Written answers

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the failure to implement the technical pay agreement negotiated in July 2019 between the Government and the Defence Forces. [34597/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020. [34627/21]
    • Defence Forces
      25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to retain Defence Forces officers following a survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that he will take to ensure that foreign naval vessels that conduct anti-submarine warfare drills in Irish waters take appropriate...
    • Naval Service
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Naval Service ships are unable to take to sea (details supplied); and the steps taken or...
    • Departmental Reviews
      31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the organisational capability review of his Department. [34681/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a recent article in the media (details supplied) which stated there has been a 413% increase in ransomware...
    • Defence Forces
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the re-opening of St. Bricin's Military Hospital or the construction of a new purpose-built military medical facility staffed by members of...
    • EU Meetings
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent meeting of EU Defence Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34624/21]
    • Commemorative Events
      40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans for a national commemoration to mark the 60th anniversary of the siege of Jadotville in Irish military history. [34697/21]
    • EU Meetings
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of European Defence Fund Expert Group meetings attended by representatives of his Department in 2020 and to date in 2021; if the...
    • Defence Forces
      42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current search and rescue capacity of the Defence Forces; the plans in place to increase that capacity; and if he will make a statement on...
    • White Papers
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the White Paper on Defence. [34680/21]
    • Defence Forces
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to Irish controlled airspace repeatedly being entered by Russian aircraft with its transponders turned off; his...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Real Estate Sector
      57. To ask the Taoiseach the size in units, net asset value and gross asset value of the real estate sector by residential and commercial in Dublin city and county and outside of Dublin,...
    • Central Statistics Office
      58. To ask the Taoiseach if the cost of each directorate of the Central Statistics Office by directorate will be provided. [34727/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Flexible Work Practices
      63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the national remote work strategy is applicable to employers at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34232/21]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Workplace Relations Commission cases taken in County Cork in 2020 and to date in 2021, by year in tabular form. [34268/21]
    • Employment Schemes
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place for those businesses that do not qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Properties
      66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the properties and land rented by IDA Ireland in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form, including overseas properties; the yearly rent paid...
    • Employment Data
      67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of persons working in IDA supported jobs in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • State Bodies
      70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to date in 2021 in counties Clare, Limerick, Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of hearings before the Workplace Relations Commission in the period from 6 April 2021 to date that have been commenced but...
    • Departmental Funding
      74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 22 June 2021, if the funding figure provided for each local enterprise office in 2020...
    • Departmental Policies
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish Human Rights...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) cannot avail of high speed broadband; when the area is due to be surveyed; the...
    • Recycling Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of a deposit return system for plastic bottles and aluminium cans; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of fibre broadband under the national broadband plan to Adelaide Street, Dún Laoghaire...
    • Departmental Surveys
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is expected that the eastern coastline of Ireland will be surveyed as part of the recently announced ObSERVE II...
    • Departmental Schemes
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline of the proposed feed-in tariff for 2021; when he expects it to be in place; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Functions
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department has in the provision of public street lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when works under the warmer homes scheme will be carried out at the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the scheme to pay microgenerators for electricity exported to the national grid will be operational; the measures...
    • Departmental Policies
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a physical phone directory is still available to persons who request one; and if not, the provision made for access...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for ESB charges for rural dwellers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34975/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reopen the Climate Action Fund to nature-based projects applying for funding under the scheme; if he will be...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Proposed Legislation
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his work to legislate for e-scooters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34938/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with taxi driver unions to hear the difficulties faced by the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34275/21]
    • Driver Test
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) who has been given a test date of 5 August 2021 can have their theory test date brough forward by the Road...
    • Bus Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional bus services will be provided for Kill, County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider match funding the local improvement scheme to help deal with the demand for the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Aviation Industry
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to restore the services and jobs that were recently lost at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NDLS centre in Clifden, County Galway remains closed; when it will reopen; and the conditions that must be met before it...
    • Road Signage
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the rules surrounding the erection of a rider safety sign; if the rules can be amended in order that signs can be...
    • Road Safety
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to make the wearing of protective clothing mandatory for cyclists and road users of powered personal transporters. [34410/21]
    • Traffic Management
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is always necessary for a local authority to establish definitively the 85th percentile speed using a traffic speed study before...
    • Transport Costs
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the current price of €647 for a student monthly train ticket from Galway to Dublin, the current cost of an...
    • Driver Test
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of theory tests that have been cancelled by Prometric since the resumption of theory tests in total and per test centre; the...
    • Road Projects
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the ongoing works along Carlingford Lough Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34557/21]
    • Travel Trade Sector
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extra supports being put in place to assist travel agents due to restrictions on international travel; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the campaign led by a charity (details supplied) that proposes a return of the quiet carriages...
    • Driver Test
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues being experienced by those who have booked their driver theory test before being notified of...
    • Aviation Industry
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the concerns of a person (details supplied) on the impact of the recent collapse of an airline on some cancer...
    • Regional Airports
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the request from Sligo Airport for financial support to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the controls, that is, audits, reports, inspections and so on he has in place to ensure walking and cycling funds received by local...
    • National Car Test
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation in respect of the national car test in the context of a suspension and or curtailment of the test over...
    • Road Network
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body that is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads leading to the shore in Canower, Cashel, Connemara, County Galway;...
    • Cycling Policy
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when consultation will be open on the national cycle manual. [34742/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is seeking the email address of an official; when his office...
    • Transport Costs
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the growing cost of cargo shipping to Ireland (details supplied); if his Department has conducted an...
    • Rail Network
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 17 June 2021, if he will provide specific details in relation to the scheduled movements,...
    • Bus Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the age of private buses is a determining factor in the allocation of LocalLink tender services; the rationale for this criterion; the...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 15 June 2021, if investigations have ensued on foot of referrals (details supplied); if so,...
    • Departmental Policies
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights...
    • Driver Test
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the management by the RSA of the driving test booking system for essential workers given that verification codes are...
    • Bus Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on and response to a report from an organisation (details supplied) outlining the actions required to support the private bus...
    • Departmental Funding
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the controls and oversight his Department has of the way active travel funds are or are not being spent; the oversight and monitoring...
    • Driver Licences
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues concerning Irish citizens abroad who, in cases in which their driver's licence is lost or...
    • Road Projects
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a financial update will be provided on the Limerick-Adare-Foynes bypass; the funding that has been allocated to the project to date;...
    • Rail Network
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional efforts he will make to examine the reopening of the Avoca train station, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was in receipt of the Covid restrictions support scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34575/21]
    • Housing Schemes
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation to an issue (details supplied). [34278/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) qualified for the employment wage subsidy scheme in September 2020 and is now ineligible; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the 9% VAT rate to the hospitality sector to the end of October 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions of the revised capital gains tax entrepreneur relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34347/21]
    • Banking Sector
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision on extending and increasing the banking levy will be made. [34392/21]
    • Tax Collection
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected under the local property tax per year since 2013; and the effect new changes to the tax is projected to have. [34393/21]
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland plans to join the global rate of corporate tax being proposed by the US administration; and the level of engagement by the administration with the...
    • Tax Credits
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2022 to 2026 of restoring the PAYE tax credit as it applied to the contributory pension for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be extended to quarter 1 of 2022 for travel agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34564/21]
    • Tax Code
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes to benefit in kind in respect of company electric vehicles which have been proposed to come into effect from January 2023 will be reviewed; if he...
    • Data Centres
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data centres whose construction was supported by the REITs. [34735/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can review and advise on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/21]
    • Insurance Coverage
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Claims Information Database compiled by the Central Bank will report on employers liability insurance and public liability insurance; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are...
    • Tax Code
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the current position relating to the payment of capital acquisitions tax by unmarried cohabitants both in relation to a shared primary...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Garda stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly that are owned by the State; the current use of each; and if...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Acts in force for which he has lead responsibility and that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced...
    • Departmental Meetings
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings that have been scheduled by a union (details supplied) with his Department since January 2020 in relation to...
    • National Development Plan
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which the updated capital ceilings, as per the review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027, will be published; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide further details in respect of the amended design detail in respect of the construction of the Garda building on...
    • Office of Public Works
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of public buildings under the control of OPW that identifies buildings that are not fully compliant with...
    • Departmental Policies
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which...
    • Departmental Circulars
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the implications of circular 08/2019 for staff promotion and movement between public sector bodies (details supplied); and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Grant Payments
      172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for grant funding that were made under the live performance support scheme; the number of applications...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the implementation of a universal basic income for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34356/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the current difficulties being faced by sporting businesses and clubs that are not affiliated to a governing body...
    • National Archives
      175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for introducing a 20 year rule for the release of State papers. [34381/21]
    • Tourist Accommodation
      176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the building requirements, room dimensions and so on that a self-catering cottage must meet in order to qualify for the welcome...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be another opportunity later in 2021 for applicants to apply for the live performance support scheme given that...
    • Departmental Budgets
      178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the headings and subheadings under her vote, Vote 33 or any other vote, the €50 million promised to live performance in...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      181. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí miondealú ar cé hiad atá ceaptha chun dáileadh a dhéanamh ar an €7,650,000...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta
      182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí miondealú ar cé hiad atá ceaptha chun dáileadh a dhéanamh ar an...
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí miondealú ar cé hiad atá ceaptha chun dáileadh a dhéanamh ar an €5...
    • Coimisiún Logainmneacha
      184. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid san iomlán de mhaoiniú stáit a tugadh don Choimisiún Logainmneacha gach bliain ó...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid san iomlán de mhaoiniú stáit a tugadh do Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge gach bliain ó...
    • Sports Facilities
      186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available for a club (details supplied) to acquire a pitch. [34609/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a company (details supplied) was not granted any funding via the live performance support scheme; and if she will make...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Heritage Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify a source of funding to assist the restoration of an historic musical organ (details supplied); and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for local authorities in handling environmental monitoring data for quarries; the way local planning authority...
    • Rental Sector
      192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants who have requested protection through the Residential Tenancies Board due to Covid-19 impacts on their...
    • Local Authorities
      194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review into the boundary expansion between Cork city and county will be undertaken (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Derelict Sites
      198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of properties on the derelict sites register by local authority in 2019, in tabular form. [34333/21]
    • Vacant Sites
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria that needs to be met for a property to be entered onto the vacant sites register. [34336/21]
    • Architectural Heritage
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to owners of Irish historic houses; his plans to safeguard the future of these houses in private...
    • Housing Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a proposal (details supplied) by a party to a turn key contract with Limerick City and County Council...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure in 2020 on payment and availability agreement payments to approved housing bodies; the number of tenancies...
    • Housing Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs approved for the delivery of social housing through both bundle 1 and bundle 2 of the public private partnership...
    • Defective Building Materials
      206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the systems in place to ensure that building products such as blocks are manufactured to appropriate standards; the systems in...
    • Housing Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the financial contribution scheme for older persons is in operation in the four local authority areas in Dublin; and the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential properties allocated for use as emergency accommodation during Covid-19 during 2020 and in 2021 to...
    • Housing Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the waiting list for social housing less than one year by county in tabular form. [34399/21]
    • Housing Schemes
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the discretionary top-up for HAP payments was used in 2020 in County Wicklow by municipal district; the...
    • Housing Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes completed and the number of social homes in the pipeline availing of the one-stage approval...
    • Departmental Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the shared waters enhancement and loughs legacy project; the anticipated Covid-19 related delays; and if he will...
    • Departmental Budgets
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the difference in purpose between the funding provided under the revised estimates sub-headings for built heritage, the built...
    • Fire Service
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on staff shortages in the fire service; the number of hours that fire engines were out of service due to...
    • Naval Service
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether and if the Naval Service will play a role in the protection or monitoring of offshore wind infrastructure...
    • Heritage Sites
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the community monuments fund will be available for restoration and heritage preservation work at the Kilmainham Mill,...
    • Water Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance that is available to a group (details supplied) when not eligible to make an application for a well grant from...
    • Housing Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the construction and completion of projects (details supplied) announced under the national breakdown of targets...
    • Departmental Policies
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by...
    • Departmental Properties
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Clogheen Strand intake at Clonakilty which is currently under the ownership of the Minister for Tourism, Culture,...
    • Housing Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses completed in Dublin since January 2020 to date. [34986/21]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any diplomatic action is warranted following reports of Russian military aircraft sightings off the Irish coast; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will implement to reduce delays in the registration of foreign births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34240/21]
    • Passport Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/21]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Cambodia with the arrest of three environmental activists from a group (details...
    • Passport Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when paper passport applications through the An Post postal service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/21]
    • International Relations
      278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland has not continued to support the Ethiopian government but instead maintain allegiance to the Tigray People’s...
    • Visa Agreements
      282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects his Department to resume the processing of working holiday authorisations from Canada and the United States of America; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these...
    • Visa Agreements
      285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the matter of a student (details supplied) accepted for a place in a US university but who cannot access an appointment...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek clarification in the case of two persons (details supplied); and if he will engage with the Irish Embassy in Greece to seek...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      287. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of E3 visas between the United States of America and Ireland; the engagement that has taken place over the past year between...
  • Department of Defence
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      288. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department has in implementing the National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34629/21]
    • National Emergency Plan
      291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency co-ordination committee will take place; the number of meetings held in 2020 and to date in...
    • Defence Forces
      292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the up-to-date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces by each of the three services, rank and gender; and if he will make a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff with the Defence Forces directed to deal with threats to the security of the State specifically in relation to the recent...
    • Defence Forces
      295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the inability of the Defence Forces to retain highly skilled, motivated loyal military personnel of all ranks due to pay,...
    • Departmental Policies
      298. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      299. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these...
    • Defence Forces
      302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which surveillance or fighter jets have been reported off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34959/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs in the State; the number of special needs schools; the number of such children currently on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34242/21]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for amalgamation involving a school (details supplied). [34256/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a second-level school at a location (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the concern of the local community in...
    • School Transport
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Gortagarry, County Tipperary school bus route will go to tender again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34297/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of building a school hall. [34325/21]
    • School Costs
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy in relation to whether DEIS secondary schools can oblige parents of school pupils to pay an administration charge and a voluntary...
    • Special Educational Needs
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of hiring one additional educational psychologist. [34383/21]
    • School Accommodation
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the proposed additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the option of providing school transport to facilitate siblings of special needs children to attend the same school in which...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be informed of a decision by her Department on two emergency works applications relating to electrical work...
    • School Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its application for a developing post appointment for the 2021-2022 academic year refused when all...
    • School Curriculum
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider implementing education on basic first-aid skills which could be introduced to children in upper primary school and continued...
    • Residential Institutions
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of the institutional child abuse redress scheme; and the contributions to the scheme disaggregated by religious order and...
    • School Transport
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if siblings of children with special needs that avail of school transport can also travel on the same bus to the same school provided that there...
    • Special Educational Needs
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will formally accredit the national training programme for special needs assistants in University College Dublin; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34573/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the July provision has been withdrawn from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34581/21]
    • School Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of improved pay and conditions for school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34582/21]
    • Education Schemes
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to the creative schools programme in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the amount of this funding spent to date in...
    • School Curriculum
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to ensure children have access to music education in schools; the work her Department has undertaken in response to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safety enhancement works which were granted for schools (details supplied). [34716/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to give accreditation to the 500 special needs assistants currently undertaking the National Training Programme for the SNA...
    • School Transport
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if refunds have been issued to those who purchased school bus tickets for the second half of the 2020-2021 school term in view of the closure of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a tender for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) will be advertised; the typical period between approval by her...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the proposed citizens' assembly for education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34791/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the timescale for the commencement of same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the distance eligibility for post-primary school transport is the shortest possible route by car or on foot from the applicant's home to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs currently employed by her Department; the number of whole-time equivalent posts available; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the aviation workers are coming to the end of their eligibility for...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the appeal by a person (details supplied). [34269/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is a single parent working 15 hours a week during the school term is entitled to the full...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the eligibility for the pandemic unemployment payment beyond 7 September 2021 for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing will be arranged immediately for a person (details supplied). [34305/21]
    • Public Services Card (1 comment)
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the management of the public services card phone line service; the number of calls that have...
    • Registration of Births
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a birth registration application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34531/21]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to provide pension provision as per a 2008 Labour Court recommendation for community employment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the provision of domestic violence emergency rent supplement beyond the end of 2021; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make the back to school clothing and footwear allowance form available online for download; and if she will make...
    • Employment Schemes
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referral fees paid to Seetec and Turas Nua since JobPath commenced. [34940/21]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when a decision will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been a rule change regarding the use of the herd number to qualify for the rural social scheme (details...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Employment Support Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department is addressing the low rates of employment among persons with disabilities; and...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an updated roadmap setting out the legislative measures needed to meet the requirements of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE-only childcare providers, that is, providers that do not offer a service outside of ECCE...
    • Departmental Policies
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments;...
    • Residential Institutions
      389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department is facilitating and addressing subject data access requests by survivors of...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the ratification process for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...
    • Legislative Process
      393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on assisting local authorities in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a programme developed by an organisation (details supplied) in conjunction...
    • Child and Family Agency
      396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that have been undertaken to implement the recommendations made in a report (details supplied),...
    • Childcare Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the most up-to-date guidelines currently available to childcare providers; when new guidelines in relation to...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether that as per SI. No. 632/2016 - Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Amendment)...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems with a proposed funding model (details supplied) and its possible detrimental impact on all...
    • Grant Payments
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to expanding SUSI grants for postgraduate students in recognition of the cost of study fees and the limitations...
    • Technological Universities
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and the Higher Education Authority will assist and support Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology as the...
    • Student Visas
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made with other European countries, the United States of America and so on in relation to the pandemic; if...
    • Grant Payments
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the SUSI stakeholder desk phone lines were down recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34556/21]
    • Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé na fo-theidil faoina bhfuil an €900,000 atá sonraithe don bhliain 2020-2021 sna Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe agus...
    • Grant Payments
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will be considered as an eligible payment for the special rate of a SUSI grant given that those who applied...
    • Departmental Policies
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Management Companies
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to use the powers under section 19(9) of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to issue a statutory instrument...
    • Work Permits
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an atypical work permit for a person (details supplied). [34279/21]
    • Residency Permits
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the history and activity of the trial programme Protecting Young People from the Influence of Adult Crime Networks in Ireland;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Visa Applications
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials can facilitate a face-to-face meeting with a person to discuss a visa application and to outline the...
    • Crime Prevention
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address the escalating violence, including stabbings and antisocial behaviour, in Dublin city centre;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 5 May 2021, when the information requested will be provided by An Garda...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department has in place to ensure the Covid-19 protocols are being adhered to throughout the immigration process...
    • Legislative Process
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Procedure Act 2021 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34670/21]
    • Asylum Applications
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the leave-to-remain application by a person (details supplied) can be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Coroners Service
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a report on the coroner system (details supplied). [34772/21]
    • Probate Applications
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases as of 23 June 2021 that are active and or open with the Probate Office; and the average time it takes to...
    • Departmental Policies
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by...
    • Visa Applications
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are two types of stamp 1G visas, both with different entitlements; and if she will rename one of the visas to...
    • Court Procedures
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the minimum sentencing policy under section 29 of the Judicial Council Act 2019 has commenced; if the public...
    • Judicial Council
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Department from which the Judicial Council is funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34930/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a number of Garda stations (details supplied) in County Kerry which the OPW propose to dispose of were decommissioned as...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be afforded respite care as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that is being made to expand the current number of specialist eating disorders teams nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be full resumption of adult services for persons with disabilities. [26719/21]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent on tobacco cessation measures in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26731/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if adult education training courses will be permitted to be hosted in a classroom in June 2021 with 15 persons wearing masks and socially distanced as opposed...
    • Healthcare Policy
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a successor to the Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; when a review of its implementation will...
    • Abortion Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if the arrangement enabling remote consultation for early abortion care will be reviewed once the public health emergency is declared over; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if a customer must be turned away or are within their rights to refuse to give this information if a customer refuses to give contact details on a contract...
    • Mental Health Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists in County Longford. [26811/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the costs for the fitting out of a vaccination centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26834/21]
    • Health Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an assessment will be expedited in the name of a person (details supplied) given the urgency of the case. [26857/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the nature, value and duration of contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services in relation to contact tracing. [26867/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27032/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the additional security measures put in place by the HSE following the cyberattacks in 2017; the IT companies used to carry out this work; the date the work...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has not received a Covid-19 vaccine can request blood from a non-vaccinated person; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if patients whose data was included in the ransomware attack on the health service have been notified of the breach; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the report on the breastfeeding action plan; the status and timescale for the full implementation of each of its elements; and if he will make...
    • Dental Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary school children who missed dental screenings due to external circumstances such as school building closures and redeployment of staff...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      455. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive their ASD assessment. [26860/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 24 April 2021, when the backlog of competitions awaiting filling by a company (details supplied) as referenced in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the nature, value and duration of contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services in relation to contact tracing. [26868/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health when child and family psychology services will recommence in Galway city west, Oughterard and Moycullen; the reason for the significant delay in issuing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if solo dancing instruction is included as an activity under individual training as part of the Covid-19 reopening guidelines; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to reopen the respite services at Drumboe House, County Donegal for children and young adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of partisan; if the matter was discussed at the HSE drugs group May 2021 meeting; if so, the outcome of these discussions; when...
    • Health Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to protect the sensitive medical data targeted in the ransomware attack; the type of data affected; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce primary or secondary legislation to amend the definition of specified controlled drug in the Misuse of Drugs (Prescription and Control...
    • Dental Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the treatments which are no longer available and which are currently available, respectively under the dental treatment services scheme to patients; the change...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of the B1.617.2 Covid-19 variant currently identified in Ireland; the way and the locations in which these were identified; the likely...
    • Dental Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 3 June 2020, if schoolchildren who were in sixth class and did not have a dental screening prior to school...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding Newcastle Community Health Centre, Clonmel, County Tipperary which has been closed since the beginning of Covid-19; the plans to...
    • Health Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an audit on the levels of PPE equipment being supplied to nursing homes; the cost of PPE provided to nursing homes to date; if some...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue a directive to the HSE to instruct hospitals nationwide to allow partners accompany expectant mothers for all antenatal...
    • Health Services Staff
      478. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make an announcement on whether the current national pilot assistant psychologists programme is to be extended. [26727/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health when a dietician will be appointed to the Laois CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/21]
    • Health Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee regularised approved consultant posts; the number of posts registered on the DIME system as vacant;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent correspondence from the HSE to a person (details supplied) waiting almost 18 months for orthopaedic surgery in Merlin...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccines requested by general practitioners; and the number of vaccines delivered to general practitioners in tabular form. [26810/21]
    • Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of stillbirths in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the percentage of those still-births in each year within the number of births...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed national maternity hospital will be in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26701/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the position of the HSE on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity by HSE services; and the number of assistant psychologists...
    • Dental Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the maintenance of full HSE public dental service provision in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26755/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the documents which were collated in relation to the recommendations of Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019 that...
    • Health Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health when a lymphedema clinic running as a pilot programme in Ennis, County Clare will be extended to the CHO8 region; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public ambulances available in the Dublin area in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26802/21]
    • Health Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to engage with an organisation (details supplied) in a meaningful way to resolve the current issues; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Education
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a degree (details supplied) which is recognised as a level 8 qualification in Britain is not being recognised as a level 8 qualification for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if a second dose vaccine appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [27125/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2018 in relation to the review of the abortion legislation, his predecessor promised a comprehensive...
    • Home Help Service
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that substitute or replacement home help care is not being provided in some instances in cases in which the usually assigned home...
    • Health Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if test results will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [27145/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be carried out for a person (details supplied) under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [27149/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need completed under the Disability Act 2005 that included a diagnosis of a disability in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and...
    • Health Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE report on maternity services that he received on 13 May 2021 will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/21]
    • Health Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if an emergency responder will be put in place given the important safeguarding role as it appears that HIQA do not monitor emails or answer telephone calls...
    • Medicinal Products
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre device that were submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27208/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accede to the request to meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the suitability of products that will be...
    • Medicinal Products
      517. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 May 2021, the timeline for the publication of the terms of reference for the inquiry into the prescribing of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to improve the track and trace operation in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27222/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if rapid antigen testing will become more widely available in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27229/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital porters employed at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8; if there is a panel in place to fill casual vacancies that might arise; if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting over 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively, for an autism spectrum disorder assessment in County Wicklow in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the advertisement that has taken place to date in relation to the replacement of an interventional cardiology post previously...
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      524. To ask the Minister for Health an gcuirfear vaicsín malairteach seachas vaicsin (sonraí tugtha) ar fáil do dhaoine idir 60 agus 70 bliain d’aois mar tá stair...
    • Health Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if it is stipulated by his Department or the HSE that individuals contracted by the HSE for the provision of counselling services through an outside agency...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if volunteers working at the Covid-19 vaccination centres will be vaccinated along with all other workers considered essential to the vaccination programme; if...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if any private cyber security firms have been contracted to his Department or the HSE since 12 May 2021; if so, if a contract has been entered into; and the...
    • Disability Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has instructed service providers of respite for families with children with autism in the Dublin area to change their respite contract from...
    • Health Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health when the intravitreal injections service will commence in Letterkenny, County Donegal for those service users being treated by their ophthalmologist for wet...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and...
    • Departmental Investigations
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an interim and or final report in respect of vaccines given out by a private hospital (details supplied). [27293/21]
    • Data Protection
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the status of promised legislation in relation to the introduction of an opt-out system for transplant patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the provision of Covid vaccine via community pharmacists to maximise the vaccine uptake; if an evaluation has been carried out as to the...
    • Data Protection
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if any state or semi state bodies which report to his Department are fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for an MRI appointment at University Hospital Limerick for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting in excess of three years for an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for not allowing communions or confirmations to proceed given that churches have reopened and the children involved are attending school together;...
    • Departmental Investigations
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to take legal action arising from a programme (details supplied) in relation to alleged activities in his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disparity in supports for clinical psychology trainees that receive a starting salary of €33,000 in addition to a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that have signed up for the general medical service scheme contracts in 2021, by county in tabular form; the number of...
    • Health Service Executive
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the next date for a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27464/21]
    • Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make publicly available the report he received from the HSE on visits in maternity units stating which hospitals are fully compliant with the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if children (details supplied) can have access to early an vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27427/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate. [27745/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counsellors and psychotherapists currently registered; if his Department or the HSE have considered workforce planning and future supply for...
    • Vaccination Programme
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and safeguards that have been provided for vaccinators that do not have a professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      552. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the IT system in his Department and bodies under his aegis with a view to maximising the protection against hackers. [28688/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a substantive review of the exercise of emergency powers enacted since 20 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32494/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when section 39 workers can expect to see full restoration of their pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32956/21]
    • Medical Cards
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a medical card. [33362/21]
    • Social Welfare Code
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the income thresholds for the blind welfare allowance and increase them in the forthcoming budget. [33266/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to young persons who have secured college places in the United States of America who are required to be vaccinated before they...
    • Health Services Staff
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses from the Philippines have been reduced due to the fact Ireland did not apply for an exemption from 5,000 to 10,000 nurses for Ireland given...
    • Proposed Legislation
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of legislation will be addressed in relation to surrogacy in Ireland regarding the legal status of the mother; if there are plans to address the...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the design, construction and operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include design,...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32973/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      565. To ask the Minister for Health when a prescription will be given to a child (details supplied). [34038/21]
    • Health Strategies
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date on the National Drugs Strategy from the Budget 2021 allocation. [34046/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the sum allocated to Southdoc Blackpool to date in 2021. [34047/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a drug manufactured by a company (details supplied); and the status of the resolution of recurring problems with the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to the medicinal cannabis access programme to date in 2021. [34051/21]
    • Disability Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if supports are available without household income means tests for a severely disabled person to install equipment such as a full lift in cases in which the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if a fully vaccinated person who has the required PCR test 72 hours before arriving from the USA into Ireland and locator form whether they do or do not have...
    • Vaccination Programme
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the vaccination of third-level students studying abroad; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Farm Inspections
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspectors employed by his Department to inspect dairy farms in 2011 and 2021; the number of inspections that were...
    • Animal Diseases
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of mastitis recorded per 100 dairy cows in Ireland annually from 2011 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Culls
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of spent dairy cows slaughtered each year; the number of slaughterhouses accepting spent dairy cows; and if he will make a...
    • Greyhound Industry
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date of death of a greyhound (details supplied); the number of greyhound pups sired by them since their death; the year of birth...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined in relation to the REAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will accept scanning as proof as pregnancy in cases in which there are TB reactors in a herd; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the beef plan movement has been excluded from the beef taskforce forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is committed to ensure that the upper limit pillar 1 CAP payment allowable for any single applicant should be set at...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to provide flexibility on the reduction period under the beef emergency aid measure scheme, specifically the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU farm to fork strategy specifically details forestry related measures for potential inclusion in new eco or environmental...
    • Departmental Staff
      597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the case of an official (details supplied) in his Department who has admitted to animal neglect...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the plight of farmers who are over the age for the young farmer scheme and who are starting or restarting a career in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that was spent in 2016 on improvements to Canower Pier, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the communication medium of text message used to contact farmers requesting them if they wished to remain part...
    • Forestry Sector
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Service funded Natura Impact Statements for Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34780/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which...
    • Departmental Schemes
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on knowledge transfer programmes; the number of participants annually between 2015 and 2020; the amount spent on and...
    • Fishing Industry
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the Irish Sea Fishery Board withdrawing funding for vessels that apply for a grant to buy a jigging machine to fish...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      609. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if payments are available for farmers for allowing public access onto their lands for walks; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list of all confirmed remote working hubs will be provided; the hubs that are currently operational; and if she will make a...
    • Road Projects
      611. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider increasing the funding for the local improvement scheme to help meet the demands; and if she will make a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Charities Regulator was responsible for appointing trustees (details supplied); if so, the reason this decision was made; and...
    • Departmental Policies
      613. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      614. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which...

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