Written answers
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [33505/21]
- Northern Ireland
34. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he and his Department continue to engage in dialogue with all communities in Northern Ireland with a view to strengthening and improving confidence...
- Equality Issues
52. To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act...
- Equality Proofing of Policies
53. To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; and the process by which these assessments are monitored....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a scheme (details supplied) will be supported in order to help businesses, local clubs and community organisations re-establish...
- Public Holidays
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his plans for the creation of new public holidays. [34837/21]
- Trade Data
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details on the level of trade between Qatar and Ireland in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in tabular form; and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fisheries Protection
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his response to a report of a fish kill (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inland Fisheries
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of inland fishing licences that were applied for by county in each of the years 2019 to 2020 and to date in...
- National Broadband Plan
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will examine a situation in which an area (details supplied) is having broadband difficulties given that...
- Departmental Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 16 June 2021, the breakdown for the current costs associated with...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Offences
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are proposals to set up a portal for video evidence of traffic violations that would be available to gardaí; and if he will...
- State Bodies
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff by job title currently working in the air accident investigation unit and rail accident investigation unit in tabular...
- Driver Test
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting lists for driver tests by test centre in tabular form; and the breakdown by the centres in which the additional 40 testers...
- Greenways Provision
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Mallow Dungarvan greenway feasibility study; and the amount spent to date. [35054/21]
- Road Projects
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works on a road (details supplied). [35055/21]
- Coast Guard Service
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main terms of the contract (details supplied) for the provision of search and rescue services to the Irish Coast Guard; the timeframe...
- Road Projects
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals in place for upgrading the junctions at which they intersect with roads (details supplied); if funding was provided to...
- Bus Services
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to Local Link bus services in 2021; the estimated additional cost of increasing this funding by 5%, 10% and 25%,...
- Coast Guard Service
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35233/21]
- Military Aircraft
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US soldiers who passed through Shannon Airport in each of the years 2001 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the full resumption of driver theory tests is expected following the announcement on the phased reopening of the services; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to alter restrictions on public transport to allow buses to run at 75% capacity rather than 50% capacity on service routes...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the help-to-buy scheme; the breakdown of the cost of the scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make...
- Tax Avoidance
82. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 22 June 2021, the number of occasions on which the Revenue Commissioners has successfully applied Ireland's...
- Tax Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost per annum if the PAYE tax credit was reapplied to the qualifying adult dependent element of the State pension (contributory). [35138/21]
- Vehicle Registration Tax
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VRT enforcement officers follow the operational instructions contained in the Revenue Commissioners VRT enforcement manuals (details supplied); and if...
- Tax Data
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated by introducing a 40% rate for capital gains tax in circumstances in which the person making the disposal has an annual income...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the OPW funded flood relief works that are currently ongoing; the estimated cost of each project; when each...
- National Maternity Hospital
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the precise official rules governing spending on large State capital projects as they apply to the proposed new national maternity...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Centres
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount per county provided in direct funding for arts centres in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [35142/21]
- Artists' Remuneration
93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of a universal basic income for all artists; when it will be introduced; the groups it will include; if it will include...
- Rental Sector
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 23 June 2021, the steps she is taking to regulate elements of the short-term letting...
- Tourism Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase Fáilte Ireland’s financial contribution to the work of rural recreational officers; and if she...
- Sports Organisations
96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the database of an organisation (details supplied) currently under construction will provide data on an all-island basis; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if one-on-one personal training is permitted in private gyms and studios under current restrictions; and if she will make a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Heritage Sites
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the high cross monastic site at Monasterboice, County Louth in respect of the tentative list to be submitted to...
- Local Authorities
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amounts provided to local authorities for adaptation work to local authority houses for persons with disabilities in each...
- Property Registration
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location in which title deeds are stored by the Property Registration Authority; if any title deeds held by the Property...
- Local Authorities
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to the proposals set out in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the maximum grant level for the housing adaptation grant for persons with disabilities was last increased; the estimated...
- Local Authorities
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the support that his Department has given to local authorities to replenish their landbanks to provide a...
- Homeless Accommodation
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body that funds the homeless action team at Clare County Council; and if the provision of a 24-hour service can be...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Equality Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking in response to Hungary’s recent anti-LGBTQ legislation. [35192/21]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 27 January 2021, if the Holy See has provided a response to the final report of the Mother and...
- Department of Defence
- Emergency Planning
111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department collects information and data in relation to weather and climate related emergencies, as part of its role in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to extend the arrangements for the leaving certificate assessment 2021 to apply also for the students to sit the exam in 2022 given...
- Schools Recognition
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a recently established fee paying primary school can apply for a roll number from her Department; the length of time the process takes...
- School Accommodation
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Longford that applied for extensions or additional classrooms in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in...
- Special Educational Needs
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of funding the recruitment of a support person with disability training in each education and training board to...
- Schools Building Projects
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35165/21]
- Departmental Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department’s review initiated in 2019 of the 2014 European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of a person (details...
- Site Acquisitions
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her Department’s continued commitment to the primary school site on Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham; and if she will make a...
- School Equipment
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the cost of technology items in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Establishment
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will authorise the establishment of a Gaelcholáiste Iarthar Chorcaí to restore the choice of parents and pupils to continue...
- State Examinations
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce accredited grades on a permanent basis for the leaving certificate given that the old system is no longer fit for purpose;...
- Special Educational Needs
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who availed of July provision in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [35325/21]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the request for a disability allowance rate review by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Maternity Leave
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider proposals for the equal entitlement to mothers of children born through surrogacy to apply for maternity...
- Community Employment Schemes
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workers who were forced onto the pandemic unemployment and are subsequently made redundant will have the length of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual expenditure on the disability allowance for 2021; the estimated additional cost of increasing disability...
- Youth Work Supports
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the potential abuse of the youth employment support scheme by employers; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe and details of the proposed new work placement scheme including the proposed level of remuneration; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the payment for persons who retire at 65...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a press release (details supplied); if the information is correct; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in relation to the fuel allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Strategies
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to review and update the National Carers’...
- General Practitioner Services
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to extend free general practitioner care to carers...
- Social Welfare Benefits
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on recognising the costs associated with caring in the deductions allowable for carer’s allowance and assess...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending eligibility for carer’s benefit to include persons who are self-employed; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each of the past three years who received partial capacity benefit broken down by those who were in...
- Social Welfare Rates
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual incremental increases in the disability allowance each year since 2008, in tabular form. [35395/21]
- Social Welfare Benefits
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement applications made in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number approved...
- Social Welfare Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disabled persons in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme and the ability programme. [35397/21]
- Departmental Reports
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28205/21]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow childminders to be included in the decision-making of the changes as outlined in...
- Children in Care
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address concerns raised regarding HIQA’s standards for children’s services (details...
- Childcare Services
162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare places available for children in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Equality Proofing of Policies
163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on revising the language used to refer to persons with disabilities and disabled persons in all...
- Domestic Violence
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to an organisation’s (details supplied) report on the rise of reported...
- Childcare Services
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an issue with a national childcare scheme claim by a person (details supplied) will be resolved; and if he...
- International Protection
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a contract to provide quarantine facilities to international protection applicants at a facility (details...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the reckonable income threshold for entitlement to student universal support Ireland...
- National Training Fund
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated projected annual income to the National Training Fund and the reserve surplus of the Fund up until 2025 if expenditure remained...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme is funded from the National Training Fund; the expenditure in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number...
- Education and Training Boards
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when adult literacy tutors will be given equal status to other teachers; when their pay and conditions will be brought up to the levels...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance in place for third-level institutions and students in respect of arrangements for international student exchanges; and if he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Jury Service
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of reported jury intimidation or interference in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a...
- Human Rights
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has engaged with national and international human rights organisations in relation to the Special Criminal...
- An Garda Síochána
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Commissioner advised her of the true extent of the failure to respond to the 999 calls placed by members of the...
- Residency Permits
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
- Restorative Justice
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in the area of restorative justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35099/21]
- Citizenship Applications
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Immigration Status
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to those who will not be included in the regularisation scheme (details supplied), for example,...
- An Garda Síochána
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pedal cycles reported stolen to gardaí in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of stillbirths in women with Covid-19 in the period since the onset of the pandemic to date; the percentage of those stillbirths compared to the...
- Dental Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 29 April 2021, the details of the orthodontic waiting list initiative referenced in the response; the details of...
- Health Service Executive
192. 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. [26869/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
193. To ask the Minister for Health the process in place for exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine in respect of persons travelling for unavoidable, imperative and time sensitive treatments;...
- Disabilities Assessments
194. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been diagnosed with autism, will have a speech and language and an occupational therapy appointment...
- Hospital Appointments Status
195. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27049/21]
- Blood Donations
196. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are vaccinated who donate blood have the brand of vaccine recorded on the donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27061/21]
- Health Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the ransomware attack on the health service will have on data storage, records, appointment scheduling and other operations; and if he will make a...
- Health Strategies
199. To ask the Minister for Health the basis for the use of the figure of €3.69 billion in the headline in relation to his press statement launching the Sláintecare implementation...
- Dental Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health if the Cabra HSE dental clinic is to be closed for a duration of time; the dates of the closure; and the other HSE dental clinics that are due to close for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
201. To ask the Minister for Health the current qualifications by which a country is added to the mandatory hotel quarantine list and also removed from the list; and if he will make a statement...
- Eating Disorders
202. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made to immediately increase specialist eating disorder treatment beds within the health service; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Service Executive
203. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation of a job advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services; and if these positions will...
- Abortion Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding abortion laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26749/21]
- Health Strategies
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019 recommendations; and if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to enact the human tissue Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26775/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
207. To ask the Minister for Health when a parent can travel to see their child who lives in the UK without needing to use up annual leave to quarantine for two weeks on their return or to have a...
- Health Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and supplies that can be provided to parents of older children suffering with bladder incontinence. [26808/21]
- Hospital Staff
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant whole-time equivalent posts in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [26812/21]
- Vaccination Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative arrangements that are being made by the HSE to source an alternative vaccination centre for south County Wicklow; the stage discussions are...
- Insurance Coverage
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
212. To ask the Minister for Health the works that are allowed by a group (details supplied) under the current guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/21]
- Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children...
- Alcohol Pricing
214. To ask the Minister for Health the research carried out in advance of the minimum unit pricing Bill particularly in the context of the possible loss of business cross-Border. [27717/21]
- Disability Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that network disability teams in the south-east Dublin early intervention team have not yet been allowed to see children for in-person appointments;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
217. To ask the Minister for Health if individual dance training classes can take place from 7 June 2021 in line with the reopening of gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres which are opening...
- Psychological Assessments
218. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a child psychologist for County Galway; the waiting times for children to see a child psychologist; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to the recent HSE commitment to recruit medical and nursing students as vaccinators; if these positions will be reimbursed; if the HSE...
- Vaccination Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Health if the list of professions which are permitted to administer Covid-19 vaccinations will be expanded to include registered phlebotomists, healthcare assistants...
- Health Services Staff
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding support for early carer psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/21]
- Hospital Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health when x-ray services will be reinstated in University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons awaiting an urgent general practitioner referral x-ray in the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27729/21]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting hip replacement surgery at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; the average waiting time...
- Eating Disorders
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist eating disorder beds in an adolescent mental health unit available in the State; the number in each location; the average waiting time...
- Nursing Homes
227. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27742/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
228. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that persons diagnosed with dementia that are in general hospitals are allowed visits from family members; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
229. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; if they have been deemed as urgent; the waiting time for this surgery; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied) with severe epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27747/21]
- Vaccination Programme
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of persons (details supplied). [27755/21]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking for long for a person (details supplied) to undergo a hip procedure. [27756/21]
- Vaccination Programme
234. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent cyber-attack on the HSE will not affect the vaccine roll-out for those who are at high risk in cohort 7 who are experiencing delays in getting...
- Abortion Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the obligated three-year review of abortion law; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
236. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an appointment to be seen for a knee replacement procedure at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick for a person (details supplied) who is...
- Vaccination Programme
238. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 5 May 2021, his understanding of the effectiveness of each vaccine authorised for use in Ireland against each...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
239. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital bed will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27764/21]
- Data Protection
240. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit; and the regularity with which data is backed-up and...
- Departmental Consultations
241. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to consulting organisations (details supplied) by his Department and the HSE since 12 May 2021, in tabular form. [27768/21]
- Vaccination Programme
242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of versions of a vaccine (details supplied) available; and if all versions are authorised for use in the EU. [27773/21]
- Hospital Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27775/21]
- Disabilities Assessments
245. To ask the Minister for Health if behavioural optometry assessments are available publicly for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27776/21]
- Departmental Reviews
246. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the disability capacity review; if the data from the report can be made available to allow stakeholder organisations form...
- Food Poverty
247. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being undertaken in his Department in relation to addressing food poverty; the research or scoping exercises being undertaken; and if he will...
- Health Services
248. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Integrated Medical Imaging System is one of the HSE systems that has been recently hacked in the ransomware attack. [28001/21]
- Health Services Staff
254. To ask the Minister for Health if roles (details supplied) have commenced or are still vacant. [28007/21]
- Health Service Executive
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE computers that continue to run on an operating system (details supplied); if any of these machines were the key vulnerability in the recent...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
258. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 914, 941, 945, 947, 954, 963, 981, 982, 983, 984, 988, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1041, 1069, 1078, 1083 and 1087 of 28...
- Departmental Reviews
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the disability capacity review before the end of May 2021; if not, the timeframe for publication given its importance to budget planning;...
- General Practitioner Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders can be charged by general practitioners for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28042/21]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
262. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person who has been waiting over two years for orthodontic treatment; if they qualify for treatment under the National Treatment...
- Legislative Process
263. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department is working towards to introduce the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021 to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
264. To ask the Minister for Health if it is considered essential travel for a student to travel to the United States to participate in an International student exchange; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a significant time difference between when HIQA reports on facilities (details supplied) are shared with their service...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make public the briefing report he received from senior HSE officials regarding partners accompanying expectant mothers to appointments in maternity...
- Primary Care Centres
268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 31 primary care centres promised in the Sláintecare plan that are to be located in County Cork. [28078/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek clarification from the Health Service Executive on the further easing of maternity restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Health Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health when the current application process for the insulin pumps contract will be complete. [28081/21]
- Healthcare Policy
276. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 22 April 2021, the funding secured by the National Stroke Programme of the HSE for an organisation (details...
- Medical Cards
277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 12 May 2021, the reason the medical card threshold for over 70’s is not given to those at retirement age....
- Disease Management (1 comment)
278. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Lyme disease and to ensure that persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
279. To ask the Minister for Health if a risk assessment has been carried out by South Tipperary General Hospital in relation to the ongoing restrictions on maternity units; if he has obtained a...
- Patient Safety
282. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request a review into the treatment of a person (details supplied); if there is a formal process that may be used; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
283. 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. [28200/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
284. To ask the Minister for Health if drive-in movies are permitted under the current Covid-19 guidelines; if not, when they will be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a procedure for a person (details supplied). [28202/21]
- Proposed Legislation
288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues relating to assisted human reproduction (details supplied). [28207/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
289. To ask the Minister for Health when gaming arcades will be permitted to open under the current restrictions. [28208/21]
- Disabilities Assessments
290. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect an ASD assessment. [28209/21]
- Vaccination Programme
292. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a vaccine; and if the matter will be expedited as a matter of urgency in view of the circumstances. [28211/21]
- Medicinal Products
294. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the process of adding a new drug to the primary care reimbursement service from product review to inclusion; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the necessary therapies they have been waiting for given the long delays in relation to same. [28216/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that only six and 15 guests can attend a wedding ceremony inside and outside, respectively while 50 guests can attend the reception for the same...
- Vaccination Programme
300. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for vaccination. [28243/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
305. To ask the Minister for Health if provision can be made for two persons (details supplied); if they will be required to isolate upon arrival; if a green card will be applied to facilitate...
- Home Help Service
307. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help will be stopped on 31 July 2022 for a person (details supplied); and the alternative care arrangements that will be put in place for the...
- Medical Qualifications
308. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline in relation an applicant by a person (details supplied) who applied for CORU recognition; the suggested timeline for such applications; the number...
- Health Services
309. To ask the Minister for Health when approval under the treatment abroad scheme will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28253/21]
- General Practitioner Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the steps is he taking to ensure that persons who have not yet received general practitioner visit cards due to Covid-19 delays are reimbursed for the fees...
- Vaccination Programme
311. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28256/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
312. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions that will be in place for the summer months in relation to summer camps for children both indoors and outdoors; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists that are currently working on a voluntary capacity within HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly
315. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be made for elderly care facilities that are at risk of having to reduce bed capacity due to a HIQA mandate that will require 7.4 square...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have stayed in mandatory hotel quarantine to date; the number of those who have paid for their stay; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Help Service
318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1648 of 21 April 2021, when the review of the home support waiting list for County Wexford will be recommenced; the...
- Departmental Reviews
319. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent capacity review of disability services report and the report by a company (details supplied) on the Cost of Disability will be provided. [28265/21]
- Health Strategies
320. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to develop elective-only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28266/21]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/21]
- Abortion Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/21]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/21]
- Dental Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28270/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
326. To ask the Minister for Health the details of easing of restrictions on partners attending appointments in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/21]
- Medicinal Products
327. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/21]
- Health Services Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Health when the four currently unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts approved in 2018 to manage the mandatory patient safety requirements for women who are...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Industry
330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hearings of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board that have resulted in an investigation of a trainer by his...
- Forestry Sector
331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 197, 198, 199 and 203 of 19 May 2021, if he will complete a needs analysis survey of the...
- Departmental Schemes
337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to revise the ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/21]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State has assumed the ownership or beneficial interest or any other rights to all or any of the carbon sequestered in Irish...
- Forestry Sector
345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the attendance by his officials at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Marine on 27 May 2021, if the...
- Agriculture Schemes
347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who planted and afforested in each of the previous five years to GLAS, that is, 2010 to 2014, in tabular form;...
- Horse Racing Industry
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the reports made in relation to the horse racing industry by a person (details supplied); and if...
- Agriculture Schemes
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for REPS by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35059/21]
- Common Agricultural Policy
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if 40% of pillar 1 expenditure must contribute towards climate change objectives and at least 30% of Rural Development Plan must...
- Agriculture Schemes
357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons or bodies that provided forestry and specifically afforestation opportunity integration input into the terms and...
- Forestry Sector
358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the policy analysis carried out by his Department on the impact GLAS has had on afforestation uptake rates and on...
- Agriculture Schemes
360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 288 of 27 May 2021, the total area of land on a per county basis committed to the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the SWOT analysis and needs assessment for the CSP and the eco scheme and agri-environment referred to in his answer to...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual afforestation rate necessary per annum from 2021 to 2060 to sustain the ability of the national forest estate to remove...
- Departmental Communications
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officials in his Department were ever contacted by phone, letter, electronically, questioned formally or informally, under caution...
- Agriculture Schemes
364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the selection process for the signpost farms initiative; the reason one region (details supplied) does not have any such designated...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent COFORD advice on afforestation rates necessary on an annual basis from 2020 to achieve climate change targets; and if...
- Agriculture Schemes
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unique farmer applicants for the AEOS per year while it was in operation or since its launch in tabular form; and if he...
- Food Industry
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being put in place to support the food production industry as it struggles to maintain and recruit staff while Covid-19...
- Agriculture Schemes
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was any penalty or claw back of moneys, grant or scheme payments to farmers who were in AEOS who decided to convert a part...
- Fishing Industry
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the Irish fishers’ share of the EU fishing quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35186/21]
- Aquaculture Industry
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1011 of 10 February 2021, the status of aquaculture licence applications; and if he will make a...
- Animal Feedstuffs
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the lifting of the ban on processed animal protein feed for livestock by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area of low input permanent pasture under the GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35214/21]
- Climate Change Policy
387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the attention of his Department has been drawn to the international trade in voluntary carbon offsets; if he plans to develop...
- Agriculture Schemes
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants by county for the REAP pilot scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Fur Farming
389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the animals which will be covered by the upcoming legislation to ban fur farming; and if rabbits will be included in the list. [35320/21]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
390. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is planned in the forthcoming round of the Leader Programme 2023-2027 to have a dedicated LAG as before, administering the...
- Island Communities
391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when was it announced that the Government is developing a ten-year island development plan; the progress made with the plan to date;...
- Departmental Schemes
393. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will employ more rural recreational officers and ensure they are allocated according to the work plans being operated by the...
