Written answers
Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for his results based environmental agri pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inshore Fisheries
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a financial support for the inshore fishing sector that have had to deal with a significant reduction in fish...
- Fur Farming
15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for banning mink fur farming; and the current population of mink in such farms in Ireland. [27019/21]
- Renewable Energy Generation
16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage concerning the request by associations...
- Agriculture Industry
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will undertake a comprehensive analysis of feedlot figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27006/21]
- Horticulture Sector
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the mushroom industry and other horticultural sectors in view of ongoing challenges including accessibility...
- Forestry Sector
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be implemented to deal with the backlog in forestry felling and planting licences; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers in the organic farming scheme were excluded from the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot Programme. [26917/21]
- Coillte Teoranta
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if prior to March 2021 Coillte has been able to provide generic non-site specific harvest plans with their felling applications; if...
- Common Agricultural Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he plans to take in the next CAP to address the longstanding issues of the forgotten farmers. [27043/21]
- Forestry Sector
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made with the granting of felling licences given that there has been a large backlog for years now; and if...
- Milk Supply
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if will he intervene in the milk price crisis in a company (details supplied) and facilitate proper discussions between the suppliers...
- Fishing Communities
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of the coastal townhall meetings; the status of the feedback received to date; the actions he plans to take to support...
- Common Agricultural Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the concerns that have been raised in respect of the GAEC 2 proposals further to the adoption of a Private...
- Animal Slaughtering
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason cattle are routinely transported across long distances for slaughter. [26932/21]
- Consumer Protection
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the office of the food ombudsman will be given statutory power to enforce the Competition Acts for the protection of primary food...
- Agriculture Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to assist family farms and to ensure their viability into the future; the new schemes that will be available...
- Agriculture Industry
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the current regulations for mechanical grading in beef factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forestry Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences approved in each of the previous 12 months; the number of appeals and applications lodged within this...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to conduct consultations with farmers, farming communities and relevant environmental stakeholder groups in...
- Common Agricultural Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the GAEC 2 proposal in the new CAP; if he will guarantee that this land continues to be viewed as eligible agricultural...
- Agriculture Schemes
36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to making resources available in order that all farmers that have applied to the REAP scheme which...
- Trade Promotion
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate alternative provision is being made for Irish exports abroad to compensate for...
- Inshore Fisheries
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports put in place for inshore fishers whose capacity to fish is restricted by the different stages of the preparation and...
- Agriculture Industry
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the need for Irish agri-food processing companies to diversify from their dependence on the UK...
- Proposed Legislation
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to ensure primary producers are paid costs plus a margin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding proposals for uplands and commonage in the CAP negotiations; and if he will give an assurance to protect the...
- Horticulture Sector
42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the mushroom and broader horticultural sectors in view of ongoing challenges as a result of Government policy...
- Climate Change Policy
44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the future of the agri-food sector in the aftermath of Brexit and...
- Brexit Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on food exports to the UK; and if he will make a statement on...
- Coastal Protection
46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the provision of pier and other coastal defence funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26929/21]
- Agriculture Industry
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an analysis has been carried out by his Department on the relationship between the value of entitlements and stocking density on...
- Energy Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a strategy to develop a biomass sector to provide farmers with another income stream; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Industry
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing imposition of the four movement and 30-month rules by meat factories on primary producers; and the steps he...
- Trade Promotion
50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work of his Department to promote trade diversification for Irish food exports post-Brexit to the rest of the EU;...
- Agriculture Industry
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possible impacts of the further concentration of ownership of the meat processing industry here...
- EU Programmes
52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with other Departments to ensure that designations under the critically important EU Biodiversity Strategy...
- Agriculture Industry
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the planned expansion of the dairy processing industry here. [27015/21]
- Aquaculture Industry
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact of Covid-19 on the processing of licence appeals in his Department. [26921/21]
- Agriculture Industry
55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the introduction of a ban on below cost selling in the beef sector; and if he plans to take action to address...
- Agriculture Schemes
56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to allow flexibility in the implementation of the BEAM 5% nitrogen reduction criteria; and if he will make a...
- Trade Agreements
57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has had with regard to the economic and sustainability impact assessment of the Mercosur trade...
- Departmental Reviews
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the potential demand in international markets for wool-based products; the terms of reference of the...
- Farm Safety
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is undertaking to ensure that provisions for farm safety and farmer well-being are being incorporated into...
- Regulatory Bodies
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish an independent regulator for the meat industry to address instability in the sector. [27018/21]
- Forestry Sector
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to deal with the long delays in granting felling licences. [26595/21]
- Animal Diseases
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the BTB incidence rate among Irish herds in 2021; if he expects the annual incidence rate to rise again from 2020; and...
- Planning Issues
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans by his Department to bring a company (details supplied) and An Taisce together to identify issues of concern and...
- Forestry Sector
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the felling licence process here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27010/21]
- Greyhound Industry
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 11 May 2021, the reason an organisation (details supplied) claims the information...
- Agriculture Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that as many eligible persons as possible that applied for the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot...
- Fishing Industry
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the negotiations with his EU counterparts to secure a fair burden sharing of the fish quota loss that has arisen from...
- Agriculture Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated turnaround time in relation to applications for BEEP-S; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26922/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a...
- Trade Relations
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations by his Department on accessing the South Korean market for Irish grass-fed beef produce; and if he will...
- Milk Supply
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is adequate processing capacity in the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Harbours and Piers
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans sanctioning the building of a deep-water pier in Ros a’ Mhíl soon in order that it can be built before the...
- Fishing Industry
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full State and EU funding that will be available to the fishing industry to implement the recommendation that will come from the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work carried out by his Department to date to increase access for students with disabilities to postgraduate courses. [27380/21]
- Technological Universities
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Wexford campus for the Technological University of the South-East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26938/21]
- Student Accommodation
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to provide additional protection for those living in student-specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on ensuring broader access to third-level education for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the funding for mental health supports for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26982/21]
- Third Level Education
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to differences in funding support for clinical psychologists doctoral training compared to educational...
- Technological Universities
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/21]
- Further and Higher Education
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether limiting access to higher and further education is anachronistic; if he will consider establishing open access to third-level...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the success to date of pre-apprenticeship courses in opening up opportunity to a wider range of possible participants. [25559/21]
- Technological Universities
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new technological university will be legally established to create Athlone and Limerick institute of technology; his views on the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to clear the backlog of persons on waiting lists for off-the-job apprenticeship training; when he expects the backlog to be cleared;...
- Grant Payments
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI grant disregard of €4,500 for students who did holiday work will be given for those students who were on the pandemic...
- Student Accommodation
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with third-level Institutions to ensure that 2020-2021 first-year students who have not attended their courses due to...
- Grant Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address an anomaly in the SUSI grant scheme in circumstances in which a student applies initially as a dependent of their parents...
- Higher Education Institutions
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding the implementation of the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and...
- Education and Training Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the safe-pass course has been delivered during Covid-19 restrictions; the roadmap for delivery as restrictions ease; if the cost to the...
- Third Level Education
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be put in place for new technological universities which may have commenced during Covid-19, such as the Munster...
- State Examinations
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation in 2020 in which many students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years were pushed out of their CAO course...
- Third Level Education
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the rate of students in areas of high deprivation going onto third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the student grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/21]
- Technological Universities
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his role in the decision to grant technological university status to Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology; his...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 18 new apprenticeship programmes will come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26965/21]
- Technological Universities
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for a technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26709/21]
- Higher Education Institutions
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports he will make available to the Limerick Institute of Technology to develop its campus at Coonagh. [26718/21]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26964/21]
- Technological Universities
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most up-to-date information on the Connacht Ulster Alliance technological university application. [26953/21]
- Grant Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the reform of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26960/21]
- Third Level Education
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if alternative access schemes such as HEAR and DARE will also be reviewed further to the SUSI review; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Technological Universities
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his engagements with Dundalk Institute of Technology regarding technological university status; and if he will make a statement on...
- Adult Education Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the ongoing issues relating to pay and conditions of adult literacy tutors; and when nationally agreed if full-time...
- Third Level Education
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider funding to support early career researchers in Ireland with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Education and Training Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that progress in expanding higher educational opportunities to date is sufficient to facilitate an...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commitments in the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 to promote access in apprenticeship for traditionally under-represented groups;...
- Grant Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the criteria and income thresholds for SUSI grants to ensure that each family qualifying for the working family payment is...
- Adult Education Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the National Adult Literacy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26969/21]
- Student Accommodation
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action taken to deal with student accommodation providers that did not refund students and families for rental on accommodation for 2020 such...
- Higher Education Institutions
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been made available to higher education institutions to complete mandated consent training for students; and if he will make...
- Technological Universities
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if colleges of further and higher education in Northern Ireland can be considered as partners in the development of technological universities;...
- Further and Higher Education
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of places for health and social care professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26708/21]
- Education Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Programme for Government commitment to promote biodiversity initiatives across primary, post-primary and third-level sectors...
- Further and Higher Education
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis his Department has carried out or commissioned into the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the further education sector particularly...
- Higher Education Institutions
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with UCC or MTU to discuss the possibility of locating a campus on the northside of Cork city. [26935/21]
- Grant Payments
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the distances for adjacent and non-adjacent third-level SUSI grants are set; his plans for a review of same; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Education
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work by his Department to extend the Erasmus plus programme to students in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given in the recent review of the SUSI process to resolving the difficulties for SUSI applicants who are estranged from...
- Research Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to increase the proportion of dedicated research funds that are provided annually towards blue skies research to ensure that Ireland...
- Grant Payments
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to update the SUSI review process and potentially increase the current income thresholds and eligibility criteria for grant applicants;...
- Third Level Admissions
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address additional demand for university course places later in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Education
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of nursing and midwife places on undergraduate courses in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the SUSI adjacent distance payment to 50km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26781/21]
- Further and Higher Education
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop and support further and higher education in County Monaghan. [27030/21]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Proposed Legislation
158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his pledge to introduce a statutory sick pay scheme; when he will be publishing proposals on the scheme; and if he will...
- EU Directives
159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed directive on artificial intelligence and Digital Services Act would...
- Data Protection
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate...
- Trade Unions
161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the failure of a company (details supplied) to recognise a union and collectively bargain with it on issues of...
- Cybersecurity Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged...
- Data Protection
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Postal Services
168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an eircode can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27197/21]
- Environmental Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to reduce the supply and demand of single-use plastics in Ireland; the plans being...
- Renewable Energy Generation
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available via the SEAI to farmers for the purposes of introducing solar power to their farms; the total...
- Cybersecurity Policy
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the...
- Proposed Legislation
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the status of legislation to allow for the use of anti-dumping CCTV by local authorities. [27311/21]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of routes, the areas serviced and the operators that have informed the National Transport Authority of a plan to withdraw...
- Driver Test
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting to sit a car theory test by theory test centre; the number currently waiting to sit a practical driver test...
- Data Protection
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow full unrestricted air travel in order to safeguard jobs in Shannon Airport and the wider aviation industry; and if he...
- Climate Action Plan
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance in respect of the way in which companies can be encouraged to switch their vehicle fleets...
- Departmental Staff
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies...
- Department of Finance
- Housing Issues
197. To ask the Minister for Finance the loans approved by HBFI for residential developments in the past 12 months; the number of units in each development in tabular form; the location of each...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be withdrawn from 17 May 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27159/21]
- Housing Issues
199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes classified as private housing that have been funded through Home Building Finance Ireland as at 31 December 2020. [27237/21]
- House Prices
200. To ask the Minister for Finance the median price for which homes funded through Home Building Finance Ireland have been sold or purchases by year including 2020, in tabular form. [27238/21]
- House Sales
201. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes funded through Home Building Finance Ireland that have been sold or purchased by including 2020 at values beginning from €100,000...
- Cybersecurity Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services...
- Tax Rebates
203. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for refunds of dividend withholding tax connected to the operation of real estate investment trusts and any other corporate bodies...
- House Sales
208. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of developments in which all or a portion of units in that development are subject to forward purchase PRS sales that have been funded through the...
- Data Protection
210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to his...
- Insurance Coverage
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if an insurance company is permitted to withdraw flood cover from a claim in respect of a business that was never flooded and that it covered for a number of...
- Tax Code
214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify an aspect of section 4 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 benefit-in-kind charges in the context of the action plan on climate change; the...
- Departmental Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the civil service mobility scheme has resumed; if not, when it is planned to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies...
- Cybersecurity Policy
220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to...
- Data Protection
221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cybersecurity Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor...
- Sports Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if organisations that applied for stream 1 funding under the large scale sports infrastructure fund remain eligible for stream 2...
- Culture Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for a full independent audit of the finances and operation of Galway 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Data Protection
227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards...
- Departmental Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wildlife Protection
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number and description if available of all animals and or birds deemed extinct or in danger thereof as identified by...
- Horticulture Sector
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the working group established to examine the issues identified during the review of the use of...
- Heritage Sites
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current efforts to obtain UNESCO world heritage status for the Rock of Cashel; the...
- Derelict Sites
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application of the derelict sites levy monthly charge was suspended during the previous Covid-19 lockdowns and...
- Local Authorities
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a UK public service employee that applies for and receives a similar position in a local authority here is placed at the...
- Housing Issues
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 12 May 2021, the number of properties to date in rent pressure zones by local...
- State Bodies
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the activity of the Land Development Agency from the date it was established to date in 2021 relative to...
- Cybersecurity Policy
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor...
- Data Protection
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and...
- Wildlife Conservation
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full extent of the numbers of deer here including each separate breed; the most likely location or habitat; and if he will...
- Domestic Violence
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if domestic abuse services will be classified as homeless providers in view of their provision of emergency accommodation for...
- Departmental Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No 521 of 28 April 2021, the discussions he has had with European and international partners in relation...
- Passport Services
252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated number of persons resident in the State that have a valid passport or passport card; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cybersecurity Policy
255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to...
- Data Protection
256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect...
- Diplomatic Representation
259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the need to appoint an ambassador to Ireland as soon as possible with the US Administration; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Cybersecurity Policy
261. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver...
- Data Protection
262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect...
- Departmental Staff
264. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies under...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was designated to the summer provision programme in 2019 as compared to 2020, with reference to the predicted sum for the...
- School Transport
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can avail of public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27120/21]
- Special Educational Needs
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that she will put in place to support young children with disabilities in view of the fact that the NCSE has announced no further...
- Site Acquisitions
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sale of a site (details supplied) to her Department is progressing; if there is an expected date by which the special class will be...
- School Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the primary payments section of her Department to have their service history as a...
- School Curriculum
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a farm safety section in the agricultural science curriculum at secondary school level; and if...
- Scrúduithe Stáit
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh dátaí na harteiste a chuireann isteach ar an scrúdú Ard Teiste i mbliana agus a roghnaíonn an dá rogha...
- Cybersecurity Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver...
- Data Protection
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to...
- Special Educational Needs
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project for the ASD class in a school (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of the assessment; and if she will...
- School Inspections
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 13 May 2021, the number of incidental inspections that have been undertaken in schools since 16...
- Departmental Staff
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and the bodies under the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisor pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27129/21]
- Public Services Card
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons resident in the State that have a valid public services card; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the back to work enterprise allowance for new business that have effectively very little...
- Legislative Measures
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date section 68M(a) of the Social Welfare (Covid 19) (Amendment) Act 2020 came into effect. [27203/21]
- Social Welfare Benefits
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and approved as...
- Cybersecurity Policy
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor...
- Pension Provisions
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times and the schemes involved in which the Pension Authority issued a section 50 order under the Pensions Acts...
- Public Transport
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an agreement is in place with Irish Rail to ensure that a free travel card will be accepted even if expired during...
- Data Protection
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and...
- Domestic Violence
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the existing domestic violence emergency rent supplement will be established on a permanent basis to ensure that such...
- Social Welfare Benefits
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an independent medical officer can assess the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Meals Programme
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools with DEIS status that applied for the hot school-meal scheme but were not included through the process...
- Departmental Staff
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Family Resource Centres
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address the concerns of family resource centres that they will not have enough space to provide...
- Cybersecurity Policy
297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the...
- Assisted Decision-Making
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the decision support service will become operational; and the financial investment since the inception of...
- Data Protection
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security...
- Youth Services
301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of youth workers excluding Garda youth diversion workers funded to work in the north County Dublin...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Admissions
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to reform the CAO system of access to third-level education; if plans will come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a...
- Education Policy
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of the Cassells report with input from the European Commission; when the report will be published; and if he will make a...
- Education and Training Provision
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the demand for the skills to advance the programme for the hospitality sector; his plans to advance a similar project for those in the retail...
- Education Policy
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional provisions being made to ensure an adequate supply of graduates with appropriate qualifications in the sciences, innovation and...
- Third Level Admissions
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending third-level education for the academic year 2020-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27135/21]
- Cybersecurity Policy
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver...
- Data Protection
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to...
- Education Policy
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he proposes to facilitate the development of the sciences throughout the higher educational system with a view to the...
- Further and Higher Education
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects third and fourth-level student numbers to increase at academic and technical level in the future in line with...
- Departmental Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies under the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Alcohol Sales
329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of age cards issued pursuant to the scheme established by the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 (Age Card) Regulations...
- Constitutional Amendments
330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to amend Article 41.3 of Bunreacht na hÉireann in order to recognise a wider range of families; and if...
- Immigration Status
331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a renewed stamp 4 to a person (details supplied) awaiting a decision on an application for certificate of...
- An Garda Síochána
332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries...
- Prison Service
337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person from this State and serving a prison sentence in Northern Ireland can apply under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons...
- Cybersecurity Policy
341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor...
- Data Protection
342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards...
- An Garda Síochána
344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission produces information literature translated into various languages in order...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay with the Ballybofey-Stranorlar CCTV application which was supported by the Donegal joint policing...
- Naturalisation Applications
347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the fee of €950 for a naturalisation certificate can be waived for a person who has lived and paid tax in Ireland for...
- Departmental Staff
348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Common Agricultural Policy
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department plans to implement revised definitions of good agricultural environmental conditions or cross-compliance...
- Agriculture Industry
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he remains satisfied that the agri-food business on the island of Ireland can prosper and grow notwithstanding...
- Trade Data
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability of transportation and ready access to the European market for...
- Agriculture Schemes
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by his Department to incentivise investment in farm safety measures and equipment given that farm incidents...
- Animal Welfare
354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of additional animal welfare measures he and or his Department have put in place in respect of live...
- Agriculture Schemes
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer and the amount co-funded by scheme for each of the years 2014...
- Forestry Sector
356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1255 of 31 March 2021, when the required frost recon scheme will be announced to support owners...
- Agriculture Schemes
367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application under the young farmers scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) and reverse the decision...
- Trade Promotion
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way his Department is pursuing new market opportunities for Irish food produce in view of the fact Irish agri-food...
- Common Agricultural Policy
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a genuine farmer definition that must ensure that CAP payments are made to farmers that are actively farming which will...
- Agricultural Colleges
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that capacity for green cert courses meets demand in 2021/2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding that is to be provided to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland from his Department in 2021; if these...
- Cybersecurity Policy
377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged...
- Forestry Sector
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the total forestry licences issued by his Department has declined in recent weeks; the reason the significant reduction in...
- Data Protection
379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards...
- Agriculture Schemes
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27373/21]
- Agriculture Industry
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to development the agri-food sector while at the same time ensuring compliance with...
- Trade Data
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the checking and authentication of the background of all food and...
- Agriculture Industry
390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree if any to which rare bovine herds or sheep flocks are protected or otherwise encouraged; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes
391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant support is available for agricultural underpasses and bridges in cases in which there are road safety concerns for animals,...
- Departmental Staff
393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Grant Payments
394. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of local authority applications to her Department’s grant schemes since May 2019 to date in 2021, in tabular...
- Departmental Schemes
395. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department under the CLÁR scheme or another scheme supports the provision of infrastructure and footpaths in a location...
- Cybersecurity Policy
397. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to...
- Data Protection
398. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with...
- Departmental Staff
400. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and the...
