Written answers
Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Funding
2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Exchequer funding spent on afforestation investment for the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the amounts paid under the sheep welfare scheme from €10 per ewe to €30 per ewe financed...
- Agriculture Industry
11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of engagement with representatives of the beef industry. [38491/21]
- Forestry Sector
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of Project Woodland. [38547/21]
- Horse Racing Industry
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the current structure of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board is sufficiently independent to ensure maximum...
- Forestry Sector
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planned timeline to complete and publish an external review of the forestry licensing process. [38155/21]
- Trade Agreements
20. 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....
- Fishing Industry
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new control plan has yet been submitted to the EU that would allow fish to be weighed at the factory rather than the quayside;...
- Environmental Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately lift the restrictions on peat harvesting for 2021 to avoid a shortage of supply in 2021 which will result in...
- Aquaculture Industry
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing legislation to prohibit the granting of aquaculture licences within or adjacent to special areas of...
- Common Agricultural Policy
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mountain land, hill land particularly commonage will be treated the same in the next CAP for those farmers who farm this land and...
- Forestry Sector
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if measures are being taken to progress the wait list for felling licences to ensure that supplies of timber can be increased in the...
- Animal Welfare
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to improve the welfare of animals during his first nine months in office; and the plans he has to build on...
- Horticulture Sector
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the alternatives to horticultural peat identified by his Department; and his views on whether those alternatives will be sufficient to...
- Agriculture Schemes
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement the new REAP scheme as the environmental scheme in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forestry Sector
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences yet to be approved per county in tabular form; and the reason for the delay. [38494/21]
- Aquaculture Industry
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the granting of a licence for a salmon farm at Shot Head, Bantry Bay, County Cork. [38148/21]
- Environmental Policy
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on lifting the restrictions on horticultural peat harvesting for 2021 to avoid a shortage of supply for 2021 which will...
- Common Agricultural Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure farm safety and farmer wellbeing is incorporated in the next Common Agricultural Policy; the status...
- Forestry Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the coverage of commercial forestry and the further plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Common Agricultural Policy
35. 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 farms and farms on marginalised...
- Agriculture Industry
36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine her views on supporting agri-food development in rural and regional Ireland as a building block to sustainable community development...
- Coillte Teoranta
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding Coillte has been allocated for 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38492/21]
- Agriculture Industry
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he foresees the continued viability for the agri-food business notwithstanding the meeting of carbon reduction...
- Environmental Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that peatlands are harvested in such a way that they are in the best possible condition for a planned and...
- Horticulture Sector
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the imminent crisis in the horticulture and mushroom sectors. [38522/21]
- Forestry Sector
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has addressed the shortcomings in terms of resources in his Department to deal with ecologist’s reports for tree felling...
- Research Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ongoing research projects being funded by his Department to address the challenges of climate change in the agricultural sector;...
- Horticulture Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a fair and workable licensing system to allow for the phasing out of horticultural peat harvesting over a...
- Animal Welfare
44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce stricter legislation to ensure high levels of horse welfare. [38183/21]
- Agriculture Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives in place to encourage young persons to take up farming as a career; the enrolment trends for the respective...
- Research Funding
46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department can assist with funding opportunities to support research initiatives in the area of climate change and...
- Common Agricultural Policy
47. 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. [38175/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has taken to mitigate Covid-19 related delays to the services it provides to the public. [38315/21]
- Common Agricultural Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the climate mitigation measures agreed under the recent CAP agreement. [38490/21]
- Animal Welfare
50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve equine welfare standards. [38616/21]
- Trade Promotion
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take and his plans to develop new markets for Irish wool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/21]
- Organic Farming
52. 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. [38544/21]
- Departmental Schemes
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the packages that have been put in place to compensate landowners that had lands damaged or destroyed by the Shass mountain landslide,...
- Fishing Industry
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement with representatives of the fishing industry in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if growers of ash forestry will be consulted the changes or amendments that are being introduced through the ash dieback scheme; and...
- Departmental Reviews
56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 20 May 2021, the status of the review of the potential demand in international markets for...
- Agriculture Schemes
57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Irish or EU supports or grants that are available to Irish beekeepers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38166/21]
- Agriculture Industry
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to prohibit unfair trading practices in order to strengthen the position of primary producers in the...
- Fuel Prices
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted a study on the impact of fuel prices or taxes on the agricultural sector; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration he has given to current NHA areas to be included for basic payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Industry
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the alternative products being considered for use in sowing maize following the implementation of the EU Directive 2019/904; when...
- Trade Promotion
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the terms of reference of the review of the potential demand in international markets for wool-based products have been finalised...
- Common Agricultural Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider restarting the internal convergence mechanism during the transition period for 2022 given the CAP Budget and a...
- Forestry Sector
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support efforts to restore in part the oak plantation at Cratloe Woods, County Clare. [38182/21]
- Agriculture Industry
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce measures to develop and expand the hemp sector in Ireland. [38157/21]
- Forestry Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider easing regulations around the granting of felling licenses in view of the shortage of supply and rising cost of...
- State Bodies
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the development of the national food ombudsman; and when he expects the office to be established. [38524/21]
- Agriculture Industry
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the future of the Beef Market Taskforce; and the consideration he has given to extending the remit of the taskforce in...
- Forestry Sector
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the effectiveness of the reconstitution and underplanting scheme; the feedback received from foresters on the...
- Organic Farming
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reform the organic farming scheme to remove preference for larger holdings above smaller farms. [38615/21]
- Common Agricultural Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to publish a discussion document in relation to the CAP 2023-2027 before the public consultation process begins; if so,...
- Forestry Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the independent regulatory review on forestry licensing announced recently by his Department. [37091/21]
- Agriculture Schemes
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a support package for sheep farmers on animal welfare grounds. [38162/21]
- Aquaculture Industry
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and types of aquaculture licence applications approved by his Department in south-western areas of County Cork since 2017....
- Agriculture Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that farmers who make trivial mistakes on online applications, such as failing to tick the ANC box...
- Organic Farming
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional resources he is making available to support the development of organic farming in Ireland in view of the Irish target...
- Horticulture Sector
79. 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...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- National Broadband Plan
81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of her engagement with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months; and if she has confidence in the plan. [38495/21]
- Road Projects
88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide clarity in relation to local improvement schemes particularly in areas that were formally within the boundary...
- Community Development Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the activity of community group projects across the country; and her views on whether funding is distributed...
- Departmental Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the Connected Hubs Fund currently with her Department. [38488/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
95. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the types of enterprises that may apply for the newly announced Covid-19 supports funding (details supplied) under the Our Rural Future...
- Tidy Towns
96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for this year's tidy towns competition. [38486/21]
- Digital Hubs
97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress in supporting the development of broadband connection points and the development of digital hubs in south-western areas of...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether her Department’s engagement with the charities it provides funding to aligns with human rights models; and...
- Departmental Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications from each local authority for each funding stream operated by her Department for 2020 and to date in 2021,...
- Departmental Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional rural recreational officers will be employed; and if so, if it will be ensured they are allocated according to the work...
- Island Communities
105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the upgrading of the helipad on Inishturk Island; the stage the upgrade is currently at; when it is likely to be...
- Community Development Projects
106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on measures to support community projects as they reopen; and if that support will continue until the pandemic is declared...
- Island Communities
109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the publication of the islands policy. [38172/21]
- Rural Schemes
110. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of engagement she has had with other Departments to progress other areas of priority as outlined in Our Rural Future which...
- Youth Emigration
111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has undertaken studies on the impact of youth emigration on rural Ireland. [38322/21]
- Departmental Policies
112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a forum for ongoing dialogue between local authorities, relevant policy Departments and island...
- Departmental Funding
113. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects funded currently under the Rural Regeneration Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38485/21]
- Harbours and Piers
114. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 25 May 2021, the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin; the...
- Departmental Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her engagement with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the employment of additional rural...
- Island Communities
116. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to improve the number and quality of the air services and ferry services to the islands; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Broadband Plan
118. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will work with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications to improve remote working facilities for persons in a...
- Community Development Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when and the way the Government will move on its commitment in the Programme for Government to support independent local action groups...
- Departmental Schemes
120. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the commitment to examine the scope to introduce new supports and incentives for the refurbishment of vacant properties...
- Regulatory Impact Assessments
122. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if compliance and regulatory requirements will be reviewed in 2022 to ensure that no duplication of the process occurs given the...
- Departmental Schemes
123. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans and timelines for further rounds of ORIS, CLAR, RRDF, town and village and community enhancement funding schemes; and if she...
- Digital Hubs
124. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to develop the concept of digital hubs with a view to facilitating employers and employees who may...
- Departmental Funding
125. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will seek to avail of the facility of community-led local development funds such as the European Social Fund and European...
- Departmental Policies
126. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of the rural proofing model promised as part of the Our Rural Future – Rural Development Policy...
- Departmental Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to expand the walks scheme; if further funding will be allocated to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Youth Assembly
129. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the rural youth assembly will be established; the way the assembly is expected to be structured; and if she will make a statement...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
130. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funds held in the disbursement fund under the Dormant Accounts Fund will be distributed for the benefit of addressing social,...
- Departmental Schemes
132. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the town and village renewal scheme following recent expressions of interest submitted to local authorities; if her...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic
134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a commercial landlord can be prevented from increasing the rent on a commercial property given the financial impact that the...
- Departmental Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application for the capital investment scheme by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Farm Safety
136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the level of farm accidents; if further measures are contemplated to address...
- Digital Hubs
138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage major corporations currently located in this country to use digital...
- Customs and Excise
139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to significant increases in tariffs for steel products being imported from outside of the EU and the...
- Departmental Data
140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally; if the property is State owned or leased;...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the way new builds are incorporated into the National Broadband Plan if they do not have...
- Departmental Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of warmer home scheme applications received, completed and disallowed in the past five years in tabular...
- Departmental Data
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property...
- National Broadband Plan
146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a household (details supplied) in an amber zone in the national broadband...
- Telecommunications Services
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average 4G coverage across the State; the average 4G coverage for each county; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons that have received energy upgrades as part of the better energy warmer homes scheme since 2020 on...
- National Broadband Plan
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the National Broadband Plan in County Mayo; the number of premises connected to date; the target for the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Covid-19 Pandemic
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an EU Digital COVID Certificate will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38752/21]
- Driver Test
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timetable for clearing the backlog in driver test waiting times. [38779/21]
- Departmental Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are financial supports available for the establishment of a taxi service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38820/21]
- Driver Licences
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish driver licence can issue to a person (details supplied) resident here who already holds a full UK licence based on passing a...
- Driver Test
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the unusual circumstances of a person (details supplied), a driver theory and practical test could be expedited from the...
- Driver Licences
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the plan to expand driver lessons to non-essential workers; the expected timeline for the plan; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on the reopening of the Athenry to Claremorris section of the Western Rail Corridor; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has provided funding for the Santry river greenway; the projected timeline for the commencement and completion of works...
- Driver Licences
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to change the power of a motorbike a driver can operate with a full category B car licence and initial basic training to...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
163. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals from a group (details supplied) regarding income tax relief for owner-occupiers and VAT rebates for social...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
164. To ask the Minister for Finance if travel agents will be able to avail of the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme payment into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
165. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the help to buy scheme to first-time buyers who wish to buy second hand properties; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail...
- Tax Code
167. To ask the Minister for Finance when a determination on the requests for reforms requested by the Tax Appeals Commission in March 2021 will be decided upon; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Appeals Commission
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeals taken to the Tax Appeals Commission; the number determined; the number of cases settled before a determination was reached during...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if will be referred matter to the Revenue Commissioners for a review and update;...
- Tax Collection
171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the introduction of new arrangements for the collection of the vacant site levy whereby the Revenue Commissioners would take...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be carried out into the reason a company (details supplied) which provides repair and re-resurfacing of kitchens,...
- Public Sector Staff
173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if compensation payments are made to retiring civil servants in respect of untaken annual leave in accordance with the Organisation of...
- Departmental Data
174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or...
- Office of Public Works
175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will indicate the source of the delay in the allocation of the currently vacant and recently refurbished Deer Keepers Lodge...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Facilities
176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be approved for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38748/21]
- Sports Events
177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has made contact with the organisers of Dublin City Marathon to establish whether any reassurance could be provided to...
- Departmental Data
178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is State...
- Online Safety
179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to tackle pseudonymity on online platforms (details supplied). [38874/21]
- Departmental Regulations
180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider bringing in regulations that would make digitally altered photographs illegal for advertising purposes unless...
- Sports Events
182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if indoor summer camps can be held under the Sporting Ireland guidelines which permits individual training. [38877/21]
- Tourism Promotion
183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals to support the development of monastic trails as an additional tourism product; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Animal Welfare
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a ban on hare coursing. [38988/21]
- Housing Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department will take to alleviate the inhumane conditions exposed by a recent publication (details supplied);...
- Departmental Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding made available to each local authority for housing adaption grants in 2020 and 2021 and the expected amount for...
- Housing Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing complaints that were received in the first six months of 2021; the categories that the complaints fall...
- Rental Sector
190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the tenancy deposit protection scheme will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38755/21]
- Departmental Reports
191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Departmental reports that are pending publication; the titles of these reports; the dates he anticipates the...
- Legislative Process
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Bills being worked on by his Department that are pending publication; the title of these Bills; the date he...
- Housing Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social, affordable, and cost rental homes built by the State in quarter 1 and 2 2021, respectively; and if he...
- Vacant Properties
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict housing units across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38761/21]
- Housing Schemes
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of persons eligible for Housing First who have received a Housing First home; and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Policy
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy and practical steps that have been taken to support the scale-up of affordable co-operative housing; and if he will...
- Legislative Measures
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to prevent persons from being evicted into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Policy
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the housing for all plan officially relates to the Rebuilding Ireland plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Sector
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount spent in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021 on the inspection and enforcement of private...
- Land Issues
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the publicly available information on land prices and land transaction in Ireland compares to that in other EU...
- Housing Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections that will be put in place to ensure that the purchase of open market homes by housing authorities does not...
- Housing Policy
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the incentives his Department has in place or plans to put in place to support house owners who wish to relocate from...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if efforts will be made by his Department to improve regulation of voluntary housing bodies, including the introduction of...
- Departmental Schemes
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost of correcting fire defects will be addressed by the new working group on structural defects; if steps are being...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter relating to the public liability limit requirements by the National Parks and Wildlife Service...
- Departmental Data
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average all-in development cost to the Exchequer for one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom social houses and one-, two- and...
- Approved Housing Bodies
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total approved borrowing by AHBs for the delivery of social housing in 2020 and 2021; the number of social homes delivered...
- Departmental Data
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State...
- Housing Schemes
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in counties Cavan and Monaghan given existing limits are...
- Approved Housing Bodies
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the funding provided to an association (details supplied) to build homes at Oakland Grove, Kildare town has been repaid by...
- Housing Schemes
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections that took place in County Kildare in 2020; the number of properties that were found deficient;...
- Departmental Data
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term leasing agreements entered into by each of the Dublin local authorities for 2021 and for any other...
- Departmental Policies
226. 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
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all councils that have submitted an application for serviced sites funding in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Departmental Projects
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the 91 new social homes targeted to be delivered through the build programme in County Mayo in 2021; the number...
- Departmental Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has provided funding for the Santry river greenway; the projected timeline for the commencement and...
- Local Authorities
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are permitted to support persons with a disability by retrospectively approving grants for works that are...
- Departmental Projects
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the public housing project at Shanganagh Castle; the projected timelines for same; and if he will make a...
- Building Regulations
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to restore pre-2015 apartment standards including in buy-to-lets further to reports that he plans to end the SHD...
- Vacant Properties
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his specific plans and timescale for bringing underused and vacant housing stock into use; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he plans to deal with the serious problem of land hoarding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39060/21]
- Vacant Sites
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give consideration to the introduction of new arrangements for the collection of the vacant site levy whereby the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in view that the application was received by the passport office on 19 April 2021;...
- Departmental Staff
243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff, by location and function, in each office of his Department nationally; if the property is State owned or leased; and...
- EU Membership
244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if enlargement of the EU has been discussed at recent meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council; the present status of the applications of...
- Passport Services
245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take steps to expedite a passport application by a person (details supplied) which was submitted many months ago; and if he will...
- Foreign Policy
246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he plans to take at EU level to assist in bringing an end to Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and...
- Passport Services
249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport is likely to be issued for a person (details supplied); the reason the due date on the online passport tracker has not been...
- Department of Defence
- Post Office Network
250. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans to bring the old Curragh post office building back into use; if it can be made available for community use; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that sufficient school bus capacity will be available for the forthcoming school year in view of difficulties that arose in...
- Home Schooling
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all tutors that participated in the supplementary home tuition scheme from January 11 to April 30 2021 have at this point been paid; if not,...
- Departmental Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, by location and function, in each office of her Department nationally; if the property is State owned or leased; and the...
- School Transport
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service will be provided for students attending secondary school in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, from Ballyragget, County...
- Curaclam Scoile
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén comhfhreagras a bhí idir a Roinn agus an Chomhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta maidir le forbairt na...
- School Accommodation
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 1 June 2021, if there has been further progress in advancing a building project at a school (details...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Rates
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the increase seen or expected in the back to school allowance as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Insurance
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the social insurance contribution record of a person (details supplied) in Ireland; if such contributions...
- Social Welfare Code
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the inequitable treatment of persons on invalidity pension that wish to move on to partial capacity...
- Social Welfare Benefits
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 878 of 15 June 2021, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a...
- Social Welfare Code
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation for undocumented workers in the hospitality, retail and service sector who have been in receipt of the pandemic...
- Pensions Reform
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publishing of the report by the Commission on Pensions; and when she plans to publish the report of the...
- Departmental Data
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is...
- Widow's Pension
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner (contributory) pension will be adjusted to make long-term partners...
- Social Welfare Payments
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will disregard maintenance payments in the assessment of the working family payment in circumstances in which the...
- Social Welfare Schemes
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awaiting determination of their application for a domiciliary care allowance; the current wait time;...
- Pension Provisions
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will furnish a detailed explanation for the significant difference in content of information in relation to the...
- Departmental Communications
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of scam calls reported to her Department in view of the surge in fraudulent calls claiming to be from her...
- Social Welfare Schemes
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a one parent family allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process have operated...
- Children in Care
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding restraints are affecting the availability of placements for young person's moving within the...
- Asylum Seekers
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the asylum seekers being moved from Cork to Letterkenny despite the impact...
- Departmental Properties
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the...
- Domestic Violence
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions the State is taking to achieve its obligations under the Istanbul Convention to provide one space...
- Adoption Services
282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who process requests in the Adoption Authority of Ireland; and if the service is operating...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Strategies
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcomes of each of the 52 actions outlined in the Further Education and Training Strategy 2014-2019; the actions which have been...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
284. 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. [38730/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports planned to integrate students back on campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/21]
- Departmental Data
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased;...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices employed by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39012/21]
- Further and Higher Education
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time further education students by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39017/21]
- Student Accommodation
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a university (details supplied) is requesting over €3,000 in up-front payments for on...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38727/21]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the expansion of Garda CCTV in Cork city to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by prisoners’ family members to the Irish Prison Service in 2019, 2020 and to date in...
- Naturalisation Applications
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) considering that no reply has been forthcoming; and if she...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans for an easing of restrictions on passengers who are also partners of Irish nationals travelling into the...
- Departmental Properties
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is State...
- Gambling Sector
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when measures will be introduced to curb online gambling in view of the well-documented problems arising from such gambling;...
- Peace Commissioners
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expand the role of peace commissioners to include the signing of forms which would prevent the need for persons to...
- An Garda Síochána
306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in each Garda station in County Wexford by station in each of the years 2011 to date in...
- International Protection
309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for international protection. [38939/21]
- An Garda Síochána
310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has been appraised of a situation (details supplied) and if she will refer the matter to the Garda Ombudsman....
- Crime Prevention
312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address the surge in scam calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39036/21]
- Department of Health
- Hospital Facilities
313. To ask the Minister for Health the status of resumption of technology for appointments in each hospital. [31617/21]
- Substance Misuse
314. To ask the Minister for Health if the numbers attending meetings for an addiction service (details supplied) can be increased. [31624/21]
- Health Service Executive
315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that took part in the pilot of the Digital Covid Certificate here; the findings of the pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medicinal Products
316. To ask the Minister for Health when zolgensma will be made available for a child (details supplied) given the fact that the sooner the drug is received the better the outcome in cases in...
- Vaccination Programme
317. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered engaging with NIAC on giving those who received a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied) an mRNA vaccine as their second...
- Health Services
318. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to cervical cancer; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
319. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to Government policy on conducting a public inquiry into deaths in nursing homes from the Covid-19 as recommended by the Oireachtas...
- Protected Disclosures
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made by staff in the HSE since 2010; the action taken to protect those making such disclosures; the number of protected...
- Health Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available for a family waiting for night nurse services for their newborn child in the case of a family in County Tipperary have been...
- Vaccination Programme
322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow the administration of a second dose of a vaccine (details supplied) to healthcare workers who have received a first dose of another vaccine...
- Disability Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health when respite can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if all options have been considered in this regard; and if he will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Tests
326. To ask the Minister for Health the role he envisages rapid antigen testing playing in respect of Ireland's implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a hotel group (details supplied) regarding a mandatory hotel quarantine refund with a view to processing the refund. [31860/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
328. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for air changes per hour regarding air filtration systems to help create clean air spaces in ensuring workplaces are safe to return to...
- Vaccination Programme
329. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available to persons who have had an adverse reaction to one of the Covid-19 vaccinations as in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Nursing Homes
333. To ask the Minister for Health the current rules in respect of permitting residents of nursing homes to go out into the community for recreational and hospitality visits; and if he will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
334. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic unemployment payment is being used as reckonable income for medical card and general practitioner visit card applications. [31957/21]
- Health Services Staff
336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduates hired in the areas of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language, dietetics and audiology in each CHO area, by each...
- Hospital Appointments Status
337. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a hip operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32006/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
338. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issues as outlined in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the movement of ferries on the island of Ireland;...
- Hospital Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance supports for breastfeeding mothers in Irish maternity units and at home to ensure that mothers who choose to breastfeed are supported in...
- Vaccination Programme
340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to examine the possibility of giving a vaccine (details supplied) as the second dose for those...
- Disability Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the request for a rehabilitation bed for a person (details supplied). [32038/21]
- Vaccination Programme
343. To ask the Minister for Health if students who are going on Erasmus or study abroad programmes for the upcoming academic year will be provided with a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the 2021-2022...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
344. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered procuring more sustainable personal protective equipment for use in community-based care circumstances; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vaccination Programme
345. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to address glitches in the Covid-19 vaccination appointments system given that some persons in the older age cohorts have been...
- State Bodies
346. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the appropriateness of an appointment to the board of Safefood Ireland (details supplied); his views on whether this represents a conflict of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
347. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32073/21]
- Medicinal Products
348. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of additional charges to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service
349. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a person (details supplied) is provided with the awarded amount of home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020 in view of the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
354. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) would need to enter mandatory hotel quarantine on return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32136/21]
- Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a counselling service for stroke victims (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32187/21]
- Vaccination Programme
360. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to social media influencers to promote the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the list of influencers who have been used in a public relations...
- Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE breastfeeding action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32189/21]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
364. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will have their procedure covered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly
365. To ask the Minister for Health when day care centres will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32290/21]
- Hospital Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of public health lists (details supplied). [32362/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he can remove the visitation rules for the partner and or other nominated birth companion after the baby is born so that those who have given birth can be...
- Nursing Homes
369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes Covid-19 after 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/21]
- Medicinal Products
371. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cannabis can now be prescribed to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32389/21]
- Vaccination Programme
372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a vaccine-related matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32394/21]
- Food Waste
373. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of food that is wasted or thrown out in public and voluntary hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
374. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to long waiting times in the emergency unit at the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32441/21]
- Vaccination Programme
376. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to vaccinating teachers who will be undertaking the July provision in summer 2021. [32443/21]
- Care of the Elderly
377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary capital and revenue resources for day care dementia services to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32518/21]
- Primary Medical Certificates
378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 11 May 2021, when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their primary medical certificate...
- Vaccination Programme
379. To ask the Minister for Health when persons aged between 60-69 can expect to receive their second dose of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/21]
- Mental Health Services
380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the petition submitted to Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People from this Deputy in 2020 on behalf of a person (details supplied)...
- Disability Services
381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of follow-up physiotherapy for stroke survivors in Tallaght University Hospital; if his attention has been further...
- Departmental Inquiries
382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to treat epilepsy. [32552/21]
- Health Services Staff
383. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the four currently unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts approved in 2018 to manage the mandatory patient safety requirements for women who...
- Hospital Appointments Status
384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32554/21]
- Home Help Service
387. To ask the Minister for Health if personal assistance hours which have been approved will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [32563/21]
- Health Services Staff
389. To ask the Minister for Health if there are employment opportunities in County Kerry for audiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32570/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
392. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ease Covid-19 restrictions in order that third-level university exchange students can undertake their required face-to-face interviews in foreign...
- Hospital Facilities
394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the location identified for the new multidisciplinary early intervention and respite care centre (details supplied) for children with complex...
- Vaccination Programme
396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the catch-up scheme for the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/21]
- Departmental Advertising
397. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department and associated agencies have spent on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
398. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve a drug manufactured by a company (details supplied) as part of the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Policies
401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his key policy achievements in his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32804/21]
- Departmental Schemes
402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he...
- Departmental Policies
403. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are working towards enabling access to employment for persons from minority and or disadvantaged...
- National Maternity Hospital
404. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the originally announced proposals for the new national maternity hospital continue to be part of the plan; if particular issues have...
- Healthcare Policy
405. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which discussions continue to take place with general practitioners and consultants in regard to the implementation of Sláintecare; and if...
- National Children's Hospital
406. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the new children’s hospital plan is proceeding as anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/21]
- Healthcare Policy
407. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national trauma care plan is best placed to meet any and all emergencies as they arise regardless of geographical location; and if he...
- Hospital Facilities
408. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Naas Hospital development plans are proceeding; when work is likely to start on-site given the urgent necessity for the extension of...
- Primary Care Centres
409. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of primary care centres in County Kildare; the number proposed; the delivery date of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Help Service
410. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32813/21]
- Nursing Homes
411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend reforms to the nursing home support scheme to address inequalities (details supplied) in the scheme which leads to fair deal poverty for some...
- Mental Health Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money allocated to each CHO area in tabular form for mental health in each of the years 2017 to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
417. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 986 of 28 April 2021, the reason funding was refused under the treatment abroad scheme in the case of a person (details...
- Health Services Staff
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in section 39 agencies that are currently earning below the living wage; and the estimated annual cost of bringing them in line with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the wait time for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32880/21]
- Health Services
422. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) will be reinstated; the reason funding was withdrawn; if there are plans for an alternative service; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32887/21]
- Health Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the former St. Michael’s psychiatric unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary in each of the five years up until it closed in 2012. [32925/21]
- General Practitioner Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 22 April 2021, if he will again seek a response from the Health Service Executive in relation to the lack of a...
- Health Services Staff
430. To ask the Minister for Health when section 39 workers can expect to see full restoration of their pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32959/21]
- Hospital Services
432. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that women are being refused gynaecology care in emergency departments in State-run hospitals that have gynaecology...
- Health Services Staff
433. To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff will be recruited for a centre (details supplied); when and the location in which he expects these positions to be advertised; and if he...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
434. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement of the medicinal cannabis access programme will happen in a practical sense; when this medicine will be available to eligible epilepsy...
- Mental Health Services
435. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate support can be provided by CAMHS including documentation outlining medical history and detailed interaction with psychological services in...
- Primary Medical Certificates
436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications waiting for a primary medical certificate by county; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate; and...
- Dental Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will directly intervene in the crisis in dental services for medical card holders in County Kerry given there are currently no dental practices in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland from the UK since the requirement for home quarantining was introduced; the number of those who have taken...
- Medicinal Products
439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider new arrangements for patients using a drug manufactured by a company (details supplied) who currently have to pre-pay for medication and...
- Vaccination Programme
440. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated in obtaining the Covid-19 vaccine at the earliest possible date given the necessity for special arrangements...
- Mental Health Services
442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 3 June 2021, the cost of the initial pilot project; the number of staff required; the salary cost of staff...
- Hospital Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of a new specialist eating disorder bed per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33067/21]
- Health Services Staff
444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians on each specialist eating disorder team; the estimated cost of employing each clinician, respectively inclusive of salary and PRSI...
- Mental Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and revenue cost of a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33069/21]
- Medicinal Products
446. To ask the Minister for Health if toilax has been withdrawn for use in Ireland; if there is a supply issue given that it is essential in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
447. To ask the Minister for Health the annual capital funding received by each agency under section 38 of the Health Act 2004 in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Nursing Homes
448. To ask the Minister for Health the long-term support scheme which will be put in place to support the private nursing home sector in the medium and long term given that the temporary...
- Vaccination Programme
449. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners in respect of the Covid-19 vaccination programme for 2021 to date. [33091/21]
- Defibrillators Provision
450. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will work with community groups to publicly identify the location of defibrillators around the country and to establish a publicly accessible list...
- Disability Services
451. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the case of a child (details supplied) with complex needs who is having difficulties accessing respite care; and if he will...
- State Bodies
453. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment process for leading positions in Safefood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have gone through mandatory hotel quarantine; the number of hotels used for mandatory hotel quarantine; the names and addresses of...
- Nursing Homes
455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the remit of HIQA in order that it can investigate specific complaints regarding individual private nursing homes; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Data
456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new food businesses registered with his Department between July 2020 and June 2021, by county; the number of same for...
- Departmental Correspondence
457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will clarify the situation to the correspondent....
- Departmental Staff
458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned...
- Aquaculture Industry
459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a salmon farm (details supplied) which had its licence discontinued in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the ewe payment to €30 per animal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38868/21]
- Forestry Sector
461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected percentage of felling licence applicants screened in for appropriate assessment which will no longer require Natura...
- Fishing Industry
462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a temporary tie-up scheme for fishing boats as part of the response to the changes brought about by Brexit;...
- Horticulture Sector
464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will introduce as a matter of urgency to ensure that there is an adequate supply of domestic peat for the mushroom...
- Food Industry
466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which negotiations are taking place with or through the EU to address Brexit related issues in respect of Irish food...
- Brexit Issues
467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure that the Northern Ireland Protocol is not used as a means to selectively target Irish food exports to...
- Food Safety
469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the rules governing food imports into the EU perform to the highest standards in husbandry, production and traceability; and if he...
- Food Industry
470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to ensure the sustainable development of the food industry here, notwithstanding...
- Agriculture Industry
472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total production in the dairy sector here in each of the past five years to date; the degree to which action has been taken to...
- Pigmeat Sector
476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new regulations are being imposed on the pig production sector given that new regulations have only been...
- Agriculture Industry
478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department continues to examine ways and means of carbon sequestration in line with requirements while...
- Food Industry
479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the strict rules in relation to food production and traceability continue to apply in jurisdictions from which...
- Agriculture Industry
484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response will issue in relation to queries raised by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the treatment of potato...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Data
485. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned...
- Rural Schemes
486. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to date through the various schemes controlled by her Department by county; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
488. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which her Department continues to target urban or rural deprivation by way of specifically designed assistance in...
- Digital Hubs
489. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has progressed the concept of digital hubs in order to minimise long commutes to work while at the...
- Departmental Schemes
496. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure to date under the town and village renewal scheme by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38973/21]
- Regeneration Projects
497. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure to date under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; the extent to which the fund has attracted local indigenous...
- Social Isolation
500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which her Department continues to address the issue of rural isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
503. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she can foresee further development and expansion of the town and village renewal scheme with a view to...
