Written answers
Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authorities
9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schedule of stock condition surveys of local authority properties detailing which developments in which local authorities...
- Water Services
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposal to transfer local authority water services staff to Irish Water and the creation of a single water...
- Alcohol Sales
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that have been experienced by some publicans who have obtained section 254...
- Departmental Bodies
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State or public lands in Dublin 8, 10 and 12 which have been earmarked for transfer to the Land Development Agency; and the...
- Defective Building Materials
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the mica redress scheme review will be completed and the results communicated to those affected; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progression of social housing developments in County Cork. [33896/21]
- Rental Sector
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to mitigate the serious distress and harm being caused by the sudden ability of landlords to increase...
- Housing Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 5 May 2021, the status of the work of the Galway social housing task force; the...
- Building Regulations
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Departmental working group that was set up to investigate potential amendments to building...
- Rental Sector
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the further measures he will take to address unaffordable rents, excessive rent increases and unfair evictions; and if he will...
- Housing Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide social and affordable housing to persons with disabilities. [33842/21]
- House Prices
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being put in place to ensure that the introduction of the shared equity scheme will not create a rise in average...
- Local Authorities
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to all local authorities seeking a moratorium on the processing of new planning applications for...
- Rental Sector
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to prevent rent reviews in rent pressure zones from total rent increases of up to and including 8%, irrespective of...
- Departmental Schemes
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in announcing reforms to the tenant purchase (incremental scheme) 2014; when this will happen; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has the capacity to build a significant land bank in all the key growth areas across Ireland....
- Local Authorities
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Galway County Council is being underfunded compared to counties of a comparable size and with a greater population;...
- Construction Industry
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on smaller building companies; and the measures his Department has in place to protect them. [33085/21]
- Housing Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a plan to dramatically increase the supply of houses at the earliest possible date in order to address the...
- Planning Issues
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine planning laws and practices to identify areas of the law that encourages gentrification; and if he will make...
- Departmental Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an additional €50,000 departmental subsidy per unit to the cost-rental programme at St. Michael’s Estate,...
- Rental Sector
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will resolve the loophole in legislation that is preventing the entirety of the Carrigaline municipal district from being...
- Defective Building Materials
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to help those whose homes are affected by pyrite but do not qualify for existing supports; and if he...
- Housing Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will refer the findings of the summary of social housing assessments 2020 and elaborate on the fact that 16,832 of the...
- Housing Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options that are under consideration for mid-income families who cannot secure sufficient mortgages when financial...
- Local Authorities
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resources which have been provided for the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office; and if he will make a...
- Construction Industry
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on pricing within the building providers' sector; and the engagement he has had with the industry since taking up...
- Housing Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projections and targets that have been made for the delivery of cost-rental units by his Department for 2022; the funding...
- Departmental Reviews
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work completed by the town centre first inter-departmental group; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Sector
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports he is exploring for old age renters in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33248/21]
- Citizens' Assembly
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the biodiversity citizens' assembly will be established. [27638/21]
- Local Authorities
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 5 May 2021, the status of the review process regarding the filling of the post of...
- Rental Sector
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration he is giving to long-term life leases for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33247/21]
- Housing Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funding provided per site for social, affordable and potential cost rental sites in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he...
- Homeless Persons Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the interim report on mortality in the single homeless population 2020 published in June 2021. [33760/21]
- Domestic Violence
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering a housing support scheme for victims of domestic abuse which has increased during the pandemic; and if he...
- Natural Heritage Areas
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that all proposed natural heritage areas are designated natural heritage areas. [33841/21]
- Banking Sector
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with the Central Bank regarding the current review of Irish mortgage lending rules; and...
- Housing Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on and if he has concerns regarding the amount of homes the public sector is purchasing from the open market to make...
- Planning Issues
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the requirements of planning applicants seeking to build on their parents or siblings’ land; and if he...
- Urban Development
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further discussions have taken place between his Department and Louth County Council in respect of progressing a further...
- Housing Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the introduction of higher income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as counties Cavan and...
- Housing Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make the Rebuilding Ireland home loans more flexible such as increasing financial limits; and if he will make a...
- Building Regulations
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to review Part M of the building regulations to ensure that all new social housing is fully accessible for...
- Housing Policy
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered measures to encourage right sizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33514/21]
- Defective Building Materials
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the independent working group to examine defective housing including its terms of reference; the...
- Gender Equality
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress towards gender equality in politics in Ireland; and the steps being taken to achieve a new normal...
- Defective Building Materials
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on work to incorporate County Clare in the defective concrete block scheme; if homeowners will be eligible...
- Architectural Heritage
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the deterioration of Knocklofty House, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the level of engagement he plans to have...
- Housing Policy
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that apartments, like traditional houses, are homes for many persons and thus...
- Rental Sector
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he plans to take to support renters outside of rent pressure zones in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
- Rights of Way
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request all local authorities to register all public rights of way within their boundaries and to be cognisant of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to streamline HAP rates at the higher rate to the equivalent of the homeless HAP rates as the rationale for the...
- Vacant Sites
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that local authorities collect the full vacant site levy that is due; and if he will make a...
- Derelict Sites
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he plans to take to strengthen the Derelict Sites Act 1990 and to support local authorities in their ability to...
- Rental Sector
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department has undertaken with the Residential Tenancies Board to ensure that landlords who are not registered...
- Housing Policy
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recent changes to household means policy 2021 issued in April 2021 take into account recent changes in circumstances; if...
- Heritage Sites
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that possible burial sites and sites of historic significance will be protected in county development plans; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure investment commitments made under the New Decade New Approach deal are implemented. [29399/21]
- Middle East
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland plans to take against Israel following the continued bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations made by the Government for the recommencement of international travel in Ireland and plans to allow for usage of the EU...
- Irish Aid
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has a policy on the funding or defunding of organisations with gender critical views by Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Membership
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the current political situation within Hungary; and the way in which this will affect its relationship with the EU. [33939/21]
- Middle East
105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any engagement with his counterpart in the new Israeli government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33699/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the diplomatic efforts on the repeal of the US Presidential Order under section 212 F of the Immigration and Nationality Act...
- International Relations
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is prepared to utilise Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council and within the EU to influence these bodies to...
- United Nations
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by Ireland to raise climate change as an issue of national security on the United Nations Security Council; and if he...
- Middle East
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure the Gaza reconstruction mechanism will support the rebuilding of Gaza following the recent conflict instead...
- Trade Sanctions
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts the Government is prepared to take to alleviate the suffering caused to the Cuban people as a consequence of the 60 year...
- Middle East
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made by Ireland to assist in the implementation of a ceasefire in the Middle East and efforts towards a permanent resolution to...
- EU Membership
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been any developments in regard to Serbia and Montenegro joining the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Conflicts
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is prepared to utilise the position of Ireland on the United Nations Security Council and within the EU to assist the Kurdistan...
- Anti-Racism Measures
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the gestures and statements and international events against racism and discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Oireachtas Committees
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 11 May 2021, the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the March 2021 Report...
- United Nations
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities of the Government on a sexual and reproductive health policy ahead of the Generation Equality Forum; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33702/21]
- Good Friday Agreement
120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take through international law to force Britain to adhere to international agreements such as the Good Friday Agreement...
- EU Programmes
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the EU jobs strategy of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33048/21]
- Human Rights
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the operation of the EU Magnitsky Act enacted in December 2020; if Ireland has implemented any of the powers of this...
- Foreign Conflicts
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his counterparts in Europe on the continuing situation in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33908/21]
- Northern Ireland
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative timeline for the implementation of the independent commission on information retrieval contained in the Stormont House...
- Passport Services
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the recommencement of hard copy passport applications including the passport express through post offices is expected; the timeline to...
- International Relations
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned at recent developments in Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33698/21]
- Election Monitoring Missions
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of former Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas nominated to participate in election observation missions from the election...
- International Relations
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in Nicaragua at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/21]
- Middle East
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any response from Israel on the decision to categorise the occupation of Palestinian territories as a de facto annexation;...
- United Nations
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work of Ireland’s delegation at the United Nations as the halfway point of the two-year membership of the...
- Northern Ireland
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been any recent discussions with the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive on the establishment of a civic advisory panel...
- International Relations
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent engagement with the United States Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33703/21]
- Human Rights
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and response to a report by a human rights organisation (details supplied) in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the...
- United Nations
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has taken initiatives at the UN Security Council to confront the alarming moves against political freedoms being witnessed; and...
- British-Irish Co-operation
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33246/21]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made with the new US Administration to improve the situation of undocumented emigrants in the US; and if he will make a...
- Human Rights
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with officials from China regarding the treatment of the Uyghur people; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- United Nations
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a call for a global ban on fracking being proposed by Ireland at the United Nations General Assembly on climate...
- Racism in Sport
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to Hungarian officials or the ambassador on comments made by the Prime Minister of Hungary on Irish international...
- Good Friday Agreement
161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Irish and British Governments are currently engaging with the authorities and communities in Northern Ireland with a...
- International Relations
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current state of relations between Ireland and China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33854/21]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Foreign Direct Investment
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department holds a database of potential foreign investors seeking projects for investment or projects that are seeking...
- Workplace Relations Commission
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Workplace Relations Commission actions taken in County Cork to date in 2021. [34054/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the Cork City Council motion calling on the Government to support the waiving of patents on the Covid-19 vaccine in the...
- Enterprise Policy
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost to increase the Enterprise Ireland budget by 1% and 10% respectively. [33970/21]
- InterTradeIreland
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost to increase funding to InterTradeIreland by 20%. [33971/21]
- Enterprise Policy
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost to treble the Young Entrepreneur Fund. [33972/21]
- Workplace Relations Commission
169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost to increase funding to the Workplace Relations Commission by 50%. [33973/21]
- Enterprise Support Services
170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost to increase funding to the local enterprise office network by 5%, 10%, and 50%. [33974/21]
- Enterprise Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of creating a State-funded workers’ cooperative development unit with ten staff on the average public...
- Consumer Protection
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding to the Irish Competition Authority by 10%. [33981/21]
- Company Registration
174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated annual cost of increased funding the Companies Registration Office by 5% and 25% respectively. [33982/21]
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement received in 2020; and the amount it is expected to receive in 2021,...
- Low Pay Commission
179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding the Low Pay Commission received in 2020; and the amount it is expected to receive in 2021, in tabular form....
- Work Permits
182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and when a renewal work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Infrastructure
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of efibre broadband. [34003/21]
- Electricity Generation
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a final design of a microgeneration support scheme has been approved; if the scheme will be implemented as planned...
- Waste Management
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are regulations requiring the display of a notice in outlets handling WEEE products to the effect that...
- Broadband Infrastructure
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) cannot avail of high-speed broadband while the neighbouring property can; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time the quiet carriage initiative operated by Irish Rail ran before it was phased out in 2018; the amount the initiative...
- Driver Test
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Wexford driving test centre in each category (details supplied); the number of...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of full VAT reclamation on all Covid-19 related health and safety works carried out by SMEs and microbusinesses. [33978/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
193. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34005/21]
- Tax Credits
194. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2022 that would be raised by tapering out the personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5 % per €1,000...
- Financial Services
195. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 8 June 2018, if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman can now consider older cases under the Financial...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
196. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the charges including VRT and VAT placed on a bus hire company purchasing buses from England post-Brexit. [34070/21]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time the works currently underway at a location (details supplied) were meant to take originally; when he now expects same...
- Freedom of Information
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the Freedom of Information Act 2014 in 2021; and the status of the progress made on drafting a new freedom of...
- Living Wage
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing the living wage across the public sector. [33977/21]
- Protected Disclosures
202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process that a whistleblower should follow in order to protect themselves in relation to making a disclosure; and if he will make a...
- Heritage Sites
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans by the OPW to enhance the user and visitor experience at Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare (details...
- National Maternity Hospital
204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought and or received a specific business case for the proposed new national maternity hospital to be located on...
- Public Procurement Contracts
206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend public procurement processes to ensure that small and medium enterprises are not disadvantaged in tendering for the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Promotion
208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a tourist information office will reopen in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [33969/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to issues surrounding the definition of a sporting event during the current Covid-19 measures...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a company (details supplied) in the events sector has not been able to obtain a grant; and if there will be further...
- Tourism Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has been in contact with tourism groups regarding supplementary funding for a scheme (details supplied). [34165/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has been in contact with tourism groups regarding the extension of the emergency wage subsidy scheme for significantly...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Commercial Rates
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of extending the commercial rates waiver per month. [33975/21]
- Defective Building Materials
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if provisions will be made to extend the pyrite remediation scheme to counties Mayo and Donegal; if his Department has engaged...
- Housing Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority new housing builds that have included a social clause that will encourage local employment; and...
- Local Authorities
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the impact for local authorities of the changes to the local property tax; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the high level of current expenditure in his Department via the housing assistance payment, the rental...
- Rental Sector
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to prevent tenants facing double yearly rent increases in the coming period as a result of previous...
- Local Authorities
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek an update from Louth County Council in respect of the appointment of the two senior executive officers in...
- Planning Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the planning regulations for wind turbines regarding the setback distances from houses are under review given the...
- Defective Building Materials
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assist in expediting the construction of all homes at a location (details supplied) in recognition of the defective...
- Local Authorities
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision given to Cork City Council to reimburse CPOs in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [34056/21]
- Derelict Sites
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to establish a national registry of derelict sites. [34057/21]
- Vacant Sites
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on the vacant sites register by county. [34058/21]
- Departmental Funding
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to provide funding to Dublin City Council for the provision of a discovery centre building on the...
- Housing Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if supports are available without household income means tests for a severely disabled person to install equipment such as a...
- Departmental Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the funding provided to the National Women’s Council of Ireland to assist in producing the document...
- Housing Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be necessary to invoke emergency housing procedures in order to assure the rapid delivery of direct build local...
- Housing Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has considered additional measures to address the housing crisis with particular reference to the...
- Heritage Projects
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of heritage projects currently in hand or listed for attention in terms of projection and restoration; and if he...
- Housing Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built or bought by each local authority by county excluding the approved housing bodies in the past 12...
- Housing Schemes
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland loans approved and drawn down in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists who may now be in rental accommodation...
- Housing Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will conduct an urgent evaluation of the housing needs of the younger generation with a view to a crash programme of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft
254. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the new US administration under President Joe Biden in relation to the continued use of Shannon Airport to...
- Northern Ireland
257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with the leader of the DUP and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with regard to the impact...
- Brexit Issues
261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the debate arising from Brexit with particular reference to arising implications...
- Northern Ireland
262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will continue his engagement with the new leaders of the two major Unionist parties in Northern Ireland. [27648/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a request by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33999/21]
- Passport Services
267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34155/21]
- Foreign Conflicts
268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is currently engaged in addressing issues of starvation and neglect of children throughout...
- Human Rights
270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps likely to be taken by the international community in order to address human rights and trafficking abuses of women and children in...
- Foreign Policy
274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which Ireland, directly or through the aegis of the EU or UN, can promote the prosecution of those engaged in war crimes with...
- Human Rights
275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can motivate the international community towards addressing human rights abuses, trafficking in women and children,...
- Brexit Issues
276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he remains in constant engagement with the UK authorities and both communities in Northern Ireland with a view to...
- Human Rights
281. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ten locations globally now deemed to be the most serious in the context of conflict, starvation, genocide, ethnic cleansing, human...
- Irish Aid
282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland’s bilateral and multilateral aid programme continues to address hunger and starvation at various...
- Foreign Conflicts
289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Boko Haram and Al Shabaab are being deterred through the activities of the international community or otherwise; and...
- Human Rights
290. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to assist in the fight against political and human rights abuses in Belarus; and...
- Department of Defence
- Military Honours
292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the report being undertaken by an independent review group into the question of the recommendation of gallantry medals for the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun bunscoil lán-Ghaeilge a bhunú i gCilldroichid, Contae Chill Dara; an dtabharfaidh sí...
- Special Educational Needs
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide statistical information regarding special schools and their students (details supplied). [34004/21]
- Gangland Crime
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by a parent's association (details supplied) in respect of the Geiran report recommendations and the delay to...
- Vaccination Programme
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether all teachers and school staff will be fully vaccinated before the return to school in September 2021; and if she will engage...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of additional secondary school teachers that are necessary to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio by one point. [34034/21]
- Direct Provision System
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will introduce the spending measures included in the white paper related to ending direct provision; and the breakdown of this spending....
- School Staff
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of hiring one additional guidance counsellor; and if the rate differs whether the counsellor is based in a primary or...
- School Transport
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employment terms and conditions for school bus escorts will be reviewed to allow for pay during school holidays; and if she will make a...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén plé a bhí aici le hoifigigh a Roinne agus leis an Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus...
- Defibrillators Provision
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered funding the bulk purchase of defibrillators for schools. [34104/21]
- Special Educational Needs
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs who are in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34119/21]
- Schools Building Projects
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for the new building programme at a school (details supplied); the contacts she has had in the matter; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs that have gone through section 29 in the past three years; and if she will make a statement...
- Residential Institutions
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the Caranua Residential Institutions Statutory Fund; the number of applications approved and paid to date; the average...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Employment Schemes
317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the WALK PEER employment support service model in all 26 counties. [33980/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance can be made available in a case (details supplied) in which the person is in receipt of...
- Pension Provisions
319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their contributory pension application. [34039/21]
- Community Employment Schemes
320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the 3 July 2017 ruling on community employment schemes that directly affects participants who are over 55...
- Employment Support Services
321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed in the local employment service and job clubs. [34072/21]
- Rental Sector
322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for rent supplement in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the corresponding number...
- Pension Provisions
323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to legislate to provide for annual increases in the State pension to be benchmarked at 34% of earnings; and if...
- Social Insurance
324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans for the next actuarial review of the social insurance fund. [34078/21]
- Childcare Services
325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to parents who have a baby via surrogacy. [34079/21]
- Departmental Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of departmental staff who are working remotely. [34081/21]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the changes in structure to MABS through the recent regionalisation of the service; and if she will make...
- Pension Provisions
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken to date to examine options for a pension solution for carers as committed to in the programme...
- Social Welfare Benefits
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report into the poverty impact assessment of reduced rates of jobseeker’s payments for those aged 18 to 25 as...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of persons with a disability in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme and the ability programme. [34087/21]
- Social Welfare Benefits
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34088/21]
- State Pensions
333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to introduce auto-enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34089/21]
- Social Welfare Schemes
335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participants on the short-term enterprise allowance require the support of the local development company; and if she will...
- Departmental Reviews
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times the Child Maintenance Review Group has met since it was established; the date for the report to be...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit since it was introduced; the corresponding number...
- Social Welfare Benefits
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion to develop and consult on a strawman proposal for the...
- Departmental Reviews
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the review into contracted employment services. [34095/21]
- Employment Schemes
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if referrals to JobPath will cease in December 2021 as planned. [34096/21]
- Youth Work Supports
341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons who have been on the youth employment support scheme since it was established; if the findings of...
- Social Welfare Rates
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly...
- Social Welfare Benefits
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to child benefit; and if she will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Parental Leave
344. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the full ten weeks parent’s leave and benefit to lone parents who are...
- Magdalen Laundries
345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated to the Magdalen restorative justice ex-gratia scheme; the number of applications approved...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 90 and 976 of 15 June 2021, the breakdown of the figure referred to of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Costs
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial supports are available for third-level students whose families are marginally over the income threshold for a student grant; and if...
- Grant Payments
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the SUSI income bracket no maintenance 50% tuition fees or 100% student contribution by 10, 20,...
- Further and Higher Education
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocated capital investment in higher education since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34029/21]
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil a Roinn i mbun comhráití le Cumann Ollscoileanna na hÉireann, leis an Údarás um Ardoideachas agus leis an...
- Further and Higher Education
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of academic and research staff in full-time permanent employment in public higher education institutes; and if he will make a...
- Language Schools
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further details will be provided on the public health advice in relation to the resumption of English language education and the restrictions...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Regulatory Bodies
362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner received in 2020; and the amount it is expected to receive in 2021,...
- Visa Applications
364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached in relation to a visa application by a person (details supplied); if the visa will be expedited...
- Prison Service
365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the high number of category A complaints reported to the Office of the Inspector of Prisons...
- Peace Commissioners
367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will list all peace commissioners appointed from 1 January 2017 to date; the details of the county and sub-district of...
- Court Judgments
368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions under the Novel Psychoactive Substances Act 2010 in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
- Citizenship Applications
369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34064/21]
- An Garda Síochána
370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in each Garda division; the number of bench warrants outstanding for a period of over...
- Visa Applications
371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); when the extension will issue; and if she will...
- Department of Health
- Medical Aids and Appliances
373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the decision to make the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age...
- Abortion Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the international evidence supporting the effectiveness, safety and acceptability of telemedicine abortion including a...
- Health Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health when the public health restrictions on partners of pregnant persons will be lifted to allow them attend prenatal care, labour and delivery; and if he will make...
- Vaccination Programme
376. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the dip in vaccine doses administered each weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26132/21]
- Eating Disorders
377. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to private companies providing treatment for persons with eating disorders either on an outpatient or inpatient basis including...
- Health Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for public funding to access inpatient treatment at private hospitals and facilities since 2010; the number of these applicants who...
- Health Services Staff
379. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation of the advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services in Dublin north city and...
- Health Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health the drug treatment programmes that are in operation for those addicted to illegal drugs in counties Longford and Westmeath; the plans there are to improve and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding plans to approve the use of a Covid-19 vaccine details supplied) ; if negotiations in relation to obtaining the vaccine...
- Health Services Staff
387. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent advertisement for unpaid posts for HSE services (details supplied); the position of the HSE on the recruitment of roles in an unpaid...
- Dental Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health policy; the plans for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26191/21]
- Mental Health Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1010 of 28 April 2021, the length of each vacancy in CAMHS services in County Wexford; and the expected date these...
- Health Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health if families can be permitted to once again visit loved ones in oncology wards in view of very high levels of vaccination against Covid-19 among hospital...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a vaccine bonus for wedding receptions to allow fully vaccinated persons not be included in the guest number limit. [26209/21]
- Vaccination Programme
403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters in relation to nurses receiving vaccines under the Covid-19 vaccine programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Staff
404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process in relation to the new development fund for the recruitment of 2,000 frontline primary care staff; if recruitment has...
- Health Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen cancer screening services; his plans to address the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26296/21]
- Hospital Staff
406. To ask the Minister for Health if private consultants receive preferential rates for office accommodation in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26307/21]
- Health Services
407. To ask the Minister for Health the amount received in each CHO area from private consultants for office accommodation in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of person (details supplied) who has been waiting over four years for an appointment at the Croom Orthopaedic Hospital,...
- Health Service Executive
410. To ask the Minister for Health if he approves of the HSE advertising for unpaid assistant psychologist roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26329/21]
- Vaccination Programme
411. To ask the Minister for Health if the vaccination programme has been readjusted to include the prioritisation of pregnant women as advised by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider accepting proof of vaccination from Irish citizens returning to Ireland who have received vaccinations (details supplied) in order to waive...
- Hospital Equipment
413. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed that a public MRI scanner facility at Wexford General Hospital will be included in the HSE Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vaccination Programme
415. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine for persons not registered with a general practitioner due to the shortfall of general...
- General Practitioner Services
416. To ask the Minister for Health the specific provisions in place in County Wexford for private patients of retiring general practitioners who are unable to access alternative registration...
- Vaccination Programme
417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vaccine roll-out in County Donegal; the number of persons who have received both first and or second doses; the cohorts being vaccinated; the...
- Health Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional detail on the majority of the funding allocated under health services in relation to the in-house research and development...
- Health Services Staff
420. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the recent advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within the HSE services; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Service Executive
424. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make an announcement on whether the current national pilot advanced placement incentives programme is to be extended; and if he will make a...
- National Maternity Hospital
425. To ask the Minister for Health if the new maternity hospital in the grounds of St. Vincent’s Hospital will have any involvement of a charity (details supplied); if the maternity...
- General Practitioner Services
426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioners charging to take blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/21]
- Vaccination Programme
427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been identified as eligible for Covid-19 vaccination aged 16 to 59 years who are at high risk group 7; the number of persons in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
431. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a national approach to the easing of restrictions in maternity hospitals will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26368/21]
- Hospital Services
432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of neurology services at the Mercy Hospital Cork; if the consultant of neurology is moving to Cork University Hospital; if infusions for MS patients...
- Vaccination Programme
433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been identified as eligible for Covid-19 vaccination aged 16 to 69 years who are at very high-risk cohort 4; and the number in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
435. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 guidelines will be issued to organisations on the management and operation of summer camps (details supplied) during the summer months in 2021;...
- Nursing Homes
436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure 10-week transitional nursing home funding is provided for a person (details supplied). [26389/21]
- Hospital Procedures
437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partners to attend the 12-week dating and booking scan; and...
- Vaccination Programme
443. To ask the Minister for Health if persons within the different age categories for the vaccine roll-out are taken on an age basis within their respective category; if a 51 year old person...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
444. To ask the Minister for Health when public health restrictions will be lifted for amusement arcades in order that employees in this sector can return to work; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Care Packages
445. To ask the Minister for Health if 24-hour homecare will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26414/21]
- Health and Safety
446. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided regarding the public health requirements for travel and quarantining for a fully vaccinated Irish citizen who has been working...
- Departmental Projects
447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to redevelop a location (details supplied); the number of beds that will be available in the facility on completion; when the project...
- Hospital Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to put in place to reduce the waiting time for dialectical behaviour therapy, a time sensitive therapy, which is currently standing at...
- Health Services Staff
449. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the advertisement for seven unpaid assistant psychologist roles in the health service (details supplied); his views on the...
- Departmental Strategies
450. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to date on reviewing and renewing the national carers’ strategy committed to in the programme for Government. [26433/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
451. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
452. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek clarity from the HSE on the further easing of maternity hospitals restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists currently working in a voluntary capacity in HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26559/21]
- Mortality Rates
458. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the high perinatal mortality rates among ethnically African mothers or expectant mothers living in Ireland as recorded in the 2017 perinatal...
- Health Services Staff
459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide ten days of compensatory leave for healthcare workers due to fatigue and overwork throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as requested by a union...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
461. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme is in operation with the advent of Covid-19; and if there are any restrictions in place of same. [26573/21]
- Departmental Communications
462. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the international surrogacy issue in the assisted human reproduction Bill to reflect that both the child’s intended parents are...
- Health Services Staff
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number and hospital location of international board certified lactation consultants currently employed as lactation consultants in maternity hospitals in...
- Health Services
466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting access to a speech and language therapist in CHO9 for over 3, 6, 12 and 18 months in tabular form. [26609/21]
- Vaccination Programme
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that persons with ill health and other limiting factors in counties Offaly and Laois are being requested to travel long distances...
- Abortion Services
468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review required under section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 which is to take place in 2021; the process...
- Voluntary Sector
469. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from his Department per annum. [26626/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
472. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have the remit and authority to instruct or compel the 19 maternity units to comply with easing restrictions that currently prevent a...
- Hospital Services
475. To ask the Minister for Health the specific grounds identified by his Department and HSE, including but not exclusive to the Covid-19 pandemic, on which a maternity unit is justified in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
478. To ask the Minister for Health if community pools and leisure centres will be permitted to hold swimming classes for children in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of grant payments for a person (details supplied); if the grant will continue to be paid; and if he will make a statement...
- Forestry Sector
484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter in relation to private forestry farms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1196 of 15 June 2021, the basis for the Irish Deer Management Forum being disbanded following...
- Coillte Teoranta
486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte has not responded to a query (details supplied); the reason it has failed to provide the records requested; when a...
- Forestry Sector
487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will issue a policy document regarding the 20% rule on unenclosed land; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are grants available for a person who is beekeeping and has three and a half acres to use for biodiversity for wildflowers...
- Forestry Sector
494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications in hand for forestry felling; the number of appeals pending in each county; the national information on...
