Written answers

Wednesday, 7 July 2021

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to introduce a disability waste waiver to support those living with long-term incontinence for...
    • Climate Change Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason only 30% of the strand 2 projects with respect to the delivery of the 47 projects of the National Just...
    • National Broadband Plan
      32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a survey and a connection to broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all projects, associated funding and environmental assessments since 2016 to date in 2021 in connection...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the operator, type, generation capacity, location and status of each power station or wind farm in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test
      41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36615/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding applications by Wicklow County Council in 2021 with respect to electric vehicle charging points; and if the...
    • Driver Licences
      43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36659/21]
    • Coast Guard Service
      44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, the Irish Coast Guard and the Naval Service and...
    • Rail Network
      45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue to correspondence in relation to Irish Rail (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to renew a driver learner permit for a person (details supplied) whose driving test was cancelled due to Covid-19; and...
    • Insurance Coverage
      47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any impediment preventing insurance companies renewing employer’s car insurance policies for employees living in...
    • Air Services
      48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of airline operators that have expressed an interest in the provision of the interim flight service for the Dublin to Donegal...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if citizens who have been fully vaccinated with one of the approved vaccines in a jurisdiction outside of the EU, for example, in the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the high interest rates being charged by pillar banks in debt related repayment judgements; and if he has taken action to...
    • Gambling Sector
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the collapse of a company (details supplied) and that many Irish persons have been affected by this...
    • Tax Code
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly in which an e-bike qualifies under the cycle to work scheme but an e-bike kit does not; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • State Properties
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the proposed disposal of the former Garda station at Brosna, County Kerry. [36585/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when further information will be available on the future remote working policy for the public and Civil Service with particular reference...
    • Public Sector Pay
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 237 and 247 of 17 June 2021, his views on whether the Government having previously unilaterally...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a scheme (details supplied) will be supported in order to help businesses, local clubs and community organisations re-establish their...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date for the return of events (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30506/21]
    • Sports Funding
      59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is financial assistance available for a person (details supplied) to help with the costs of travel to a competition in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if indoor summer art camps for children taking place in local community centres are permitted at this time given the position...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Property Tax
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the equalisation fund will be applied; if there are plans to change the baselines; if so, the criteria; the way the...
    • Local Authorities
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any local authorities have made the decision to top-up the additional three-weeks parent’s leave and benefit payment...
    • Mayoral Election
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a directly elected mayor for Dublin; if this issue will be referred to a citizens' assembly; when a...
    • Housing Schemes
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the capital assistance scheme by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and...
    • Housing Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional cost of ensuring that a minimum of 7.5% of social housing is built to universal design standards for...
    • Planning Issues
      67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the five years on planning permission that was issued in the past few years due to Covid-19 related delays...
    • Mayoral Election
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be given to ensure that a vote on a directly elected mayor in Galway takes place in 2024 at the same time...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a passport by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36683/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; the unmet...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is envisaged that Covid-19 precautions in schools such as pods and staggered drop-off or collection times will remain in place in September...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for summer works will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with the board of management of a school (details supplied) with a view to resolving its accommodation issues in the...
    • School Transport
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) to obtain a post-primary free school travel pass who suffers from multiple medical...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a detailed response from a school (details supplied) in connection with its summer works grant outlining additional unforeseen...
    • Schools Building Projects
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new school building for a school (details supplied) will include ASD classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36646/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she plans to take to respond to the lack of ASD classrooms in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36648/21]
    • School Staff
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has guidance and or a policy concerning the publication of shortlisting criteria for candidates who apply for teaching positions...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities by 5%, 10%...
    • Disability Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the disability awareness support scheme by 5%, 10% and 25%,...
    • Domestic Violence
      87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a grant is available to assist a domestic violence service that is helping victims of domestic abuse to purchase CCTV...
    • Registration of Births
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the disruption which has occurred to the issuing of a certification of birth, PPS numbers and so on, for...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of pensions to community employment supervisors; the timeline for the commencement of these...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will take place into the application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rural social scheme supervisors will be included in the proposal for a once-off gratuity to be paid on retirement to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Arts Funding
      93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for young adult writers with disabilities. [36596/21]
    • Youth Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding streams are available for a youth project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his Department’s expert group on a new funding model for childcare in Ireland; and if he...
    • Children's Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the public consultation process relative to the proposed national standards for children’s...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consistency will be shown in allocations for SUSI grants in order that no student has their grant downgraded midway through their degree while...
    • Further and Higher Education
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all members of the National Training Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36718/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The progress made under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/21]
    • Student Accommodation
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The measures in place to provide added protection for those living in student-specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount and share of the State expenditure on research and development spending in the area of cyber security since 2016, in tabular form; and...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil plé déanta aige riamh leis an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas mar gheall ar an dualgas atá acu faoi alt 4 den Acht...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has signed-off on the approval of the appointment of a person (details supplied) to positions; and if she will make a...
    • Alcohol Sales
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider revising the licensing laws to extend the opening hours of licensed premises such as public houses in...
    • EU Agreements
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the right of the family members of EU citizens under EU Directive 2004/38/EC to accompany an EU citizen exercising their...
    • Custody of Children
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the situation in cases of shared custody arrangements that permission is needed from the other parent if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      110. 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) who...
    • An Garda Síochána
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Síochána review overseen by the Policing Authority into the cancelling of 999 calls; if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Procedures
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement procedures performed throughout the State on a regional...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to a child (details supplied) for a device. [30249/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts currently operative and unfilled in north County Kildare; the length of time each post has been vacant; the process and length...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to exempting those vaccinated with WHO approved vaccines from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive their Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30253/21]
    • Substance Misuse
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to examine how Government can continue to support drugs and alcohol...
    • Hospital Staff
      120. To ask the Minister for Health when University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate the DAFNE (details supplied); and when DAFNE...
    • Hospital Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years who are attending University of Limerick Hospital groups' adult diabetes service who are using...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment for the outpatients diabetes clinic in University of Limerick hospitals group; and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30259/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue (details supplied) in relation to Covid-19 regulations. [30260/21]
    • Hospital Equipment
      126. To ask the Minister for Health when Portiuncula Hospital will take delivery of a new CT scanner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      127. To ask the Minister for Health when the contract will be signed for the new 50-bed ward block a Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Strategies
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the additional capital and capacity measures provided for in the HSE winter plan 2020-2021 to address the additional demands placed on the acute hospital...
    • General Practitioner Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a general practitioner for a rural town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30264/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the nursing home sector regarding the temporary assistance payment scheme which has provided financial assistance to nursing...
    • Vaccination Programme
      131. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine for those in cohort 7 such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and the way patients...
    • Nursing Homes
      133. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to act on the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response and commission an inquiry into the deaths that occurred in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      135. To ask the Minister for Health if those who require the vaccine for essential reasons such as travelling for education will be considered for vaccination outside of their age cohort; and if...
    • Health Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish an inquiry into the prescribing of sodium valproate also known as epilim particularly its effects for women of child-bearing age and...
    • Hospital Staff
      137. To ask the Minister for Health when four additional epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30446/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to cease the temporary assistance payment scheme (details supplied). [30447/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      139. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays for vaccination appointments at the vaccination centre Punchestown, County Kildare; the actions being taken to address same; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a referral to CAMHS in Cherry Orchard. [30449/21]
    • Care of the Elderly
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the examination of the boarding out scheme in the context of the overall reform of older persons services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays faced by cohort 7 in getting the Covid-19 vaccines; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on national panels for psychologist staff grade posts have not been made aware of the new recruitment...
    • Vaccination Programme
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the potential of current and planned Covid-19 vaccines to vaccinate children under 15 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30454/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement and tendering process for homecare services within the HSE; when a person (details supplied) will receive clarification regarding the...
    • Hospital Staff
      147. To ask the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate DAFNE (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Health when the DAFNE will be operational in University of Limerick Hospital for adults with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30457/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Health when the three whole-time equivalent dietitian posts announced in January 2021, will be recruited as part of a winter plan will commence their posts in...
    • Hospital Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University of Limerick Hospitals Groups' adult diabetes service who are using insulin...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes waiting on a first appointment for the outpatients diabetes clinic in University of Limerick Hospitals group; and the...
    • Hospital Charges
      152. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to protect patients from adverse effects including stress in cases in which their debts for hospital charges are passed on to debt...
    • Parking Provision
      153. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2018 Hospital Car Parking Review will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the 12-week gap between the first and second dose of a vaccine; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the appointment of a dermatologist (details supplied) at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [30466/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      158. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the 12-week gap in the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in the 60 to 70 age cohort needs to be revisited in view of the Indian...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      159. To ask the Minister for Health if the granting of new protective helmets will be expedited for children (details supplied) with diagnoses of neurofibromatosis, ASD and epilepsy who are at...
    • Ambulance Service
      160. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 583 of 17 December 2020 and 646 of 3 February 2021, the reason that the HSE has refused to disclose the location of the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration given to accepting a test to detect Covid-19 (details supplied) instead of standard PCR tests for the purposes of travel into and out of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30471/21]
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commencement of part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015; if the Director of the Decision Support Services completed and...
    • Health Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rare diseases currently identified in Ireland; the extent to which various medications are available, are approval-pending or awaiting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which his Department has examined the number of appliances currently available on the market to facilitate air purification, some with an ability...
    • Vaccination Programme
      167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether all teachers will be vaccinated by September 2021. [30504/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk...
    • Hospital Procedures
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychosurgery procedures that were carried out by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for first and second dose vaccinations of cohort 7 people aged 16 to 64 at high risk (details supplied); when all first doses will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      172. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Health Service App from the United Kingdom or a certificate as proof of full vaccination will be accepted here thus allowing persons from...
    • Vaccination Programme
      176. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to reducing the time period between the two doses of a vaccine (details supplied) in order to facilitate persons in their 60s...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      177. To ask the Minister for Health when first holy communion and confirmation ceremonies will be allowed to take place in churches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30515/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the national immunisation advisory committee to review the interval between the administration of the first and the second dose of a vaccine...
    • Home Care Packages
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages that were provided in County Cork in each of the years 2017 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30589/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30591/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to return to indoor training for dance schools; if persons are allowed to return to gyms for individual training and to partake in sports in which...
    • Vaccination Programme
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to case of home carers who have received one dose of a vaccine (details supplied) and have to wait 12-weeks for the second dose...
    • Disability Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by...
    • Medicinal Products
      190. To ask the Minister for Health when zolgensma gene therapy will be approved for reimbursement for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to vaccinate those who could not avail of their vaccination slot through no fault of their own (details supplied); the steps they can...
    • Health Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if he, in conjunction with the HSE will ensure that those undertaking doctorates in counselling, educational psychology and so on, are treated the same as...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that children are required to have PCR tests when coming from EU countries when non-essential travel reopens in July 2021 given that children...
    • Disability Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding will be made available to allow a facility (details supplied) to run a summer camp for children with special needs in Clonmel,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      195. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to long-term Covid patients (details supplied) having difficulties accessing treatment and experiencing difficulties with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/21]
    • Hospital Equipment
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if a pass-through dishwasher, a ventilation system and stainless steel cupboards will be replaced as a matter of urgency for catering staff at a hospital...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30648/21]
    • Health Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of peri-menopausal services in the HSE including details of clinics available to support women in need of these services; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the tandem insulin pump; if he will provide clarification on matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for psychiatric hours available in County Cork has been reduced by the HSE recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30651/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed on whole-time equivalent terms in each of his Department’s twelve divisions on 1 June 2020 and 1 June 2021, respectively;...
    • Departmental Meetings
      203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any meetings or engagements he or officials from his Department have had with representatives of the National Women’s...
    • Nursing Homes
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s 2021 output target to establish a nursing home expert panel and report with a view to developing a Bill to enhance the...
    • Medicinal Products
      207. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 840 and 847 of 3 February 2021, the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30667/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity in the rates of payment to private nursing homes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30784/21]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the GLAS scheme for existing participants for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36586/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected capital spend for marine projects for 2021; the projects that will be completed in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • State Bodies
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget for Bord Iascaigh Mhara for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36666/21]
    • Bord Bia
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget dedicated to fisheries in Bord Bia for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/21]
    • State Bodies
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36669/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if handline mackerel caught inside an EU country’s baseline is not included in that country’s quota for that species;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the work currently ongoing on the cardinal markers at the Marine Institute’s offshore energy test site off An...
    • State Bodies
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount, source and purpose of all funding received by the Marine Institute since March 2017 to date in 2021 which relates to any...
    • Ceadúnas Imill Trá agus Dobharshaothraithe
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine soiléiriú a thabhairt maidir leis an ról atá ag Foras na Mara i measúnachtaí tionchair timpeallachta i...