Written answers

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      42. To ask the Taoiseach his views on a day of commemoration for those that have lost their lives to Covid-19; and if there are plans within Departments to progress such proposals. [33712/21]
    • Fire Safety
      44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a review of furniture fire regulations being planned; and if so, the context of the review. [33750/21]
    • Trade Agreements
      45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the provision of state aid by Ireland to locally based cultural industries and artists is permissible under the Comprehensive...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of employing one additional Workplace Relations Commission inspector. [33717/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of employing one additional Health and Safety Authority inspector. [33719/21]
    • Social Welfare Code
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter concerning the proposed sick pay scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33814/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Planning Issues
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will issue guidelines to An Bord Pleanála as a matter of urgency to have regard to the policy against the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Decarbonisation Pathways for Ireland by a company (details supplied) is not being published. [33635/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new applicants for the warmer homes scheme in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [33637/21]
    • Waste Management
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the audits that are conducted by the State to ensure that separated waste intended to be recycled from domestic...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding needed to increase the budget of the National Cyber Security Centre to €50 million. [33744/21]
    • Waste Management
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the landfill levy was introduced; when consumers such as a person (details supplied) would have first noticed this...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date on the sustainable development goals national implementation plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electricity Grid
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of electricity grid expansion in the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33950/21]
    • Programme for Government
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to publish a clean air strategy; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) cannot now book a test after receiving four cancellations the last being 13 March 2021. [33614/21]
    • Public Transport
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the funding of a rural route (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the NTA has requested funding for...
    • Road Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up to date position of a roads project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33661/21]
    • Driver Test
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver theory tests that have been carried out since 8 June 2021; the number that are scheduled to take place; the number...
    • Taxi Licences
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to establish a policy whereby taxi drivers can sell back their plates to the authority...
    • Bus Éireann
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a fee is being charged by Bus Éireann to persons with free travel passes to book...
    • Driver Test
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving lessons and tests for non-essential workers will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33745/21]
    • Coast Guard Service
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by some members of the Irish Coast Guard on the eradication of morale, trust and...
    • Airport Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for completion of works being carried out on the runway at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33782/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the use of rapid antigen testing as the primary protocol of testing for international travellers...
    • Airport Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the Dublin Airport traffic recovery support scheme for the full year of 2022. [33829/21]
    • Air Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers his Department estimate will use Cork Airport in 2022. [33830/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the paper on e-scooters by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33934/21]
    • Bus Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the NTA reverses its decision to move from yellow coloured bus poles in Dublin which are of significant benefit to...
    • Programme for Government
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to run a pilot to examine the potential for ride sharing apps to...
    • Road Network
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will open the Khyber Pass pedestrian bridge to the public (details supplied). [33940/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated in 2020 and 2021 to the employment wage subsidy scheme; the amount drawn down in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the borrowing and spending by approved housing bodies for the delivery of social housing assisted through the CALF scheme and affordable cost...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33945/21]
    • Banking Sector
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the banking industry to offer an extension of time to those who have received mortgage approval in principle but where as a result of the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of full tax relief on trade union subscriptions. [33722/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a €10 per day allowance for public sector workers working from home in circumstances (details supplied) in...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 99
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the funding behind the Economic Recovery Plan 2021 under the headings of EU funding, July Stimulus funding, Budget 2021...
    • Office of Public Works
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grounds on which the OPW felled five mature trees on its property in Schull, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Institutes of Technology
      101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a building (details supplied) is currently vacant despite the fact that it was...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the current definition of a sporting event in the Covid-19 legislation precludes persons from organising a competitive sporting...
    • Departmental Budgets
      103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of Vote 33 for tourism, culture, arts, Gaeltacht, sport and media with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the number of applications and the number of awarded grants under the music and entertainment business assistance...
    • Grant Payments
      106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body who was appointed to adjudicate on applications for the 2021 instalment of the live performance support scheme;...
    • Culture Policy
      108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has a policy to ensure ease of access for the purpose of research and scholarship to the treasures of Ireland’s...
    • Cultural Property Inventory
      109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has a policy to ensure the ownership and or copyright of treasures of national significance produced by the genius, talent...
    • Grant Payments
      110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the application process will open for the €5 million fund of capital supports for the commercial live entertainment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale behind the pilot event held in the Iveagh Gardens, that is, in which patrons tested in advance or subsequently to...
    • Tourism Funding
      115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if measures will be put in place to assist registered guesthouses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidance he has provided to local authorities to ensure that on-street eating facilities and other Covid-19 recovery...
    • Departmental Budgets
      118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Vote 34 for programme F Heritage with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular form. [33621/21]
    • Water Quality
      119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants that are available to a local rural water scheme to combat nitrates in the supply; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants that have been allocated to a rural water scheme (details supplied) over the past number of years; the number of...
    • Litter Pollution
      122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of hiring ten additional litter wardens. [33741/21]
    • Housing Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social homes to be delivered from the €1,078,559 of capital expenditure allocated to local...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of homeless deaths currently being undertaken on behalf of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the 2021 energy efficiency retrofitting programme for social housing; the allocation received by each local...
    • Vacant Sites
      133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the number of sites listed on the vacant site registers of local authorities; his views on whether...
    • Vacant Properties
      134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have developed and activated vacant homes action plans; the statistical information his...
    • Housing Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made by local authority in the single stage process for social and affordable housing since its...
    • Rental Sector
      137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to regulate short-term lettings through platforms such a company (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that were provided to persons with disabilities by local authority in each of the years...
    • Election Management System
      140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that online voter registration through voter.ie is only available to residents in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the claims for justice of the families of the peaceful protesters killed in the Khartoum massacre on 3 June, 2019, in...
    • International Agreements
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland and the EU will have a detailed position on the UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises...
    • Student Visas
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the US Embassy about student visa applications and the postponement of interview appointments in view of some...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Local Authorities
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employees of education and training boards who are members of public bodies or local authorities have access to leave to attend county council...
    • School Enrolments
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact catchment area for a new school (details supplied); and the reason students who live less than 2 km from the school but live in Dublin...
    • Schools Building Projects
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33654/21]
    • School Accommodation
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a lease will be finalised in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33662/21]
    • School Curriculum
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of designing and implementing an updated relationship and sexuality education curriculum across all primary and secondary...
    • School Staff
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to schools for guidance counselling services from 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [33695/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of hiring an additional 100 SNAs. [33713/21]
    • Planning Issues
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building and design unit of her Department has had engagement with local authorities in the zoning of appropriate land for educational...
    • Schools Building Projects
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied); the timeline to begin the architectural process; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it was not possible for her Department to acquire a property (details supplied). [33822/21]
    • School Funding
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams that are available for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33823/21]
    • School Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal to retain a teacher for academic year 2021-2022 for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 830 and 831 of 15 June 2021, the name of the schools in bundle of design and build projects; and the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that the national training programme for SNAs is a fully accredited programme on the Irish National Framework of...
    • Legislative Process
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commence sections 3 to 13, 14(1)(b), 14(1)(d), 14(1)(e), 14(1)(f), 15 to 18, 38 and 39 of the Education for Persons with Special...
    • Special Educational Needs
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for not providing guidance counsellors to special schools; the estimated cost of providing one guidance counsellor to each special...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make the enterprise support grant available to taxi drivers who have maintenance bills accruing while still in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can retain the rent supplement and disability allowance while also availing of the back to education allowance;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      167. 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 a carer’s...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fuel allowance recipients with children under 18 years of age in the household. [33636/21]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of including carer's allowance as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance. [33648/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be availed of to purchase a skip to help with the build-up of rubbish for an applicant;...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing each weekly social welfare scheme by €1 per week in tabular form. [33663/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a State pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Schemes
      176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated in 2020 and 2021 to the temporary wage subsidy childcare scheme; and the amount...
    • Disability Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to help promote the availability of easy to read and accessible menus in restaurants for persons with...
    • Child and Family Agency
      180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to employ an additional 50 social workers. [33948/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Institutes of Technology
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of financial support provided by his Department to Dundalk Institute of Technology to assist in the purchase of a building (details...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of Springboard funding will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Visas
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with third level institutes and the US embassy regarding courses that require study in the United States of America in order to...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of naturalisation application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • An Garda Síochána
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress made on finding the remains of a person (details supplied) from County Tipperary who was granted a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the criminal justice (hate crime) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33851/21]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent advertisement for seven unpaid assistant psychologist roles for HSE services; if a series of matters in relation to the advertisement of...
    • Health Promotion
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of research grants from the Irish Research Council or the Health Research Board that go towards breast-feeding research for 2021; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      194. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a change to the position of permitting an exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers that are fully vaccinated with a vaccine...
    • Departmental Schemes
      195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being undertaken of the mobility allowance; when a new scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/21]
    • Hospital Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,315 of 21 April 2021, the reason only two of the three MRI projects namely Mullingar and Kilkenny set out in the 2020...
    • Mental Health Services
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if the significant impact that the pandemic and public health restrictions have had on young person's mental health will be acknowledged; if requests by...
    • Health Services Staff
      198. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether assistant psychologists should be paid for their work; if the HSE will be requested to ensure that any posts advertised in the future will...
    • Care of the Elderly
      199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the care commission for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/21]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the governance structure of the new national maternity hospital at the St. Vincent's hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      201. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 travel requirements that exist for teenagers who as part of their school travel programme had deferred their transition year programme to France...
    • Health Services Staff
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE opticians providing services in County Westmeath in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of vacant positions...
    • Hospital Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at the minor injury unit in Nenagh General Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [25930/21]
    • Medical Cards
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the chiropody services that are available to medical card holders aged under 65 years of age. [25931/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      205. To ask the Minister for Health when snooker halls will be allowed to reopen. [25942/21]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken under Action 1.1.1 of the national drugs strategy plan upon completion of the 2020 review. [25954/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on a series of matters regarding the recent advertisement of seven unpaid assistant psychologists roles for HSE services...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges to €1; the estimated cost of reducing...
    • Hospital Charges
      261. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the removal of inpatient charges for public hospital care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26032/21]
    • Health Services
      262. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26033/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of ethically-produced vaccines to Ireland that are developed without the use of foetal cell lines; the efforts being made to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if developments have taken place with regard to the broadening of the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness card with a view to extending the category...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by local businesses (details supplied) in respect of matters which will significantly impact their business in the months...
    • Vaccination Programme
      266. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a Covid-19 vaccination centre (details supplied) is only administering 2,000 vaccines per week when it has the capacity to vaccinate 7,000 persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      267. To ask the Minister for Health when an indicative date will be given for the reopening of outdoor funfairs to the public given that the threat of Covid-19 is reduced somewhat and as the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26049/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) is not funded at source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26050/21]
    • Health Services
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the details of risk assessments carried out in various settings for maternity care and the ongoing restrictions imposed on pregnant and birthing mothers and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      275. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a cataract operation. [26058/21]
    • Health Services
      276. To ask the Minister for Health if it may not be possible to carry out complete foetal anomaly scans in University Hospital Galway’s maternity services due to Covid 19 restrictions,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who have registered to receive a vaccine and are still waiting; the number who are housebound and still waiting; and...
    • Abortion Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain remote consultation for early abortion care as an option within the model of care for termination of pregnancy beyond the Covid-19...
    • Dental Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 given that current waiting lists are three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26101/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      285. To ask the Minister for Health if a package of health and personal social services and other supports will be made available to survivors of thalidomide as per the spring legislation...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      286. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to lifting the ongoing restrictions on the receipt of sacraments for sixth class pupils; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      287. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding timelines for the processing of forestry thinning applications; the status of an application by a person...
    • Fishing Industry
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of fish landing and quotas both in weight and value that Irish fishing boats derive from Ireland's exclusive economic...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way a person (details supplied) in County Cork can access the REAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33714/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene regarding recent changes in mackerel licences for small fisherman in view of investments made ranging from...
    • Forestry Sector
      312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling licence will be issued (details supplied); and the status of same. [33816/21]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1,126 of 28 April 2021, the status of his engagement with the European Commission on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on and response to the Oireachtas committee on agriculture and the marine report on the issues impacting the forestry...
    • EU Regulations
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he addresses Ireland’s commitments under European Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of...
    • Greyhound Industry
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the tendering process for an animal care centre (details supplied) was conducted; the number of valid tenders that were...
    • Forestry Sector
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 308 single consent licence applications that have been approved since his Department became the sole consenting...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Remote Working
      320. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to invest in remote working hubs in each of the years 2021 to 2025. [33724/21]