Written answers
Thursday, 3 June 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises in counties Longford and Westmeath that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason pubs and restaurants are not reopening for indoor dining at the same time that hotels are reopening for indoor dining....
- Trade Agreements
13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has conducted a risk analysis on the implications that the investor court system as part of CETA will have on current and future...
- Job Creation
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28807/21]
- Living Wage
18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progression of his plans to introduce a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29960/21]
- Employment Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to implement the Duffy Cahill report in order to give workers preferential status as creditors and help prevent a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports he will give to enterprises who have difficulties reopening after lockdown. [29370/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet individually with representatives of associations (details supplied) regarding the impact of Covid-19 and the public...
- Enterprise Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the roadmap for business supports post-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a commitment will be given to act as an advocate for the TRIPS waiver while recognising that there is no single solution to the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated loss of employment in the productive sectors of the economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic; the steps he plans taking to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State supports he has offered to vaccine manufacturers. [15091/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Offaly and Laois that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a...
- Employment Rights
30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the legislation resulting from the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill report. [30225/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details and estimated cost of all schemes being operated by his Department to mitigate the effects on businesses due to Covid-19...
- Job Creation
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to return to full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30229/21]
- Cybersecurity Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to upgrade the IT systems of his Department and of bodies under his remit with a view to maximising the protection against...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet individually with representatives of organisations (details supplied) regarding the impact of Covid-19 and the public...
- Immigration Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions his Department plans to address the request of an organisation (details supplied) to allow the right to work to feed,...
- Industrial Development
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 29 April 2021, if the IDA has to date appointed the business development consultant in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet individually with representatives of restaurants and pubs regarding the impact of Covid-19 and the public health...
- Youth Unemployment
41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is drafting plans to tackle youth unemployment in County Donegal with specific focus on those not in education,...
- Public Holidays
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce a bank holiday in the month of July. [2857/21]
- Trade Agreements
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will conduct a review of the possible climate impact and specifically the impact on global greenhouse gas emissions and on...
- Enterprise Policy
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further supports that are being considered for SMEs to ensure viability into the future for these businesses on reopening and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
45. 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 Organization; and if he will...
- Trade Data
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current level of import and export trade between Ireland and Israeli businesses in the occupied territories of Palestine, in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports he has put in place to counter the impact of Covid-19 and the public health restrictions on the pub and restaurant...
- Workplace Relations Commission
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of legislation to allow Workplace Relations Commission proceedings to take place in public. [30224/21]
- Trade Agreements
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the stakeholders consulted in the preparation of the forthcoming economic and sustainability impact assessment of the EU-Mercosur...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that are being taken to resolve supply issues with imported goods from the UK, namely construction supplies due to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Carlow that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Digital Hubs
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to retain a cluster of digital companies in the Liberties in view of the decision to dissolve the Digital Hub...
- Universal Basic Income
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had to date with the Low Pay Commission regarding the review of international pilots of a universal basic...
- Employment Rights
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to recent developments whereby a bank (details supplied) and NUI Galway have rolled out paid domestic...
- Job Creation
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which job replacement or restoration throughout the construction sector has been or is being realised; if any further...
- Research and Development
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives his Department is taking in the area of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30042/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he...
- Enterprise Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific measures that will be taken to support the north-west recover from the job losses due to Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Limerick that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Job Losses
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to replace the job losses at a company (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
- Employment Rights
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice and ensure free legal representation for workers in labour disputes with their...
- Workplace Relations Commission
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the recruitment campaign to increase the number of Workplace Relations Commission inspectors from 53 to the 90...
- Enterprise Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action the State’s enterprise promotion agencies are taking together and on a cross-Border basis to promote jobs and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of County Clare enterprises that that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Trade Agreements
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will halt any attempt to progress CETA ratification in view of the outstanding constitutional legal case, the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has made representations to the Minister for Health in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question 125 of 17 December 2020, if Enterprise Ireland’s draft Disability Inclusion Strategy –...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Kilkenny that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Industrial Development
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA backed companies that are currently located within each county; the number of IDA backed companies located in each...
- Brexit Supports
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the new Brexit impact loan scheme; when the scheme is expected to be launched; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Kildare that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Employment Rights
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of legislation to introduce a statutory sick pay scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30200/21]
- Enterprise Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the establishment of a task force to examine the future of retail in Ireland. [29959/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the current operation of the Covid-19 online retail scheme; if further rounds of the scheme are being planned by...
- Flexible Work Practices
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives he is taking to facilitate hybrid working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30063/21]
- Industrial Development
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the establishment of an advanced building solution and regional IDA science and technology park or equivalent...
- Climate Change Policy
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has set a target for the number of enterprises supported by each of the agencies under his Department to complete energy and...
- Industrial Development
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the plan to set up IDA offices in Israel should be cancelled given Israel's international crimes against the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of trading online voucher scheme applications approved to date in 2021 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
- Job Creation
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that job opportunities will be restored as soon as possible to pre-pandemic levels; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make...
- Trade Relations
99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to restrict trade with Israel of goods produced in areas which was agreed on 26 May 2021 have been de facto...
- Ministerial Engagements
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on his engagement with the Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Media
101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his engagement with social media platforms regarding working conditions for content moderators. [29939/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if restart grants will be provided for the hospitality industry in advance of the reopening of the sector to assist with cashflow...
- Economic Data
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has made an impact assessment on the business community from credit rating downgrades during the Covid-19 lockdown;...
- Enterprise Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports the Economic Recovery Plan will put in place to help persons back to work and to help SMEs recover; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to help small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30040/21]
- Trade Relations
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanisms that are in place in his Department to ensure that all bilateral agreements with Israel apply only to Israel proper...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Crime Prevention
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being taken to tackle dog theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29978/21]
- Probate Applications
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the significant delays in processing applications in the Probate Office; the actions she is...
- An Garda Síochána
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Macroom district at the end of April 2021; the way in which this compares with the end of...
- Legal Costs
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her plans to reduce the overall cost of access to justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29394/21]
- An Garda Síochána
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the An Garda Síochána strategy statement 2022-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Cybersecurity Policy
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made in relation to strengthening the security of data within her Department. [29395/21]
- Departmental Reports
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full report will be provided in respect of the recently published report (details supplied) on Drogheda; the discussions...
- Direct Provision System
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if progress has been made to reduce the length of time for processing applications for persons who have been in direct...
- Criminal Assets
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to invest the profits on crime seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau back into the communities most affected by crime....
- Northern Ireland
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up to date position in relation to the need for a comprehensive investigation into the bombing in Belturbet, County Cavan...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in relation to the scoping inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- An Garda Síochána
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Mallow district at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the end of April 2020; and...
- Data Protection
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an independent review of the processes of the Data Protection Commission as called for by an...
- Law Reform
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the laws around defamation. [29965/21]
- An Garda Síochána
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the proposed community policing model will be rolled out; and the extent to which it can be delivered within existing...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the regulations and funding for Garda and community CCTV; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29964/21]
- Departmental Priorities
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the key actions which will be delivered in the Justice Plan 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30188/21]
- Proposed Legislation
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Gambling Control Bill 2018. [30220/21]
- An Garda Síochána
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the strategic review of the Garda Reserve. [29969/21]
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
148. 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...
- An Garda Síochána
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels of the An Garda Síochána anti-cybercrime unit; the exact role of the unit; and if she will make a...
- Prison Service
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners transferred in and out of this jurisdiction under transfer of prisoners provisions; the number of...
- Proposed Legislation
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is bringing forward any new legislation on gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29980/21]
- An Garda Síochána
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement her officials have had with the Garda authorities in relation to the proposed new Garda headquarters in...
- Antisocial Behaviour
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fear and frustration in communities which are victims of antisocial and criminal...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in her Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if she will make...
- Crime Prevention
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she continues to combat money laundering and international crime including cyber-attacks with particular...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to establish an independent public enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details...
- Joint Policing Committees
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if reform of the Joint Policing Committee system is under consideration by her Department at present; and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a statement made by An Taoiseach in December 2020 regarding deportation orders (details supplied), the reason legal...
- Naturalisation Applications
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when resumption and progression to decision on all naturalisation applications currently waitlisted will take place; when the...
- Parole Boards
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is planned to commence the provisions setting up the Parole Board on a statutorily independent basis and to transfer...
- Visa Applications
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which efforts are being made to expedite the processing of the relevant visas for construction workers coming...
- An Garda Síochána
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Sligo-Leitrim division at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the end of April...
- Courts Service
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the courts will prioritise the digital agenda and online hearings; the increase in the number of remote hearings taking...
- Northern Ireland
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 464 of 15 December 2020, if there have been further developments in relation to the need...
- An Garda Síochána
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry districts at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the...
- Probate Applications
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the issues caused by Covid-19 within the Probate Office in relation to interviews and delays...
- An Garda Síochána
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Garda stations in County Carlow at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the end of...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the final report from a person (details supplied) in respect to the circumstances surrounding the death of...
- An Garda Síochána
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider establishing a dedicated Garda public transport unit in Dublin. [30233/21]
- Court Accommodation
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse. [29967/21]
- Departmental Reports
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report on familicide will be published. [29966/21]
- Victims of Crime
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress in addressing Supporting a Victim's Journey: A plan to help victims and vulnerable witnesses in...
- An Garda Síochána
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within the Garda national cyber-crime bureau; the current number of vacancies; and if she will make a...
- Antisocial Behaviour
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of steps being taken to tackle antisocial behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27645/21]
- Proposed Legislation
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 10 September 2020, the progress to date in publishing the Sex Offenders (Amendment)...
- Missing Persons
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the request by the coroner for Galway for the establishment of a centralised database for unidentified human...
- An Garda Síochána
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Mayo division at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the end of April 2020; and if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to target regional towns as opposed to major cities in order to expedite balanced national development; and if he will make...
- Flexible Work Practices
185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work he is undertaking on the development and roll-out of the remote working strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a...
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board
189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if changes are planned in relation to the operation of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [30062/21]
- Industrial Development
190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans of the IDA for the County Cork and south-west region over the next four years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to address the challenges being faced by business owners in accessing funding from banks and Microfinance...
- Proposed Legislation
192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the work on the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30173/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that have been offered to IDA Ireland biopharmaceutical client companies to support technology transfers, validation,...
- Brexit Issues
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he remains satisfied that Ireland’s export market continues to be accessible in the immediate aftermath of Brexit; if...
- Foreign Direct Investment
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland remains attractive as a location for foreign direct investment; if there has...
- Industrial Development
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the setting up by the IDA of operations in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/21]
- Employment Rights
199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when employee redundancy rights will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30268/21]
- Work Permits
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide for those on general employment permits to have at least the same rights as critical skills permits holders in the...
- Workplace Relations Services
202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide for access to workplace relations bodies by undocumented workers (details supplied). [30271/21]
- Social Media
203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to raise the rights of content moderators with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to protect workers’ health and safety in view of the reopening of the hospitality sector;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns being raised in respect of taxi operators access to microfinance; and if he will make...
- Workplace Relations Commission
208. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made in respect of bringing forward legislation following on from the Supreme Court judgement in a case...
- Trade Data
209. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the monthly exports and imports in terms of value to and from Great Britain in each of the first five months of 2019,...
- Job Creation
211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he expects increased employment opportunities to dovetail with fall offs in Covid-19 support payments; and if he...
- Trade Data
213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which trade opportunities continue to open up for Ireland following the double impact of Brexit and Covid-19; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
214. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which industry has anticipated and prepared for a full return to work in the aftermath of Covid-19; the issues...
- Enterprise Support Services
218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which his Department continues to support enterprise given the needs arising in the aftermath of Covid-19 and Brexit;...
- Job Creation
219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he expects employment to increase and unemployment to decrease over the next three months given the urgency of...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Climate Change Policy
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sector to which the carbon credits gained as a result of the rewetting of bogs and management of peatlands will be...
- National Broadband Plan
222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected under the National Broadband Plan in counties Galway and Roscommon to date in tabular...
- Inland Fisheries
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the accuracy of the tagging scheme for wild salmon and sea trout (details supplied) on the River Maine. [30290/21]
- Climate Change Policy
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out a full analysis of the trade-off between the carbon intensity of imported fuels...
- National Broadband Plan
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the expected decision of the state aid complaints in respect of the National Broadband Plan; and if...
- Energy Conservation
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given in 2021 to revisiting a home (details supplied) which has previously received works...
- Renewable Energy Generation
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 11 May 2021, the details of the requirement that renewable energy...
- Climate Change Policy
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban the sale of peat-based compost similar to the planned ban in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a...
- Post Office Network
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will implement to support the post office network in view of the particular challenges facing that...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Covid-19 Tests
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rapid antigen testing will be introduced for persons travelling abroad at the end of summer 2021 (details supplied); and if he will...
- Driver Test
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to recommence offering theory test services at Macroom test centre; if the newly introduced online theory test will be...
- Electric Vehicles
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points that have been supplied in Dublin city and county by electoral area in tabular form; and...
- Driver Test
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory tests will recommence. [30310/21]
- Road Projects
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the modal and intervention hierarchies within the National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland will not lead to any loss of...
- Driver Test
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has had their driver theory test postponed by nearly a year;...
- Driver Licences
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered extending the extension period for driver licences through the summer to ensure that those with licences due to...
- Transport Policy
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report by a person (details supplied) dated 25 August 2010 which includes draft heads of...
- Trade Data
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increase or decrease by volume and value of goods imported from Britain through Dublin Port and Rosslare Europort to date in 2021...
- Haulage Industry
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 19 May 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the speech by the Minister for Minister for...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services
246. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he and his European Union colleagues are taking to ensure better regulation of commodity future markets; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue in relation to the case of a business as raised in correspondence (details supplied). [30398/21]
- Tax Data
248. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be raised by including all residential properties built since 2013 in the local property tax; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry
249. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which insurance companies have requested increased premiums from a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30434/21]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Government Procurement
250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff members employed in the Office of Government Procurement tendering advice service; and the cost of wages in 2019....
- Flood Risk Management
251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation regarding flood relief funding for a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [30298/21]
- Public Sector Pensions
252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full savings to the State from changes made to public sector pensions since 2009 to date including the savings from the public...
- Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cé mhéid duine a bhí cáilithe agus a cuireadh ar an bpainéal Oifigeach Feidhmmeannach sa státseirbhís...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht Policy
255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a special grant for private roads in Gaeltacht areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht An gcuirfidh sí scéim chúitimh ar fáil do na mná agus na fir tí don tsamhraidh seo agus na...
- Ministerial Meetings
261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings she has had with RTÉ over the course of 2020 and to date in 2021. [30395/21]
- Sports Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the processing and finalisation of the 2021 sports capital grant applications; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Services
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a response and advice will issue in relation to concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding...
- Defective Building Materials
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Donegal County Council is rejecting the recommendations of the structural engineer professionals and laboratory...
- Direct Provision System
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the inter-Departmental work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,...
- Housing Schemes
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for renovating out-houses and sheds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defective Building Materials
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the MICA redress scheme will be reviewed with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to consider the...
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of investment funds known to his Department that have acquired apartments, duplexes and family homes in County...
- Local Authorities
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that Cork County Council is significantly underfunded; and his plans to...
- Housing Schemes
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way a person can access the chat function on the Rebuilding Ireland website; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Sector
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if renters will be protected from potential rent increases of 8% in some instances; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regional Development
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all associated services, for example, water, energy and sewerage are aligned with current plans for the development of...
- Housing Schemes
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rent contribution agreement as required to be signed by HAP tenants has statutory footing; if so, the location same can...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on sanctions against Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/21]
- Citizenship Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the American birth children of an Irish citizen may be granted Irish citizenship; the general duration of the process from...
- EU Programmes
277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a unanimous vote is required in the European Council to provide the European Commission with negotiation mandate for third country...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to support agreements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30353/21]
- Departmental Expenditure
283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on Expo 2020 Dubai; the breakdown of costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/21]
- Passport Services
284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport express service will be operational again. [30399/21]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Properties
285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the land and property within the remit of his Department that was sold between 1998 and 2015; the purchaser and site location of same in tabular...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the circular for teachers in post-primary settings looking for unpaid leave one day per week in order to care for a son or...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures put in place by her Department to protect pupils and staff against Covid-19 in primary and post-primary schools to ensure a...
- School Curriculum
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the revised relationship and sexual education programme being developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment for...
- Special Educational Needs
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has data regarding the number of students from a location (details supplied) in County Cork who are presently travelling long...
- School Staff
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeal will be supported to retain an additional teacher at a school (details supplied); if she will take steps to rectify the situation...
- Schools Building Projects
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30304/21]
- State Examinations
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of leaving certificate students who experience a medical emergency such as a seizure before or during an exam; if her Department has...
- Special Educational Needs
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special education teaching allocation for a school (details supplied) is correct; the rationale for the allocation; if the school can make...
- School Facilities
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been no response to date from her Department to technical issues raised with her by a delegation in respect of a new school...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the exemption put in place regarding the induction year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Teaching Qualifications
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to have their masters in work and organisational psychology qualification recognised...
- Special Educational Needs
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department declined an application for an extra reading class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Abuse
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to pay redress to persons who were abused as children in schools in the past in line with rulings in the case of a...
- School Accommodation
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal against a decision not to provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied). [30389/21]
- School Places
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the waiting list for school places in a school (details supplied); her plans to address the matter by way of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel pass to epilepsy patients given that it is the only mode of transport for them due to...
- Social Welfare Payments
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by county in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit. [30277/21]
- State Pensions
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full savings to the State of changes to the contributory and non-contributory pension entitlements, for example, as a...
- Employment Schemes
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used to develop a new model for employment services; the engagement that had taken place with existing providers...
- Social Welfare Payments
309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review of the case of a person (details supplied) can be undertaken with a view to reimbursing payment that was...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Expenditure
311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the costs of his Department’s budget for the provision of after school in early years...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the evaluation commissioned by his predecessor into the Mother and Baby Homes Collaborative Forum...
- Child and Family Agency
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has in place a service level agreement with Tusla; if his attention has been drawn to a series...
- Direct Provision System
317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the inter-Departmental work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Housing, Local...
- Wards of Court
319. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons who are currently receiving out-of-State care after having been taken into wardship;...
- Family Support Services
320. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the ABC and the PPFS programmes; and the breakdown on spend on these programmes in each of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the Action Plan for Apprenticeships 2021-2025 which is a specific focus on apprenticeships that would help address...
- Education and Training Provision
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the removal of the vocational training opportunities scheme and back to education initiative courses from a college (details...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- International Protection
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on shortening delays in the international protection procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Prevention
325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work of her Department to support an organisation (details supplied) in expanding the community text...
- Gambling Sector
326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals in place to improve gambling regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29971/21]
- An Garda Síochána
327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Cavan-Monaghan division at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the end of April...
- Proposed Legislation
328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further legislative proposals are proposed to combat the activities of criminal gangs; if the amended bail laws have...
- Crime Prevention
329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plan An Garda Síochána has in place to tackle bike thefts in Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Data
330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bike thefts reported in Dublin city from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- International Protection
332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of substantive protection interviews under section 35 of the International Protection Act 2015 that have taken place...
- Family Reunification
335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to apply for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Crime Data
336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a type of crime (details supplied) has increased during Covid-19; if so, the degree to which; the breakdown of same by Garda...
- An Garda Síochána
337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions within An Garda Síochána that remain vacant at present; and if she will make a...
- Crime Data
338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the level of criminal gang activity has subsided or escalated over the past three years to date; and if she...
- Drug Dealing
339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the success of An Garda Síochána over the past three years in combatting drug trafficking; and if she will make a...
- Human Trafficking
340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree of people trafficking detected over the past three years to date; the action proposed or in hand to deal with the...
- Crime Data
341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which money laundering continues to be detected by the Garda authorities on an ongoing basis; the action pending...
- Cybersecurity Policy
342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision has been made to detect and prevent cyber-crime in the future; and if she will make a statement...
- Prison Service
343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of organised criminal gangs currently in prison or awaiting sentence; and if she will make a statement on...
- Crime Data
344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of known drug dealers currently on bail in respect of one or more offences; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Naturalisation Applications
348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination for eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Diseases
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department provides for compensation to poultry farmers and broilers for the loss of flocks due to salmonella tyhimurium and...
- Agriculture Industry
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to establish a legal definition of a feedlot herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30321/21]
- Agriculture Schemes
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the removal of ANC payments to some farmers in the north County Donegal in response to their ongoing protests that...
- Fishing Industry
354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reinstating capacity lost by fishermen since the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020 and giving an...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Island Communities
356. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the tendering process currently underway for the subsidised ferry service to Clare...
- Rural Recreation Policy
357. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is possible to combine funding paid for projects under the outdoor recreation scheme measures 1, 2 and 3 with work carried out...
- Public Procurement Contracts
358. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she plans taking to reduce the amount of bureaucracy and cost associated with tenders for projects under €200,000...
- Rural Recreation Policy
359. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering increasing the maximum grant aid under the outdoor recreation scheme measures 2 and 3 to 90% in view of the...
