Written answers

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Road Projects
      5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is planned to provide a second tranche of funding for LIS roads in 2021; the discussions she has had with the Department of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      6. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the Mobile Phone and Broadband taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27830/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when SICAP funding will be increased to its 2008 level of €84 million given that current funding is at 50% of this amount; and if...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      14. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has had any engagement with Irish Water in relation to wastewater treatment plants in rural Ireland. [27976/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in reviewing the CLÁR areas based on the 2016 census of population; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key initiatives she is taking or has taken in the past 12 months to support just transition in rural and community developments...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in her Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her proposals for the new CLÁR programme. [27955/21]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress of broadband connection points; the typical time from installation to connection; the delays in the progress...
    • Departmental Policies
      23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the mechanism to be deployed to deliver on the commitments in Our Rural Future-Rural Development Policy 2021 to 2025; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support her Department is providing to cater for the demand for outdoor recreation infrastructure which has become ever more...
    • Departmental Schemes
      25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expected closing date for applications to the town and village renewal scheme; the way in which local persons and community groups...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the provisions being implemented to deal with digital poverty in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é stádas an bháid farantóireachta nua atá saincheaptha d’Oileán Thoraí; cén uair a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her proposals for the new LEADER programme. [27956/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural digital connectivity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27947/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason larger counties with larger CLÁR areas are limited to making the same number of applications as much smaller counties...
    • Departmental Schemes
      32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a grant or support is in place to assist residents in Bridgetown, County Cork in petitioning the local authorities to apply for...
    • Departmental Policies
      33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering extending the provisions in the status of the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 with regard...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the supports she has created for community organisations to recover from the Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make...
    • Rural Schemes
      38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding supports available for community gardens or community allotments in rural towns and villages (details supplied);...
    • Local Community Development Committees
      40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to expand the funding for local community development committees based on population; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Schemes
      42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has examined ways to address rural isolation and loneliness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27954/21]
    • Harbours and Piers
      44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin; the status of the preparation of a simulation model of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been funding implemented solely to cover the cost of funding and upskilling within community projects. [27960/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to expand the community service programme to ensure that more persons who are distant from the labour force get an...
    • Housing Issues
      47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is working with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the specific housing challenges being faced...
    • Rural Schemes
      50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a facility (details supplied) is suitable for funding under the rural regeneration and development plan; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it will take longer for the travel agent sector to recover due to the current restrictions on international...
    • Departmental Schemes
      53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if recognition will be given to the fact that when sales recommence for travel agents they will be taking in deposits which will be...
    • Intellectual Property
      54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will propose the waiving of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organisation; and if he will...
    • Trade Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the quantity and value of arms and dual use equipment exported by Ireland to Israel each year for the past ten years in tabular form;...
    • Legislative Measures
      56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if ratification of the ILO Convention C190 Violence and Harassment in the Workplace requires amendments to domestic legislation; if...
    • Grant Payments
      57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if figures regarding grants from Enterprise Ireland awarded to a company (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021 will be...
    • Trade Agreements
      58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the economic and sustainability impact assessment by his Department of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. [28053/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the legislative agenda pertaining to content moderators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28109/21]
    • Departmental Data
      60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28116/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects future details in relation to the extended eligibility of the small business assistance scheme for Covid to be...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28300/21]
    • Work Permits
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for dairy farm assistants in early 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28844/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waterways Issues
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when works will be carried out by the OPW on the wall on the bridge in Ballylooby, County Tipperary; and if he will make...
    • Environmental Policy
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban all single-use plastic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27471/21]
    • Illegal Dumping
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received reports on the enforcement against illegal dumping activities in Dublin; and the progress being made...
    • Departmental Strategies
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the 2021 funding allocation and progress being made on the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy; and if he will make...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding cyber security at hospitals and healthcare systems in Ireland;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of grant funding paid out under the warmer homes scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021 to homeowners in County...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date on each of the measures outlined in the implementation plan of actions set out in the current...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 11 May 2021, when the proposals to strengthen the enforcement regime of the...
    • Energy Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the ban of the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27963/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a location (details supplied). [27964/21]
    • Departmental Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28117/21]
    • Exploration Industry
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a licence for the exploration of oil and gas will be sold from its holder to another entity; the impact on a licence...
    • National Broadband Plan
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises that will have broadband installed under the National Broadband Plan by county; the percentage of...
    • Environmental Policy
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish a report (details supplied) which examined the costs of decarbonisation up to 2050; his views on...
    • Illegal Dumping
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the remediation of the illegal dump at Whitestown, County Wicklow; the timeframe for the completion of...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed the need to provide travel agents with continuing business supports with the Tánaiste and Minister for...
    • Grant Payments
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the grant payment for taxi drivers that purchase an electric vehicle is made months after...
    • Motor Industry
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers that install a taxi meter in a new vehicle void the warranty of that...
    • Bus Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to cuts to Bus Éireann routes 51 and 51x services in Galway and the impact this will have on staff...
    • Driver Test
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he considers the driver theory test centres to be essential services; and when the driver theory test centres will reopen. [27493/21]
    • Tax Collection
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to removing the necessity for back taxing of vehicles particularly those in sectors which were affected by...
    • Road Signage
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority plans to roll-out the new Transport for Ireland branded signage and updated timetables in all...
    • Pension Provisions
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if retired members of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme were afforded any consultation or right to vote on the proposals recently agreed;...
    • Rail Network
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the maintenance of the Wexford to Waterford railway line; if he plans to maintain the previous maintenance schedule...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce best practice reporting guidance for road collisions as recently adopted in the United Kingdom (details supplied)....
    • Vehicle Testing
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of NCT failures per test centre; the main reasons for failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27588/21]
    • State Bodies
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that CIÉ’s property portfolio is only valued at €750 million or peppercorn value as per its 2019 financial...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 13 January 2021, if he will provide an update on the introduction of the speed limit...
    • Driver Test
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of theory tests that have been carried out since March 2020; the level of payments made to a company (details supplied) for...
    • Road Safety
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the work carried out to date in respect of reducing speed limits within and surrounding residential housing estates...
    • Driver Test
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a date set for the resumption of driver theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27780/21]
    • Driver Licences
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the facilities that exist for driver licence renewal for persons that do not have the capabilities or facilities to renew online; and if...
    • Bus Services
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the disparity between the fares charged to Bus Éireann passengers and Dublin Bus passengers, when taking into...
    • National Transport Authority
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has failed to commence a competition to fill the post set aside for persons with disabilities within the National Transport...
    • Driver Test
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the standard driver theory test; the mechanisms being put in place to alleviate...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the search and rescue helicopter service contract. [27908/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will investigate the reason CIÉ has failed to honour the 1994 agreement in relation to retired members who have...
    • Road Projects
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 11 May 2021, if a revised submission in respect of a roads project in County Kerry will be...
    • Driver Licences
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 11 May 2021, if the Road Safety Authority will re-examine the option of bilateral licence...
    • Driver Test
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory tests and driver tests are expected to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27980/21]
    • Vehicle Testing
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of supervision by either his Department or the Road Safety Authority of individual vehicle testing centres; the nature of this...
    • Rail Network
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if arrangements have been made in relation to the development of 2 Grand Parade, which is adjacent to the Luas Charlemont stop in the...
    • Driver Licences
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of work being carried out in relation to the issuing of driver licences to applicants for international protection that is,...
    • Aviation Industry
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that airline companies have recently changed their terms and conditions to avoid giving...
    • Driver Test
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an alternative driver theory test will be given to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a...
    • Aviation Industry
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with a company (details supplied) to request the company to review its decision to withdraw to service and crew from...
    • Driver Test
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving theory tests will resume; the measures his Department will be taking to clear the backlog of applications; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28128/21]
    • Driver Test
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with the RSA and NDLS to resolve the ongoing issue due to Covid-19 restrictions that have resulted in the...
    • Public Transport
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a vaccination shuttle service is being considered for County Galway as there is only one vaccination centre in the county and many...
    • Driver Test
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason driving theory testing centres are still closed despite the Road Safety Authority stating it is confident it can run the...
    • Military Aircraft
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions granted in each month of 2020 and to date in 2021 permitting the carriage of munitions of war on planes landing...
    • Driver Test
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28177/21]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28311/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €80 million announced to support the aviation sector; the funding allocated to each programme under this...
    • Road Projects
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed road works for the N28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28385/21]
    • Driver Licences
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 21 April, the reason the Road Safety Authority has not responded to this question; the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit, in each year, in cyber security for the past ten years. [28853/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Schemes
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason purchasers of newly completed houses at Loreto Wood, Cavan, County Cavan are unable to avail of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Irregularities
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 235 and 236 of 11 May, the criteria applied in concluding that the Revenue Commissioners programme of investigations...
    • EU Agreements
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the ratification by Ireland of the Council Decisions (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European...
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the action Ireland has taken on foot of the European Commission recommendation of 14 July 2020 (C(2020) 4885 final) on making State financial support to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if the end date for the employment wage subsidy scheme is set. [27490/21]
    • Banking Sector
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with banks that made mortgage drawdowns conditional if customers were in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme. [27491/21]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to deregistering a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the repayment of the employment wage subsidy scheme to a person (details supplied); his views on whether this was a bona fide application...
    • Tax Code
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the official State recognition of partners who have been long-term co-habiters but are not yet married; the position regarding...
    • Banking Sector
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) held a banking licence prior to 2008; and if so, the date on which a licence was granted to the bank by the Central Bank. [27576/21]
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the growth and stability pact prevents the Government from borrowing to build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27610/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the help-to-buy scheme to include previous homeowners whose relationship or marriage has broken down; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants that are paid less than the living wage; the estimated cost of increasing their pay to the living wage; and if he will make a...
    • Cabinet Committees
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment sub-group on insurance reform has held since July 2020; the dates of same;...
    • Tax Reliefs
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effectiveness of the partial relief from carbon tax that applies to biomass products; if a review has taken place on the effectiveness of the...
    • Tax Yield
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of tax on housing rental income paid by investment corporations for the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27696/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; the options available to same; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a statute of limitations for penalties or prosecutions on financial institutions for misconduct or breach of regulations; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Rebates
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans in any upcoming finance Bill to allow VAT on electricity for disabled electric vehicle use to be claimed back; if not, if he will request the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the operation of the DD1 drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme; the number of applications approved; the cost to the Exchequer by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the connected party eligibility criteria for EWSS in an instance in which the connected party is a registered apprentice, but had not...
    • Tax Code
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a qualified adult State pension to the spouse of a person (details supplied) is taxed as their income; if this income can be withdrawn from their...
    • Tax Exemptions
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagements he has had regarding the potential to provide a carbon tax waiver for registered agricultural and forestry contractors; when he plans to...
    • Customs and Excise
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person purchasing wine online from another EU member state must pay excise duty on the purchase; if so, the rate; and the documentation that is required...
    • Tax Credits
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any new tax incentive for the game industry should at least include a similar requirement to the film sector tax credit introduced in...
    • Departmental Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28118/21]
    • Tax Code
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the research used to support the increase in stamp duty to 10% in the context of bulk buying housing; the way the research was sourced and...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 that grants the Revenue Commissioners VRT enforcement officers the power to offer and accept payment of a...
    • Tax Code
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the communication by the European Commission on business taxations published on 18 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28238/21]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28302/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the employment wage subsidy scheme and temporary wage subsidy scheme supports given to a company (details supplied) since the onset of the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include fibromyalgia under the primary medical certificate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28357/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28845/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Office of Public Works plans to support the cultural and historical events in Kells, County Meath to mark the...
    • Health Service Executive
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on external legal services by the HSE in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [27503/21]
    • Living Wage
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to achieving a living wage for low paid civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who received a waiver under sections 52(4) of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...
    • Budget 2021
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide Votes 1-45 of the revised estimates for budget 2021, including all budget headings, subheadings and their respective...
    • Departmental Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28123/21]
    • Office of Public Works
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the efforts by the OPW to secure a site for a new Garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal. [28172/21]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28485/21]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when allocations will be announced for the sports capital grant in 2021; and if the size of the allocation for each county has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is an application process or established criteria to be considered following the recent announcement in relation to...
    • Census of Population
      222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to publishing the 1926 census earlier than the proposed date of January 2027 in the decade of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Irish dancing classes and events will be permitted to return as it is a form of sport; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sports Funding
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the release of a grant to a sports club (details supplied) in County Kildare; if same will be communicated to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her officials have finalised the administrative arrangements for the music entertainment business assistance scheme. [27940/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a roadmap with confirmed dates will be provided for the resumption of live indoor music events; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a policy of data backup in the operations of her Department and all agencies under her remit. [28127/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if wet pubs are eligible to receive funding under the outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality services...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28310/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when new operating guidelines for the sectors of the hospitality industry scheduled to reopen from 7 June 2021 will be published;...
    • Tourism Industry
      233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address concerns in relation to the lack of facilities catering for camper van and mobile home related tourism...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been made on an application for the Fáilte Ireland adaptation grant by a business (details supplied) in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will appoint a restaurant representative and pub representative to the tourism recovery oversight group; and if she will...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cybersecurity for the past ten years....
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a specific plan to tackle family homelessness in the forthcoming Housing for All strategy; if the key issues and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses completed under the pyrite scheme; the average payment to date; the highest payment under the scheme; and...
    • Housing Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons in residential addiction treatment are considered housed in terms of open social housing applications. [27518/21]
    • Housing Schemes
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons in residential addiction treatment can still avail of the HAP scheme for a property for the duration of their stay....
    • Planning Issues
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the advance planning by the LDA will be affected by the process of reviews of city and county development plans which are...
    • Defective Building Materials
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of the members of the independent working group to examine the issue of defective housing; the qualifications of...
    • Local Authorities
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resources available to local authorities to enforce short-term letting regulations; his plans to provide additional...
    • Electoral Process
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the examinations he has undertaken in relation to extending the right to vote to Irish citizens abroad in Presidential...
    • Local Authorities
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review into the housing adaption and housing aid local authority grants will be carried out; if the review will...
    • Election Management System
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce online voter registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27612/21]
    • Local Authorities
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of outdoor staff employed by each local authority in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Issues
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current average wait time to be accepted on to the housing list in each county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports his Department will provide to non-homeless persons that may be approved for HAP but are unable to find...
    • Housing Issues
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include previous homeowners whose relationship or marriage has...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless over the past ten-year period from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [27658/21]
    • Housing Issues
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital investment allocated to social housing over the past ten-year period, 2011 to 2021, in tabular form....
    • Housing Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of acquisitions or takeovers of private rentals that have been repurposed as social and or council houses over the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of housing assistance payment paid to investment corporations since its inception; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authorities
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports his Department is providing to Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council in its master planning of the...
    • Departmental Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) in tabular form. [27732/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when applicants for the position of appointments to the National Oversight and Audit Commission will be notified as to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or assistance available for those that need to adapt their home for medical needs but are over the income threshold...
    • Housing Provision
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact the 2040 planning framework will have on house building in rural Ireland; his further views on whether...
    • Legislative Programme
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if right of way legislation due to come into place on 30 November 2021 will be delayed due to extended closures of the Land...
    • Wild Fires
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 5 May 2021, the number of the 60 new conservation rangers being recruited...
    • Housing Schemes
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the HAP spend on landlord payments from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/21]
    • Housing Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commence a review of part M of the Building Regulations 2010 to include specifications for liveable accommodation...
    • Defective Building Materials
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the MICA and pyrite remediation schemes for counties Donegal and Mayo given the difficulty applicants to...
    • Departmental Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of State expenditure on housing in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the proportion of taxpayer expenditure on...
    • Waterways Issues
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to extend the Shannon–Erne waterway to the Erne estuary-Atlantic coast; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 24 February 2021, if a full breakdown will be provided of the funding provided to...
    • Departmental Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28121/21]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand on the six demonstration projects on the community connection to wastewater networks scheme; if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the reconstruction loan scheme will be completed. [28173/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding or grants are available to provide financial assistance for a person (details supplied) to have a ramp installed....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28305/21]
    • Departmental Investigations
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out an investigation into alleged planning irregularities regarding Wicklow County Council; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out an assessment of the number of vacant standalone properties in the country; the breakdown of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include first time buyers undertaking substantial renovation...
    • Rental Sector
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been acquired that were once listed on a website (details supplied) and other short-term...
    • Housing Issues
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the discrepancy between wheelchair accessible housing and Cork County Council standards which currently do not...
    • Housing Provision
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses obtained by Dublin City Council in 2020. [28381/21]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      303. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 18 May 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the OSCE Election Observation...
    • Foreign Policy
      306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to urgently support the population of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/21]
    • Human Rights
      307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he can undertake to raise awareness through the EU of the plight of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to make the Covid-19 vaccine more available to persons in less developed countries; and if he will make a statement...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 18 May 2021, the dates and the particulars of each occasion on which he has summoned the...
    • Military Aircraft
      312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to an aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28046/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding providing medical aid to Nepal which is currently experiencing a severe crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [28052/21]
    • Departmental Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28119/21]
    • Registration of Births
      315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28303/21]
    • Passport Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if the person's documents are in the Irish Consulate in San...
    • United Nations
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council. [27999/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28846/21]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      320. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish a helpline to assist victims of sexual abuse in the Curragh Camp area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27611/21]
    • Military Aircraft
      324. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a US military transport plane landed at Baldonnel Aerodrome on 18 May 2021 to refuel; if so, the locations the aircraft was travelling to and...
    • Defence Forces
      325. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will seek to have the plaque at the monument to the Defence Forces in Merrion Square, Dublin 2 amended to correct the misspelling of the...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      327. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a ship (details supplied) was in Irish waters on 13 and 14 May 2021; if the vessel had permission to pass through Irish waters; if so, the...
    • Military Aircraft
      328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an aircraft (details supplied) en route to Israel landed at Baldonnel Aerodrome; if these type of flights are facilitated often at Baldonnel;...
    • Departmental Data
      329. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28114/21]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      330. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28298/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      331. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28842/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Legislative Programme
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline for the progression of the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; and when this will be before Dáil...
    • School Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of work to move school secretaries from being paid through the board of management ancillary grant to under her Department; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the discrepancy between the symptoms being used to advise Covid-19 self-isolation in schools among pupils and the advice...
    • School Admissions
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 13 May 2021, when her Department last engaged with school authorities in the Midleton Carrigtwohill...
    • School Management
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the absence of SNAs as staff representatives from school boards of management nationwide; if there are particular reasons for SNAs...
    • Special Educational Needs
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the plans will be released for July programme 2021; and if a commitment will be given that children attending special schools and classes for...
    • Traveller Community
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the STAR pilot project undertaken in Tuam, County Galway, as developed from the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy...
    • State Examinations
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for students sitting the junior certificate in 2022 given that they lost 12 weeks from school in 2020 and only returned...
    • Schools Building Projects
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis for the new school design guide for sanitary facilities (details supplied); the steps that have been taken to consult with stakeholders...
    • School Staff
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing appeal for the 2021-2022 academic year for a school (details supplied) will be considered on the basis that a loss of a staff...
    • School Curriculum
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when leaving certificate computer science as a subject will be fully implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27714/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for submission of a planning application to South...
    • School Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing appeal for the 2021-2022 academic year for a school (details supplied) will be considered on the basis that a loss of a staff...
    • School Accommodation
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied) for additional two classrooms and a special education teacher room to cater for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for an exceptional review has been considered for a school (details supplied) in County Longford to enable it to provide a...
    • School Enrolments
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are required to inform parents and or guardians when notifying them that a child has been placed on a waiting list for admittance due...
    • Teacher Training
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 13 May 2021, if she will direct her officials to contact the four institutions referenced in her...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the upcoming DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28026/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent site for a school (details supplied). [28092/21]
    • Departmental Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of her Department and all agencies under her remit. [28115/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools that provided a July provision summer programme in 2019 and 2020 respectively. [28152/21]
    • School Transport
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents that paid for school transport on the Upperchurch/Kilcommon to Thurles bus route in recent weeks can be informed as to the period of...
    • School Equipment
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a budget for the purchase of tablet devices (details supplied) for secondary schools in 2021; if this budget will ensure...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 12 May 2021, when the work will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28165/21]
    • Site Acquisitions
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a site comprising approximately 1.7 acres at Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig, Cork that was set aside in 2003 for her Department for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a newly built school (details supplied) is likely to open for students. [28234/21]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28299/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on sending feedback and approval to a school (details supplied) considering that its revised stage 1 preliminary...
    • Special Educational Needs
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced extended summer provision scheme will make it possible as in previous years for children with autism to avail of two...
    • School Staff
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider allowing for developing schools to be reprofiled in 2021 as was originally planned following on from the staffing...
    • Education Schemes
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants and successful candidates who availed of the pilot scheme to assist leaving certificate students who suffer bereavement...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28843/21]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if respite grants for the past two years are due to a person (details supplied). [27481/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing free travel cards for persons with epilepsy during the period in which they are disallowed...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when PPS numbers will issue to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27506/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on raising maternity benefit to €350 weekly over the lifetime of the Government; and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free hot school meals programme to all DEIS schools and all other schools that request to participate;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the official State recognition of partners that have been long-term cohabiters but are not yet...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of visually impaired persons in receipt of the blind pension; and if consideration will be given to removing or...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reintroduce arrangements in which persons on an invalidity pension could get permission to work part-time, known...
    • Immigration Support Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to help vulnerable migrant job seekers, including asylum seekers, to access the workplace; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation in which those that live in close proximity to wind farms and receive...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment schemes will be extended further beyond July 2021; if contract extensions will be provided to persons...
    • Departmental Reports
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a report (details supplied) if so, the timeline for the publication of the report; and if she will make a...
    • Food Poverty
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initiatives being undertaken in her Department in relation to addressing food poverty; the research or scoping exercises...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that children whose carers that have been allocated a free travel pass have not themselves being allocated a free...
    • Employment Support Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the work placement and experience programme announced as part of the July jobs stimulus is due to commence; and if she...
    • School Meals Programme
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools that provide school meals by county in tabular form. [27847/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons still awaiting pandemic unemployment payment arrears payments; the average time persons wait for a...
    • Departmental Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of employees in her Department who are seconded to other agencies during their work life; the way their salaries...
    • Poverty Impact Assessment
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the poverty impact assessment of reduced jobseeker rates for 18 to 24 year olds as committed to in the Social...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an example of the way the disability allowance means test operates step by step in circumstances (details...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the avenues of assistance that are available to a self-employed person, paying S class contributions if they find themselves...
    • Community Welfare Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is the community welfare officer who decides the location in which any item should be purchased following the...
    • School Meals Programme
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) is not included in the hot meals scheme unlike other schools in the area; if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the negotiated proposals for gratuity payments for community employment supervisors and community employment assistant...
    • Pension Provisions
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer eligible for an incapacity supplement as an increase to their disablement...
    • State Pensions
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of State pension (contributory) awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed following...
    • Departmental Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of her Department and all agencies under her remit. [28125/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will further extend community employment scheme placements that are due to end to allow participants to complete...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the formal procedure in place for setting up a recovery plan over a period of time in respect of substantial Covid pandemic...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28309/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance; and the number who are on a reduced rate. [28343/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average revenue net weekly pay for current recipients of casual and short-time social welfare benefit schemes by scheme...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the campaign and document from an organisation (details supplied) for the Government to issue a...
    • Immigration Policy
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address funding concerns in relation to the business in the community Ireland EPIC programme raised...
    • Traveller Community
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to Traveller and Roma initiatives; the expenditure within same in each of the...
    • Health Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a significant time difference between when HIQA reports (details supplied)...
    • Disability Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the disability capacity review and the report by a company (details supplied) on the cost of disability...
    • Health Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the expected timeline for the roll-out of the baby box programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Domestic Violence
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the outcomes of the consultations by his Department which concluded on 9 April 2021 on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target month in 2022 for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [27927/21]
    • Departmental Functions
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when responsibility for disability matters will be fully transferred from the Department of Health to his...
    • Wards of Court
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason he, through statutory bodies such as the HSE and Tusla, continues to make Irish children wards of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason force majeure was not allowed in respect of early years payments for dates a service (details...
    • Traveller Community
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for developing a successor to the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2022; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28113/21]
    • Domestic Violence
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will prioritise the opening of a refuge in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin for persons who are at risk...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of measures taken at a centre (details supplied) to mitigate against the risk of Covid-19...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Accommodation
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of student accommodation that is publicly owned developments; the percentage of student accommodation that is privately owned...
    • Institutes of Technology
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the buildings that have been purchased by Dundalk Institute of Technology from 2010 to 2016; the cost per building; the current status of each...
    • Further and Higher Education
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when training centres that run short, part-time courses will be able to reopen for training purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27500/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to increase funding supports for psychology doctoral students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27521/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of traditional apprenticeships and new apprenticeships, respectively which are now available for participation; and the number of places...
    • Third Level Education
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received correspondence from a person (details supplied); his views on whether it is fair that SUSI recipients availing of experience...
    • Further and Higher Education
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on the vocational training opportunities scheme by ETB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27782/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional tutors that have been hired to teach apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/21]
    • Third Level Education
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students from Ballyfermot College of Further Education that have spent two years on a higher national diploma advanced production and...
    • Nursing Education
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year enrolments in general and psychiatric nursing at the Mayo campus in GMIT in each year since the courses began; and if he...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider developing an apprenticeship programme for barbers to complement the recently announced apprenticeship programme for...
    • Third Level Admissions
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter (details supplied) in relation to CAO registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28108/21]
    • Departmental Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28120/21]
    • Third Level Education
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person can apply for a SUSI grant based on the financial status of a family member (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28304/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28847/21]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Deportation Orders
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the case of a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27428/21]
    • Visa Applications
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the processing of long stay visa applications will be resumed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider an exemption on citizenship applications fees for long-term Irish residents that are citizens of EU and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Visa Applications
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of persons (details supplied); if an application...
    • An Garda Síochána
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on external legal services by An Garda Síochána in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [27503/21]
    • Visa Applications
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a change of status from stamp 3 to stamp 4 can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the plan to build a new Garda station for the Coolock district. [27556/21]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place in relation to the Property Services Regulatory Authority in dealing with official complaints that are...
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to delays in the State’s forensic laboratories; her plans to address same; and if she...
    • Proposed Legislation
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which her Department is working towards to introduce hate crime legislation to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application (details supplied) under the EU Directive 2004/38/EC will be determined; and if she will make a...
    • Probate Applications
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the delays in the issuing of probate from the Probate Office. [27676/21]
    • Visa Applications
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appointment will be facilitated to update stamp status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has attempted to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged under Part 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in each of the years of 2018 to 2020...
    • Departmental Data
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful convictions obtained for the offence of criminal damage in Garda J district in 2020 and to date in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the domestic abuse intervention unit in the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR,...
    • Prison Service
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Mountjoy Prison; the way the prison is being managed with respect to limiting the...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders...
    • Visa Applications
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for transfer from overseas into Ireland received to date in 2021; the number of applications for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 18 May 2021, if she will provide copies of all emails and hard correspondence...
    • Citizenship Applications
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Data
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of her Department and all agencies under her remit. [28122/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies by rank in the Garda band in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28186/21]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28306/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28349/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not received any update on their citizenship status despite the fact their relative...
    • Data Protection
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to amend section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018 to prevent targeted advertising to children or to produce a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cybersecurity for the past ten years....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Industry
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission has stated its intention to initiate infringement proceedings against Ireland and other north western...
    • Forestry Sector
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has not been a significant increase in the issuing of private licences for the weeks ending 16 April, 23 April, 30...
    • Statutory Instruments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Department was consulted during the drafting or at any point prior to the introduction of SI No. 45 of 2020; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 13 May 2021, the way all forestry projects in Ireland will impact on the whooper swan,...
    • Animal Welfare
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to recognise the importance of animal welfare and provide...
    • Forestry Sector
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Statutory Instrument was signed to give the Minister of State responsibility for forestry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Industry
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the frequency that grading machines in each of the Department approved meat plants were calibrated by Department...
    • Departmental Schemes
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will write to each applicant that has lodged an application under the existing ash dieback reconstitution and...
    • Agriculture Industry
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he has taken and proposes to take to develop new markets for the Irish pig farming sector; if he has met with...
    • Departmental Offices
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason another office (details supplied) has been set up in relation to unfair practices and corruption; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if progress has been made on the establishment of an interdepartmental group with regard to exotic animals; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licence applications with his Department on 1 March 2021; the number of forestry licence applications with his...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [27897/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will provide to registered agricultural and forestry contractors in view of the important role they play in Irish...
    • Departmental Data
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28112/21]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when and the reason an appeal by a person (details supplied) was unsuccessful given the requirement for early slaughter due to a TB...
    • Fishing Industry
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is putting mechanisms and plans in place to protect indigenous scallop fishers after the October Brexit deadline; and if he...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28297/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is providing financial assistance to farmers who are managing flood prevention infrastructure arising from land...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be allocated specifically for the support and development of horse and pony racing here (details supplied); and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will release the file requested by the agriculture appeals office for a person (details supplied) who has an...
    • Animal Welfare
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to ensure equine welfare is prioritised within his Department. [28359/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cybersecurity for the past ten years. [28841/21]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Road Projects
      571. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be allocated for local improvement schemes to city councils for rural roads within city boundaries; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Mitchelstown, County Cork is being considered as a remote working hub. [27483/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27531/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider decentralising her Department to a regional location as an indication of the commitment by the Government to the...
    • Community Development Projects
      575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which her Department continues to assess the emerging needs of urban and rural communities throughout the country with a...
    • Ferry Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 18 May 2021, if she will outline the differential in the guide price for this service...
    • Departmental Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of her Department and all agencies under her remit. [28124/21]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 2097 of 24 March 2021, if her Department has made recent introductions between local authority...
    • Departmental Funding
      584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated by her Department for urban and rural development and renewal purposes in the past three years to date; and if...
    • Community Development Projects
      591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she has engaged with the various communities nationwide to address deficiencies in infrastructure or services with...
    • Rural Schemes
      594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of funding available through the LEADER programme nationwide and in County Kildare in particular in 2021; and if she will...
    • Departmental Communications
      595. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the community development division of her Department has continued to engage with various local communities...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28308/21]
    • Rural Schemes
      597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider including stay-at-home parents returning to the workforce in the eligibility criteria for roles on the community...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      598. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the investment made by her Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28849/21]

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