Written answers
Thursday, 8 July 2021
- Department of Education and Skills
- Technological Universities
11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department played in the appointment of a person (details supplied) to a position. [36551/21]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure a greater regional aspect to the newly proposed national apprentice office among the new places being offered...
- Technological Universities
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for a technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35501/21]
- Further and Higher Education
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed SOLAS FET funding model of the future for the Youthreach programme will be funded based on the number of students completing the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36850/21]
- Grant Payments
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI qualification thresholds will be increased; the other initiatives he plans to assist students and their families meet the financial...
- Further and Higher Education
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to ensure that the voice of persons with disabilities are heard in further and higher educational institutions by...
- Third Level Education
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that students in this jurisdiction looking to study outside of the CAO system are not disadvantaged by the late...
- Technological Universities
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with the Connacht-Ulster Alliance following its application for a technological university; the likely timeline involved; if this can...
- Third Level Education
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing university places which feed into the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/21]
- Further and Higher Education
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, on the basis that one of Europe’s largest off-shore windfarms is planned for development off the Clare coast, he will give...
- Education and Training Boards
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options being put in place by his Department to fund large-scale capital projects for education and training boards; if the eligibility for...
- Third Level Costs
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the student contribution charge in 2022 for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36802/21]
- Further and Higher Education
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols in place which would allow third-level institutions to canvass for and secure funding from private companies for the development of...
- Grant Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI deduction for holiday earnings earned outside of term time up to a maximum of €4,500 is being applied to students who received...
- Adult Education Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date under the National Adult Literacy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36855/21]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he is confident that adequate apprenticeships or retraining places remain available throughout 2021 and thereafter for the...
- Institutes of Technology
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his recent engagements in relation to a facility (details supplied); if he will provide clarity regarding the ongoing situation; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment can have €4,500 disregarded in line with the normal...
- Third Level Education
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the take-up of the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36857/21]
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil ról an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas i leith athchóiriú na Gaeilge mar theanga...
- Grant Payments
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to raise the thresholds of eligibility and the grants for higher education grants under the SUSI scheme in view of the...
- Institutes of Technology
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 23 June 2021, the amount of financial support provided by his Department and or the HEA to Dundalk...
- Further and Higher Education
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made by his Department to introduce a sustainable funding model to address the funding deficit of the higher education sector...
- Third Level Education
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions his Department is making to provide additional third-level capacity for the expert professions needed to provide the proper...
- Grant Payments
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment and who now face cuts to their SUSI grant as a result of the...
- Third Level Education
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of a recently published report (details supplied) and in particular those recommendations...
- Third Level Admissions
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation in 2020 whereby many students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years were pushed out of their CAO course...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guarantee that can issue to third-level students that a decision on the return to face-to-face third-level teaching will issue before students...
- Grant Payments
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will still be eligible for SUSI grants. [36790/21]
- Third Level Admissions
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of medicine and nursing places that have already been filled by those that deferred and or who sat their leaving certificate in...
- Student Accommodation
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the substantial increase in on-campus accommodation costs for higher education institutes for the 2021-2022...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices recruited in 2021 under the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; the targets for the scheme for the remainder of 2021...
- Technological Universities
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress report of the Technical University of the South-East; when the report is expected to be finalised; and if he will make...
- Grant Payments
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was an increase in the number of students who received a reduction in their grant in 2020-2021 compared to previous years; his views on...
- Departmental Strategies
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop the next national research and innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36851/21]
- Technological Universities
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to offer new and additional courses at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest’s Ennis campus....
- Third Level Education
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the September 2021 reopening plans for third-level, further education, training and skills institutes and services; if the relevant institutions,...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering additional measures or initiatives to help recruit mature apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further and Higher Education
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned supports to improve access to further and higher education and training learners with disabilities; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove the pandemic unemployment payment from the reckonable income calculations for the SUSI scheme in order that students who...
- Further and Higher Education
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Plunket College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to provide extra places on apprenticeship schemes for the building trade; the steps he has taken to attract more persons to...
- Comhfhreagras Rannach
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sé go bhfuil dualgas aige comhfhreagras trí Ghaeilge a fhreagairt as Gaeilge, de réir Acht na dTeangacha...
- Third Level Education
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the full integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's into the higher education system in the south-east region; and if he will...
- Technological Universities
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all of the necessary structures have now been put in place including the appointment of the board of management for the Munster Technological...
- Further and Higher Education
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Whitehall College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a full return to campus at the start of the 2021 academic year; the status of the use of antigen tests to enable this...
- Third Level Education
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned supports to integrate students back on campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36843/21]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new apprenticeship programmes due to come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/21]
- Technological Universities
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for continued engagement with Munster Technological University as it develops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36762/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been provision made for the third-level students who cannot for physiological reasons avail of the Covid-19 vaccine but wish to...
- Third Level Education
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the €3 million secured in 2020 to underpin well-being and mental health and student services in higher education institutions was...
- Grant Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department has taken to ensure the SUSI application process and in particular the area of family estrangement is more reflective of...
- Institutes of Technology
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider establishing an engineering certification in the Ennis campus of Limerick Institute of Technology in order to provide...
- Technological Universities
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans and facilities including the range of courses and number of students and staff involved with the Ennis third-level campus of the...
- Further and Higher Education
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to further support digital online learning for students in further and higher education to enable their full participation; and if he...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí in the Tipperary division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36798/21]
- Courts Service
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the work of the Jury Reform Group has been stopped; the costs to date of the work of the group; if there are plans...
- Crime Prevention
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being taken to address rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36797/21]
- An Garda Síochána
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda superintendents who will be based in County Kerry for 2022. [36611/21]
- Departmental Projects
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new local partnership projects for community safety which were announced in November 2020; her plans for...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the expansion of CCTV to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36576/21]
- Departmental Projects
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to restructure the community safety forums, the local policing forums and the joint policing committee; and...
- Prison Service
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports that are provided for prisoners, such as educational and employment supports; the number of prisoners availing of...
- Naturalisation Applications
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when resumption and progression to decision on all naturalisation applications currently waitlisted when the return of original...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional supports being provided for existing CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36577/21]
- An Garda Síochána
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on comments by the Mental Health Commission on the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain...
- Prison Service
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements made for recommencing prison visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35629/21]
- Immigration Status
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to remove the period of residence requirements with regard to the forthcoming scheme to regularise undocumented...
- An Garda Síochána
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí in the Roscommon-Longford division; the number of community Gardaí in the Westmeath...
- Crime Prevention
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives being taken to address knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36768/21]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for the expansion of Garda CCTV in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry Garda districts of County...
- An Garda Síochána
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communication her Department has had with the Garda Commissioner in respect of the unanswered 999 calls which were largely...
- Domestic Violence
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 3 June 2021, the status of the audit of the way responsibility for domestic,...
- Victim Support Services
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives being taken to provide greater supports to victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints and allegations received by the Garda Ombudsman in each of the years 2017 to 2020 regarding members of...
- Legislative Measures
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the Gambling Control Bill. [36787/21]
- Immigration Status
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to issues in relation to the progression of the regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants...
- Drug Dealing
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional measures will be implemented on a cross-Border basis to deal with the illicit trade in illegal drugs; and if she...
- Departmental Projects
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Parole Boards
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recommendations made by the interim parole board to the her since 1 February 2021; the number of these decided;...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on progress made by the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Prison Service
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Irish prisons that are providing a comprehensive hepatitis C and or infectious disease treatment programme within the...
- Citizenship Applications
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to ensure citizenship cases are processed in a speedy and efficient manner; if extra staff have been...
- State Pardons
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most up-to-date position in relation to efforts to pardon a person (details supplied) who was wrongly hanged in 1895; if...
- An Garda Síochána
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next stages for advancing Macroom’s new Garda station; if her Department has engaged with the Department of Public...
- Departmental Policies
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a firearm and knife amnesty will be considered; if she has studied the success or otherwise of such initiatives in other...
- Departmental Reports
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of recommendations contained within the Scoping Report into Community Safety and Wellbeing in...
- Legislative Process
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the expungement of 607 sex-work convictions announced by her Department on 25 April 2021 has taken place. [36591/21]
- An Garda Síochána
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been provided with any communications or interim reports in relation alleged Garda activity irregularities in...
- Immigration Policy
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reviewing the application fees for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; if consideration will...
- An Garda Síochána
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the cancellations of emergency calls by Garda divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36753/21]
- Legal Aid
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position of the criminal legal aid scheme for barristers which has not been subject to pay restoration arising from...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Regulation
147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered engaging with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the royalties received by musicians when their songs...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures in place to provide security and relief for commercial tenants who may have yet to reopen but are paying full rent...
- Employment Rights
149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider changing the date for commencing the period of employment on permits for persons (details supplied) to the date...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a business (details supplied) would qualify for any other supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/21]
- Business Regulation
151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department has in the regulation of commercial receivers; the mechanism by which a citizen or business can challenge...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the section of his Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the restart grant and the small business...
- Workplace Relations Commission
153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a maximum timeframe for responses on hearings in the Workplace Relations Commission; if there are currently delays in...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Infrastructure
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of proposed extensions of the gas pipeline to Lanesborough, County Longford. [36912/21]
- Waste Management
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the social protection supports in place to assist persons requiring the use of incontinence pads and those with carers...
- National Broadband Plan
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a house (details supplied) was not included in the National Broadband Ireland roll-out given there is no...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the local authorities that have applied for funding to the SEAI to roll-out electric vehicle chargers; the number for which they have...
- Rail Network
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a feasibility study of light rail in Galway city; if the provision of light rail in Galway was made an...
- Driver Test
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider expanding the extension period for learner driver permits to cover those that were unable to access lessons during...
- Taxi Licences
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the car life of taxis to accommodate taxi drivers who have not been able to earn over the past 18 months...
- Driver Licences
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to reduce the barriers to entry into the profession of commercial driving. [36968/21]
- Road Safety
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if communities within the north central area of County Cork which have been victim to illegal and negligent use of scramblers and quad...
- Public Transport
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the LocalLink bus service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively;...
- Driver Test
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting to take the driver theory test on 30 June 2021, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Regional Airports
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the reinstatement of flights between Kerry and Dublin and Donegal and Dublin in the near future; the position in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with private PCR Covid-19 test operators regarding their involvement in the roll-out of the EU Digital Covid...
- Road Projects
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding progress on the new N22 Macroom bypass to Baile Bhuirne scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Safety
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to putting in place a streamlined speed limit review process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Projects
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department received the most recent submission from Kerry County Council in respect of the Listry Bridge project on the R563; if...
- Electric Vehicles
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants or financial assistance is available to those living in apartment complexes or housing estates in circumstances where...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic
179. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the Covid-19 pandemic many pilots are in the position in which their ratings have expired and although...
- Housing Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives his Department has in place or plans to put in place to support house owners who wish to relocate from properties that are too big for their...
- Departmental Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reinstating the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37022/21]
- Financial Services
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a small business providing mortgage advice that is already approved by the Central Bank and holds an approved PCF-1, must undergo a separate exam,...
- Insurance Industry
184. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to assisting community groups that are developing community facilities, for example, playgrounds and sports areas using public...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Covid-19 Pandemic
185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the roll-out of the EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37092/21]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Schemes
186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a business (details supplied) had an application refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37003/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will bring forward a restart grant scheme to facilitate working musicians and entertainers to get back to work, recognising...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuair sí aighneacht ó TG4 roimh Bhuiseád 2020; an bhfuil suntas tugtha aici don iarratas ar mheadú de...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the live performance support scheme;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it was her Department or Fáilte Ireland that drafted the eligibility criteria for the tourism business continuity scheme;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the €88.5 million of pandemic...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Policy
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider putting a mechanism in place to allow local authorities to exercise discretion in approving housing...
- Local Authorities
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the funding that his Department makes available to local authorities for the housing adaptation grant; his...
- Planning Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the seven-year rule is paused when a local authority issues an enforcement notice regarding an unauthorised development....
- Departmental Data
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of demountable dwellings by county; the year that they were installed in tabular form. [36928/21]
- Departmental Policies
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the principle generally applied to pay related agreements in respect of local elected representatives was not...
- Housing Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable and social homes built by the State in each year from 1930 to 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Water Services
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commitment to develop a scheme between local authorities and Irish Water to provide drinking water fountains...
- Rental Sector
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any organisation measures rental increases within parts of a local electoral area in circumstances in...
- Legislative Measures
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek to re-commit the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 to Dáil Éireann; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- World Heritage Sites
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on the applications received for inclusion on Ireland's World Heritage Tentative List 2020-2030...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his counterparts in relation to the use of State-sanctioned violence against peaceful pro-democracy...
- Northern Ireland
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions the Government will take to ensure that justice is secured for the families of the Bloody Sunday victims by making Soldier F and...
- Passport Services
208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in obtaining passports for children especially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/21]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland remains a neutral state; if he is satisfied that Ireland’s membership of PESCO and EPF is compatible with Irish neutrality; if...
- Naval Service
215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost per ship to make the four non-operational ships in the Naval Service fit for purpose. [36916/21]
- Departmental Strategies
219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff working in the programme management office of the high level implementation plan. [36920/21]
- Departmental Staff
221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civilian vacancies per barracks and centre. [36922/21]
- Defence Forces
224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the costs associated with Defence Forces personnel who served in Afghanistan since 2001 and to date in 2021 either with the NATO forces or with...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied) which relates to two primary school going children with learning difficulties in the same family who were...
- State Examinations
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the State Examinations Commission to conduct a review, re-evaluation and a full clarification in terms of the marking...
- Special Educational Needs
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital and current funding that was allocated to the school-based summer July provision programme of education for children with complex...
- Education and Training Boards
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of funding each education and training board to employ a support person with disability training to support...
- Special Educational Needs
232. 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...
- Legislative Measures
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of conducting a full legislative review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 with a...
- Special Educational Needs
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of hiring a further 100 resource teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36990/21]
- National Educational Psychological Service
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of hiring a further 100 NEPS psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36991/21]
- School Staff
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of hiring a career guidance counsellor for all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Council for Special Education
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to establish a liaison office with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, for members of the Houses of the...
- School Accommodation
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will be in place by September 2021; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37002/21]
- Seirbhísí Leathanbhanda
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a chuirfear seirbhís cheart leathanbhanda ar fáil do scoil (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth nach bhfuil sé...
- School Transport
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications including unsuccessful applications for school bus transport in the 2019-2020 and the 2020-2021 school year,...
- Special Educational Needs
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are running summer catch-up programmes in an area (details supplied) in summer 2021; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Administration
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been undertaken on the results of 2021 standardised testing in primary schools; the way that 2021 results compare with those...
- Special Educational Needs
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an organisation (details supplied) is permitted to offer support as part of summer provision for students who are blind or vision impaired as...
- School Accommodation
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure good ventilation in all classrooms in order to mitigate the spread of Covid-19; the basis of this funding...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Common Travel Area
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s understanding of which social care benefits Irish citizens who move to Northern Ireland are entitled...
- School Meals Programme
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an enhanced school meals programme for 2022 and beyond; if she has consulted with the Minister for Public...
- Social Welfare Benefits
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has carried out a cost analysis of establishing the free travel scheme as a standalone directly applicable...
- Voluntary Sector
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the requests for tenders for a public employment service; the way the request for tenders in phase 2...
- Housing Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances under which a person can access rent supplement and or HAP when they are not on a local authority housing...
- Social Welfare Benefits
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the application to transfer the carer’s allowance payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [36950/21]
- Social Welfare Appeals
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child benefit and family benefit application dating back to 2014 which is now under appeal with a request for an oral...
- Disability Services
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the pilot programme for deaf remote interpreting services on an on demand...
- Social Welfare Appeals
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [37034/21]
- State Pensions
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37035/21]
- Social Welfare Benefits
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance is available to a person (details supplied) to retain the additional benefits for a disabled person; and if she...
- State Pensions
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if contributions between the 65th and 66th birthdays are treated as full contributions and not credits to the 520 full rate...
- Disability Services
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans on resuming availability of an application (details supplied) to support persons who are deaf with accessing key...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Assisted Decision-Making
268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional capital and current funding needed to fully progress the decision support service to be fully...
- Social Workers
269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints made to HIQA regarding social workers in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular...
- Ombudsman for Children
270. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints currently awaiting an outcome from the Ombudsman for Children. [36930/21]
- State Bodies
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role HIQA occupies in the provision of safe and effective services provided by social workers. [36931/21]
- Childcare Services
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if ongoing funding being provided will not be reduced in any way to those who have had to raise their prices in...
- Anti-Racism Measures
273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the work of a group (details supplied); if he will consider meeting with the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Technological Universities
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the acquisition of a site for the Wexford campus of the Technological University of South East Ireland; and if...
- Grant Payments
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the penalisation of students who received the pandemic unemployment payment when applying for the SUSI grant (details supplied) will be...
- Further and Higher Education
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of an adequate number of places for students wishing to pursue courses of an academic...
- Research and Development
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department is upgrading the research sector with a view to maximising benefits for students and ultimately the economy in...
- Labour Market
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects Irish graduates at technical and academic level to be sufficient to meet demand arising from accelerated economic...
- Education Policy
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he foresees the use of innovation as a means of perfecting the education system as well as meeting the market-based...
- Scientific Research
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the sciences to play a major part in meeting the standards required in the workplace in the future; and if he will...
- Third Level Education
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected number of fourth-level graduates in both technical and academic sectors in the future in terms of the demand and the ability to meet...
- Labour Market
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he sees the demand for innovation extending in the future in the field of job opportunities; if he remains satisfied...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to monitor incidents of professional bullying throughout the higher education system; the extent to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that visas are required for Colombian nationals visiting or studying in Ireland; if the cost of such visas is...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for the expansion of Garda CCTV in the Mallow Garda district; and if she will make a statement on...
- An Garda Síochána
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Mallow Garda district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36784/21]
- Commissions of Investigation
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the appointment of a person (details supplied) to an inquiry is effective from 1 July 2021; the timelines indicated that...
- An Garda Síochána
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within the Mayo division from 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36932/21]
- Immigration Policy
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to include migrants who had residency prior to becoming undocumented regardless of time spent undocumented in the...
- Joint Policing Committees
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her Department’s policy position on joint policing committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36935/21]
- Citizenship Applications
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) has been submitted to her for decision; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff
309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that was allocated in her Department for assistive technologies for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to...
- Crime Prevention
310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which organised drug-related crime continues to grow; the degree to which her Department continues to be in a...
- An Garda Síochána
311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women currently in An Garda Síochána; the extent to which their numbers have fluctuated over the past...
- Crime Prevention
313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal gang members currently in prison or facing trial; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37097/21]
- Prison Service
317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an adequate number of prison spaces remain available to meet the demand; and if she will make a statement...
- Policing Co-operation
320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the police authorities here and throughout Europe remain in contact and consultation with each other with a view to...
- Missing Persons
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons still recorded as missing persons for several years; the extent to which efforts continue to be made to...
- An Garda Síochána
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strength of An Garda Síochána at present; the number of gardaí due to retire in each of the next five years;...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capacity of each species of tree, native or otherwise grown here to sequester various carbons; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Directives
328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for farmers growing maize and their suppliers in view of the banning of oxo-degradable plastic under the Single...
- Forestry Sector
329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37039/21]
- Common Agricultural Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CAP consultative committee was formed exclusively by way of invitation or by request of the current members; and if he will...
- Forestry Sector
333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if unmodified Departmental rules on unenclosed areas are creating barriers for applications on agriculturally marginal but forestry...
- Agriculture Schemes
335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and clarification provided in relation to the issue; and if he will make...
- Aquaculture Industry
336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal standing of a salmon farm in respect of which a licence has been granted that has ceased operating for a continuous period...
- Climate Action Plan
337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which every avenue is being investigated to maximise the use of carbon sequestration as a means of meeting emission...
- Pigmeat Sector
338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department has studied submissions from representatives (details supplied) of the pigmeat sector with...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
339. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount sanctioned under the rural regeneration and development fund since its inception in 2019; the amount paid out under this...
- Departmental Expenditure
341. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total allocation of capital to her Department in 2021 including any capital carried forward from 2020; the amount of this spent to...
- Departmental Schemes
342. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the stability fund for community and...
