Written answers

Tuesday, 1 June 2021

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Climate Change Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to supporting...
    • Grant Payments
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he is taking to address the long waiting list for SEAI warmer homes grant; the extent which Covid-19 has...
    • Natural Gas Imports
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the studies that have been undertaken to assess the emissions, climate and humanitarian impact of imported gas vis-a-vis...
    • North-South Interconnector
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings or engagements he has had regarding the north-south interconnector to date in 2021. [29380/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of schools that will be connected under the National Broadband Plan by the end of 2021; and if he...
    • Environmental Schemes
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 17 February 2021, the progress of the public consultation on the proposed...
    • National Broadband Plan
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • North-South Interconnector
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the person or body that will carry out the announced review into the north-south interconnector; the expected cost of...
    • Grant Payments
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the volume and type of grant applications under the circular economy innovation grant scheme which is €250,000...
    • Climate Change Policy
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent conclusion of the Fiscal Advisory Council that climate action in Ireland will require a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of broadband in Blarney, County Cork. [29422/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met the management, board and the staff of an agency (details supplied) since he took the decision to abolish...
    • Environmental Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the role his Department plays in ensuring that mineral exploration and mining in Ireland supports...
    • Electricity Generation
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with stakeholders regarding the future use of West Offaly and Lough Ree power stations; and...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his legislative plans to deal with the issues raised by the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the use of CCTV...
    • National Broadband Plan
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected to date under the roll-out of the National Broadband scheme; the number of premises...
    • Energy Policy
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the modelling being carried out by his Department to predict energy demand in future; the efforts that are ongoing to...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the remote working strategy which intends on supporting 4,000 workers to continue working remotely will be accessible...
    • Grant Payments
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce at specific 100% grant for the retrofit scheme for first-time buyers of vacant properties to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the National Broadband Plan in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/21]
    • Waste Management
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to four waste management facilities in a location (details supplied) which are...
    • Environmental Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of efforts to reduce the use of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and straws in addition to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meaning of just transition and climate justice in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which he is engaged in the protection against cyber-attacks across all Departments and the bodies under...
    • Grant Payments
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the threshold on the level of grants available for deep retrofit of houses due to the exceptional...
    • Data Centres
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis his Department has carried out to determine the amount of renewable energy that will be used by data...
    • Environmental Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the analysis on the consultation on the proposed deposit and return scheme, the introduction of...
    • Post Office Network
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to introduce a public service obligation payment for the post office network in order to protect this...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the role of Director of the National Cyber Security Centre has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the possibility of introducing a scheme that would provide funding to local community centres, sports...
    • Local Authorities
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports and funding available to local authorities for litter and cleansing measures in particular in 2021 to...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire coastal community will benefit from off-shore infrastructure such as...
    • Departmental Schemes
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he considers the current waiting lists for SEAI grants in counties Longford and Westmeath to be indicative of the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the energy security of the State in the context of meeting Ireland's emissions targets under the Climate...
    • Waste Management
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to introduce a disability waste waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 19 May 2021, if he will publish the Just Transition Commissioner’s...
    • Departmental Data
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to meet targets in respect of the environment, climate and communications...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve cyber security in Departments given the recent cyber-attack; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have undergone a deep retrofit in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and if a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that businesses in rural Ireland that have access to slow basic broadband...
    • Departmental Schemes
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he will take to accelerate the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme to ensure delivery of improvements to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Broadband Plan has missed any of the deadlines set out in the contract agreed with National Broadband...
    • Environmental Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he plans to make to promote the international phasing out of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to accelerate the broadband roll-out as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Broadcasting Authority of Ireland funding was accessed for the production of a programme (details supplied); and if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected increase in renewable energy generation in 2021; the expected increase between now and 2030; the actions...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he has not proceeded with a ban on the importation of fracked gas and has instead issued a policy statement...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commemorative Events
      132. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the national day of commemoration in July 2021. [29067/21]
    • Data Protection
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29316/21]
    • Central Statistics Office
      134. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the Central Statistics Office is no longer publishing annual statistics derived from marriage registrations which it gathers (details supplied). [29349/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29642/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Data Protection
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 164 and 165 of 20 May 2021, the extent of contacts Irish officials have made with the...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 31 March 2021, the breakdown of the counties in which the reported breaches in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a protocol or instruction to employers to facilitate employees with time off in order to attend for Covid-19 vaccination;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has evaluated the scope of the successful exporting sectors to provide opportunities for redeployment of workers displaced by...
    • Social Media
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be taking on the advice offered by a person (details supplied); and his plans to make a statement in support...
    • Data Protection
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29306/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018. [29332/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider establishing a direct helpline for small businesses navigating the reopening of the economy as the country...
    • Protected Disclosures
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29632/21]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA has employed an Israeli based business development consultant for a new office in Israel; and if he will make a statement...
    • Trade Data
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual level in financial terms of import and export trade between Ireland and Israeli businesses in the occupied territories of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employer will be required to pay an employee outstanding holiday entitlement even though the business was closed down and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants in place to help businesses with the cost of restocking (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Agreements
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultants that have been commissioned to carry out an economic and sustainability impact assessment into the EU-Mercosur trade...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the implementation of the measures set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy. [29589/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 to ring-fence targets for biogenic...
    • Environmental Policy
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the local community in the Inishowen peninsula, County...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when effective and efficient high-speed broadband will be provided to a person (details supplied); his plans for...
    • Electricity Grid
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the guidelines of his Department for the erection of electricity infrastructure; the policy on establishing new pylon...
    • Data Protection
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29307/21]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the obligations in respect of greenhouse gas reduction that have been set for public bodies; and the way delivery is...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a legislative barrier to local authorities using CCTV to prosecute illegal dumping; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure a glass collection service is made available throughout the State by all private domestic waste...
    • Local Authorities
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocation for the local authority anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness grant scheme in each of the years...
    • Departmental Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of warmer homes applications awaiting survey in Cork city and county; the number of applications awaiting...
    • National Broadband Plan
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan. [29467/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department will play in the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility given the significant amount of funds...
    • Health Service Executive
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it will cost the State to fix the ransomware issue at the HSE; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the current wage structure for the Director of the National Cyber Security Centre will be increased from...
    • National Broadband Plan
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagements with local authorities in relation to the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan specifically in...
    • Protected Disclosures
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29633/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to reduce the current long wait times for surveying and commencement of works under the warmer...
    • National Broadband Plan
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has with National Broadband Ireland to escalate the roll-out of fibre broadband for areas in County...
    • Human Rights
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has responded to the legal proceedings brought by six young persons from Portugal against Ireland and 32 other...
    • Grant Payments
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 18 May 2021, if the BER criteria will be reviewed for accessing the PV...
    • National Postcode System
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited with regard to obtaining an Eircode given...
    • Climate Change Policy
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to meet climate change targets in conjunction with the protection of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the success to date in meeting carbon reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29799/21]
    • Environmental Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the main areas of environmental protection requirements deemed at present to be urgent; the action to date in hand or...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he and his Department have in hand further enhanced measures to ensure the protection of all...
    • Electricity Generation
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of the shift away from fossil fuels for the generation of electricity; if this is in line with targets; and...
    • Waste Management
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues with particular...
    • Climate Change Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in reducing the collective dependency on plastic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of broadband connection points installed in County Kildare to date in 2021; the number of points expected to...
    • Air Quality
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air quality continues to be monitored at various locations throughout the country; the trends...
    • Recycling Policy
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the total recycling in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29818/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider initiating the development of a circular economy roadmap for some of the key sectors under his...
    • Energy Policy
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of export tariffs for the export of solar energy to the national grid; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises that will be connected to high-speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan; the number and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if renewable electricity projects awarded RESS-1 contracts will be delivered by the end of 2022; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful prosecutions of drivers who have struck the Luas in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021,...
    • Electric Vehicles
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is currently not fully processing local authority applications for the electric...
    • Driver Test
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the driver theory test service has not yet resumed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/21]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide assurances that a pending High Court decision will be awaited before there are further discussions or engagement in...
    • National Car Test
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered extending the validity of NCT certificates given that waiting times for appointments are now over three months in...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a tax disc. [29159/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the email addresses of his Department are being manned; and if so, when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a reply to...
    • Greenways Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the allocation of the Mallow to Fermoy greenway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29161/21]
    • Rail Network
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the electrification of the Malahide to Drogheda rail line; the timetable for the work; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted with the Minister for Health in respect of the use of antigen testing in the context of a Covid-19 mitigation measure...
    • Driver Test
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driving test for a person (details supplied) who requires a licence for work; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Policy
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with the European Commission as part of the ongoing review of the TEN-T core network with a view to having...
    • Road Safety Authority
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that notified the Road Safety Authority via patient advisory form of diagnosis of epilepsy in each of the years...
    • Driver Licences
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that renewed or applied for a licence on the basis of being 12-months epilepsy free or on the basis of an...
    • Bus Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a private bus operator can operate on a route that Bus Éireann has decided to reduce its service on; if there is a process that...
    • Data Protection
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29318/21]
    • Rail Network
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the ramp at platform 2, Thurles railway station, County Tipperary will be upgraded and reopened for public use; and if he will make...
    • Public Transport
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas Red Line; the number, length and passenger capacity of type 401 and 402 trams operating on...
    • Rail Network
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the frequency of Dublin Connolly to Wexford from three services in each direction to four services in each...
    • Aviation Industry
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the aviation industry in the regions in order to ensure international connectivity for the regions; and if he will...
    • Transport Policy
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the safe routes to school programme will be rolled out; if schools in County Donegal will be selected for this programme; and if he...
    • Cycling Policy
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expand incentives to purchase and or use electric bicycles to include persons that do not qualify for the bike to work scheme...
    • Driver Test
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the large backlogs of both driver theory and practical tests to be cleared; if he will prioritise those that require a...
    • Dublin Bus
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus drivers recruited by Dublin Bus in each of the past three years in tabular form; and the annual salary range of bus...
    • Rail Network
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of train drivers recruited by Iarnród Éireann in each of the past three years; and the annual salary range of train...
    • Public Transport
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible taxi grants issued for the period March 2020 to May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will designate the driver theory test as essential in order that it can open up for applicants. [29550/21]
    • Road Safety
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reforms that have been made or that will be made to the LPSV licensing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/21]
    • Public Transport
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the BusConnects and DART west proposals that are putting over 60 trees at risk along the Navan Road and in Martin Savage Park; if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29644/21]
    • Driver Test
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [29713/21]
    • Driver Licences
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the health restrictions, including vision requirements for persons applying for a bus or HGV driver licence; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the reclassification of L5433 to a regional road and the reclassification of R444 to a minor road will commence. [29759/21]
    • Road Projects
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is being made available for a project (details supplied) that is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make the preliminary business case for MetroLink and the outcomes of the feasibility studies in relation to MetroLink and the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review of the local property tax case of a person (details supplied) can be carried out. [29547/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the employment wage subsidy scheme which is due to end on 30 June 2021 given that many businesses such as bars which have been closed for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the help-to-buy scheme for all first-time buyers to include existing properties rather than exclusively for new builds. [29812/21]
    • Financial Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to address ongoing issues regarding unlicensed mortgage providers; the protections that are in place for customers who have been...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 311 and 312 of 18 May 2021, the amount of IREF dividend withholding tax deducted for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in gross terms...
    • Tax Code
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty that will apply to a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/21]
    • Data Protection
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29308/21]
    • Tax Code
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the failure to include private mortgage to rent providers in the exemption from an increase in stamp duty on bulk purchases in the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the bike-to-work scheme in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29452/21]
    • Insurance Levy
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the levy on private health insurance given the already exorbitant cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29507/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the uptake of the stay and spend scheme to date; if he plans to reintroduce a similar scheme to incentivise domestic travel and spending; and...
    • Tax Credits
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to reinstate a system such as the one parent family tax credit to provide tax credits for parents who are co-parenting (details supplied); if...
    • Tax Data
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that has been waived, exempted and forgone by the Exchequer through residential property tax reliefs inclusive of construction, purchasing,...
    • Tax Rebates
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a VAT rebate for static mobile home owners who have had to pay full fees for 2020 and 2021 despite not having access...
    • Tax Code
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to reclaim VAT on a garden sensory room under the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No 15) Order 1981; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29634/21]
    • Financial Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or the Minister for State with responsibility for financial services, credit unions and insurance have held with insurers and...
    • Insurance Industry
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond and advise on the serious concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their struggle to secure insurance; and if he will...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 25 May 2021, his views on whether the WRC's code of practice in the understanding of quality employment, for...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a retirement pension and gratuity will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29283/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for more flexible conditions and working from home arrangements in the public service following the mass roll-out of the...
    • Data Protection
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29313/21]
    • Heritage Sites
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consultation was undertaken with private car park operators at national monuments to provide free parking in concert with free access...
    • Office of Public Works
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure and personnel headcount of the Office of Public Works by county and NUTS3 region in each of the past five years in...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schedule of each project, the description and funding that has been implemented under final review or completed in the south-east...
    • Public Sector Pay
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and his plans with an organisation regarding same. [29529/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29639/21]
    • Defence Forces
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will update the 1979 public sector circular governing the Reserve Defence Forces to allow leave in instances such as aid to civil...
    • Coastal Erosion
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide funding to assist with the prevention of coastal erosion at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the recent works to reduce the risk of flooding carried out on the banks of the River Maine at a location...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Legislative Measures
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give consideration to addressing the malicious dissemination of flashing images as part of the online safety and media...
    • Commemorative Events
      286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to local authorities for the national day of commemoration in July 2021. [29067/21]
    • Sports Funding
      287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by Cork County Council in partnership with a club (details supplied). [29135/21]
    • National Orchestras
      288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the planned transition of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) in relation to outdoor cinemas. [29195/21]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i bhfianaise an ceadúnas dobharshaothraithe sliogéisc atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do Chuan na...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of all meetings she has had with her officials to deal with the future of the circus industry here; the details of...
    • Sports Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce the awards under the sports capital scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29252/21]
    • Data Protection
      293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29317/21]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has spoken formally with her UK counterpart to date in 2021. [29330/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a stadium (details supplied) is considered an enclosed stadium under the current Covid-19 restrictions; if spectators are...
    • Departmental Schemes
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the music entertainment business assistance scheme will open for applications. [29494/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the night-time economy taskforce will present its final report. [29495/21]
    • Island Communities
      298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives that have been undertaken by her Department to develop sustainable tourism practices on offshore islands; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consideration being given to allowing fully vaccinated persons dining indoors in restaurants and cafés during the summer;...
    • Departmental Reports
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a copy of a report (details supplied) has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29590/21]
    • Sports Funding
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to an association (details supplied) since 2017 to date; the conditions attached to this funding; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the situation regarding eligibility by guesthouse and bed and breakfast owners for grant aid for outdoor seating to facilitate...
    • Protected Disclosures
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29643/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [29731/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the call for critical changes to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2019 to include the naming and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the plan for a return of spectators to sports grounds will be published; the trail event that will be held; and if she will...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that environmental marine conservation and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will deliver a 100% MICA redress scheme. [29057/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications submitted and approved, respectively by quarter, month and local...
    • Water Pollution
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered implementing a daily sample testing of the Dublin Bay area bathing waters to ensure the waters are safe;...
    • Local Authorities
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to procurement for local authorities; if they have discretion in relation to using their own...
    • Housing Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances under which a person can access HAP in cases in which they are not on a local authority housing list. [29194/21]
    • Housing Policy
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a national policy to support downsizing domestic residences as family size decreases once children have left the...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be amended to allow Irish Water to take over estates with builder-built wastewater treatment systems; and...
    • Traveller Community
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the No End in Sight report from the Ombudsman for Children; the recommendations he will be making to all local...
    • Local Authorities
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to provide additional funding to local authorities under the housing adaption grants in order to support older...
    • Data Protection
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29311/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of statistical information in relation to a scheme (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form; and if he...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the backlog in homeless HAP payments is causing warnings and threats of...
    • Local Authorities
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided by his Department to Tipperary Council in 2020 in respect of housing supports (details supplied). [29352/21]
    • Regeneration Projects
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park, Rathangan, County Kildare; the timeline for completion; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing list in each local authority area; the expected wait time for new entrants; and if he...
    • Fire Service
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of 29 September 2020, if the external validation group process relating to the fire...
    • Constitutional Convention
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a constitutional convention to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution. [29443/21]
    • Housing Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that have been provided under the serviced sites scheme in each county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the recently announced changes to stamp duty in respect of the bulk buying by...
    • Fire Service
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of station officer positions in the retained fire service that are vacant by county; and if he will make a...
    • National Parks
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is currently considering applications or initiatives to develop new national parks; the process in place to...
    • Waterways Issues
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 4 November 2020, the number of sluice gates open and closed by the ESB and...
    • Rental Sector
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the housing assistance payment caps in County Kerry given the significant increase in rents; and if he...
    • Local Authorities
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have a social inclusion unit or officer; the social inclusion training that is provided by his...
    • Protected Disclosures
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29637/21]
    • Planning Issues
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the construction of an access roadway to a telecommunications antennae which is exempted development requires planning...
    • National Parks
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of educational liaison officers appointed to each of the national parks to work with schools since June 2020 to...
    • Housing Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private, social and affordable houses built in each of the years 2005 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • National Parks
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if documents (details supplied) will be provided for 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29714/21]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide correspondence, commissioned third party reports, research studies or other policy documents produced by or...
    • National Parks
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide copies of deer management plans for each of the national parks for 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Heritage Sites
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis for his anticipation of receiving applications in respect of the Burren, Glendalough, Passage Tomb Landscapes of...
    • Water Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid from the Exchequer to Irish Water, that is, current and capital each year since its inception up to the end of...
    • Local Authorities
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a lack of planning enforcement officers in Cork City Council; if the...
    • Housing Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use by Galway County Council through the buy and renew, repair and lease and the...
    • Rental Sector
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP properties inspected in County Galway by Galway County Council in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Local Authorities
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that to date since the regulations were introduced Galway City Council has only received five planning...
    • Legislative Measures
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to develop comprehensive legislation for the...
    • National Parks
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to examine the establishment of an offshore maritime...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Common Travel Area
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to normalise the common travel area. [29650/21]
    • European Council
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent European Council; if the interception of a flight (details supplied) over the air space of Belarus was...
    • Middle East
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government will honour its commitment in the Programme for Government to recognise the state of Palestine. [29065/21]
    • Departmental Functions
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department and the Department of Defence approved the landing and presence of a US Navy helicopter at Casement Aerodrome,...
    • Foreign Policy
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate...
    • Third Level Education
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will have the planned additional scholarships for the College of Europe designed to put Irish persons in a position to win...
    • Data Protection
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29309/21]
    • Consular Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance that has been provided to the family of a person (details supplied) who died in Thailand. [29320/21]
    • EU Meetings
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if EU-Singapore ties were discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs meeting. [29485/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have working holiday authorisations with the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. [29486/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29635/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish citizens who reside here but work in Northern Ireland and have been vaccinated as part of the system in Northern Ireland will be in...
    • Passport Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29828/21]
  • Department of Defence
    • Data Protection
      367. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29304/21]
    • EU Programmes
      368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or the Defence Forces are preparing a national strategy for military mobility; if so, if such a strategy will be presented to...
    • Defence Forces
      370. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 18 May 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown in origin for the outstanding Defence Forces...
    • Protected Disclosures
      372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29630/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      373. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if upgrades will be made the Defence Forces internal IT systems in view of the cyber attack; the funding being made available; the headcount of...
    • Defence Forces
      374. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel vaccinated; the hierarchy of defence personnel to be vaccinated; if the roll-out is dependent on HSE...
    • Air Corps
      375. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the purchasing of dedicated troop carriers for the Air Cops; the expected costs and timeline involved; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      376. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all documents and data on serving and retired personnel is held in digitised or paper form; if this is GDPR compliant; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of transport places that were made available for children to take part in the summer education programme for children with complex...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation process required when an application for amalgamation of schools has been made; and if there is a statutory duty in this regard....
    • School Curriculum
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if efforts will be made to ensure inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families in school textbooks and curricula; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a policy is in place to ensure that in areas in which new schools are needed that the facilities of existing schools do not become neglected...
    • Schools Building Projects
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of contacts with a school (details supplied) in respect of the need for a new building programme at the school; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for an unused site at (details supplied) which was previously used for temporary accommodation; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • School Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29239/21]
    • School Curriculum
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school principals have the authority to remove a subject from the school syllabus for leaving certificate if there are fewer than...
    • School Staff
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/21]
    • School Accommodation
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29244/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29248/21]
    • School Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29249/21]
    • State Examinations
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to seizures as a result of epilepsy prior to or during State examinations being included in the scheme of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and the time schedule planned for the completion of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [29295/21]
    • School Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29297/21]
    • Data Protection
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29305/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied); if design approval for this building project will be approved shortly; and...
    • School Staff
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of one at all points of the staffing schedule for primary schools from September 2022; and the net number of...
    • Education Policy
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of providing on an ongoing basis release time for administrative and management purposes of one day per week for each...
    • School Staff
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29469/21]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent to date on the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); when this project will move to the next phase of works; and the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse additional special education teaching supports in mainstream classes on the grounds of exceptional...
    • School Accommodation
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the approved extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29506/21]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the repairs needed to the roof of a school (details supplied); and when it will be fixed. [29510/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 18 May 2021, if the site is located in the Booterstown-Blackrock school planning area as voted on...
    • Period Poverty
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the important work on the issue of period poverty carried out by the youth advisory panel with the Ombudsman...
    • Departmental Budgets
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds returned unspent to the Exchequer from her Department’s budget in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Education Schemes
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time visiting teachers for the visually impaired by region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Protected Disclosures
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29631/21]
    • School Staff
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts of responsibility that would be needed in primary schools to restore posts at the level which pertained prior to the...
    • School Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools to €200 which was the rate in 2010 prior to cuts;...
    • State Examinations
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a student with severe colour vision deficiency to assist with their junior certificate; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that urgent consideration is given to the request by a school (details supplied) in respect of a teaching allocation; and if...
    • School Admissions
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request from a school (details supplied) to increase the number of places in the school given the shortage of school places...
    • Schools Building Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are or have ever been plans for a primary school on or adjacent to the site known as Abeline Lodge, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock,...
    • School Transport
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 994 of 21 April 2021, if the child (details supplied) is eligible for school transport. [29811/21]
    • School Accommodation
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 10 March 2021, if there has been further progress in advancing a much needed building project at a...
    • School Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of establishing and running the supply panels for primary and special schools in the school year 2020-2021; and her views on...
    • School Funding
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available to primary and post-primary schools to purchase sensory room equipment for children with additional needs,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made and timelines for the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Facilities
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29856/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of clearing the backlog of delays on assessments for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to review the changes in pension eligibility and contribution rules introduced in 2012; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all payments and arrears due to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [29180/21]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the partial capacity benefit will be examined in the situation of a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis,...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an exceptional needs payment to cover funeral expenses for their spouse will be reconsidered in the...
    • Departmental Reports
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29257/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the employment of all persons in the community employment programme until at least 31 December 2021...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income limits will be reviewed for carer’s allowance applicants; when these limits were reviewed most recently;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to automatically awarding a free travel pass to persons who lose their driver licence...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied). [29296/21]
    • Data Protection
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29315/21]
    • Local Authorities
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount provided by her Department to Tipperary County Council in 2020 in respect of rent supplement. [29353/21]
    • Island Communities
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost, number of recipients and number of applicants of the island allowance in each of the years 2010 to 2020, by...
    • Employment Schemes
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have availed of employability services in the State in 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in...
    • Disability Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to support persons with disabilities with employment and employability services; the way additional...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer’s allowance in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29584/21]
    • Departmental Budgets
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funds returned unspent to the Exchequer from her Department’s budget in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular...
    • Protected Disclosures
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29641/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit in 2021; and the number of recipients by...
    • Social Welfare Code
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for a person to claim a jobseeker’s payment in which they are laid off for one day at a time over a period...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Direct Provision System
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the poll carried out by a group (details supplied) showing that access to period products is still...
    • Data Protection
      470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of data breaches in Tusla in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29130/21]
    • Childcare Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review into structures of county childcare committees; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he considered a report (details supplied); if he has taken action in response to the report to ensure that...
    • Traveller Community
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the No End in Sight report from the Ombudsman for Children; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 12 May 2021, the outstanding issues that need to be resolved before...
    • Data Protection
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29303/21]
    • Childcare Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the crèche facilities that are available for a child (details supplied) who is on the autism spectrum level...
    • Youth Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been appraised of the challenges facing communities with underage antisocial behaviour in locations...
    • Child and Family Agency
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal cases that have been brought against Tusla by county in each of the past ten years and to...
    • Protected Disclosures
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021....
    • Child and Family Agency
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date when Tusla began to transfer its files to digital format; the number of files on children and families...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Research and Development
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of research personnel in enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29183/21]
    • Third Level Admissions
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of annual enrolments for master and PhD courses for the most recent year available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Bodies
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Ireland will become a participating member of CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/21]
    • Education Policy
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to extend the funding for innovative approaches to reskilling for the opportunities that are evolving in many manufacturing sectors...
    • Third Level Education
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of widening access to student assistance fund supports for students that have exceeded four years of their PhD; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29310/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the licensing of construction workers Bill. [29331/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a detailed schedule will be provided with regard to the €966 million provided in capital funding across the higher education sector in...
    • Protected Disclosures
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29636/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost per springboard+ place created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29830/21]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that have been put in place in conjunction with An Garda Síochána to manage the increase in public disorder...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      503. 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); when...
    • Data Protection
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29312/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all interview rooms in each Garda station within DMR are all video and audio recorded; and if not, the estimated cost of...
    • Prison Service
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if prisoners in Mountjoy Prison are disallowed from writing and receiving letters due to Covid-19 restrictions; if they are on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Kildare on 1 June 2021; and if she will...
    • Restorative Justice
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which restorative justice is used in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29444/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau since it was established in 1996, in tabular form. [29471/21]
    • Crime Prevention
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the serious level of drug-related intimidation in Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of Garda age identity cards in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 521
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and her plans with an organisation regarding same. [29528/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the party that will bear the costs for the barrister training recommended by the O'Malley report. [29527/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has applied for citizenship (details supplied) will be allowed to travel to another part of Europe to take up a...
    • Protected Disclosures
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigation into a protected disclosure made by a person (details supplied); the details of the...
    • Immigration Status
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in considering applications to regularise status in the case of persons (details supplied); if all...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish citizens who reside here but work in Northern Ireland and have been vaccinated as part of the system in Northern...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension of time will be granted to those participants in the GLAS scheme who are due to have wild bird cover sown before 31...
    • Forestry Sector
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 18 May, the obstacles that cause the large discrepancy between 1,937 ha approved and 675...
    • Data Protection
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29302/21]
    • Coillte Teoranta
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte felling applications received in March 2021. [29350/21]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 987 of 24 November 2020, if he has evidence of such endorsement (details supplied). [29433/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to phase out of long-term leasing of entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29448/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29474/21]
    • Harbours and Piers
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the capital works in Howth Harbour are currently fully or partially funded by his Department; the estimated cost of each capital...
    • Animal Breeding
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 20 May 2021 (details supplied); the way in which the average figure...
    • Fishing Industry
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the issues raised by the fishers as part of their protest in Cork on 26 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29628/21]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1043 of 17 February 2021, if the requested information has been compiled and is available....
    • Livestock Issues
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason journeys to continental Europe involving unweaned calves are being authorised by his Department given the calves cannot be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [29813/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is being made available for a project (details supplied) that is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider and advise on a regular payment scheme to support the whitefish and shellfish sectors in order to counteract the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      552. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a request for CSP funding in the name of a group (details supplied) will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if the funding...
    • Data Protection
      553. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29314/21]
    • Library Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is an application for a library (details supplied) with her Department. [29541/21]
    • Island Communities
      555. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made on the proposal in the 1996 Strategic Framework for Offshore Islands to establish an island product...
    • Protected Disclosures
      557. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29640/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      558. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the legal basis and advice available to her Department detailing the requirement to make the awarding of the contract for the social...
    • Digital Hubs
      559. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to support private property owners to convert vacant properties to digital hubs to facilitate remote and blended working;...

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