of the programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a programme (details supplied); if opt out mechanisms are in place for teachers or parents who are opposed to...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to replace the route 4 Teaching Council recognition to primary school teaching of special education which is ceasing in...
    • Youth Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for funded recreational programs for young persons; if she will work with the Minister for Justice in order to address antisocial...
    • Schools Building Projects
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will move to the next stage of development in view of the fact that the school has been in prefabs for 40 years;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the reading unit for children with dyslexia planned for a school (details supplied) has been cancelled; and if there are plans for...
    • Tionscadail Fhoirgnimh Scoile
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a bheidh dul chun gcinn déanta i bhforbairt foirgnimh nua do Ghaelcholáiste (sonraí tugtha). [25610/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent dedicated school will be built to accommodate a school (details supplied); and if the move of the school to a location is a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence in relation to access to a reading class (details supplied). [25631/21]
    • School Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the significant inequalities in pay, conditions and pension and other entitlements facing many school cleaners. [25662/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a permanent site and building for a school (details supplied). [25670/21]
    • School Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional teaching post will be given to a school (details supplied) for the coming academic year given that the naíonáin...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which her Department has...
    • Social Media
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media...
    • Departmental Investigations
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide projections for secondary school demand and capacity for the Galway and Oranmore catchment areas; the status of permanent...
    • Special Educational Needs
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been refused a special needs assistant given the school currently does not have special needs...
    • School Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25852/21]
    • School Accommodation
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the current timeline for the installation of temporary school buildings for a school (details supplied); the way the school will be...
    • Education Policy
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is her policy to provide gender neutral toilets in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25872/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge the significant impact that the Covid-19 pandemic and public health restrictions have had on young persons' mental...
    • School Transport
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann is withdrawing a service (details supplied) from Listowel County Kerry; if the matter will be examined; and if she...
    • School Staff
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding deputy principals in two-teacher schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the issuance of July provision forms given pupils are due to finish for the term in the coming weeks and no paperwork has been...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider facilitating teachers with weekly Covid-19 tests at their discretion in order for them to feel safe in the workplace; and if...
    • Data Protection
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26095/21]
    • Irish Sign Language
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 5 May 2021, the reason Irish Sign Language has not yet been included as a curricular subject; and if...
    • School Admissions
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in relation to the shortage of school places in three of the local post-primary schools in both Midleton...
    • Schools Building Projects
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that paid for school transport for the term from Christmas to Easter 2021 will receive a refund given the service was never provided;...
    • School Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of talks between her Department and a union (details supplied) relating to pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the process for the implementation of section 37A of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by section 8 of the Education...
    • Special Educational Needs
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units in Dublin 9 and 11, both primary and secondary; the location and number of pupils in each school; the number of...
    • School Curriculum
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to adding climate change as a subject to the curriculum for primary and secondary school students. [26324/21]
    • Irish Sign Language
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will have regard to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26346/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 28 April 2021, if she will ensure that behaviour analysts within special schools for children with...
    • School Accommodation
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the patron body for a school (details supplied) has accepted or rejected the offer of temporary accommodation arrangements made on 28 April...
    • Schools Building Projects
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools are under the patronage of an organisation (details supplied); the number of school building...
    • Vaccination Programme
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s policy in respect of Covid-19 vaccination appointments; if teachers attending appointments during term-time will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a construction start date for a project (details supplied). [26377/21]
    • State Examinations
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a leaving certificate 2021 student who has signed up to the online portal to sit the exam but cannot or does not attend on the day will...
    • Schools Administration
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will distribute and implement the latest reduced timetable guidelines to ensure they are in place in schools in September...
    • Schools Building Projects
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of secondary school builds and temporary accommodation in Carrigtwohill, Cobh and Midleton in east County Cork....
    • Special Educational Needs
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be placed on the list for a position in the new autism spectrum disorder school in Dublin 12; and if she...
    • School Transport
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) who has been informed that they can no longer travel on the school bus will be considered urgently for a taxi and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for completion of refurbishment works on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26524/21]
    • Social Media
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of posts made on each of her departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the application for works under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) will be granted; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she expects special needs assistant allocations to be increased in the academic year beginning September 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26621/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26672/21]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Dental Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of patients availing of non-extraction dental care in the PRSI system nationwide and in north County Kildare in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any interdepartmental role in the implementation of the Just Transition process in the midlands...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can still qualify to maintain the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied) in circumstances in which a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if voluntary contributions can be included as part of eligibility criteria for the benefit made available to persons retiring...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social care students that are forced to give up part-time work in order to complete their placement which is unpaid will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [25669/21]
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for...
    • Social Media
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide...
    • Departmental Investigations
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date;...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 540
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Insurance
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the PRSI contributions made by employers and employees in 2020 in comparison to previous years. [25851/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the current community scheme contract until October 2021 to allow for the disruption to the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools participating in the school meals scheme in each year between 2010 and 2020; and the amount of funding...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons enrolled in the activation and family support programme; and the amount of funding allocated to the...
    • Departmental Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a retired public servant (details supplied) was not allowed an increment during their employment as an executive...
    • Data Protection
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26106/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, on housing assistance payments,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the scale and availability of Covid-19-related supports with particular...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which bereavement support applications have been approved in the past 12 months; the degree to which the demand...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of expressions of interests received for the hot school meals programme; the way in which schools were selected to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address issues relating to carers and specifically the recommendations made by the Citizens' Assembly; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding social protection payments will be addressed;...
    • Programme for Government
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment to continue to review and expand the roll-out of the new hot school...
    • Departmental Investigations
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of her Department’s special investigation unit to date including the wages of the 20 gardaí involved;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility criteria for short-term work support payments currently allow for flexibility with regard to normal...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main items funded by her Department through community welfare officers for persons who are being rehoused. [26419/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) will be included in the hot school meals programme alongside DEIS schools in view of the fact...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the availability and take-up of the extra 3,000 places for employment support schemes, including...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number in each county in receipt of private rental rent supplement social housing support; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a State pension, contributory, received by her Department in the past 12 months; the number...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of carer’s allowance; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in...
    • State Pensions
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State old age pension, contributory, who are aged 100 years or more to date; and if...
    • Social Media
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish...
    • Employment Support Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised regarding the future of the tendering process for the local employment...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Direct Provision System
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any follow-up by his Department to ensure that period products are being provided free of...
    • Departmental Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to national schools to construct preschool and after-school facilities on their site; and...
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland
      583. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an audit will be conducted into all records concerning children sent overseas for adoption; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding received by an independent fostering agency (details supplied) for providing a section 3 emergency...
    • Child and Family Agency
      587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of providing the Tusla run section 3 out-of-hours social work service to counties Dublin, Kildare and...
    • Childcare Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the review of the national childcare scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funded recreation programmes such as community youth groups, youth led projects, sports and art that will be...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal...
    • Social Media
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or...
    • Departmental Investigations
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and or Tusla have engaged private investigation companies and or persons in the past three years to date;...
    • Direct Provision System
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are exiting direct provision without any supports in...
    • Domestic Violence
      598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in Tusla funded domestic violence refuges in 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Childcare Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of families who are eligible for the after school childcare scheme; the number of families currently...
    • Data Protection
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26093/21]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 6 May 2021, the number completed and the number outstanding of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements in place regarding leave for pregnant early years educators during the Covid-19 pandemic; and...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will introduce a DEIS-type model for early learning centre settings to narrow the gap for disadvantaged...
    • Social Media
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed for youthreach centres paid directly by each centre from their own budget. [26409/21]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to an appeal by a person (details supplied) in order that the changes in income of the self-employed due to...
    • Education Schemes
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland regarding access to Erasmus for students in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that SOLAS is insisting that apprenticeship examinations are held on site in colleges in 2021 when other third-level examinations are...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his Department has...
    • Social Media
      616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media...
    • Departmental Investigations
      618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost,...
    • Data Protection
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26100/21]
    • Higher Education Institutions
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that Irish universities play in an organisation (details supplied) which lists universities around Europe as its partner universities....
    • Third Level Admissions
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the need for additional university places for the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Examinations
      622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level students will be provided with an option to sit all summer 2021 examinations online due to the current Covid-19 pandemic; the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in place to recoup payments made in error by SUSI; if there is flexibility in regard to the timeframe for appealing decisions in the...
    • Social Media
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020...
    • Departmental Funding
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26624/21]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Health Services
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of a high level taskforce in relation to mental health and addiction challenges for persons...
    • International Protection
      629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is still the case that a refugee may not hold a national passport; the reason her Department requires refugees who apply...
    • Visa Applications
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Garda authorities to examine working with officials in the Department of Education in order to try and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the change of a status application from stamp 3 to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Visa Agreements
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the short stay visa waiver programme will be recommenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25618/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the family court Bill; the infrastructure needed to make the legislation fulfil its potential; and if she will...
    • Human Trafficking
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the reforms to the national referral mechanism for suspected victims of human trafficking (details supplied);...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which...
    • Social Media
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged a third party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring and-or provide...
    • Departmental Investigations
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and...
    • Coroners Service
      642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the changes implemented in the coronial system on foot of the review of the coroner service report of the working group...
    • Probate Applications
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for the granting of probate in the Probate Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25838/21]
    • International Protection
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the duty of care of Ireland to Palestinian refugees here who are awaiting the transfer of relatives whose...
    • Youth Work Projects
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operation and funding allocated by her Department to local Garda youth diversion projects as Ireland exits...
    • Gambling Sector
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of a new gambling regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25902/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Garda public order unit by Garda division in the Dublin metropolitan region on 1 May...
    • Departmental Budgets
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will account for the €37.6 million underspend within the Justice vote group for 2020 as detailed on page 59 of...
    • Court Accommodation
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the facilities in Tralee courthouse were upgraded during the budget year 2020. [26011/21]
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the overperformance of Forensic Science Ireland with regard to its target metrics for missing persons case...
    • Citizenship Applications
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address missing targeted citizenship applications by 57% for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony statutory declaration process will take place; if a person (details supplied) will be...
    • Data Protection
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26103/21]
    • Freedom of Speech
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences brought to her attention deemed to have been in breach of legislation affecting the balance between...
    • An Garda Síochána
      662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community officers for each district in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make a...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a rise in occurrences of antisocial behaviour in Portobello Harbour, Dublin (details...
    • Court Procedures
      677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation, rules or guidance in relation to the poor box; and the discretion given to judges in relation to the...
    • Prison Service Staff
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current wait time for security clearances for Irish Prison Service...
    • Departmental Properties
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council paid her Department for the purchase of the Shanganagh Castle site and...
    • Court Accommodation
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse in particular works to the railings at Carlow courthouse...
    • An Garda Síochána
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda jeeps that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Crime Prevention
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she is taking in relation to the reported 5,232 bikes stolen in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Media
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish...
    • Departmental Funding
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26634/21]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Aquaculture Industry
      689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 in respect of oyster licence applications will be carried out following recent...
    • Programme for Government
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to complete a national hedgerow survey; and if he will make...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position he is taking on the Common Agricultural Policy negotiations in relation to the redistribution of direct payments; and if...
    • Agrifood Sector
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question 2045 of 24 March 2021, the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised by an organisation...
    • Forestry Sector
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences granted for timber felling in each month in the first four months of 2021 compared to the same period...
    • Grant Payments
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their GLAS payment for 2018 and part payment for 2019 following their successful appeal...
    • Forestry Sector
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any Coillte felling licences approved since January 2021 lack any information or are below the standard required in private sector...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is dealing with the requirement for a 5% reduction in the organic nitrates load for farmers that...
    • Grant Payments
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been paid their 2020 BPS payment; the reason his Department did not...
    • Forestry Sector
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the responsibility that forestry companies have in relation to the upkeep and repair of roads that that have been damaged; and if he...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his...
    • Social Media
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so,...
    • Grant Payments
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) following their successful appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares that have been planted in the 2021 season; the breakdown of conifers and broad-leaf trees in relation to same;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the use of the OPW flooding layer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/21]
    • Data Protection
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26092/21]
    • Grant Payments
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters in relation to a modelling exercise by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Food Industry
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the promised food ombudsman will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26306/21]
    • Aquaculture Industry
      715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding an aquaculture licence for a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding microchipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26496/21]
    • Agrifood Sector
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of Irish beef exports to Canada in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26526/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has funded the purchase of solar photovoltaic PV panels from 1 January 2019 to date; the country of origin of such...
    • Environmental Policy
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to promote rewilding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26543/21]
    • Harbours and Piers
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; and when the upgrade is expected to be completed. [26544/21]
    • Social Media
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1...
    • Animal Diseases
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the use of the gamma interferon test to eradicate bovine TB in the national herd; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Regulations
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the application to the EU for PGI status for Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26593/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26619/21]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      728. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding schemes available to community organisations that are also companies limited by guarantee in the context of Covid-19....
    • Community Development Projects
      729. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is accepting applications for new community services projects at present from disadvantaged communities; and if she...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      730. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which her...
    • Social Media
      732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so,...
    • Community Development Projects
      735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated for the provision or improvement of community facilities between 2010 and 2020, by county. [26026/21]
    • Data Protection
      736. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26105/21]
    • Community Development Projects
      737. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to review existing community development programmes with a view in particular to review reopening the former RAPID programme...
    • Island Communities
      739. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the deep dissatisfaction on Clare Island in relation to the proposed ferry contract both in regard...
    • Burial Grounds
      743. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of purchasing a grave in a municipal graveyard in each local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ferry Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); the actions she will take to address the...
    • Community Development Projects
      746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the funding provided to each local community development committee under the community enhancement programme to date;...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      747. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the way in which the €1.3 million from the dormant accounts fund allocated to improving inclusive measures in...
    • Social Media
      748. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1...
    • Departmental Funding
      749. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26636/21]

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