Written answers
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Broadband Plan
17. To ask the Taoiseach the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38210/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
18. To ask the Taoiseach if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and response to correspondence...
- Departmental Strategies
19. To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details...
- State Bodies
21. To ask the Taoiseach the current status of the national security analysis centre. [38701/21]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- National Broadband Plan
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38200/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received...
- Departmental Bodies
26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies currently in the Health and Safety Authority; the length of time each vacancy has been open; and the full year...
- Employment Support Services
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been notified by a company (details supplied) of any proposals for redundancies; if such proposals ahead of a transfer of...
- Pension Provisions
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to begin the consultation process in relation to the proposed Industrial relations (amendment) Bill that sought to grant...
- Departmental Strategies
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and...
- Employment Support Services
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contingency measures and supports in place and being considered to safeguard County Cork SMEs due to Brexit and Covid-19; and if...
- Grant Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the type of projects eligible for support under the regional enterprise development fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Trade Agreements
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the investment court system component of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; when it is due to...
- Grant Payments
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been received by Cavan County Council for the restart fund for micro and small businesses; the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38201/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of...
- Litter Pollution
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to amend legislation relating to dog fouling fines and associated litter laws. [38329/21]
- Illegal Dumping
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to assist local authorities further in combatting the issue of illegal dumping; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of SEAI home grants funding by local authorities for each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021;...
- Departmental Strategies
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National...
- Inland Fisheries
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support the expansion of angling across communities in particular among younger persons; and if he will...
- Post Office Network
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the input his Department has had in the framing of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to ensure the viability of...
- Planning Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the guidelines for planning and development of solar farms; if there is a regional or spatial element of guidelines for...
- Broadband Infrastructure
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the schedule for upgrading the public broadband in libraries per county in tabular form. [38633/21]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tax Code
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons who pay their car tax on time each quarter are charged more than if they pay annually; if he will review the situation;...
- Tax Yield
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts collected in car tax for County Cork in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the amount allocated to Cork...
- Electric Vehicles
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the number of ecar public charging points for Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Éireann
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of providing 100 additional buses to the Bus Éireann fleet; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Broadband Plan
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38212/21]
- Insurance Industry
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an impact on insurance policies for persons that have had their driving licence expiry date extended due to Covid-19; if...
- Departmental Correspondence
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and...
- Bus Éireann
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used Bus Éireann Route 22 Dublin-Ballina in each direction for the years of 2019, 2020 and to date in...
- Road Safety
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the emergency vehicle breakdown and recovery plans in place to deal with traffic congestion caused by breakdowns and or accidents on the...
- Bus Services
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been secured for the provision of new bus shelters in County Kildare during the remainder of 2021; and the plans for 2022...
- Driver Test
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons whose driver theory tests have been postponed multiple times; his views...
- Driver Licences
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an update on driver lessons for non-essential workers; if he will clarify a date for their resumption; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate additional funding to the Santry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38350/21]
- Road Projects
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to recommence a specific road improvement scheme on a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Driver Licences
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an issue in respect of the renewal of a truck driver licence and medical certifications (details...
- Departmental Strategies
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion...
- Road Projects
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans being considered for improvements to the N22, specifically Macroom to Ballincollig; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the Bus Éireann review of services for the Macroom to Ballincollig corridor; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Test
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the large backlog of persons on waiting lists for theory and driver tests; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding steps he is taking to deal with the dangerous misuse of scramblers, quad bikes and electric scooters; and...
- Driver Test
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver test applicants on the waiting list who opted to do their tests in Gaeilge in County Donegal waiting six, 12, 18 and...
- Bus Éireann
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost in each of the past four years for Bus Éireann to hire buses to operator its routes; the fees received by each private bus...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that windows which cannot be opened on long journey trains are in effect a sealed off unit from fresh air and that...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Yield
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount being raised from stamp duty on rents greater than €30,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38605/21]
- Ministerial Communications
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken formally with his Swedish counterpart in the past six months outside of EU Council meetings. [38187/21]
- National Broadband Plan
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38202/21]
- Departmental Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to amend the help to buy incentive to increase the purchase price or valuation limit of €500,000 in view of the recent increase in...
- Departmental Correspondence
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and response to...
- Tax Yield
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the 2% stamp duty on transfers of residential properties on the portion of the value that is in excess of €1 million increases to...
- Departmental Correspondence
86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/21]
- Departmental Schemes
87. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a stay-and-spend style scheme to incentivise the hospitality sector when it reopens fully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38388/21]
- Tax Yield
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional income the State would receive if corporation tax was increased to 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38389/21]
- Departmental Strategies
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Broadband Plan
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38207/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and...
- An Garda Síochána
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has commenced the resurfacing of the car park to Store Street Garda station, Dublin; if so, when such works will be completed;...
- Heritage Projects
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to provide new capital investment for the Oldbridge Estate on the border of counties Meath and Louth which is in the...
- Heritage Sites
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will reopen Ennis Friary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38400/21]
- Departmental Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Peace Plus Programme; the level of funding to be provided for this programme; the financial contributions to the...
- Departmental Strategies
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the levels of capital expenditure which will be allocated for infrastructure projects for County Cork; the timeframe for these...
- Civil Service
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons recruited into the civil service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 on panels specifically reserved for those with...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cyberbullying Issues
104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to protect against social media platforms being used for cyberbullying; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of pubs and restaurants that applied to the outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality business scheme...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of indoor summer camps and indoor summer activities; if they can take place or not under Covid-19 regulations; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of positions on each board in respect of agencies under the remit of her Department in tabular form; the quorum...
- National Broadband Plan
108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38211/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence...
- National Archives
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the refurbishment works at the National Archives, Dublin are ongoing at present; when the refurbishment works will be...
- Sports Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when announcements will be made on the 2020 sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38277/21]
- Television Licence Fee
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reform the television licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38380/21]
- Disability Services
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and...
- Tourism Industry
118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to mitigate the impacts of Brexit and Covid-19 restrictions on the tourism sector; the steps...
- Sports Events
119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding regattas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31593/21]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- EU Programmes
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements he has had with other Departments in order to ensure that designations under the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030...
- Departmental Data
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that were received for an annual street furniture licence in 2021; the number that were granted;...
- National Broadband Plan
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38205/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence...
- Housing Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the cost of the social housing by unit. [38272/21]
- Emergency Accommodation
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on emergency accommodation in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and the criteria to qualify as emergency...
- Housing Policy
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision he will put in place to enable a significant cohort of families and single persons to buy a home who are just...
- Postal Voting
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans under consideration to amend Irish arrangements for postal voting. [38366/21]
- Local Authorities
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the affordable housing targets for the four Dublin local authorities for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the housing assistance payment in Dublin 9 and 11 in each of the years 2019 to 2020 and to date in 2021;...
- Local Authorities
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on voids in the four different local authorities in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and...
- Housing Schemes
134. 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...
- Land Issues
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a number of instances across north County Donegal in which landowners have come into...
- Local Authorities
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of land purchases by local authorities that have been approved by his Department in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021;...
- Housing Schemes
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the advice he can offer to first-time homeowners seeking to build their own home on private land; the supports available in...
- Departmental Correspondence
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38445/21]
- Departmental Strategies
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability...
- Departmental Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further discussions and or meetings have taken place between his Department and Louth County Council in respect of...
- Local Authorities
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved and drawn down in each local authority for 2019, 2020 and to date in...
- Septic Tanks
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration he has given to extending and reviewing the septic tank grant to ensure upgrades can be availed of for...
- Local Authorities
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information provided by local authorities using the choice-based letting system to his Department on the performance of...
- Commercial Rates
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of the current waiver of commercial rates; the estimated cost of extending the commercial rates waiver...
- Housing Schemes
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HAP applications are being refused in cases in which household income was...
- Housing Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list in County Cavan; the plans to reduce these times; the number on...
- Housing Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans from County Cavan; the number that have been successful; the number...
- Commercial Rates
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of businesses in the Cavan County Council area that have had their rates waived; the number that have requested a...
- Planning Issues
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to end the strategic housing development planning system; if he will replace it with a new system for large...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the engagements that he has had with a person (details supplied) and the families of the Omagh bomb victims; the steps he has...
- Birth Certificates
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which parents of newborn children who have been unable to register their child’s birth can travel with their child for...
- National Broadband Plan
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38203/21]
- Birth Certificates
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when processing will resume for the foreign births register; if applications can be submitted currently; the approximate turnaround time for...
- Departmental Correspondence
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and...
- Ministerial Appointments
158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit the United States of America before the end of quarter 3 2021. [38286/21]
- Passport Services
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will run advertisements on the national print media and national radio stations reminding persons to check that their...
- Departmental Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional staff by grade that have been recruited by his Department for Expo 2020 in Dubai commencing in October 2021; the staff by...
- Ministerial Appointments
161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the Singapore Foreign Minister to date in 2021. [38289/21]
- Passport Services
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in processing a passport application for a person (details supplied); when the application will be brought to a...
- Birth Certificates
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth applications that were processed in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Strategies
165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion...
- Northern Ireland
167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken to best ensure parts of Northern Ireland do not return to violence as seen in 2021; the work being carried out...
- Passport Services
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport services have resumed; the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken recently with the President of the United States of America regarding the appointment of a special envoy to Northern...
- Naval Service
172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the mid-life refit of LÉ Niamh has commenced; the length of time the vessel will be out of service; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Broadband Plan
173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38198/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and...
- Defence Forces
175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the dates in 2021 the commissioning ceremony for new recruits into the Naval Service and Air Corps will occur. [38254/21]
- Naval Service
176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons by gender who applied to join the Naval Service at its most recent two-day recruitment campaign held in Dublin in late...
- Defence Forces
177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on French manufactured equipment and services in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [38256/21]
- Departmental Strategies
178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion...
- Defence Forces
180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the permanent and reserve units (details supplied) that have been disbanded since 1998; the date of disbandment of each; and if he will make a...
- Air Corps
188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the air space territories and boundaries the State is responsible for in terms of national defence and security. [38712/21]
- Naval Service
189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the maritime territories and boundaries the State is responsible for in terms of national defence and security; the air, surface and subsurface...
- Air Corps
191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the belligerent incursions in Irish airspace since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38715/21]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give accreditation to the certificate in inclusive school support the national training programme for SNAs which is currently being...
- School Transport
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that receive a school transport remote area grant; the value of grants awarded in the last full school year; and if she...
- National Educational Psychological Service
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2022 to recruit 25 additional educational psychologists in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Broadband Plan
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38199/21]
- National Educational Psychological Service
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to the schools in an area (details supplied); if psychologists assigned are based on school...
- Departmental Correspondence
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and...
- Schools Establishment
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress to date in establishing and determining the need of a primary and second level school in Meakstown, Dublin 11; and if she will make...
- State Examinations
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that took the leaving certificate in Dublin 9 and 11 in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [38354/21]
- Education Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide exact clarity in relation to the running of summer camps for children, both indoors and outdoors and summer classes for...
- State Examinations
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will facilitate traditional Chinese leaving certificate papers in the future; if it will ensure that the correcting system can...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the Departmental advice to schools with respect to CO2 monitoring; the basis for 1400 to 1500 ppm being...
- Special Educational Needs
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the disparity in the allocation of special education teacher hours in a school (details supplied); if her Department will review...
- School Textbooks
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to carry out an audit on all school textbooks to ensure inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families from preschool onwards;...
- Departmental Strategies
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion...
- School Facilities
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that schools infrastructure planning is keeping pace with demographic changes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Teacher Training
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to end the unequal remuneration of new entrants in the teaching profession as a key step in addressing shortages of teaching staff; her...
- State Examinations
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to ensure that the calculated grades process will be error-free for the leaving certificate results in 2021 following the...
- School Staff
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; the timeline for the finalisation of these...
- School Transport
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refunds will issue to those who paid for school transport for the term from Christmas to Easter 2021; the way they will be issued; and if...
- National Educational Psychological Service
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in each county that are awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number that are waiting less than six, six...
- Education Schemes
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have registered for the enhanced summer July provision programme 2021; the number of special schools in each county...
- State Examinations
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Wexford who failed to complete the leaving certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Enterprise Support Services
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that have been received for the enterprise support grant from businesses in County Cavan; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Legislative Measures
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 14 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 will commence; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Payments
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and value of illness benefit overpayment recouped in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [38185/21]
- National Broadband Plan
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the national broadband plan in the past two months. [38209/21]
- Social Welfare Benefits
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently reinstate payment of child benefit for the summer months to parents and guardians of school going 16 to...
- Social Welfare Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing the requirement to be in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance for at least 15 months in...
- Public Services Card
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to tackle the backlog of appointment requests for public services cards in Cork city; and if she...
- Departmental Correspondence
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence...
- Social Welfare Offices
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the staffing levels at each INTREO public offices operated by her Department in County Kildare in each of the years 2019,...
- Employment Support Services
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a process has been established in writing to establish the learnings from the RFT 1 on local employment services; the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if allowances will be made for self-employed preschool teachers to be eligible for jobseeker’s benefit or allowance...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn the fact that actors can get very sporadic access to work which would force them to sign off...
- Social Welfare Schemes
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); when the payment will be reinstated; and if she...
- State Pensions
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a pro-rata State pension (contributory) application by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Citizens Information Services
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme from 30% to 40%, 50%,...
- Departmental Strategies
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability...
- Departmental Data
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current length of time it takes to process and approve a range of payments (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Citizens Information Services
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation of the Citizens' Information Board in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if...
- Departmental Data
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reinstate child benefit payments to continue to be paid to families with children between the ages of 16-18 years...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- National Broadband Plan
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women formerly resident in a location (details supplied) who gave evidence to the Commission of...
- Maternity Leave
254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider proposals for the equal entitlement to mothers of children born through surrogacy to apply...
- Departmental Correspondence
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of...
- Departmental Data
256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for better start early years specialists within his Department in 2019, 2020 and to date...
- Youth Services
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided to youth services in Dublin 9 and 11 in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he...
- Direct Provision System
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have died while living in direct provision since 2018; and if he will make a...
- Child Protection
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Tusla adult retrospective team for the Carlow, Kilkenny and south Tipperary area have been redeployed to...
- Departmental Strategies
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current demand for places under the early childhood care and education scheme in County Cork; the way he...
- Childcare Services
267. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that childcare costs continue to pose a serious financial challenge...
- Department of Education and Skills
- National Broadband Plan
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38204/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and...
- Youth Services
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for each of the Youthreach services in County Kildare in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [38270/21]
- Third Level Education
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are provisions in place within the support grant scheme process to allow the awarding authority to reclassify application; if not, the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training; the number that have been waiting for over a year; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the expenditure heading Training People for Employment of the National Training Fund; the full range of course covered, the...
- Third Level Education
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact Covid-19 has had on international students who have attended university here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategies
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion...
- Third Level Education
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the point at which third-level students will be directly addressed and advised when a return to campus is a likelihood; if a clear pathway to...
- Adult Education Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a return of in-house, classroom learning for adult education providers can be allowed under the current guidelines; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that exchange students who will be studying in the coming academic year in the USA cannot sit visa...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Wrongful Convictions
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an independent review into the conviction of a person (details supplied) as previously requested...
- An Garda Síochána
283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to Roscommon-Longford divisional drugs unit as of 31 December 2019 and 5 July 2021,...
- National Broadband Plan
285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38206/21]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality an bhfuil freagraí ar fáil ar cheisteanna uimhreacha 1448, 1449 agus 1450 dar dháta an 21 Aibreán 2021;...
- Departmental Correspondence
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence...
- An Garda Síochána
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each Garda district within Dublin as of 1 July 2020 and 1 July 2021, in tabular...
- Court Judgments
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons successfully prosecuted for begging in a public place within Dublin city centre in 2019, 2020 and to date...
- An Garda Síochána
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by gardaí within the Kildare division for driving without insurance in 2020 and to date in...
- Mental Health Services
292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of a high level taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of persons...
- Legal Aid
293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time that persons are waiting for free legal aid in each county; the longest waiting time for free legal...
- An Garda Síochána
294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overtime bill for An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications that were processed in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she...
- Court Judgments
296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were jailed for not having a television licence in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in...
- Departmental Strategies
297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and...
- An Garda Síochána
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda patrol cars, patrol vans, motorcycles, bicycles and other vehicles in the Cork Garda divisions from 2017 to...
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints nationally during 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of motorists who...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list will be provided by county of the permits granted under the Street and House to House Collections Act 1962 for each...
- Visa Applications
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline on resuming short stay visitor visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38640/21]
- An Garda Síochána
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing Garda members by rank attached to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region; and if...
- Road Safety
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding steps she is taking to deal with the dangerous misuse of scramblers, quad bikes and electric...
- An Garda Síochána
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to Cavan-Monaghan community engagement unit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health
- Nursing Homes
306. To ask the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance scheme will be further extended to support private and voluntary nursing homes with additional costs due to Covid-19 (details...
- Home Help Service
309. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30789/21]
- Vaccination Programme
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the spacing between the first and second dose of vaccines (details supplied) in view of concerns regarding the rapid spread of the Covid-19...
- Hospital Facilities
312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the use of a vacant building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30792/21]
- Health Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BreastCheck in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of persons screened for cancer by...
- Disability Diagnoses
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum in County Wexford aged between 0 to 4, 4 to 12 and 12 to 18 years of age, respectively in...
- Home Care Packages
319. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of persons in CHO5 who have been awarded homecare hours but are still waiting to receive the allotted hours due to a shortage in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
320. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date to the HSE of the Covid-19 tracker application; the daily numbers checking in their Covid-19 status; the number of close contacts identified...
- Hospital Admissions
321. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30817/21]
- Health Service Executive
322. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process for HSE services that use local taxi services; and if this is governed by a national process or decided locally per individual...
- Medical Cards
323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [30835/21]
- Departmental Expenditure
324. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make...
- Departmental Inquiries
325. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the...
- Vaccination Programme
326. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that mandatory hotel quarantine is required for a WHO approved vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30921/21]
- Mental Health Services
327. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who lives outside of the CHO areas chosen for pilot sites in relation to the model of care adults accessing talk therapies will have access to the...
- General Practitioner Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health when out-of-hours general practitioner services will resume at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dental Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists in County Carlow are not accepting medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Tests
330. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that private PCR tests are required for international travel after 19 July 2021; if HSE Covid-19 tests can be used for the purposes of international...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the cross-border directive scheme in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively; and if those availing of the scheme did so in the...
- Healthcare Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the community ophthalmic services scheme for those over 12 years of age, beyond medical card holders and their dependants to include...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an amendment to the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 such that parentage shall be assigned to both parties in circumstances in...
- Health Service Executive
334. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30960/21]
- Medicinal Products
335. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by the HSE in relation to making the drug zolgensma available to persons who have a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy; the...
- Departmental Projects
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding current ongoing capital projects ongoing and future projects and the expected benefits of these projects and...
- Health Service Executive
337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service (details supplied) is being closed down on 31 July 2021; and the alterative that has been put in place for its clients to continue to...
- Disability Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 91 teams targeted to be operational within children’s disability services by the end of quarter 2 2021 that are currently in...
- Patient Transfers
339. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire for treatment; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of support staff by role such as PSA security, ushers, door staff and so on at centres (details supplied) during May 2021. [30966/21]
- Mental Health Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the youth mental health pathfinder project; if a pathfinder national co-ordinator and regional leads are now in place; if...
- Direct Provision System
344. To ask the Minister for Health if all residents in a direct provision centre (details supplied) in Meelick, County Clare have been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the breakdown by specific therapy category of the 100 therapy posts that were allocated...
- Disabilities Assessments
348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the percentage of assessments of need that were overdue from 30 June 2020 that are now...
- Health Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that is responsible for the establishment of the national psychology placement office; and the reason the office is still not in operation....
- Health Service Executive
351. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is still not funding counselling and educational psychology doctoral courses in line with clinical psychology doctoral courses; and if he...
- Community Care
352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of community-based adult residential homes in each local electoral area in County Kerry; his plans to increase the number of...
- Health Services Staff
353. To ask the Minister for Health the person who is the clinical lead in the HSE for dual diagnosis; the length of time they have been in situ; if an overview will be provided of their remit;...
- Vaccination Programme
354. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 844 of 31 March 2021, the status of the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccination compensation scheme; and if he will make...
- Medical Inquiries
355. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available for Irish persons who need to travel to the UK for medical treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Executive
356. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite for a person (details supplied). [31102/21]
- Hospital Facilities
357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Portiuncula Hospital, Galway 50-bedroom ward block development has not gone to tender; the reason only expressions of interest have been sought;...
- Health Service Executive
358. To ask the Minister for Health the details regarding current capital projects ongoing and future projects and the expected benefits of the projects and associated investments for a hospital...
- Programme for Government
365. To ask the Minister for Health the work that is underway in his Department to implement the Programme for Government commitment to provide free contraception over a phased period, starting...
- Health Strategies
366. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the development of the new sexual health strategy in line with the Government’s commitment given in the recently published Healthy...
- General Practitioner Services
368. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to extend the free general practitioner scheme to all children under 13 years of age. [31127/21]
- Defibrillators Provision
369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the registration and maintenance of automated external defibrillators which have been installed in a wide variety of places throughout the...
- Vaccination Programme
370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31132/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
371. 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. [31136/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have entered mandatory hotel quarantine; the number of those who have done so as a result of not having a PCR test; the number of...
- General Practitioner Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31212/21]
- Vaccination Programme
376. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to including younger age cohorts, 12-15 years old, in the vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Closures
380. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in facilitating a meeting with campaigners opposed to the closure of St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County...
- Health Services Staff
385. To ask the Minister for Health the impact that the current IT difficulties within the HSE is having on a recruitment campaign (details supplied); if there is an obligation or intention to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
386. To ask the Minister for Health the dates he met with maternity hospitals on the lifting of restrictions for partners of women giving birth. [31272/21]
- Departmental Websites
388. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile...
- Food Industry
390. To ask the Minister for Health if cold pressed cannabidiol food supplements derived from the EU hemp crop are regulated as traditional foods in Ireland; if the Food Safety Authority of...
- Vaccination Programme
396. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure there is no delay in members of the public receiving their second dose of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Health Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31334/21]
- Vaccination Programme
398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31335/21]
- Health Service Executive
401. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the return to normal service for the HSE after the cyberattack. [31389/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
403. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a vaccine (details supplied) is not being allowed as an authorised vaccine under the Irish system requiring those who have been vaccinated to spend...
- Medicinal Products
406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for the drugs payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on the case. [31394/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 restrictions are still in place in some hospitals in terms of maternity services; and the steps he is taking to ensure that partners and...
- Disability Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the future of a residential intellectual disability community (details supplied); his plans for the current residents; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently operating across the country. [31478/21]
- Health Services Staff
414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric pain consultants by CHO; the average waiting times for appointments; the number of current vacant posts; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
416. To ask the Minister for Health if additional supports will be provided for early intervention services for children with a disability in north County Tipperary in the HSE mid-west region;...
- Medicinal Products
423. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on establishing an enquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when an enquiry will be...
- Health Services Staff
425. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in the recruitment of six epilepsy nurse specialists which was agreed as part of the HSE Valproate Response Project in...
- Covid-19 Tests
428. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of rapid antigen testing has been considered for airline travel within the European Union. [31511/21]
- Vaccination Programme
429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in cohort 7 receiving a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Procedures
432. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31566/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
434. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be made mandatory for siblings of close contacts to remain home from school until test results are known to prevent further spread of Covid-19 in...
- Food Safety
435. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that no conflict of interest exists in the appointment of a director of a company that produces baby milk formula to the Safefood Advisory...
- Vaccination Programme
436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that immunocompromised persons who have received the first dose of a vaccine (details supplied) will receive a second dose using another...
- Health Services
438. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the relocation of the adult audiology service from St. Fintan’s, Portlaoise, County Laois to Tullamore, County Offaly;...
- Disabilities Assessments
440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams currently operating nationwide. [31597/21]
- Disability Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE school age teams currently operating nationwide. [31600/21]
- Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen day care centres given that the vast majority of the users are vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28587/21]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38136/21]
- National Broadband Plan
447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38196/21]
- Forestry Sector
448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application submitted 16 months ago (details supplied); the reason for the delay; the measures he is taking...
- Departmental Correspondence
449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received...
- Departmental Data
450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hours per day and the number of days per week in which his officials are present in each airport and port within the...
- Agriculture Industry
451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appointment of the independent chair and farmer nominee to the agriculture appeals panel will occur (details supplied); and...
- Common Agricultural Policy
452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of CAP funding received by Irish farmers between 2010 and 2020 by year; and the projected level of CAP funding to be...
- Fishing Industry
453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has requested increased fishing quotas and rights for Irish fishermen in Irish waters from the European Commission....
- Agriculture Schemes
456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the BEEP-s scheme in 2020 receiving payments for 1 to 100, respectively for a cow and calf pair by...
- Organic Farming
461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land in organic production or in conversion by year since 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated costs of providing 1,000, 2,000, 2,500 and 5,000 spaces in the results-based environment agri pilot programme. [38472/21]
- Departmental Strategies
465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and...
- Animal Welfare
467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to animal welfare in each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38529/21]
- Agriculture Schemes
468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered reviewing the reference costs used to determine a farmers grant under the TAMS scheme as a result of increasing...
- Animal Breeding
469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the movement of yearling auctions outside of the State due to Covid-19...
- Agriculture Schemes
470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agricultural appeals in each year from 2016 to date; the details of these appeals; if the appeals were successful in...
- Agriculture Industry
472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the Longtown Farm and laboratory network facilities in Backweston, Cork, Sligo, Athlone, Kilkenny and...
- Animal Welfare
473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the staff IT and developer costs accrued in 2018 in relation to the animal health computer system; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Schemes
474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated to and drawn down under the beef data genomics programme 2019 to date; and if he will make a...
- Food Industry
475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new schemes being considered for introduction to develop the artisan food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Exports Growth
477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the continuing efforts being made to seek new markets in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/21]
- Agriculture Schemes
478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a REAP application review in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Common Agricultural Policy
479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to include in the CAP Strategic Plan in order to redistribute funding to smaller and poorer family farms. [38621/21]
- Forestry Sector
484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recommendations that he will implement as contained within the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
- Organic Farming
485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to reform the organic farming scheme to remove preference for larger holdings above smaller farms. [38627/21]
- Horticulture Sector
486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to support the horticultural and mushroom sector in response to imminent crisis due to peat...
- Animal Welfare
487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to potential animal welfare concerns with regard to increased prevalence of liver abscesses in...
- Agriculture Schemes
488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a support package for sheep farmers on animal welfare grounds. [38630/21]
- Trade Agreements
489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted a socio-economic impact assessment on the effects of the British-Australian trade agreement on Irish agriculture....
- Departmental Licences
490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an account of the error which took place regarding a public notice for an aquaculture and foreshore licence in...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- National Broadband Plan
491. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38208/21]
- Departmental Correspondence
492. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received...
- Rural Schemes
493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the examination into the establishment of a community ownership fund to help community and social enterprises buy or...
- Departmental Strategies
494. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and...
- Rural Schemes
496. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 for the seniors alert scheme in County Cork; the take-up of the scheme...
- Departmental Funding
500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made in relation to providing multi-annual funding for community, voluntary and charity sector. [38728/21]
