Written answers

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Northern Ireland
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the latest position with regard to the long-awaited Narrow Water Bridge project between County Louth and County Down. [40140/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016 code of...
    • Departmental Data
      5. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to increase the amount of publicly available real-time disaggregated data in order to monitor the way in which the State’s policies are affecting...
    • Departmental Functions
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the latest activities of the shared island unit of his Department as of July 2021. [40806/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent or future planned engagements with the British Prime Minister regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. [40946/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of Ireland considering the TRIPS waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41394/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to capitalise on the potential transport links such as the N24, Limerick Junction and the motorway links that County...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has plans to introduce an apprenticeship programme for airplane pilot training; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aviation Industry
      16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to reduce the disparity in gender balance in airplane pilot jobs given that only 6% of pilots...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further additional supports will be made available to gaming arcades following the decision to not reopen the sector in the latest...
    • Departmental Funding
      18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the compensatory measures that will be put in place for businesses (details supplied) following weather events in February 2021. [39570/21]
    • EU Directives
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if companies operating in Ireland are in breach of the EU Late Payments Directive by exerting undue pressure on suppliers to provide...
    • Enterprise Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support an all-Ireland approach for easy to read signage and menus for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he...
    • Work Permits
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allow those on general employment permits to have the same rights as critical skills permit holders with regard to spouse...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the introduction of a four-day work week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39790/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the State agencies, organisations or boards under the remit of his Department or that receive funding from his...
    • Employment Rights
      25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the relevant Minister of State plans to formally sign the employment regulation order giving effect to recommendation made by the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and monetary amount of grants provided by his Department under the Covid-19 restart grant by county in tabular form; and if...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further discussions have taken place within his Department in relation to the provision of a local enterprise office for Drogheda...
    • Farm Safety
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value his Department places on farm safety; the new initiatives he plans to introduce to counter the loss of life as a result of...
    • Employment Rights
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the employment rights an employee retains if they refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Enterprise Support Services
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make business supports available to enterprises that are TAN number holders importing used cars from the UK; and if he...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland site visits to County Kerry in quarter 2 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if...
    • Data Centres
      41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of short-term and long-term jobs created from each existing data centre in Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews;...
    • Data Centres
      43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the 2018 Government policy statement on the role of data centres in the enterprise strategy has been assessed in the context of...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the remote working strategy implementation; if his attention has been drawn to initiatives such as...
    • EU Directives
      46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Ireland’s position on the EU Digital Services and the Digital Markets Acts. [40895/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take steps to address claims that retail workers are being docked pay or required to stay back late to account for time...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full details of the recent IDA acquisition of two large sites in County Louth, one in Drogheda and one in Dundalk; the cost of...
    • Health and Safety
      49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full year 2022 budget for Health and Safety Authority inspections. [41261/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific role the Health and Safety Authority will play in relation to indoor hospitality in respect of enforcement of the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Climate Change Policy
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the progress being made towards the rewetting of industrial bogs and the restoration of peatlands,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the recipients of the circular economy innovation grant scheme will be announced; when the grants will be awarded;...
    • Energy Policy
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the energy security review of the State’s electricity and natural gas systems; when the...
    • Environmental Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed introduction of a national ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Electricity Generation
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to allow homeowners using solar energy to sell any surplus solar energy back to the grid. [39407/21]
    • Inland Fisheries
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a suspected fish killing in Carrigadrohid, County Cork in June 2021. [39487/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital funding allocation for 2021 for the Environmental Protection Agency. [39541/21]
    • Inland Fisheries
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 13 July 2021, the procedures for reappointment to the board of Inland...
    • Grant Payments
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the actions being taken to address the backlog for SEAI warmer homes grants; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of contact he has had with the domestic waste industry regarding waivers being available for persons with...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 21 April 2021, if there are timelines in place for the commencement of the...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the citizens’ assembly for environmental rights will take place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a bye law on the Lough Corrib special area of conservation 000297 uses the term, managed primarily for the...
    • Departmental Functions
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 15 July 2021, if his Department monitors or collects data on mobile phone...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 15 July 2021, the number of premises connected to date in County Mayo; and...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 7 July 2021, if no environmental assessments were conducted for any project...
    • Waste Management
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated revenue that could be raised from a waste recovery levy at €5 a tonne to apply to the three key...
    • Environmental Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated revenue that could be raised from raising the landfill levy by €5, €10 and €15 per...
    • Departmental Bodies
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare...
    • Post Office Network
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on introducing a public service obligation of approximately €17 million per annum for the post office...
    • Electricity Generation
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the timeline for issuing of payments to homeowners and or private citizens under the solar PV...
    • Local Authorities
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that was allocated to each local authority to deal with illegal dumping, graffiti and vandalism in...
    • Environmental Policy
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to introduce a deposit and return scheme for beverage containers in County Wicklow; and if he will...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when County Cavan will avail of high-speed broadband throughout the entire county. [40357/21]
    • Environmental Policy
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will lift the restrictions on peat harvesting for 2021 to avoid a shortage of supply in 2021 and to reduce the...
    • Energy Production
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the new fortress energy project in Tarbert and Ballylongford will be important in addressing the...
    • Energy Conservation
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of warmer home scheme applications received, completed and disallowed in the past three years from applicants...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get broadband at their home; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review of broadband and internet coverage in Dublin identifying blackspots has been carried out; and if he will...
    • Data Centres
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an assessment of increased demand of data centre on Ireland’s electricity supply has been carried out; and if...
    • Climate Action Plan
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on progress on commitments under the Climate Action Plan 2019 in tabular form if possible;...
    • Electricity Generation
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has examined the impact of delays to the preparation of new planning regulations regarding solar...
    • Offshore Exploration
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information on licences for prospecting and extraction of offshore gas granted in the past year in...
    • EU Directives
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of all current and planned legislative amendments and statutory instruments in order to give...
    • Departmental Funding
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the breakdown of spending under the Community Benefit Fund in local communities this year; and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the approach he will take to producing regulations in a transparent and consistent manner for...
    • National Broadband Plan
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been connected in County Kerry to date under the national broadband plan; the percentage...
    • Forestry Sector
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact which the failure to reach an average of 8,000 ha per annum of newly planted forest as outlined in the...
    • Air Quality
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will put in place plans to develop a real-time monitoring system for air quality with live alerts to minimise...
    • National Broadband Plan
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in the Naul area of north County Dublin as of July 2021; and...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of recent discussions he and his Department have had with the Commission for Communications Regulation...
    • National Broadband Plan
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan for County Monaghan in 2021; the specific measures that will...
    • Digital Hubs
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 be observed and that a...
    • International Bodies
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of the total EU contribution to the Energy Charter Treaty secretariat Ireland’s contribution...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans for the National Cyber Security Centre following the completion of the capacity review; the expected...
    • National Broadband Plan
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way a company (details supplied) plans to catch up on the Covid-19 related delays to the roll-out of the National...
    • Horticulture Sector
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if arrangements will be made without delay to meet with a group (details supplied) due to the serious difficulties that...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of upgrades to the Moffat pipeline. [41116/21]
    • Data Centres
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a strategic review has been conducted on the impact data centres will have on meeting renewable energy targets or...
    • Electricity Generation
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the microgeneration scheme will be introduced; the reason for the delay in introducing this scheme; and if he will...
    • Energy Conservation
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households that will have their homes retrofitted under the various schemes in 2021 and 2022,...
    • North-South Interconnector
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the findings of the review into the north-south interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41137/21]
    • Waste Management
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of bringing waste collection services back into public ownership. [41191/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2022 of subsidies for fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41192/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role or responsibility of the National Cyber Security Centre in the context of national defence and security. [41409/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N81 Tallaght to Hollywood crossroad improvement scheme; his plans to progress the project; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed extension of the Luas line to Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40289/21]
    • Road Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Cork County Council to progress the proposed northern relief road in Bantry, County Cork; and if he...
    • Ports Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time the process for the International Shipping and Port Facility Security certification for a harbour takes from...
    • Transport Policy
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with business representative groups in relation to the additional problems and increased costs arising from...
    • Rail Network
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of accessibility refurbishment of Carlow railway station; when the new wheelchair accessible lift will be open for public...
    • Grant Payments
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial assistance grants that are available to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39080/21]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a permanent suitable building can be found for a group (details supplied). [39081/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the electric SPSV scheme for small public service vehicles such as taxis and hackneys that includes grants of up to €20,000...
    • Driver Test
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive their driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/21]
    • Grant Payments
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered introducing a grant or incentive towards the purchase of e-cargo bikes as has been done in Germany and France; and...
    • Driver Test
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has tried to book a driver theory test on numerous occasions over the past...
    • Transport Policy
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend the use of CO2 monitors to intercity trains and provincial buses; his views on whether transporting persons...
    • Driver Test
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of centre based theory tests carried out weekly in June and to date in July 2021; the number of online theory tests carried...
    • Cycling Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an alternative scheme to the bicycle locker initiative for schools and sports clubs (details supplied); and if he...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 13 January 2021, his plans to amend the related statutory instruments in this regard; if he...
    • Industrial Relations
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had engagements with unions (details supplied) in relation to craft workers placed on part-time jobseeker’s payments;...
    • Public Transport
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 6 July 2021, if a commitment will be made to provide the funding necessary for the public...
    • Driver Licences
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are international arrangements in place at EU and non-EU level to recognise the extension of the expiry date of a person's...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 May 2021, if the SI has been signed to give effect to this agreement; if not , when it...
    • Driver Test
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39590/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to show his appreciation for all front-line workers under his remit other than a clap on the back; if he is planning a...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 30 June 2021, if the amount for the number of US soldiers who passed through Shannon airport...
    • Road Safety
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and costs young drivers face in order to get on the road (details supplied); if he...
    • Road Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the overall estimated cost of the Dunkettle interchange project. [39645/21]
    • Consumer Protection
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when persons will receive a refund under the consumer protection scheme of the Commission for Aviation Regulation following the collapse...
    • Statutory Instruments
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the statutory instruments to be signed for a pension scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual cost of subsiding free public transport travel for all in full-time and part-time education in Ireland, including...
    • Bus Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has discussed with Dublin Bus the need for wide ranging changes to drivers current work rosters and schedules prior to the...
    • Rail Network
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the successful preferred bidder for the strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39813/21]
    • Aviation Industry
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made regarding the provision of air transport between Dublin and Kerry; the issues to be considered in respect...
    • Driver Test
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are contingency plans being put in place to deal with the backlog of driver theory test and full driving test applications....
    • Air Accident Investigations
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 3 November 2020, the status of the final report by the air accident investigation unit into...
    • Road Safety
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the report of the findings of the consultation process on the road safety strategy 2021-2030 will be published. [39858/21]
    • Driver Test
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39859/21]
    • Tax Code
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reform the calculation method for quarterly, half-yearly and annual charging for motor car tax; his views on whether the...
    • Road Signage
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is signage on the M50 for Carrickmines retail park at the appropriate exit; if not, if he will consider this given the size of...
    • Driver Test
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are specific grants available for companies based in Ireland that wish to invest in electric buses to further bolster emission...
    • Taxi Licences
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided for taxi drivers in renewing their PSV licences in 2021 due to many facing a large decrease in their...
    • Bus Éireann
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cancellation level and occurrence on the Bus Éireann national route number 30 from Donegal town to Dublin; the average national...
    • Bus Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of transport issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/21]
    • Road Network
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the responsibility he or his Department have in the provision of public street lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to irregularities at a driving theory test centre (details supplied) in which persons have presented at...
    • Road Projects
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Ardee bypass project; the associated key timelines; if he will provide any relevant information; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving lessons and driver tests will resume for non-essential workers and the general population; the steps that will be taken to...
    • Bus Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of an adequate bus stop pole (details supplied) at Fernslough, Killickaweeny, Kilcock, County Kildare; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific guidance he has given the operators of the Luas tram service to limit capacity in line with public health advice given the...
    • Bus Éireann
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of having technology installed in each of the Bus Éireann fleet to accept credit or debit card payments. [40327/21]
    • Driver Test
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific actions he has taken to address the deficiencies in the provision of the driver theory test; if his Department has met the...
    • Rail Network
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for additional passing loops on the Tralee to Mallow rail line; the estimated cost of such plans; if he will provide a...
    • Road Projects
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up to date position in relation to the provision of a bypass for Adare, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aviation Industry
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has contingency plans in place to reinstate the Kerry-Dublin PSO in the event of commercial failure on the route; and...
    • Bus Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make additional funding available to LocalLink services in respect of community transport initiatives such as the...
    • Driver Test
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who are waiting for a driving test and a theory test in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Safety
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published its review in line with regulation EU 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and...
    • Driver Test
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40490/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he...
    • National Car Test
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rate at each NCT test centre for the most recent annual report; the reason for the variation in pass rates between centres; and...
    • Driver Test
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Cavan driving test centre; the number of weeks candidates are waiting; and if he...
    • Ports Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the masterplan for Rosslare Port; the timeframe for publication of the report and subsequent actions; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on the CIÉ report on the railway between Rosslare and Waterford; the date for publication of the report; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and...
    • National Car Test
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport : the efforts being undertaken to address the reissuance of NCT discs to car owners with expiry dates of a year less than discs issued in...
    • Driver Test
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has been put on a waiting list for a driving test in order to obtain a C1 licence; if front-line...
    • National Car Test
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the introduction of the new criteria for the NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/21]
    • Driver Licences
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) will be granted an extension of time on their current driving licence while they are awaiting the...
    • Rail Network
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the MetroLink development as of July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40772/21]
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the LocalLink bus service in Fingal in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State supports being provided to assist travel agents to maintain operation due to restrictions and the effects of the pandemic on...
    • Driver Test
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40834/21]
    • Road Projects
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding to be provided for a road project (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41012/21]
    • Road Network
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if much needed additional funding will be provided for the non-national road network in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in the...
    • Driver Test
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a car theory test by test centre; the number of persons waiting for a driving test by test centre in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total Covid-19 pandemic related funding provided by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41127/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV grants provided in the first six months of 2021, by vehicle model in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenways Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of funding for greenway development in County Meath that has been provided to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of re-opening the Navan rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/21]
    • Road Projects
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to upgrade the N2 in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/21]
    • Public Transport
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of halving all public transport fares and for providing free public transport to all in full-time education....
    • Tax Yield
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual yield for motor tax projected for 2022; the yield for the past five years; the way in which the monies were...
    • Taxi Licences
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all public service vehicle renewal fees for licences issued in respect of taxis. [41187/21]
    • Public Transport
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of providing electric and disability accessible vehicles for the entire taxi public services vehicle fleet...
    • Greenways Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Boyne greenway from Mornington, County Meath to Drogheda, County Louth; the progress that has been made to date on the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has further examined the concept of priority cycle routes particularly in proximity to planned or established greenways; if he will...
    • Driver Test
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason some learner drivers going for a driving test were refused due to the fact that the insurance disk they had printed out as a...
    • Commercial Vehicle Testing
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the commercial vehicles vehicle test which have been carried out in recent months were backdated and vehicle tested at the...
    • Rail Network
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place within his Department or if any third party has made contact with his Department in respect of the...
    • Driver Test
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting driving tests and driver theory tests; the number of driving tests and driver theory tests taking place...
    • Coast Guard Service
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost for operating Coast Guard helicopters by station. [41410/21]
    • Road Network
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans by officials at Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to remove access to one lane of...
    • Driver Test
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an urgent driving test appointment for a person (details supplied) at the Tallaght, Dublin 24 test centre.; and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Grant Payments
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the grants that are available for car owners to modify their vehicles to accommodate disability in the family, for example, due to dementia; and if he will...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles that have been registered through the VRT system in each of the months during 2021 to date; the revenue received in VRT payments by the...
    • Brexit Issues
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the heavy impact of Brexit tariffs and VAT requirements on TAN number holders importing used cars from the UK; if he will...
    • Tax Code
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a VAT refund scheme for first-time buyers or builders in respect of the first €200,000 spent on materials and labour; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that was generated by each local authority from local property tax fees and charges in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Insurance Industry
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance the current and future plans to tackle the crisis in terms of public liability insurance; the expected timelines in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of uncollected tax revenue as a result of individuals offsetting their private health insurance costs against tax liabilities....
    • Banking Sector
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks are entitled to refuse a mortgage to a person whose employer is availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if not, the avenue that is open...
    • Electric Vehicles
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 6 July 2021, the status of hybrid vehicles and if they fall into the EV category; the position on commercial...
    • Tax Avoidance
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 30 June 2021, the percentage of notice of opinion and notice of assessments issued under the general...
    • Insurance Industry
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a tourism business (details supplied) has been forced to close due to being unable to get insurance which...
    • Tax Yield
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax collected in County Carlow in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 25 May 2021 and with respect to the review of mobility supports for persons with disabilities and the criteria...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance if the reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism from 13.5% to 9 % is included in the base in the Summer Economic Statement 2021. [39504/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue in relation to queries raised by a person (details supplied) and local business owner who has been denied access to the Covid...
    • Insurance Industry
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue in relation to matters raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the insurance market; if his attention has been drawn to such...
    • Tax Reliefs
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance if it can be guaranteed that any remedial work carried out to tackle the major problem of fire and structural defects in the country’s apartments and...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review in relation to the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39710/21]
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will authorise the appointment of additional appeals commissioners for the Tax Appeals Commission; and if the existing temporary appeals commissioners...
    • Tax Code
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions or options that exist for a sibling who was also primary carer in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Industry
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance if public liability insurance premia for the reopening of pubs will be refunded if further lockdowns occur (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the difficulties facing co-habiting couples who jointly own a property and who then must pay inheritance tax on their family...
    • Tax Reliefs
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of tax relief provided for pension contributions in each of the past five years for which full figures are available in tabular form. [39861/21]
    • Tax Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of removing stamp duty on credit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39862/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving to the Exchequer in 2022 from reducing the cap on BIK relief for electric cars from €50,000 to €35,000; and if he will make...
    • Tax Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost or saving to the Exchequer in 2022 from applying alternative tax regime for VRT that would see the number of VRT bands increase from 11 to...
    • Tax Reliefs
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2021 and 2022 of the e-worker tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39869/21]
    • Tax Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield from every €1 per tonne increase in the carbon tax; the estimated yield if there were a €10 increase in 2022; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the cycle to work scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the cost of the scheme in each of the...
    • Tax Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield to the Exchequer from applying a higher rate of LPT of 0.25% or 0.2875% to properties valued over €750,001, from...
    • Tax Code
      356. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield minus costs of prioritising anti-fraud powers in Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 as set out in a comprehensive review of expenditure 2014...
    • Cycling Policy
      360. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of introducing a cycle to school scheme based on the cycle to work scheme by which a parent can claim back the cost of one bicycle per...
    • Tax Code
      361. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised from an increase in the rate of stamp duty to apply in circumstances in which a person purchases ten or...
    • Financial Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of regulation of the financial industry by the Central Bank for 2019 and 2020 respectively; the amount of subvention provided by the Central Bank for...
    • Tax Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield accrued from the standard rate of the section 627 exit tax charge of 12.5% in 2019 and 2020 respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      377. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the urgent need for clarity regarding the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if...
    • Tax Code
      378. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the negative financial impact that the increase in VRT and VAT in Budget 2021 has had on persons who need to purchase a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      379. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016...
    • Tax Code
      380. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the excise relief programme currently available to microbrewers to micro producers of cider, perry, intermediate beverages and...
    • Fuel Inspections
      381. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dipping diesel fuel tests carried out by State services in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of positive results in each year; and if...
    • Credit Unions
      382. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to review the policy framework within which credit unions operate. [40181/21]
    • Tax Code
      385. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help to buy scheme will continue into 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40282/21]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      386. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are specific operational instructions set out in the Revenue Commissioners’ VRT enforcement manuals that VRT enforcement officers are expected...
    • Tax Reliefs
      391. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the extension of consanguinity relief for children of same sex couples and their recognition by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      392. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is necessary for employers to resubmit their eligibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme monthly given the demand on businesses and accountants...
    • Tax Code
      394. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the time period for which the 9% VAT rate will apply to the relevant sectors until the end of 2023 in light of the ongoing and protracted...
    • International Agreements
      396. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of inquiries the Revenue Commissioners or his Department have received from companies or the Government of Malta regarding whether a new company...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      397. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can receive a backdated payment for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme from the original date of their entitlement to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Illicit Trade
      399. To ask the Minister for Finance if the authorities have observed the presence of illegal tobacco manufacturing facilities on this island; if so, the measures in place to tackle such...
    • Departmental Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Finance the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      404. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the public consultation process on corporation tax; if he has received submissions from County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Economic Growth
      406. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is engaging with EU financial institutions regarding the potential use of GNI* in view of the loss of recovery and resilience funding due to...
    • Tax Code
      408. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland plans to join with 130 other jurisdictions with the OECD plans to implement a 15% global corporation tax rate; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      409. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have availed of the Covid restrictions support scheme to date by county; the value of the financial support by county in tabular...
    • Tax Code
      411. To ask the Minister for Finance his engagements regarding the EU digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40978/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      414. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue regarding touring Irish music artists in which they will be restricted from touring as a result of Brexit...
    • Insurance Industry
      415. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will identify a potential solution to the difficulties in securing public liability insurance for a company (details supplied) which may be reflective...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      416. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the connectivity fund invested to date; the projects and entities in which the funding has been invested; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Economic Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent figures of total household wealth and the property and financial assets less all liabilities. [41156/21]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      419. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt. [41158/21]
    • Exchequer Payments
      421. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated primary Exchequer surplus for 2022. [41160/21]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      422. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected through vehicle registration tax in 2020. [41161/21]
    • Tax Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was forgone due to the knowledge box in the latest available figures. [41162/21]
    • Job Creation
      428. To ask the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date figures for the number of jobs created by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in its commercial partnerships; and the locations in which...
    • Tax Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from imposing a 2% public health levy on the profits of private human health and pharmaceutical companies here,...
    • Trade Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in shares here in 2020. [41170/21]
    • Universal Social Charge
      433. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount expected to be raised by the universal social charge in 2021. [41172/21]
    • Tax Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of tax revenue which would be generated by applying a 12.5% minimum effective corporation tax rate on total gross profits before...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      439. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has made available to developers in loan facilities to complete projects by year up to the end of the second quarter of 2021. [41178/21]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      441. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid on the national debt in 2020 that was contracted since 2008. [41180/21]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      442. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of empty properties and land banks that have not yet been sold with regard to the assets of NAMA; and the negotiations that have taken place to...
    • Tax Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated on a first-year and full-year basis for 2022 by introducing a 3%, 4% and 5% income tax surcharge on the portion...
    • EU Meetings
      453. To ask the Minister for Finance if at EU Council level, that is, including at preparatory levels, Ireland proposed the additions of words by the use of secondary markets and the replacement...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Covid-19 Tests
      455. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the use of Covid-19 antibody tests can be considered to confirm a positive Covid-19 result for the purposes of the EU Digital COVID...
    • Civil Service
      456. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce a mobility scheme and opportunities in specialist roles such as ICT at clerical officer or executive officer...
    • Office of Public Works
      457. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 24 June 2021, the plans of the OPW regarding the installation of additional outdoor seating...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      458. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give consideration to providing an additional payment or additional leave for frontline staff working in hospitals and other...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      459. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will disaggregate the envelope defined as budgetary decisions in table 4 of the Summer Economic Statement 2021 by ELS,...
    • National Development Plan
      461. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the publication of the new National Development Plan Review to Renew; the position with regard to the recent...
    • Flood Risk Management
      462. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flood risk works in County Limerick; if he is satisfied that works in the county scheduled for 2021 are on track...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      463. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans he has to show his appreciation for all front-line workers under his remit other than a clap on the back; if he is planning a...
    • Industrial Relations
      464. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department plans to engage with union representatives of Seanad Éireann secretarial assistants in respect of their pay...
    • Budget 2022
      465. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an equality budgeting statement will be forthcoming in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39870/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      467. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will produce daily updates on the EU Digital COVID Certificate roll-out. [40006/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      468. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of...
    • Office of Public Works
      469. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected publication date of the final report as part of the Phoenix Park transport and mobility options study. [40087/21]
    • Departmental Functions
      470. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s role in the collection of disaggregated data as it relates to Government spending. [40099/21]
    • Heritage Sites
      471. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any further developments in relation to the long-term plans for the historic Westgate House on Narrow West Street in...
    • Flood Risk Management
      473. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the latest status of the CFRAM schemes relating to Drogheda, Dundalk and Blackrock, Carlingford and Greenore, Ardee, Baltray and...
    • Office of Public Works
      474. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a local community organisation will be facilitated on OPW-owned lands for the provision of a community facility (details supplied);...
    • Flood Risk Management
      475. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position in respect of efforts to prevent future flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      476. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the provision of an improved and safer landing facility on An Blascaod Mór; if the preferred solution has been...
    • Departmental Funding
      477. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if...
    • Courts Service
      478. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with criminal barristers on their pay restoration given the cuts to their professional fees since 2008 and the lack of...
    • Flood Risk Management
      479. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will sign off on the flood relief scheme for Enniscorthy, County Wexford; the progress of this work; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and...
    • Child and Family Agency
      481. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the pay restoration issue faced by social care workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      485. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on the Covid-19 support schemes in tabular form. [40982/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      486. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of repealing the FEMPI legislation. [41221/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      489. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the EU Digital Covid Certificate used for travel and indoor dining indicates the time period after the second dose after which a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      490. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role and powers of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in relation to information security throughout Government...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Data Protection
      494. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will avail herself of the opportunity presented by sections 42 and 44 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data...
    • School Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of schools that currently benefit from the creative schools programme; the funding allocated to each school under the...
    • Social Media
      496. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to help regulate social media companies to prevent online abuse and to ensure safety of their users; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      497. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the guidelines of operation in terms of sporting organisations reducing risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Policy
      499. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full year cost of funding for the arts to 0.6% of GDP and 0.6% of GNI*. [41258/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      501. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the reopening of indoor sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41337/21]
    • Sports Funding
      506. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has held meetings with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to increasing the amount available to her...
    • Sports Organisations
      507. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to her response to a club (details supplied), if further advice can be issued to the club in order to progress the mater;...
    • Sports Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the release of a grant to a sports club (details supplied) in County Kildare; if same will be communicated to the...
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      509. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an méid a bhí díolta, ina iomláine, briste síos de réir contae, do Mhná Tí sa bhliain 2020...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      515. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí an taifead iomlán den Daonáireamh Ginearálta Speisialta ar Cheantair ina...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      516. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications to date to the music entertainment business assistance scheme; the number of applications approved; the...
    • Sports Funding
      519. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding provided to ladies and men’s sports respectively in County Cork from 2015 to date in tabular form....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      520. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if aqua-aerobics classes can be permitted given that swimming pools are currently open for individual use; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      525. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to include the summer camp sector in the events sector scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40016/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      526. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      527. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 22 June 2021, if she will seek an urgent further update as to the position of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      528. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when indoor sports such as squash will be permitted; if the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 will enable vaccinated persons to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      529. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and monetary amount of grants provided by Fáilte Ireland to businesses under the outdoor seating and accessories...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      531. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when all swimming lessons will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40257/21]
    • Departmental Meetings
      532. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates in 2020 and to date in 2021 she or her officials have met formally with persons (details supplied) in tabular form....
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the interaction she has had with RTÉ regarding its superannuation scheme; if she has engaged with pensioners that are...
    • Tourism Industry
      534. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of overseas visitors to Ireland in 2020; the projected number of overseas visitors to Ireland in the entirety of 2021;...
    • Sports Events
      535. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up to date position regarding a potential bid by Ireland and other nations to host the 2030 World Cup; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      536. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the allocations provided under the large-scale sports infrastructure fund will be topped-up to allow projects to be completed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      537. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports for Irish writers that have been provided since the beginning of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Television Licence Fee
      538. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of revenue collected annually under the television licence fee; the cost of both collecting and enforcing television...
    • Departmental Funding
      540. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been allocated by her Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      541. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider introducing a second live performance support scheme in 2021 given that some businesses were not aware that...
    • Tourism Industry
      542. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the reopening of the Fáilte Ireland tourist office in Waterford; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Departmental Funding
      547. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      548. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the reopening of indoor summer camps; if indoor camps will be able to operate during August 2021; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      561. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she had made or will make representations to the Minister for Social Protection to alert the Department to the potential damage...
    • National Orchestras
      563. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the heads of the proposed Bill to transfer ownership of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert...
    • Departmental Communications
      564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a ministerial brief was produced to provide a high-level introduction to her Department and a selection of the issues that can...
    • Coimisiún Logainmneacha
      565. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta a rinneadh an barántas faoinar bunaíodh an Coimisiún Logainmneacha a chúlghairm, an...
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      566. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad a caitheadh ar dheontais do choláistí cónaithe agus do bhrúnna a bhaineann le...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      571. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the decision to change to use of the term working age payment in the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 Strategy to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      574. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to review the eligibility criteria relating to turnover for the events sector Covid support scheme; her views on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      575. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeline for the reopening of indoor sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40884/21]
    • Sports Funding
      577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects that applied for sports funding in County Meath; the name of each project; the projects which were...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if venues that received grants under the live performance support scheme 2021 will keep their allocated funding beyond 30...
    • Tourism Policy
      580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a wild Atlantic walkway; and if she...
    • Sports Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process and budgetary provision for capital funding for Gaeltacht sports clubs; the eligibility criteria; the amounts...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      583. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the difficulties persons with Irish language names are experiencing in relation to the EU Digital COVID Certificate...
    • Official Travel
      584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to visit China; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41304/21]
    • Commemorative Events
      585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the ongoing work in developing a programme of commemoration for the Irish Civil War; her plans for any State...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, cathain a dhéanfar Plean Teanga do Chomhairlí Cathrach agus Contae...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with Irish Water to discuss potential collaboration on critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects...
    • Heritage Sites
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered making the entirety of Vinegar Hill, County Wexford a protected national heritage site; and...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Environmental Protection Agency will have completed the necessary strategic environmental assessment on draft interim...
    • Horticulture Sector
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if urgent concerns will be addressed from within the horticulture sector in relation to the lack of availability and access to...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units held by each approved housing body broken down by those held and those in the pipeline, broken...
    • Departmental Reports
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the long delay in the publication of the Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County...
    • Septic Tanks
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to legislate to address the situation in which those who purchase a property in which the previous owner...
    • Derelict Sites
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of derelict sites levies waived by local authorities in 2019, broken down by local authority in tabular form. [39165/21]
    • Departmental Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to collate data on homeless deaths in Cork city. [39167/21]
    • Housing Policy
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is consideration of home extensions which significantly increase the value of the property in calculating the...
    • Hen Harriers
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the hen harrier threat response plan has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39260/21]
    • Wildlife Regulations
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarification will be provided in relation to a series of matters (details supplied) in respect of the 2021-22 General...
    • Departmental Surveys
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a contract has been awarded by his Department in respect of the etender for a national survey of urban gulls published on...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal purpose and public administration role particularly with regard to licensing controls on wild bird species of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing a financial support system for citizen resident in buildings (details supplied). [39278/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year pay cost of employing four senior building surveyors, six executive building surveyors and four...
    • Horticulture Sector
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of engagement he has had with businesses that will be impacted by the restrictions on cutting horticultural peat;...
    • Housing Provision
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for works at an estate (details supplied); when completion of this project is expected; and if he will make a...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the National Parks and Wildlife Service to meet and engage with a group (details supplied) to discuss the...
    • Housing Policy
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing passport which could allow inter-transfers between local authorities as outlined in the Social Housing Strategy...
    • Housing Schemes
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the incremental tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Policy
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current stage at which the review for the social housing income limits is at; and when an announcement will be made in...
    • Housing Schemes
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for families that are privately renting that receive a notice to quit and are above the income...
    • Departmental Budgets
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department applied for in budget 2021 for the farm plan scheme; the amount of funding that was...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application for a group sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria which must be met by communities in seeking to amend town centre public realm enhancement work plans in order to...
    • Water Quality
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve water quality in the River Lee given the dangerous nitrogen levels found in the river in 2019. [39489/21]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation spend for 2021 to date, by local authority in tabular form. [39519/21]
    • Local Authorities
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated and spent to date for 2021 on the refurbishment of local authority flat...
    • Housing Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Call for Housing; the number of properties that have been offered; and the number of properties that have...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of each of the 32 recommendations of the Report of the Expert Group on Traveller...
    • Housing Provision
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental projects approved by cost rental equity loan; and the number of these homes that will be tenanted in...
    • Local Authorities
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount which has been drawn down from the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund to date in 2021, by local authority...
    • Housing Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies that have been created in 2021 to date; and the target for the remainder of the year....
    • Housing Schemes
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans applied for, approved and drawn down each month to date in 2021, by local...
    • European Court of Justice
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the European Court of Justice action against the State for breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive....
    • Grant Payments
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated each year via grant aid for lead pipe replacement for domestic use since grant funding was...
    • Water Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of public water stations within County Limerick; the details of public water stations installed to date 2021, in...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the programme board established to oversee the 32 recommendations of the 2019 Expert Review Group on Traveller...
    • Planning Issues
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if substitute consent applications that were before An Bord Pleanála in December 2020 are required to go through a...
    • Fire Service
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding staff shortages in the fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39600/21]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units available for Traveller accommodation by county in tabular form. [39607/21]
    • Traveller Community
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the Traveller community who live in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area; the number of halting...
    • Housing Policy
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration has been given to including an ethnicity question in council social housing need assessment forms;...
    • Traveller Community
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that have been made available to local authorities to carry out a census of Traveller accommodation needs; and if...
    • Local Authorities
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding and supports being made available by his Department to fund local authorities in providing equality training for...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the citizens’ assembly for biodiversity will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39715/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the back-up system for Dublin drainage in the event the pumping station in Ringsend failing or being...
    • Housing Policy
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there should be discretion in the legislation or guidelines for council housing grant applications for...
    • Housing Schemes
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applications are still being accepted under the mortgage allowance scheme; if so, the eligibility criteria; and if he will...
    • Fire Service
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for deployment of auxiliary services to assist in fighting large gorse fires; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Traveller sites in County Clare; and the number of individuals each site has capacity for. [39843/21]
    • Housing Schemes
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to the challenges faced by some elderly and disabled persons in accessing the choice-based...
    • Local Authorities
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding circular EL 02/11; if incremental credit can be sanctioned for local authority staff with...
    • Vacant Sites
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated revenue that would be raised from increasing the vacant site levy to 20% based on the most recent valuation...
    • Tax Yield
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional revenue which would be raised from reducing the non-principal private residence charge at a rate of...
    • Local Authorities
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the procedure which was put in place in 2014 whereby counties that required additional funding from the equalisation fund...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for purchasing NAMA-owned properties in particular derelict vacant units; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare...
    • Building Regulations
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be made to raising the minimum statutory requirements that a building must achieve in respect of access...
    • Departmental Strategies
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the consultation process that has been undertaken to develop the new National Housing Strategy for People with...
    • Water Quality
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality in 2020: An Indicators Report key...
    • Programme for Government
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to review the protection including enforcement of...
    • Rental Sector
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the provision against landlords asking students to pay multiple months of rent in advance as outlined in Residential...
    • Housing Provision
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict housing units across the country; the plans that are pending to regenerate these buildings...
    • Rental Sector
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints that have been investigated by the Residential Tenancies Board over the past 12 months; the number of...
    • Local Authorities
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans for local authorities to support persons with a disability by approving a second housing building loan for persons...
    • Housing Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units to be completed in County Limerick in 2021, in tabular form [40332/21]
    • Housing Policy
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding vacant social housing in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40333/21]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Arklow wastewater treatment plant project; if he plans to sign the application for consent which was...
    • Fire Service
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the establishment numbers for the retained fire services; the existing number across all fire authorities nationwide; and if...
    • National Parks
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the hiring of new front-line staff for Killarney National Park; if the numbers of front-line staff...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position in relation to the provision of a sewerage scheme for Kilcummin, County Kerry; if the entire village...
    • Departmental Projects
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Boolteens Village, County Kerry will be selected as a pilot project for an integrated constructed wetland; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on requirements by local authorities for new single rural houses to be erected on sites of no less than...
    • Planning Issues
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the extension dimensions permitted without planning permission on existing structures for first-time...
    • Rental Sector
      694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the short-term rental sector with particular focus on compliance and enforcement in relation to existing...
    • Housing Schemes
      695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a rebate for new water and electricity connection and reconnection fees for a stated window of time for...
    • Housing Policy
      696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the imposition of a seven year occupancy clause and local tie clause on all homes and derelict properties...
    • Rental Sector
      698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental inspections that have taken place each year from 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of units provided under the build and acquisition categories of Rebuilding Ireland from 2016 to 2020,...
    • Housing Schemes
      702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections that took place in County Clare in 2020; the number of properties that were found deficient; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12...
    • Housing Provision
      704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been allocated to persons in County Cavan since March 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local government funding granted to Meath County Council by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and...
    • Local Authorities
      708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the allocated local government funding that was not used by each local authority in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capital budget for 2021 for his Department; the way this total is broken down; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authorities
      710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses in County Kerry that have lead pipes which have been identified as in need of replacement. [40587/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider developing a grant scheme for CO2 monitors in private homes. [40588/21]
    • National Parks
      712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the development of a multi-year plan for the elimination of rhododendrons and other invasive species...
    • Departmental Reviews
      717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted regular reviews of local government funding in the past; if so, when such reviews took place;...
    • Local Authorities
      719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of allocated local government funding that was spent in each local authority area per capita of its population in...
    • Housing Provision
      721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list County Wexford; the plans to reduce these times; the number on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans in County Wexford in 2020; the number that have been successful;...
    • Local Authorities
      726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for housing adaptation grants to Wexford County Council for 2020; the amount of funding drawn down; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such...
    • Water Pollution
      728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the adverse water pollution off the County Waterford coast due to raw sewage discharge,...
    • Wild Fires
      730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made to avoid a repeat of the Killarney National Park fire; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Construction Industry
      731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out any analysis on the increase in timber prices as a result of licencing difficulties in the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures that should be followed when a local authority is assessing applications under the defective blocks scheme; the...
    • Legislative Programme
      734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the heads of the proposed national monuments and archaeological heritage Bill have been agreed; when they will be...
    • Heritage Sites
      735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time that has elapsed since his Department was made aware of the illegal infill and annexing of foreshore at the...
    • Housing Schemes
      736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a site value is considered as a deposit or proof of savings when applying under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme;...
    • Defective Building Materials
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the time limited review of the defective block remediation scheme; and the progress to date on issues including...
    • Departmental Policies
      738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the forthcoming State architecture policy; the reason for its delay; and if he will consult the Oireachtas...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [40769/21]
    • Defective Building Materials
      740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the working group on defective homes; the reason for the delay in the group meeting the Programme...
    • Housing Provision
      741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants that have been removed from the social housing list as a result of changes to the household means...
    • Defective Building Materials
      751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation of residents in County Mayo being denied access to the defective concrete...
    • Local Authorities
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for the housing adaptation grant to each city and county council in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and...
    • Coastal Zone Management
      755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group; the number of times the group...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to address the capital funding requirements at the Drogheda wastewater treatment plant considering the...
    • Water Services
      757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is anything in the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended which involves Irish Water in SI...
    • Local Authorities
      758. 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...
    • Housing Policy
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in relation to affordable cost rental homes and council housing within Louth County Council; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Stations
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth since €1.6 million was awarded for the design and...
    • Disability Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing fully accessible changing places toilet facility open to the public in all buildings owned by the State...
    • Housing Schemes
      768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the income threshold set by him for the first cost of rental properties; the way in which he plans to set income thresholds in...
    • Planning Issues
      776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for government commitment to embed ageing in place options for older persons...
    • Housing Provision
      777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for government commitment to increase the provision of smaller homes in...
    • Legislative Programme
      778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend section 22 of the Wildlife Act 1976 to ensure it conforms with the EU birds and habitats directives. [41141/21]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of and position regarding the establishment of a wildlife crime unit in the National Parks and Wildlife Service;...
    • Wildlife Protection
      780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of prosecutions relating to wildlife crimes under the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012 and the European Communities...
    • Housing Schemes
      782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of deep retrofitting all local authority and social housing stock to the highest standard by unit; and the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full cost of emergency accommodation in 2020; and the projected cost for 2021 and 2022, by local authority and...
    • Housing Provision
      787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of building council housing on publicly-owned land that is fully serviced. [41151/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties here; the number suitable for social housing; the number that have been considered for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of reinstating the local government fund to pre-2008 levels. [41262/21]
    • Housing Policy
      793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the current standards applying to the building of apartments with specific reference to the reduced standards...
    • Departmental Schemes
      794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schedule for the drawdown of URDF funding for Tralee and Killarney, County Kerry; the specific elements of each...
    • Local Authorities
      795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority estate applications received by his Department in the past five years from Kerry County...
    • Departmental Schemes
      796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the urban regeneration and development fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Policies
      798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the establishment of a statutory Galway Bay taskforce that can co-ordinate policies across local...
    • Housing Schemes
      799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the guidelines or circular provided to local authorities on administering the housing for older people grant...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      801. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Human Rights Implementation Group under the Irish National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, has recommended including...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      802. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to help alleviate the Covid-19 crisis in Uganda; the level of PPE, treatments and vaccines that Ireland can assist...
    • Passport Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason the due date on the online passport tracker has not been updated;...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      805. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will jointly place a resolution before the UN General Assembly in advance of the COP26 Summit calling for a global ban on...
    • Passport Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding provided to date through his Department to UNESCO for its programme on comprehensive sexuality education; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      810. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the provision that has been made for EU Digital COVID Certificates for Irish citizens who have been vaccinated in Canada and the United...
    • Asylum Seekers
      812. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the European Commissioner for Home Affairs statement calling on Greece to stop the practice of pushbacks forcing refugees and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      816. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the availability for the EU Digital COVID Certificate to Irish citizens in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Passport Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will advise on a matter in relation to digital passports and travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      825. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Human Rights
      826. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department and the Government are taking to address the recent laws passed by the Hungarian Government repressing LGBTIQ+...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      833. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will use its influence in the EU to ensure the Indian Government is aware of Ireland’s concern over its handling of the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      834. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to political unrest in Durban, KwaZulu, Natal, South Africa; his views on this violence; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      837. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding and that do not have to declare salaries of...
    • Passport Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps a person (details supplied) must take to have the person's full title on the person's passport. [40154/21]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      843. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for foreign birth registration that are currently awaiting processing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      851. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set up a direct inquiry line for the passport office for Deputies; the current procedure for Deputies' representations; and if he...
    • Northern Ireland
      853. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to communicate in the strongest possible terms to the British Government the outrage felt by many persons on this island...
    • United Nations
      854. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will utilise its position on the UN Security Council to demand the immediate release of a person (details supplied) and for an...
    • Departmental Funding
      858. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      859. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland plans to propose a review of Colombia with a specific focus on the prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence as recommended...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      861. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to help the ongoing situation in areas of Palestine with a lack of Covid-19 resources, such as testing...
    • United Nations
      862. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to help bring an end to the blockade of Cuba by the United States of America through work on the UN Security Council; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      863. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be supporting the TRIPS waiver campaign to waive patents on vaccines and shore up supply of vaccinations to developing...
    • Legislative Measures
      864. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he, his Department and the Government are taking to give legislative effect to the Independent Commission on Information...
    • Brexit Issues
      866. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with members of the British Government in relation to the need to implement the Protocol on...
    • Northern Ireland
      868. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed to the British Government that its proposals to introduce a statute of limitations, end civil cases and inquests linked...
    • EU Meetings
      875. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements he has had in relation to the Conference on the Future of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41018/21]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      879. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual budget, contribution and breakdown of the State’s international aid since 2000 as a percentage of GDP and in monetary...
    • Irish Aid
      880. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual budget of Irish Aid since its inception. [41400/21]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      882. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civilian contractors employed by his Department; the role and the area of responsibility of each; the facility in which they were...
    • Defence Forces
      883. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if staff from either his Department or the Defence Forces have been seconded to the EU military planning and conduct capability structure; and...
    • Air Corps
      885. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration has been given to purchasing Jordanian aircraft (details supplied) which may be able to be purchased by the State for...
    • Naval Service
      886. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service operations and patrols which have had to be cancelled between 2015 and to date in 2021; the reason for each...
    • Defence Forces
      887. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the high-level implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39965/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      909. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees...
    • Defence Forces
      910. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the proposed transfer of lands at Rockbrae House, Bray, County Wicklow to Wicklow County Council; the stage matters are currently...
    • Departmental Funding
      913. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he...
    • Defence Forces
      915. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Force as of 30 June 2021; if he will provide a breakdown of all ranks across the three services; a breakdown...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Paindéim
      920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has risk assessed the impact on health in particular of children of Covid-19- related cleaning, disinfecting, fogging and sanitising...
    • Departmental Funding
      922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in the discussions on the funding promised for a centre (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Staff
      923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an increase on the current SNA resources at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Costs
      924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount currently spent by her Department on educational psychologists; and the average salary of an educational psychologist. [39127/21]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider some special measures for DEIS secondary voluntary schools whose staff and students have to devote substantial hours to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to secure an autism class in a school (details supplied). [39181/21]
    • Legislative Process
      931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to hold a review of the operation of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; if so, the timeframe for the review; and if she...
    • Capitation Grants
      932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capitation per pupil at primary and secondary level in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [39190/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to secure an autism class in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39193/21]
    • School Accommodation
      935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether forward planning is needed for Dublin 12 given that there will be an increase of over 6,000 new residents in the area in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether early start requires an overhaul and that autistic children need additional support to be able to fulfil their potential;...
    • School Accommodation
      940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider leasing land at a location (details supplied). [39201/21]
    • Education Schemes
      941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of the schools in County Cork providing the July provision for children who were educationally disadvantaged due to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is providing CO2 monitors to schools ahead of the new school term; the cost of providing these monitors; and the tender process...
    • Education Schemes
      943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking in response to the poor take-up of the summer provision by special schools in 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has the space for an ASD class; if this facility will be supported by her Department in order allow the school to...
    • School Transport
      947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a concessionary school bus ticket will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39383/21]
    • School Curriculum
      948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised in relation to the impact of the syllabus changes to agricultural science on leaving...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each school in an area (details supplied) will receive CO2 monitors before the 2021-2022 academic year commences. [39485/21]
    • School Admissions
      950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to hold the three-year review of the need for schools to open special education classes under the Education (Admission to Schools)...
    • Education Schemes
      951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of each of the 40 early start programmes currently operating in tabular form. [39490/21]
    • School Transport
      953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the calibrated measurement of a school transport route for a person (details supplied); if this pupil will qualify for school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students and schools by county that have participated in or plan to participate in the July provision; the number of teaching staff...
    • Pension Provisions
      955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) and records of teaching placement from 1984 to 1985 will be urgently investigated....
    • Special Educational Needs
      956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 14 July 2021, if specific examples will be provided of the steps she will take to rectify the matter...
    • School Transport
      957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 15 July 2021 in respect to the €3.023 million cost of hygiene measures as part of the school...
    • School Accommodation
      958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a zoned school site at a location (details supplied); the acquisition costs; the timeline for delivery of this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate the full additional special education teaching hours to a school (details supplied) needed as a result of being a developing...
    • Schools Building Projects
      961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of tender progression for a school project (details supplied). [39678/21]
    • School Staff
      962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the circular sent which advised schools if they could not find a substitute teacher that a non-mainstream...
    • School Enrolments
      963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes in the 2020-2021 school year at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form. [39687/21]
    • Gender Balance
      964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education training boards should strive towards having a gender balance in its membership; if he has reviewed the membership of all education...
    • School Transport
      965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the medical card verification system used for school transport tickets which is currently unavailable will be resolved in time to process...
    • Education Policy
      966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a progress report will be provided on the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model; and if she...
    • School Enrolments
      967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for each council area in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021,...
    • School Transport
      968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann and review the situation in which drivers over 70 years of age are prohibited from driving school buses...
    • Special Educational Needs
      969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review was received in relation to a SNA allocation for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; if supporting evidence was considered...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if unvaccinated pregnant teachers and SNAs will be required to attend classrooms when schools reopen; the risk assessment undertaken for same;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be made available to a school (details supplied) to upgrade its existing building; and if the school is included in the...
    • School Facilities
      973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has excess lands that could be used by local supports clubs on a year to year basis. [39796/21]
    • School Transport
      974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties some parents are facing in relation to claiming their refund with regard to the compensation...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise measures that are in place to facilitate safe ventilation levels in primary and secondary schools in the new academic year; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNA posts will be approved for a school (details supplied); the recommended and current actual number of SNA posts approved on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      979. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees...
    • School Transport
      980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 15 June 2021, if the estimated €1,000 per student covers costs such as the additional buses...
    • Schools Building Projects
      982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team has been appointed for the new national school campus for Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to schools in County Meath; if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the beginning of a tendering process for a design team for the planned extension to a school (details supplied); the...
    • Education Schemes
      987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants in the summer provision programme in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40127/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream schools that provide special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/21]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS review is close to completion; if so, the outcomes; if the review will benefit schools in the County Louth and east County Meath...
    • Schools Building Projects
      990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40148/21]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on emergency works in the past ten years for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year secondary school places in areas (details supplied); the number of children expected to apply for first-year entry in...
    • School Accommodation
      995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on temporary accommodation works at schools (details supplied) since they were opened; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for the school travel allowance will be processed and paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Funding
      997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate reinstating the school library grant to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40238/21]
    • School Accommodation
      998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage of works; and the amount spent to date on this project....
    • School Staff
      1003. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of primary schools including the names and locations of each school in County Kerry that as it stands is due to lose a mainstream...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a contingency plan for the return of schools in August and September 2021 in the event of continued high Covid-19 rates among under...
    • School Accommodation
      1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40425/21]
    • State Examinations
      1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional time allowances will be provided for participants in State exams who have been diagnosed with low processing speed; if her...
    • Health Service Executive
      1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to resolve the issue of medical cards not being accepted for payment on school transport routes due to the recent...
    • Schools Administration
      1012. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and information made available to schools to deal with suspected and confirmed cases of domestic abuse; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      1013. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to have calculated grades in 2022 as well as an examination in view of the enormous disruption to students' school life in the...
    • School Transport
      1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she will address the longstanding shortage of school transport places across the State; if she has engaged in capacity planning; and her...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the consultation process in relation to the DEIS programme will be completed at an early date in view of the need to give further...
    • Departmental Funding
      1016. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated by her Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if she will...
    • School Facilities
      1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units in primary and secondary schools in County Wicklow by school in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      1019. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an extension for a school (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for the completion of same; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1029. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that were employed in County Meath in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1040. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40556/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1041. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of children with special needs that have withdrawn from schools in County Kerry by school in each of the years 2015 to 2020...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      1042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Wexford that are awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number that are waiting less than six,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to allocate a second SNA for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford through the exceptional review...
    • Mental Health Services
      1047. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health support services that will be brought on stream in post-primary education to assist pupils who were affected most by the...
    • Education Policy
      1048. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can replace the term "unit" in all references to ASD thus ensuring inclusiveness, integration and togetherness which the word...
    • Departmental Data
      1049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide national figures and other data on the use of exclusion, isolation and restraint and of reduced school hours for the periods...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the resourcing of primary and secondary schools with Covid-19 equipment such as masks, sanitisers, ventilation and testing...
    • Departmental Projects
      1054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the installation of CO2 monitoring in schools; the expected timeframe for the full completion of the project; the expected benefit...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs with no school place for September 2021. [40914/21]
    • Departmental Data
      1059. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of middle management posts in primary and secondary schools in each of the years 2008 to 2021, in tabular form. [40916/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are awaiting exceptional reviews in the knowledge that their student populations presenting with additional needs is changing...
    • School Accommodation
      1063. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct an audit of primary and secondary education schools in County Louth given the demographic and socioeconomic changes; and if...
    • School Transport
      1064. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme will be made available to students who live in Northern Ireland who wish to attend secondary school here; the way...
    • Irish Language
      1065. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources her Department plans to offer a school (details supplied) to facilitate the provision of Irish language education in County Louth;...
    • School Curriculum
      1067. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on recommendation 13 in a report by an organisation (details supplied) that adoptees want the history of forced and coerced adoption...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has put in place to allow primary and post-primary schools to improve ventilation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Abuse
      1069. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that the revised ex-gratia scheme established to implement the European Court of Human Rights judgement relating to...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      1070. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the EU-NRRP funding of €63.5 million for school broadband and digital infrastructure for schools will be allocated; the criteria...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1071. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [41224/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1074. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost in 2022 to increase special education provision by 15% on the 2018 level. [41227/21]
    • School Funding
      1075. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [41229/21]
    • School Staff
      1076. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of bringing all currently employed school secretaries and caretakers under the direct employment of her Department....
    • Special Educational Needs
      1077. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of SNAs by 500 in addition to the 990 pledged in Budget 2021. [41232/21]
    • School Admissions
      1078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that can be taken to accommodate the transfer of a fifth-year student (details supplied) to the leaving certificate applied...
    • School Funding
      1079. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reimbursement payment from her Department will be received by a school (details supplied) for removing trees which cost over...
    • School Accommodation
      1080. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some classes in a school (details supplied) are prefabs which are not fit for purpose and which...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      1082. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the DEIS grading system and the payments scheme associated with identified schools which have needs far and above the threshold...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1083. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in having the new build project for a school (details supplied); the timetable of works for same; and when the school...
    • School Staff
      1086. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure that a school (details supplied) does not lose a primary teacher in the next academic year due to being five...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1087. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree of provisions made to small rural schools to ensure they continue to be able to operate and serve their communities particularly...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the community employment supervisors remuneration deal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the local employment service; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on the pandemic unemployment payment supports. [40981/21]
    • Employment Schemes
      1091. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of the work placement experience programme. [41260/21]
    • Social Insurance
      1092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be generated in 2022 from increasing the rate of employers’ PRSI from 11.05 to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person with four young children who is returning to full-time education who is currently in receipt of jobseeker's will...
    • Employment Support Services
      1094. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way a payment per person model will benefit those most in need of employment supports with regard to the request for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 8 July 2021, the reason such a cost-analysis has not taken place to date in...
    • Employment Support Services
      1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection number of referrals her Department has made to each local employment service office in each of the years 2017 to 2020,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those transitioning from the pandemic unemployment payment to a jobseeker’s payment will have to comply with the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been cut-off rent supplement in each of the past five years. [39329/21]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit will be adapted and made available for those who experience prolonged long-Covid...
    • Pensions Reform
      1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Pensions Commission will finalise its report; if a timeline is in place for same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims that have been made to her Department in respect of job clubs staff for enhanced redundancy payments;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who had their disability allowance removed in each year since 2016; the number who had their...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a list of categories for removing a disability allowance will be provided; the number removed under each category since...
    • Pension Provisions
      1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39456/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delays to jobseeker’s payments for self-employed preschool and primary teachers who are...
    • Employment Support Services
      1116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to use private contractors to provide case officer staff to link in with participants and hosts taking part in the...
    • Public Services Card
      1118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public services cards that have expired and not been automatically replaced in 2021; the efforts being made to...
    • Departmental Communications
      1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the dedicated Houses of the Oireachtas lines of communication with her Department will be reopened; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      1121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can self-refer to an employability programme; if not, if the process is being revised; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of passenger journeys for which her Department compensated the licensed transport operators under the free travel...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase for the qualified child payment has stopped for dependants over 18 years of age; if so, the steps she is...
    • Civil Registration Service
      1128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Civil Registration Service phoneline and email will be operational again; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the anticipated cost to the Exchequer in 2022 of a waiver of waiting days on social welfare payments by category of payment;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for illness benefit for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow the pandemic unemployment payment to remain at its current rate of €350 per week for persons...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to child benefit payments to EU citizens whose children reside elsewhere in the EU in the context...
    • Pension Provisions
      1139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the provision of pensions or other beneficial payments for current and former community employment...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awaiting determination of their application for the jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare; the...
    • Public Services Card
      1142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) to receive their PPSN; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the system in which there is a euro per euro deduction in relation to payments of jobseeker’s...
    • Pensions Reform
      1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Total Contributions Approach 2012 review for those effected by the 2012 rate band changes; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of measures to address anomalies in the homemaker’s scheme for those who provided the majority of their...
    • Gender Recognition
      1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation will be introduced to enable 16 and 17 year olds obtain a gender recognition certificate with parental...
    • Departmental Funding
      1149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such...
    • Live Register
      1150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the latest live register figures for County Kerry; the percentage change in the county since the Covid-19 peak; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is fair to cut from September 2021 onwards the only financial support for workers in the music and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to extend the domestic violence emergency rent supplement scheme into 2022 and onwards in view of rising...
    • Youth Unemployment
      1157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the present youth unemployment rates; the plans in place to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and the HSE will provide funding to allow the charities that provide two soup runs in Dublin to remain in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of broadening entitlement to the household benefits package to households in which a civil or...
    • Birth Certificates
      1161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a copy of a birth certificate for a person (details supplied); and if arrangements will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on each pandemic unemployment payment band. [41233/21]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of raising the payment on headline social welfare rates to €350 per week. [41235/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of a one-off social welfare bonus of €1,000 for all essential workers who worked through...
    • State Pensions
      1169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of ensuring the State contributory and non-contributory pensions are available to all those...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the moneys saved following the transfer of recipients of rent allowance to HAP, leasing arrangements and RAS have then...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating a concurrent payment of half-rate illness benefit and jobseeker’s benefit...
    • Living Wage
      1183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of moving all social welfare claimants including pensioners to a living wage. [41255/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason school secretaries are awaiting payment three-weeks after the closure of primary schools; the reason for the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons under the age of 25 years living in homeless accommodation will be awarded the full independent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to technical glitches occurring for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment who were...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Prison Service
      1189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated average cost of keeping one young person in remand in a youth justice remand facility for one...
    • Childcare Services
      1190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage increase and or decrease in NCS registrations from September 2020 to June 2021. [39087/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      1191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a progress report will be provided on the Irish Refugee Resettlement Programme commitments namely,...
    • Departmental Data
      1193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the operation on community sponsorship Ireland stream for resettling refugees as established in...
    • Childcare Services
      1195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance will be provided to find a suitable placement for a child (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set out a roadmap to achieve a doubling of the investment in the early years sector to 2028 in...
    • Adoption Services
      1197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of domestic births placed for adoption in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      1198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees resettled in the State annually since 1 January 2015; and the number of refugees that...
    • Employment Support Services
      1199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will encourage public sector and Civil Service employers to top-up the salaries of employees who receive...
    • Domestic Violence
      1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing and maintaining a domestic violence refuge space per year; the number of...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the impact that short-term contracts in this regard have on the running of centres and their...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first-year and full-year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if he will make...
    • Childcare Services
      1203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first-year and full-year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time the Covid-19 rules on the number of children in a pod will be in place for childcare...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a report (details supplied); his plans with regard to the report; the consideration given to...
    • Direct Provision System
      1206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the implementation of each of the nine parts of the accommodation section of the White Paper to...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons organisations across the country by CHO in tabular form; the number of them that...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of efforts to provide access to paid maternity leave for parents of children born via surrogacy; and...
    • Departmental Data
      1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of front-line workers who are applicants for international protection who are in accommodation...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to end direct provision and implement an alternative system that will effectively and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to...
    • Legislative Programme
      1217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects all sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to be commenced in particular...
    • International Protection
      1219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the International Protection Accommodation Service has responsibility for providing quarantine accommodation...
    • Childcare Services
      1220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of the closure of a crèche (details supplied) and work with Tusla and the...
    • Domestic Violence
      1221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for a domestic violence refuge for counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the rising number...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of children availing of free preschool services for one and two years; if a county breakdown of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the...
    • Childcare Services
      1224. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding reported shortage of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a payment for parents who have to take unpaid leave to mind their children that have to...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors from Lesvos, Greece that have been resettled in Ireland...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a case lead will be assigned to a child (details supplied) given the case is extremely complex and the child...
    • Childcare Services
      1229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the review of the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Support Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans in terms of early intervention and family supports in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      1231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements he has had with organisations regarding the national childcare scheme; his views on the state...
    • Adoption Services
      1232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41085/21]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the report of the interdepartmental group set up to develop detailed proposals for the...
    • Youth Work Supports
      1238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average estimated cost of recruiting four youth workers, one team leader and an administration person in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Grant Payments
      1239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase student grants to their highest historical levels in real inflation-adjusted terms. [41228/21]
    • Third Level Fees
      1240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [41230/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process to bring about the full integration of a college (details supplied) into the higher education framework in the...
    • Youth Services
      1242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available to the Youthreach programme to provide counselling for its clients with mental health issues and dual diagnosis;...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 50,000 further education and training places provided under the pathway to work policy document; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider removing the requirement to complete 12 weeks of on-the-job training following the completion of phase six of an...
    • Grant Payments
      1246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the departmental steering group review of the student grant scheme; if the review will include a change to the current cap on...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      1247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding available under Science Foundation Ireland research call SFI Research Infrastructure Programme 2021; the value of the...
    • Language Schools
      1248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the English language regulated industry in Ireland can expect to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39439/21]
    • EU Funding
      1249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of ESF/YEI funding being claimed in arrears in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/21]
    • Education and Training Provision
      1252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of education and training measures in the July 2020 Jobs Stimulus package; the components of the July education and training...
    • EU Funding
      1253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates bringing the draft Partnership Agreement and the draft Operational Programmes for ESF+ 2021-2027; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the State to implement each of the funding options laid out in the 2016 Cassells report for the 2021-2022 academic...
    • Grant Payments
      1256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the State of increasing SUSI grants by 10%. [39748/21]
    • Student Accommodation
      1260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund affordable student accommodation and housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39752/21]
    • Third Level Costs
      1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of a targeted fund to fully finance third-level education for 100 persons experiencing homelessness including those...
    • Grant Payments
      1263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the review of the current SUSI scheme; the changes that have been identified; if the new criteria for the scheme will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated of cost of reducing apprentice fees by 20%, 50% and 100%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39873/21]
    • Grant Payments
      1265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 45 km to 24 km; the estimated cost involved in...
    • Employment Schemes
      1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected yield from a 0.1% increase in 2021 in the national training fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39882/21]
    • State Bodies
      1269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees...
    • Disability Services
      1270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports specifically available to students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40105/21]
    • Grant Payments
      1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that are in receipt of disability, scholarship or bursary payments are disadvantaged when they apply for SUSI; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to increase the number of dentistry places available in Irish universities. [40184/21]
    • Third Level Staff
      1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that the recently announced €24 million funding for an additional 4,620 college places will be directed...
    • Student Accommodation
      1274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that student accommodation providers are asking student to pay multiple months' rent in advance for...
    • Third Level Staff
      1277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the factors giving rise to non-permanent staffing arrangements other than the employment control framework as referenced in a recent...
    • International Students
      1283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of students from the UK coming to Ireland to receive some or all of their education; if their rights and entitlements associated with...
    • Physical Education
      1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for successful transition and increased sports participation and physical activity amongst third-level students; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he will...
    • Site Acquisitions
      1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for the County Wexford campus of the technological university of south east Ireland; the timeframe for...
    • Departmental Funding
      1288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he...
    • Departmental Communications
      1291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of Irish and Israeli Government agencies, research institutes, institutions of higher education and or third-level...
    • State Examinations
      1293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years are not disadvantaged by any potential grade...
    • Departmental Funding
      1297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the private or not-for-profit higher education institutions which are eligible for HEA funding for specific courses or directly via his...
    • Nursing Education
      1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recently reported figures of 440 healthcare places in third-level included the approximately 50 private nursing placing introduced for the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for reducing the NTF reserve over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41026/21]
    • Nursing Education
      1303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if placements for nursing students from public higher education institutes are provided in private hospitals; the number of placement provided...
    • International Students
      1304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in third-level from outside the EU; the number in public higher education institutes; the number in private...
    • Education Policy
      1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41097/21]
    • International Students
      1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many stamp 2 visa holders are working nursing homes and as carers; the steps that are being...
    • Grant Payments
      1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place any measures relating to the promotion of the use of public-public partnership agreements in the Irish...
    • Grant Payments
      1313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the SUSI review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/21]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Personal Injury Claims
      1316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in terms of rebalancing the duty of care regarding personal injury claims; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      1317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions the Government will take following the perjury legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40957/21]
    • International Protection
      1319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the designation status of Georgia as safe for the purposes of international protection considering...
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      1321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a commission of inquiry with a cross-Border dimension into the exposure and murder of a person (details...
    • Data Protection
      1322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been allocated to the Data Protection Commission in 2021; and the funding allocated to the Commission in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the scope of the Garda Síochána Expert Review Group on Recruit Education and Entry Pathways and Learning and...
    • Immigration Policy
      1325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scheme to regularise undocumented migrants in Ireland; and if it will be in place before the end of 2021....
    • An Garda Síochána
      1326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members in the Dublin Metropolitan Region over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the new community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      1329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives that have been seized by An Garda Síochána to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      1331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if arrangements can be made to return passports submitted as part of the naturalisation process in order that visa renewal can...
    • Gambling Sector
      1332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers the gambling regulator is expected to have; if their powers will be based on the UK model; and when advertising...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Cork city by Garda division and rank and role in July 2019, July 2020 and July 2021, in tabular...
    • Residency Permits
      1334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving members of An Garda Síochána who have a barring order against them; and if she will make a...
    • International Protection
      1337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overall median waiting time for appeals of international protection application decisions through the International...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      1338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection applicants who have presented as unaccompanied minors since the commencement of the International...
    • Residency Permits
      1339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to consider instituting a statutory reform in which applicants...
    • Visa Applications
      1341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an extension will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who supplied all relevant documentation via...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Visa Applications
      1347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered waiving mandatory in-person attendance of stamp two visa students including English language teachers...
    • Domestic Violence
      1349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the Audit of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence...
    • Courts Service
      1350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the report and financial statements of the Office of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice for the year ended 30...
    • Voluntary Sector
      1351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list will be provided of the permits granted under the Street and House to House Collections Act 1962 in County Donegal...
    • Visa Applications
      1352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department will resume accepting applications for short-term visit visas; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is eligible to apply for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39797/21]
    • Prison Service
      1354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the issue in the Midlands Prison in relation to complaints from inmates and staff on the...
    • Court Accommodation
      1355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the stage of plans to refurbish a vacant courthouse (details supplied); when demolition works are likely to commence; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí currently stationed in each Garda station in County Wicklow in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Prison Service
      1359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the new prison complaints system will be implemented; if a new policy in relation to same has been...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for stamp 4 and regularisation of residency and eligibility for naturalisation will be re-examined in the...
    • Visa Applications
      1362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa extension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40003/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      1363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who reoffended while released on bail for other alleged crimes during each of the past five-years; the...
    • Court Orders
      1364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to restrict the granting of bail to serial or repeat offenders; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Aid
      1365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have availed of free legal aid over each of the past five years by category of alleged crime; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare...
    • Visa Applications
      1370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a joint family visa application by a person (details supplied). [40100/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Donegal by electoral area from 2011 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      1374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40197/21]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who joined and left An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Court Procedures
      1378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to introduce the recommendation of the O’Malley report to address the fact that in the case of sexual...
    • International Protection
      1379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place to address the delays in the international protection process; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements for the beneficiaries of family reunification in cases in which family members are arriving from designated...
    • Labour Market
      1382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received, granted and refused respectively for labour market access permission for international...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new tender for the provision of additional Garda public order unit vans will be put out before the end of 2021. [40328/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      1385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed legislation on the restriction of licensing of centre fire semi-automatic rifles will be introduced; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      1386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of organisations and stakeholders that are on the firearms consultative panel; the number of times the panel has...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has a report or briefing available of the key findings from the meetings and consultations with stakeholders...
    • Coroners Service
      1389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding delays for bereaved families awaiting inquests; if the matter is being addressed; if she will examine...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel and civilian employees in the Kerry Garda division for each of the past five years; the...
    • Courts Service
      1391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be guaranteed that the promised research on parental alienation and the use of same in the Court system will be...
    • Deportation Orders
      1392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made for persons (details supplied) to remain here with their family; when their deportation order...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      1393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any Irish citizens have been targeted by a project (details supplied); if any security issues have been identified in...
    • Departmental Funding
      1394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such...
    • Visa Applications
      1395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a stamp 5 visa; when they can expect a decision on the case;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to implement a citizenship amnesty to applicants due to backlogs in the system and as a gesture from the...
    • Departmental Data
      1397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that have been brought before the courts since the introduction of the Harassment, Harmful Communications...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Covid-19 compliance and welfare of prisoners in the prison system during the Covid-19 pandemic; and...
    • Departmental Data
      1399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department last conducted a review of crime statistics in County Meath; the results of this last review; and if she...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and civilian staff assigned to the Special Crime Task Force in each of the past five years; if these...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the youth justice strategy; the expected timeframe for the implementation of recommendation; and if she will...
    • Departmental Policies
      1403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide further details on the community safety forums including expected timeframes; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      1404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the youth diversion projects planned for County Louth in tabular forum.; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank, file and section currently stationed throughout County Louth; the number of vacant posts;...
    • Departmental Data
      1407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the monies seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau by county from 2017; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of activity to deal with major organised crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41043/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeframe for the implementation of the recommendations contained within a plan (details supplied); the status of...
    • Drug Dealing
      1411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be provided to deal with the scourge of street dealing in illicit drugs; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the targeted recruitment for both sworn and civilian staff in An Garda Síochána for 2022. [41285/21]
    • Road Safety
      1415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 14 July 2021, the total amount that is in the fund for 2021; the details of the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the naturalisation process for a person (details supplied); and when the person will receive the...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      1419. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that his Department has introduced and implemented to increase services available to high functioning autistic persons; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1420. To ask the Minister for Health when an appropriate programme will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1422. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a replacement prescription in place for roActemra patients (details supplied) that have now been taken off the medication; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1423. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop primary care facilities on Inisbofin; the engagement his Department has had with the HSE on the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1424. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39330/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1425. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for research to examine the effect of long-Covid on work and need to take sick leave. [39351/21]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1426. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being put in place to remove the barriers for those seeking a diagnosis for autism spectrum condition which currently costs in excess of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the closure of indoor camps despite many camps running under guidelines issued for education in schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Births
      1428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the HSE civil registration service for new birth registrations from January 2021 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      1432. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a report on the pilot personalised budget for persons with a disability; and if this is a measure which he would like to see...
    • Hospital Trusts
      1433. To ask the Minister for Health the category of St. Vincent’s University Hospital under the Health Act 2004; and if there have been changes in such categorisation since 1 January...
    • Care Services
      1436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain funding for full-time care for their special needs. [33231/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1437. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried to secure funding at source for medication produced by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      1439. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made within his Department in regard to an updated and appropriate dental treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1440. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33289/21]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      1441. To ask the Minister for Health when the assisted human reproduction Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/21]
    • Interest Rates
      1442. To ask the Minister for Health the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged...
    • Dental Services
      1443. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to provide dental treatment of residents of nursing homes in CHO area 3 which covers counties Clare, Limerick and north County...
    • Health Strategies
      1444. To ask the Minister for Health if a public consultation on the successor to the National Sexual Health Strategy is being undertaken by his Department; if so, the way interested stakeholders...
    • Health Services
      1445. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of a club will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in relation to vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/21]
    • Disability Services
      1447. To ask the Minister for Health when the management teams will be in place for the roll-out of disability teams in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33365/21]
    • Health Services
      1448. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the health element of the Housing First programme to fully meet existing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      1449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the number of nurses from the Philippines has been reduced due to the fact Ireland did not apply for an exemption from 5,000 to 10,000 nurses...
    • EU Agreements
      1450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s ratification with respect to the EU Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to...
    • Research Funding
      1451. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provided funding either directly or through the aegis of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, to any research...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      1452. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to implement national hepatitis C treatment programmes into the Irish Prison Service as is set out in the HSE National Service Plan for 2021; and...
    • Health Services
      1454. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities that are provided by and supported by the HSE for those with dementia in County Wexford. [33419/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1455. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1060 of 28 April 2021, the length of time each of the posts in both CAMHS services in County Wexford have been vacant;...
    • Health Service Executive
      1456. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Health Card can have its life extended in view of the inability to renew due to the cyber-attack. [33428/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1457. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the role of HIQA to investigate individual complaints. [33432/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1459. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for physiotherapy appointments at Louth County Hospital from January to June 2021 and January to June 2020 inclusive; the number of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1460. To ask the Minister for Health the public health policy regarding many expectant mothers who continue to be separated from their partners during prenatal appointments and early stages of...
    • Animal Welfare
      1461. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Government has the competence under EU law to ban animal testing in Ireland; and if introducing such a ban will be considered. [33461/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a child (details supplied) who is still awaiting provision of a free general practitioner card and assist the family who...
    • Health Services
      1463. To ask the Minister for Health if he has the remit and authority to instruct or compel the 19 maternity units to comply with easing restrictions that currently prevent a woman from having a...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1467. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extend free PCR tests for the children of fully vaccinated parents travelling to visit family after 19 July 2021; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons allowed to attend official meetings of sporting organisations under current restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1469. To ask the Minister for Health the specific grounds identified by his Department and the HSE including but not exclusive to the Covid-19 pandemic on which a maternity unit is justified in...
    • Abortion Services
      1473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of practitioners offering termination of pregnancy services by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33526/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1474. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the addition of chronic pain to the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33527/21]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      1475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims which have been made to the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33528/21]
    • Abortion Services
      1476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pregnancy terminations for each year since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was commenced by county in tabular form;...
    • Health Strategies
      1478. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018 will be published; if a successor policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      1479. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the HSE drug reimbursement process will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33532/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1480. To ask the Minister for Health if access for nursing homes to the temporary assistance payment scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33533/21]
    • Health Services
      1481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional community beds delivered in 2021 of the 1,250 promised in budget 2021; the split between public and private; and if he will make a...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1484. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 29 April 2021, if any of the four products referenced as accepted for use in the MCAP no longer meet the...
    • Health Services
      1485. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry and terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33538/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1487. To ask the Minister for Health the advice he received and the recommendations made regarding the location of the major trauma centre in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      1488. To ask the Minister for Health the investments and capital projects which must be made to upgrade the Mater Hospital to a major trauma centre; his plans for same over the next five years;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1491. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost for the school immunisation programme if uptake was to be 100% every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33544/21]
    • Disability Services
      1493. To ask the Minister for Health the support services available from his Department for home support services for persons with autism; his plans to provide additional services and supports;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in relation to girls who have not received the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      1495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently operating across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33570/21]
    • Health Services
      1498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE school age teams currently operating across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33573/21]
    • Dental Services
      1500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have withdrawn from the dental service scheme in the period 31 May 2020 to 31 May 2021, by county and by CHO area in tabular form;...
    • Health Services Staff
      1501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that currently exist in CHO5 across psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, counselling and...
    • Mental Health Services
      1502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy appointments that have been cancelled in CHO5 due to staff unavailability in the period 1...
    • Departmental Staff
      1503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living wage of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1504. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to vaccination issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      1505. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the future of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the future of all current services at the nursing home will be...
    • Hospital Services
      1507. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make direct contact with the UL Hospital Group to impress the need to lift all restrictions being imposed on pregnant women and their partners in...
    • Health Services
      1508. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for St. John of God’s, Drumcar, County Louth; the engagement there has been between stakeholders and families of service users; and...
    • Hospital Services
      1510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make an executive decision to allow partners of pregnant women to attend prenatal appointments and be present for the early stages of labour in...
    • Health Services
      1511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional detail on the targeted funding alluded to in recent comments to the media by the Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing...
    • Medicinal Products
      1512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the use of the versatis pain patch for pain relief other than from shingles when recommended by a qualified clinician; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      1513. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1514. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the use of rapid antigen testing as the primary protocol of testing for international travellers departing from or arriving...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1515. To ask the Minister for Health if the current definition of a sporting event in the current Health Act 1947 (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 precludes sporting organisations not affiliated with...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on Ireland’s progress to become tobacco free by 2025; if this target will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      1517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded smokers aged 19 and under from 1990 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33827/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to a vaccination scenario (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33846/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1519. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment given any delay is having a detrimental effect on their mental health. [33855/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1520. To ask the Minister for Health if there is capacity to include medications that have been prescribed by a general practitioner or consultant for off licence use on the medical card or drug...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds available in day hospitals in County Clare. [33951/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1522. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacancy for the psychiatrist position in Kilrush, County Clare has been advertised; when it is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a mismanaged vaccination roll-out for a person (details supplied). [33953/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the lack of rheumatology consultants for the west of Ireland given there are only two consultants for the region which is gravely...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1526. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is providing the tension-free vaginal tape procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33960/21]
    • Civil Registration Service
      1527. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the phone lines for civil registration offices in Dublin continue to remain down when all other civil registration offices are contactable by their...
    • Health Service Executive
      1528. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to establish to a catch-up scheme for HSE dental clinics following immense disruption to the schoolchildren accessing dental...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1530. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a MRI machine for Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33988/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1531. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for introducing the EU digital Covid certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33990/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1532. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being undertaken to reduce waiting times for psychiatric appointments for children in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1533. To ask the Minister for Health if all teachers and school staff will be fully vaccinated from Covid-19 before the return to school in September 2021. [34014/21]
    • Health Services
      1534. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of the drafting of the surrogacy Bill; when it is expected to be ready; if international surrogacy and retrospective declarations of parentage will...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      1535. To ask the Minister for Health if a licensed premises or manufacturer who is currently using public roads and footpaths to accommodate outdoor dining can legally display alcohol...
    • Health Services
      1536. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the areas the €1.4 million announced for a service (details supplied) will cover; when the funding will be allocated; the reason the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34018/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1538. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner practice has been allocated to Ballyboden primary care centre; the processes that were followed; the processes involved; and if all...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1540. 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. [34111/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vaccination programme for homeless persons; and the number of vaccines administered to this vulnerable group to date. [34122/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1542. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given in relation to public health guidance for weddings to allow those who are fully vaccinated not to be counted in the guest...
    • Health Services
      1543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to expedite the case of a child (details supplied). [34124/21]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Holles Street Hospital site once the national maternity hospital has relocated; if it will be repurposed within the HSE or sold; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1545. To ask the Minister for Health if all teachers in all age cohorts will be fully vaccinated before returning to the classroom in September 2021; if any teacher who will not have time to...
    • Health Service Executive
      1547. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s efforts to rectify the lack of local HSE ophthalmic services for children in north County Mayo; the steps that have been...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1548. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations of the report of the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group will be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34158/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1549. To ask the Minister for Health if he met with maternity hospitals recently regarding restrictions on partners; when his next expected engagement with hospitals will be especially in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1550. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent plans that are in place to ensure Erasmus students leaving for overseas can be vaccinated before they go to ensure their own safety and that of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1551. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34244/21]
    • Disability Services
      1552. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy in each CHO area from 2020 to latest...
    • Health Services
      1555. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no HRB report on drug or alcohol treatment in 2020; if one is to be published; and if a timeline can be given for this publication. [34258/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1556. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for a procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will...
    • Health Service Executive
      1557. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE of the Shannon Doc service for 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34260/21]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1558. To ask the Minister for Health the action being undertaken to ensure a diagnosis for autism for a child is achieved in the quickest timeframe possible to help ensure early intervention as...
    • Disability Services
      1559. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to increase the level of early intervention support and support from school age going teams being made available for children with...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1560. To ask the Minister for Health if an assurance will be given that two vaccination centres (details supplied) will stay open until the full vaccination of all age groups has been completed;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1561. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined. [34286/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1562. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing early access to a vaccine for students who are travelling overseas to attend college in September 2021; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1563. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date in 2021 for Covid-19-related protective clothing and equipment; the cost in 2020; and the usual annual budget for protective clothing and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1564. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of Covid-19 vaccines by company to date in 2021; and the number of vaccines from each company that have been purchased to date. [34300/21]
    • Home Help Service
      1565. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help hours were taken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34301/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1566. To ask the Minister for Health the role pharmacists are anticipated to play in the vaccine roll-out; and if dental professionals are expected to participate in the process. [34302/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1567. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes which is due to cease on 30 June 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      1568. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with the home help hours they need given they have numerous health conditions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1570. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the geriatric nurse. [34340/21]
    • Health Services
      1571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services through accident and emergency in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to...
    • Mental Health Services
      1572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services by their general practitioner in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to...
    • Health Service Executive
      1576. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is no longer interested in the units at a location (details supplied). [34349/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1577. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and develop services at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34350/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia-related intensive home care packages being provided in each county in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34351/21]
    • Community Care
      1580. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to invest in 32 community specialist hubs for older persons and persons living with chronic disease;...
    • Health Services Staff
      1581. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has support staff and policies in place to assist and support employees who feel they may have dyslexia to assist with diagnosis and to get formal...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1582. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current difficulties being faced by sporting businesses and clubs that are not affiliated to a governing body such as independent carting...
    • Family Support Services
      1583. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the press release (details supplied) in respect of the Family Addiction Support Network which has issued a warning that it may have to close its...
    • Health Services
      1584. To ask the Minister for Health the annualised revenue and capital cost of implementing all of the remaining measures in the Health Service Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021 in 2022; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1585. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 vaccines will be made available to persons aged 12 to 18 with an underlying condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34368/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1586. To ask the Minister for Health if the level of services provided at a healthcare facility (details supplied) will continue as at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1587. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider offering free Covid-19 PCR tests for patients travelling to the UK for essential treatment; if he has had discussions with the HSE in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1588. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to reassure the public that hospitals are safe to attend now that transmission of Covid-19 is minimal amongst healthcare...
    • Health Services
      1589. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be set aside for a programme of recovery for cancer services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34372/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1590. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare workers are receiving adequate counselling and supports acknowledging the trauma they may have experienced working through the Covid-19...
    • Health Services
      1591. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to engage with his healthcare colleagues and counterparts in Northern Ireland to establish a cancer services catch up programme task force; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      1594. 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 their case. [34471/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1595. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidance and advice to schools and churches in respect of organising First Holy Communion and Confirmation ceremonies; if these important events...
    • Health Service Executive
      1596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and-or families of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of...
    • Health Services
      1597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims received to date by the CervicalCheck Tribunal.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34474/21]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made and proceedings initiated against the HSE or hospital groups by persons or groups of persons whose loved ones died after contracting...
    • Data Protection
      1599. To ask the Minister for Health if all of the 270 families affected by the keeping of records by his Department in relation to possible litigation cases over services for children diagnosed...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1600. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is now in a position to respond to persons by email and postal correspondence following the cyber-attack; if all families affected by the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1601. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34478/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1602. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an inpatient perinatal service in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34479/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians employed in specialist eating disorder team; the number of vacancies; the number of clinicians needed for 16 specialist eating...
    • Mental Health Services
      1604. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implanting surge capacity for mental health services for public patients in a private setting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      1605. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implanting the commitment in the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders published by the HSE in 2018 of putting in place 16...
    • Mental Health Services
      1606. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost and revenue cost of moving to a seven-day week outpatient model of child and adolescent mental health care; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1613. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34490/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1614. To ask the Minister for Health when 25 to 29 year olds can expect to register and receive their Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34491/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1616. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on consultancy firms (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the projects associated with the firms; the amount...
    • Health Service Executive
      1617. To ask the Minister for Health the way consultancy firms utilised by the HSE strategy and planning will be managed in the future; the steps that are currently being undertaken by his...
    • EU Directives
      1618. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transposing of the EU Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM into Irish law (details supplied); the work that the strategic workforce planning...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1620. To ask the Minister for Health the full details of the contract terms that were previously agreed for a vaccination centre (details supplied); the reason the vaccination centre was not used...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1623. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plan to arrange a shuttle bus service for passengers in Arklow, County Wicklow to travel to the Kilanerin Covid-19 vaccination centre given there...
    • Health Strategies
      1624. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the pilot drug testing service as part of the HSE harm-reduction programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34516/21]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1626. To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital developments at health facilities (details supplied) in County Mayo; the budget for each project and the amount of spend in 2020 and to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1627. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting on their vaccine. [34519/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      1629. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34521/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1630. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34522/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      1632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available to County Clare from the National Ambulance Service; and the distribution of ambulances to municipal districts in each of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1634. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance has been issued or if the use of hand dryers during the pandemic in toilets has been examined in relation to the possible spread of bacteria and...
    • Health Strategies
      1635. To ask the Minister for Health the locations in which the school immunisation programme is being administered across the CHO 6 area; if there are plans to improve or change the venues for...
    • Health Services
      1636. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding assigned to residential care provision for children with complex needs in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which each...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1637. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to decide the number of vaccine centres to be located in each county; the reason County Limerick still has only one vaccination centre; the...
    • Disability Services
      1638. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available to parents who wish to renovate a room in their home for the purposes of creating a sensory room for a child with a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider regulations to safeguard the largely unvaccinated cohort of young workers employed in the retail and hospitality sector by ensuring CO2...
    • Medicinal Products
      1642. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE recommended medications including cariban, xonvea and navalem should be available on the drugs payment scheme for the treatment...
    • Direct Provision System
      1643. To ask the Minister for Health when HIQA plans to inspect the direct provision centres; if it has, the number that have been condemned; the results of same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1644. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens returning from green list countries must quarantine upon arrival in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/21]
    • Health Services
      1646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the concerns of a person (details supplied) on the impact of the recent collapse of an airline on some cancer patients who must travel to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died from Covid-19 in the State in May 2021. [34584/21]
    • Health Services
      1648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recommendations made by the National Trans Healthcare Steering Committee in 2020; the progress on the provision of transgender healthcare in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in ICU in the State who have been diagnosed as having the Delta variant of Covid-19. [34656/21]
    • Health Services
      1650. To ask the Minister for Health when a day care centre (details supplied) will be reopening day care services for Alzheimer's patients. [34669/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      1651. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and purpose of these...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1652. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a report on the most recent cost estimate and timescale for the completion of the new national children’s hospital....
    • Home Care Packages
      1654. To ask the Minister for Health the system that is in place for holiday cover in home care services when annual leave is being taken given that patients are being left without care each...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1655. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter in relation to Irish persons who received a vaccine abroad (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1657. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in ICU capacity that has been introduced in Ireland since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34749/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Cork North Lee CDNT; and the number that would be considered a full cohort. [34750/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1662. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by the HSE and his Department in provision of a new additional 50-bed ward block and emergency department at Mayo University Hospital as...
    • Health Services
      1663. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a legal basis for the refusal to accept referrals to the HSE for orthognathic surgery from private orthodontic practitioners; if the only referral...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1664. To ask the Minister for Health if a student returning from studies in South Africa must undergo a period of hotel quarantine. [34758/21]
    • Disability Services
      1666. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Learning Network in Letterkenny which is a disability service for young adults including a person (details supplied) with an...
    • Health Services Staff
      1667. To ask the Minister for Health if a pay award to senior managers in the HSE suggested by the review body report No. 42 will now be approved by his Department; the background to the issue;...
    • Abortion Services
      1668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of terminations provided at each maternity unit for each year since the commencement of services by county; the number of maternity units which do...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1670. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which pharmacists have been chosen to deliver Covid -19 vaccines; if he invited pharmacies to opt in and or is the onus on the pharmacy to make...
    • Medicinal Products
      1672. To ask the Minister for Health if permission for the use of a drug will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34886/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1673. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34910/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1674. 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. [34911/21]
    • Equality Issues
      1676. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality...
    • Equality Proofing of Policies
      1677. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are...
    • Medicinal Products
      1679. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2261 of 21 April 2021, the estimated timeframe for the completion of the formal pricing and reimbursement assessment...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1680. To ask the Minister for Health when day care services are to resume at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34917/21]
    • Home Help Service
      1681. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE home help will resume in a case (details supplied); if the HSE has replaced the agency that previously covered the home help in the area; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1682. To ask the Minister for Health if a booster shot will be available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34919/21]
    • Public Sector Staff
      1683. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of pay and grade a person (details supplied); the duration of their contract; the impact of same on their previous employment in the public service...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1684. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily number of doses of Covid-19 vaccines that were administered over the past four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34921/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      1685. To ask the Minister for Health the date to which his Department is working towards to introduce the safe access to termination of pregnancy services Bill to the Houses of the Oireachtas;...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1686. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a significant delay in issuing pensions such as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34923/21]
    • Health Services
      1687. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children (details supplied) have had their developmental checks cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/21]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1688. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is to be a conflict of interest in the appointment of a person to a position at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce statutory homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34926/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1690. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by homecare providers contracted by the HSE in sourcing care workers and the lack of persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1692. To ask the Minister for Health the quarantine rules that would apply in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34443/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1693. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to establishing a statutory homecare scheme; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 986 of 28 April 2021, as yet unanswered, the reason funding was refused under the treatment abroad scheme in the case of...
    • Child Protection
      1696. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public consultation process relative to the proposed national standards for children’s services; if it is the intention to have a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1697. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made for the allocation of unused Covid-19 vaccinations administrated by pharmacies; if consideration has been given to allowing...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1698. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an assessment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [34984/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1699. To ask the Minister for Health if it is stipulated by his Department or the HSE that persons contracted by the HSE for the provision of counselling services through an outside agency...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of versions of a vaccine (details supplied) available; and if all versions are authorised for use in the EU. [34990/21]
    • Health Services
      1702. To ask the Minister for Health if new applications for intensive care packages are still being accepted; and if so, the procedure by which families can apply for this support for their...
    • Health Services Staff
      1703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently attending to appointments at the Wellmount Health Centre, Finglas, Dublin 11; the number of appointments per...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34782/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1706. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35041/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1707. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can work with an organisation (details supplied) that has suspended new referrals due to staff shortages; and if the resources needed will...
    • Food Industry
      1709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request his Department to review the Broadcast Authority of Ireland code that pertains to infant formula products and ensure that it is updated to...
    • Health Services
      1711. To ask the Minister for Health the status of operations in a respite centre (details supplied). [35066/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1713. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can obtain portable tables from the HSE for wheelchair users who are bed bound. [35068/21]
    • Health Services
      1714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 22 April 2021, if a full-time residential place will be secured for the person. [35069/21]
    • Traveller Community
      1715. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce a national Traveller mental health strategy as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason antigen Covid-19 tests are not being used for the Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34544/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1717. To ask the Minister for Health when he last spoke with the heads of the maternity hospitals on the issue of partner access; the date of that meeting; and the outcome of same. [35092/21]
    • Disability Services
      1718. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for specific speech and language disorder units for the treatment of severe speech delay and verbal dyspraxia in County Cork; his plans to...
    • Mental Health Services
      1719. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for 24-hour mental health services nationwide as part of the Minding Your Wellbeing launched in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1722. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the consultant and surgeon triage patients for elective surgeries; and the location in which this is recorded. [35118/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1725. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has re-examined the emerging evidence regarding the efficacy of ivermectin as a prophylactic and treatment for Covid-19; if not, if he will instruct...
    • Disability Services
      1727. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured personal assistance hours which have been approved are put in place for a person (details supplied). [35199/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time lymphedema nurses recruited in each of the years of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the hospitals in which the nurses are located; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35212/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1733. To ask the Minister for Health if the procedure for certifying vaccines by the HSE which will be used for green certificates has the capacity to pick up cases in which persons have had a...
    • Disability Services
      1734. To ask the Minister for Health the reason referrals to a service (details supplied) have been ceased for autistic children without an alternative provision being put in place; and if he...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1735. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent to date on the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35225/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1737. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners are required to follow the HSE sequencing protocol with regard to spare vaccine doses; if not, the protocol for general...
    • Home Care Packages
      1738. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to increase home care hours and introduce a statutory home care scheme. [35300/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1739. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Cork City Council motion calling on the Government to support the waiving of patents on the Covid-19 vaccine in the EU and worldwide; and if...
    • Food Industry
      1740. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign from a company (details supplied) targeting Irish mothers with email marketing weeks after they give birth; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1741. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 914, 941, 945, 947, 954, 963, 981, 982, 983, 984, 988, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1041, 1069, 1078, 1083 and 1087 of 28...
    • Departmental Records
      1743. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 240 of 3 May 2017 and 1112 of 2 June 2017, if the information can now be provided; if he will provide the files that...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      1744. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2081 of 21 April 2021, when the two substantive interim reports of the Farrelly Commission of Investigation will be...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1745. To ask the Minister for Health when an early intervention assessment will take place in the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34890/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children permitted at wedding receptions; if he will consider exempting them from numbers in this and future phases of the roadmap for reopening...
    • Health Services
      1748. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for respite care; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [35456/21]
    • Abortion Services
      1750. To ask the Minister for Health the checks that are in place to ensure public hospitals are adhering to the provisions of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if all...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1753. To ask the Minister for Health if official names will be used on EU digital Covid certificates in order that they corroborate with the names of persons on passports or drivers licences to...
    • Health Strategies
      1754. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Cancer Strategy; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this...
    • Ambulance Service
      1757. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis...
    • Health Strategies
      1758. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding measures in the National Dementia Strategy; the estimated additional funding this requires for full implementation; the basis on which this...
    • Departmental Funding
      1761. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing universal palliative care; the measures required to achieve same; the basis on which this funding must be made available that is,...
    • Hospital Charges
      1762. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in revenue cost of an acute inpatient bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35470/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1764. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of delivering the new 60-bed modular unit ward in University Hospital Limerick; the cost per stage and across cost types; the length of time...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1766. To ask the Minister for Health the average all in capital cost of a critical care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1767. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of delivering the new 26 critical care beds in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and University...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1768. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1769. To ask the Minister for Health the number and types of staff required to safely staff an adult critical care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1773. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 100 new consultant posts on new Sláintecare public-only contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35481/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1775. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding newborn genetic screening services to expand the range of diseases which are screened for in line with the EU average of 20;...
    • Disease Management
      1776. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of completing the repatriation of CervicalCheck screening services and diagnostics into a single public laboratory; the number of staff...
    • Health Services
      1777. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in annualised revenue cost for maintaining each type of public community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35485/21]
    • Disease Management
      1783. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of an additional chronic disease management team; the staffing composition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35491/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1784. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully implementing the recommendations of the Nursing Home Expert Panel report by one-off costs and recurring costs; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff
      1785. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated recruitment and revenue cost of hiring an additional 100 public dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35493/21]
    • Dental Services
      1786. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring dental screening services for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35494/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1790. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of maintaining section 38 hospitals; the operational and governance differences between HSE hospitals and section 38 hospitals; if he envisages...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      1791. To ask the Minister for Health if in dealing with new legislation on surrogacy, it will contain a provision for the introduction of pre-authorised surrogacy agreements prior to conception...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1792. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide assistance to a patient (details supplied) to register with a general practitioner practice given their attempts to do so have failed...
    • Health Services
      1793. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing community paramedicine resources by 5%; the staffing composition of current community paramedicine; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Help Service
      1794. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of directly providing 1 million home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide nursing home services by community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if...
    • Health Services
      1798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide rehabilitation services by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1801. To ask the Minister for Health when a CORU application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35541/21]
    • Direct Provision System
      1802. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce spending measures related to ending direct provision; and the breakdown of the way they compare to existing spending for...
    • Disability Services
      1803. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if funding will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1804. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to restore pay for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1805. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase the general practitioner trainee intake to 250; the number of places provided for each of the past five years; and if he will...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      1806. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 100 community defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35547/21]
    • Health Services
      1807. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a universal contraception scheme for 17 to 25-year-old women; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Period Poverty
      1808. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a universal sanitary products scheme for girls and women up to 25 years of age; and if he will make...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1809. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reduce prescription charges by 50 cent and to abolish prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/21]
    • Hospital Charges
      1810. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to abolish hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35551/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1811. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100; the estimated cost of reducing same in increments of €15; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1812. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of a 100% uptake each year of the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35553/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1813. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a permanent Covid-19 testing and tracing unit with the capacity to manage 500 cases a day; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Strategies
      1814. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional revenue and capital cost for public health departments in 2022 of commitments made regarding consultant contracts and in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1815. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35556/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1817. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help tackle the extensive waiting lists for primary care psychological services and mental health services for children and adolescents in...
    • Health Services
      1818. To ask the Minister for Health the reflective practices that are in place to deal with medicolegal events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35559/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1819. To ask the Minister for Health the way the health system plans to deal with the predicted higher hospital admissions from long-Covid-19 symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1820. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the preparation of the Sláintecare multiannual waiting list plan; the timeline for the completion and publication of same; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1821. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 13 May 2021, the status of the site identification exercise in Galway currently being undertaken as part of the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1822. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 180 expand medical intern training places in 2022; the requirements for such an expansion in terms of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1823. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of setting up a new HSE security operation centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/21]
    • Dental Services
      1824. To ask the Minister for Health the annual spend on the dental treatment services scheme in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35565/21]
    • Health Promotion
      1825. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of each awareness campaign that has been run in each of the years since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      1826. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full additional cost of implementing the new stroke programme strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35567/21]
    • Health Services
      1827. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing BNP blood testing and echocardiography at primary care level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35568/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1829. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of providing four whole-time-equivalent heart failure clinical nurse specialists per 150,000 persons; the estimated number of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1832. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of removing all inpatient charges for public hospital care. [35573/21]
    • Health Services
      1833. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some women are being told there are no results for their cervical screening tests (details supplied); if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1834. To ask the Minister for Health the reason occupational therapists have been excluded from the list of eligible professions deemed qualified to apply as vaccinators as part of the HSE...
    • Medical Cards
      1835. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the period of validity of medical and general practitioner visit cards until all issues relating to the cyber-attack are resolved in...
    • Health Services Staff
      1836. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has attempted to fill the vacant addiction counsellor position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary; when this position will be filled; and...
    • Medical Cards
      1838. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the primary care reimbursement service to amend its decision to refuse a medical card and general practitioner card to a person (details...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1841. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in rolling out a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied) to 12 to 15-year-olds with underlying conditions; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of premature births in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1843. To ask the Minister for Health when the supports for families caring for children impacted by exposure to sodium valproate designed under the Community Operations Programme will be fully...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1844. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive their first vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35644/21]
    • Defibrillators Provision
      1846. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to defibrillators for schools; and if consideration is being given to making defibrillators mandatory in all schools. [35646/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1847. To ask the Minister for Health the way persons who did not register on the HSE vaccination portal given they were in priority groups 4 or 7 for example, and as such did not provide an email...
    • Health Services
      1848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community rehabilitation teams currently in operation for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35648/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1850. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of ten whole time equivalent lactation consultants. [35650/21]
    • Health Services
      1851. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of contracting a community bed from a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35651/21]
    • Budget 2021
      1854. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the women’s health taskforce; and the areas in which and items it was spent on....
    • Health Services
      1856. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a European health insurance card to all Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2021
      1857. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the Health Research Board; and the way in which it was spent. [35657/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1862. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new healthcare assistant posts. [35662/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1864. To ask the Minister for Health the digital modernisation programmes which the health service is currently rolling out; the progress of each; the additional cost for full implementation of...
    • Budget 2021
      1866. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding allocated in budget 2021 to the healthy Ireland fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1870. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of 50 new nursing posts. [35670/21]
    • Health Services
      1872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds funded in budget 2021 that have been delivered and that are expected to be delivered by year end. [35673/21]
    • Budget 2021
      1875. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2021 for the National Cancer Strategy; and the way in which it was used. [35676/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1876. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35677/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff brought on in the first half of 2021 and to be brought on in the second half of 2021 and in 2022 for community healthcare networks; the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1880. To ask the Minister for Health the investments planned to upgrade the newly designated major trauma centres for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35681/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      1881. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 was fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Voluntary Sector
      1882. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of fully implementing the Catherine Day report of the independent review group established to examine the role...
    • Health Services Staff
      1883. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of ensuring that staff working in the 300 section 39 organisations covered under pay restoration have their pay...
    • Health Services
      1884. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year of eliminating deficits in section 38 organisations and section 39 organisations, respectively. [35700/21]
    • Care Services
      1885. To ask the Minister for Health when a centre (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35703/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1886. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35709/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1887. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 29 April 2021, when additional capacity will be provided at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      1888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices currently signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Care Services
      1890. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding set aside in 2021 to allow for the decongregation of persons living in inappropriate institutional settings; the estimated cost of full...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1891. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for 2020, 2021 and 2022 of the student nurse and midwife pandemic placement payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35770/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1892. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of student nurse and midwife pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35771/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      1893. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department is seeking or will receive as part of the recovery and resilience loans and grants for each; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1894. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the fair and fast inquiry into epilim sodium valproate committed to by him in November 2020 has not yet commenced (details supplied); and the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1898. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical cannabis access programme is expected to be fully operational. [35777/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1899. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of a vaccine (details supplied) for 12 to 15-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1900. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in establishing an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; if he will take measures to rectify...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1901. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of funding for replacement of broken equipment in the cardiac rehabilitation unit in Ely Hospital, County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      1902. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mobility aids grant. [35790/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1903. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry will be established to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to pregnant women without them...
    • Health Services Staff
      1904. To ask the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited for the pregnancy prevention programme to help ensure pregnant women are fully informed of the side...
    • Medicinal Products
      1905. To ask the Minister for Health when the stakeholder group consisting of representatives of those involved in the treatment of women with epilepsy will be established; and if he will make a...
    • Community Care
      1906. To ask the Minister for Health when the community operations programme will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35806/21]
    • Alcohol Sales
      1907. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an SI drafted by an organisation (details supplied) which aims to regulate alcohol delivery services; if he plans to sign...
    • Health Services Staff
      1908. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard process for selecting candidates to panels for the position of healthcare assistants within HSE hospitals; if so, the details of the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1909. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a person (details supplied) who is currently unable to access funding for medicinal cannabis despite being...
    • Medicinal Products
      1911. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the promised speedy inquiry into epilim sodium valproate which was announced in November 2021 has not commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      1912. To ask the Minister for Health if any retrospective complaints have been made regarding the sexual abuse of minors in a hospital (details supplied) which may have occurred from the late...
    • Dental Services
      1913. To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatment and benefits available to a person who is the holder of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35850/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      1914. To ask the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1916. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow persons vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied) an exemption from the mandatory hotel quarantine system; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1918. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the permissibility of novelty acts at weddings; the measures he is taking to ensure that novelty acts can resume safely at weddings as soon as...
    • Medicinal Products
      1919. To ask the Minister for Health when the enquiry into the effects of sodium valproate will commence; the supports that are available for families affected by sodium valproate; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1920. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 1 June 2021, if the second operating theatre in Merlin Park University Hospital, on which construction is due to...
    • Medicinal Products
      1923. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a registry of women who have been prescribed sodium valproate during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1924. To ask the Minister for Health the number of epilepsy specialist nurse posts in the State; the number of these which are unfilled; the location of each epilepsy specialist nurse post; and...
    • Dental Services
      1925. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 5 May 2021, the status of the review of the dental treatment services scheme; the timeline for the review; the...
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      1927. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a mental health tribunal of one member has been appointed pursuant to section 48(3)(a) of the Mental Health Act 2001 as amended; the...
    • Nursing Homes
      1928. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report Implementation Oversight Team; when the Implementation Oversight Team will publish its final...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1929. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the temporary assistance payment scheme beyond the 30 June 2021; the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of extending...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1930. To ask the Minister for Health if those aged 12 to 15 years of age will be provided with a Covid19 vaccine (details supplied) given the European Medicines Agency approved usage of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1932. 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. [35887/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1933. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that many trains do not have windows that open or air conditioning which can remove the Coivd-19 virus in relation to the reopening of...
    • Nursing Homes
      1934. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of supporting every ten persons under 65 years of age to move out of inappropriate placement in a nursing home....
    • Disability Services
      1935. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available for a group to set up a summer camp for children with autism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      1936. To ask the Minister for Health the latest figure for the number of persons availing of the nursing homes support scheme; the number of these who are homeowners; the number who lease their...
    • Birth Certificates
      1937. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a delay in issuing birth certificates to new born babies, as in a case of a child (details supplied); and if cases will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1938. 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. [35910/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1939. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to easing hospital visitation restrictions for long-term patients given the high levels of vaccination against Covid-19; and...
    • Health Promotion
      1940. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; his views on delays to progress made in this...
    • Health Services
      1942. To ask the Minister for Health if in-person developmental checks for infants and toddlers at 3, 10 and 18 months are being carried out at present in a HSE primary health care centre...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1944. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1945. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been allocated to help amend the extensive waiting time for children to receive special needs assessments; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kerry waiting on procedures (details supplied) to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35962/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1947. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate; if the inquiry has commenced; when engagement with families affected by disabilities...
    • Health Services
      1948. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person must send a postal order to receive a pathologist's report and that no other form of payment is acceptable; and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1949. To ask the Minister for Health the variance to the budget of the new national maternity hospital by expense category in tabular form in view of the reports that the hospital is set to cost...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1950. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider mixing the second dose vaccine for those over 50 years of age who are still awaiting a second dose of the vaccine (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1951. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthopaedic appointment will be made at the Mater Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35968/21]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1952. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is in a position to avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1953. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the adults in direct provision that have been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35755/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1954. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the effects of sodium valproate will commence; and the supports that are available for families affected by sodium valproate. [35852/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1955. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent to date regarding Covid-19 awareness-raising campaigns in national newspapers. [35993/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1961. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff of a service (details supplied) will receive backpay or compensation for the stoppage since 2012 of the incremental pay increases since to which...
    • Departmental Funding
      1962. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available from his Department for a one-off capital project for the oldest branch of an organisation (details supplied) in Ireland; the contact...
    • Health Services
      1963. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated further; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      1964. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available for a group to set up a summer camp for children with autism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Rebates
      1965. To ask the Minister for Health if a recommendation from his office will be given that a VAT refund is appropriate for a group (details supplied). [36005/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1966. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for surgery at the Mater Hospital, Dublin. [36006/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      1967. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intern doctors currently employed at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36014/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1968. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36015/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      1970. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which drugs are removed from the medical card scheme; and when general practitioners are subsequently informed when a given drug is removed in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1971. To ask the Minister for Health the construction cost of the Ballina primary care centre; the annual rent including VAT; the annual average service charge; if the centre will enter into...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1973. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 205 of 4 May 2017, 777 of 6 September 2019, 501 of 5 November 2019, 745 of 20 May 2020 and 1251 of 8 September 2020,...
    • Health Services
      1974. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recommendation contained in the 2018 report, A Trauma Service for Ireland, for a comprehensive fracture liaison service to provide high...
    • Disability Services
      1976. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children such as a child (details supplied) have now been left without services and therapies; and when these...
    • Medicinal Products
      1977. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate epilim has not commenced yet; and when the inquiry is...
    • Health Services Staff
      1978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ancillary staff that were recruited to administer to the additional 100 multidisciplinary posts that were allocated to children’s...
    • Disability Services
      1979. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability who have been moved from a congregated settings into a community setting in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1981. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the Capital Programme for Disabilities by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1983. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for the home-based summer July provision programme for children with complex needs by 5%, 10% and 25%...
    • Disability Services
      1985. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for expanding the capacity of day services for persons with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively;...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1996. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the percentage of assessments of need that were overdue from 30 June 2020 that are now...
    • Disability Services
      1997. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the number of children’s disability network teams that have currently been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2001. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated level of additional funding that will be needed to cover the cost of Covid-19 recovery for organisations delivering services to persons with...
    • Disability Services
      2002. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated for Covid-19 programmes in disability services in budget 2021 that has to date gone unspent; his views on whether the total...
    • Care Services
      2004. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made in respect of bringing forward an updated national carers’ strategy; the funding that has been allocated to date to review and...
    • Disability Services
      2005. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively; the unmet need for assistive technologies in 2019,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2008. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on an appointment in a Drogheda hospital for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36113/21]
    • Freedom of Information
      2009. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom...
    • Health Services
      2012. To ask the Minister for Health the date to which the moratorium regarding claims made by a company (details supplied) has been extended to in respect of National Paediatric Hospital...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2014. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that it is attractive for general practitioners to take up positions in rural practices in view of the difficulty being...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2016. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36192/21]
    • Medical Indemnity Cover
      2017. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and safeguards that have been provided for vaccinators that do not have a professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2020. To ask the Minister for Health if permission will be given for novelty acts at weddings that can be carried out behind a perspex screen in a Covid-19 safe manner if live music continues not...
    • Dental Services
      2023. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that are registered for public treatment in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2025. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to develop elective only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36247/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2026. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on access to indoor facilities for those who have not been able to avail of a vaccine to date and or those who cannot receive a vaccination;...
    • Emergency Services
      2027. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each local first responder group in 2019, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36259/21]
    • Disease Management
      2028. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease and inflammatory bowel disease on the list of illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2029. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly accessible defibrillators in each county; the amount his Department has provided funding for in each county; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2031. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a date for surgery. [36328/21]
    • Social Workers Register
      2032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by HIQA relating to social workers in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Inspections
      2033. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals inspected for asbestos in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the remedial works carried out on each. [36330/21]
    • Medical Cards
      2034. To ask the Minister for Health if the removal of a benign squamous papilloma in a general practitioner surgery is covered under the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2035. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that persons fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied) while travelling from Canada to the USA for an...
    • Mental Health Services
      2036. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the article in a newspaper (details supplied) and the statement in the article to enhance family member involvement through legislation and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2037. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot have their hip operation; the reason it is taking so long to be called; the reason the allocated hospital has no...
    • Mental Health Services
      2038. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Owenacurra Mental Health facility, Midleton is to close by October 2021; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      2043. To ask the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36343/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2044. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department continues to approve the Naas Hospital development plan with particular reference to the need to ensure the rapid...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2045. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the EU Digital COVID Certificate to come into effect. [36346/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2048. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacies will be permitted to administer vaccines (details supplied) to the under 50s cohort in view of the NIAC recommendation that vaccines may be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2049. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters relating to vaccination and mandatory hotel quarantine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2051. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being adopted to ensure early intervention assessments are carried out in a timely manner given that scope of assessment for children is...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      2052. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue an apology on behalf of the State to all thalidomide survivors, both acknowledged and unacknowledged, for the specific mistakes that occurred...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      2056. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on homeless services by his Department and agencies under his remit for each year since 2013; and the estimated spend for 2021. [36414/21]
    • Disability Services
      2057. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting access to a speech and language therapist in CHO5 for over three, six, 12 and 18 months, respectively in tabular form. [36415/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2058. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the nature, value and duration of contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services in relation to contact tracing. [36416/21]
    • Health Strategies
      2060. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the report on the breastfeeding action plan; the status and timescale for the full implementation of each of its elements; and if he will make...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2061. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new guidelines that are being suggested for HIQA, specifically the new regulations to replace the National Standards for Foster Care with...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      2062. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has not yet been fully enacted over five and a half years later; the definitive timeline for its...
    • Health Services
      2063. To ask the Minister for Health the position of indoor activity centres under the current reopening plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36421/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2064. To ask the Minister for Health if visiting restrictions at nursing homes will be further eased in view of Covid-19 numbers. [36422/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2065. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of students who will be going on Erasmus as a mandatory aspect of their college course in August 2021 given that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2071. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with his colleague the Minister for Education further to the recent NPHET recommendations; the preparations that are...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2074. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that enter into agreements to rent or lease parking space to outside companies; the revenue raised in each location; the duration of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2075. To ask the Minister for Health if health authorities have communicated with church dioceses regarding first holy communion and confirmation ceremonies following the recent update to the...
    • Health Services
      2078. To ask the Minister for Health the current availability of funding for respite in County Galway; the respite services that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      2079. To ask the Minister for Health the progress with regard to the Ballyboden primary care centre, Dublin 16. [36499/21]
    • Substance Misuse
      2080. To ask the Minister for Health when the HRB survey on drug and alcohol use will be published given a previous commitment of publication by end of Q2 2021. [36500/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2081. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CUMH is still preventing partners from providing full support during all stages of labour and post-birth....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      2082. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of capital funding to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36502/21]
    • Hospital Services
      2083. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of service provision at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36503/21]
    • Health Services
      2084. To ask the Minister for Health if the State-funded contraception scheme will commence in January 2022; the timeline for providing universal access to contraception for all who need it; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2085. To ask the Minister for Health if there are exemptions to persons being charged for mandatory hotel quarantine; if so, the exemptions; the body to which a person can apply for the...
    • Health Services
      2086. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to ensuring both breasts are rescreened in the case that a person is recalled for assessment in relation to the BreastCheck...
    • Health Promotion
      2087. To ask the Minister for Health the members of the new Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group subgroup being set up to examine the Programme for Government commitment for a public...
    • School Meals Programme
      2088. To ask the Minister for Health the members of the new food in schools forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36520/21]
    • Health Promotion
      2089. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the new adult obesity campaign 2022-2025 being devised by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36521/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2091. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the roadmap for returning family visitors to nursing homes; when restrictions will be lifted for fully vaccinated persons enabling them...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      2092. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the processing of applications for primary medical certificates; if processing has resumed since it was stalled due to Covid-19; if there is a...
    • Departmental Data
      2093. To ask the Minister for Health the number hours of the additional €5 million home support hours committed to in the National Service Plan 2021. [36529/21]
    • Health Strategies
      2094. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the policy initiative in relation to Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People as expressed in the National Service Plan...
    • Disability Services
      2095. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional therapeutic staff under the newly established Children’s Disability Network model that have been resourced to date in 2021 as...
    • Health Services
      2097. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for planned residential places in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services
      2098. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the transfer of adults with disabilities from Tusla to the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and...
    • Health Services
      2099. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for community-based neuro-rehabilitation teams in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO...
    • Disability Services
      2100. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for respite services for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, by capital and resource funding and...
    • Care of the Elderly
      2105. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for dementia care in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in tabular form; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      2106. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated the HSE-led summer July provision programme in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively, by capital and resource funding and CHO in...
    • Health Services Staff
      2108. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of pay restoration for all section 39 organisations that have reached an agreement with the State through the Workplace...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2110. To ask the Minister for Health the current status from a legislative perspective of a published 2020 report by a person (details supplied) in relation to surrogacy in Ireland [36549/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a support scheme to provide a 100% grant for charging points in homes of disabled driver of electric vehicles; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that arrived here in each week from 26 April 2021 to date that had been in a designated state in the previous 14 days; the number from...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in each cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36563/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2116. To ask the Minister for Health the 14-day incidence rate and five-day average cases for the Ballymun-Finglas and the Artane-Whitehall local electoral areas. [36564/21]
    • Health Services
      2117. To ask the Minister for Health if an implementation group has been established to oversee the design and roll-out of a State-funded contraception scheme; if relevant stakeholders have been...
    • Hospital Staff
      2118. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric haematologist will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36574/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      2119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance personnel that have been tasked with Covid-19 testing in the past six months; the current number of ambulance personnel who are...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      2120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of the disability portfolio from his Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a number of issues in relation to baptisms (details supplied). [36580/21]
    • Disability Services
      2122. To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports available for business who provide sensory experience for persons with disabilities and mental health issues. [36581/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2123. To ask the Minister for Health when the guidelines issued to crèches in relation to recognising Covid-19 symptoms in children under three years of age will be revised, in particular...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2126. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [36595/21]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2127. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will introduce the assisted human reproduction Bill in view of the fact that it forms part of the summer legislative programme given that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2128. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter regarding summer camps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36609/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2129. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided in relation to vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36610/21]
    • Health Services
      2130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to palliative care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36613/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2131. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [36625/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      2132. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the electric ambulance bought by the National Ambulance Centre; the amount it cost; when it was bought; the length of time it was in operation;...
    • Birth Certificates
      2133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the disruption which has occurred to the issuance of a certification of birth, PPS numbers and so on, for newly born children; the steps...
    • Medicinal Products
      2134. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the inquiry into the anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36642/21]
    • Health Services
      2136. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to map public AEDs throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36652/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2140. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing access to vaccines for Irish citizens living overseas who are not in a position to travel home but cannot access...
    • Disability Services
      2141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with special needs living in south-western areas of Dublin; the number of therapists working in the area to provide essential services...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2142. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes beyond the current timeframe of June 2021 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2143. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 vaccinations will be approved by NIAC for 12 to 15-year-olds; and when they might receive same. [36677/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      2144. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the nature, value and duration of contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services in relation to contact tracing. [36678/21]
    • Hospital Services
      2145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/21]
    • Dental Services
      2146. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to tackle the long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment for young persons in Cork; if more consultant orthodontists will be recruited;...
    • Medical Cards
      2147. To ask the Minister for Health if persons will lose out on their medical cards as a result of accepting the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      2148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of clinical placements that can be facilitated by the health service for nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Charges
      2149. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1127 of 31 March 2021, which stated that the HSE paid almost €600,000 to debt collection agencies in 2020 from...
    • Disability Services
      2151. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reduce waiting times for autism services in counties Laois and Offaly. [36196/21]
    • Health Services
      2152. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reduce waiting times for speech and language, occupational physiotherapy and child psychology services in counties Laois...
    • Hospital Staff
      2153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staffing vacancies currently in the South Tipperary Therapy Services Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36680/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2154. To ask the Minister for Health if the smoking ban applies to premises providing outdoor dining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36681/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2155. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the daily breakdown of Covid-19 cases per county cannot be provided in view of the fact that this information must be readily available in order to...
    • Health Services
      2159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the progress of children to access therapies such as occupational, speech and language and psychology post the standard...
    • Health Services Staff
      2160. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department and HSE Community Healthcare West have taken to recruit a temporary locum general practitioner following the resignation of a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2161. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan to introduce vaccinations for children between the ages of 12 to 15 years; if he will prioritise medically vulnerable children; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      2162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing via legislation, the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; his views on the reason there...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if the details for surgery will be confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      2166. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date spent by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in addition to the confirmed cost of €2,089,500 on its digitised registration...
    • Home Help Service
      2170. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made for a home support application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36728/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2172. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36730/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2173. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to administer second dose Covid-19 vaccines in local vaccine centres if deemed safe to do so for those who received their first dose...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapy appointment frequency have changed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36733/21]
    • Health Services
      2175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations between the HSE and a group (details supplied) regarding the provision of services which continues to cause uncertainty and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2176. To ask the Minister for Health the medical advice for persons who have received a first vaccination dose of a vaccine (details supplied) in the UK and have now returned to live in Ireland,...
    • Primary Care Services
      2179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counsellors and psychotherapists employed and or contracted under the CIPC service in 2019, 2020 and to date 2021; the estimated cost of one...
    • Health Service Executive
      2180. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 17 December 2020, if HSE Community Healthcare West has signed a lease for an alcohol treatment centre in Galway...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the requirement to obtain a negative PCR test prior to travel (details supplied) in relation to travel restrictions into the State from...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2182. To ask the Minister for Health the way County Donegal compares to other counties in the speed of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines. [28315/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 1 July 2021, the timeline for the construction of the Drimnagh primary care centre. [36871/21]
    • National Children's Hospital
      2184. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed future usage of Crumlin Children’s Hospital once the new national children’s hospital opens; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2186. To ask the Minister for Health the pharmacies participating in the vaccine roll-out in the Connemara region of County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36874/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland has not been sharing Covid-19 data with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (details supplied). [36362/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2188. To ask the Minister for Health if a person without transport with a debilitating respiratory condition requiring constant oxygen can be accommodated for their second vaccine in a centre...
    • Nursing Homes
      2189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue guidelines in relation to nursing home residents leaving the nursing home for day visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Abortion Services
      2190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 1 July 2021, the details of the recruitment process and selection criteria through which the independent expert...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      2192. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 1 July 2021, the reason he completely ignored the substance of the question that was asked and provided an...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the ability for those aged 35-40 years to register directly with pharmacies for vaccination in line with the system now in place for 18-34...
    • Health Service Executive
      2194. To ask the Minister for Health the buildings in Mullingar and its environs owned or operated by the Health Service Executive. [36906/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      2195. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund mechanism is in place for those financially impacted by the unavailability of the drug payments scheme during the cyber-attack on the HSE network....
    • Vaccination Programme
      2196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those attending for vaccinations in County Westmeath are being forced to attend two separate vaccination centres for either dose which are 75...
    • Mental Health Services
      2198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on psychological services in County Longford in tabular form. [36910/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      2199. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 5 May 2021 and the reply by the HSE, when the boarding out scheme was last reviewed by his Department or an...
    • Disease Management
      2200. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of Lyme disease and to ensure that persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme...
    • Health Services
      2201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a report (details supplied) commissioned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36948/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the blood donation policy in view of recent policy changes in blood donation policy in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting on the endoscopy waiting list at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36959/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      2208. To ask the Minister for Health the correct procedure is in which a complaint is made to yoursay@hse.ie in relation to the behaviour of a social worker. [36964/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2209. To ask the Minister for Health when dance teachers will be allowed restart operating dance classes from community centres. [36965/21]
    • Disability Services
      2210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the immediate funding need for dementia specific day care services provided by a society (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      2211. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist patients requiring the use of incontinence pads and those with carers using personal protection equipment to pay for the cost...
    • Dental Services
      2213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have notified his Department or the HSE that they are opting out of treating patients under the medical card scheme; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2214. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide Covid-19 booster shots to nursing homes over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36973/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2215. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the report on rapid antigen testing which is being chaired by a person (details supplied); the timeline for completion; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      2217. To ask the Minister for Health if medication (details supplied) will be included on the medical card list and long-term illness schemes for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to those who cannot take second dose of a vaccine due to a health...
    • Nursing Homes
      2219. To ask the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance payment scheme payable to nursing homes will be extended; his views on whether that to end such supports now is contrary to advice...
    • Disability Services
      2221. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and current funding that was allocated to disability services in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 for transport to day services for persons with...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2223. To ask the Minister for Health when plans for home vaccinations of the under 70s will be made available. [37006/21]
    • Health Services
      2226. To ask the Minister for Health if the full range of supports and services required by a person (details supplied) will be put in place; if a social worker will be appointed to their case to...
    • Medicinal Products
      2227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate epilim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2228. To ask the Minister for Health when the three whole-time equivalent dietitian posts announced in January 2021 will be recruited as part of winter plan will commence their posts in...
    • Hospital Services
      2229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University of Limerick Hospitals Groups' adult diabetes service who are using insulin...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient's diabetes clinic in University of Limerick Hospitals group; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      2231. To ask the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing (details supplied) required to initiate the dose adjustment...
    • Hospital Services
      2232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason full physiotherapy treatments have not been made available for public patients in Kenmare Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2233. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37080/21]
    • Registration of Births
      2234. To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued a direction to the HSE to ensure that if there are delays due to Covid-19 in registering new born babies on to medical cards that the cost of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2236. To ask the Minister for Health the efficacy of a vaccine (details supplied) in cases in which the second dose is reduced to a four-week interval in respect of the reduced risk of serious...
    • Hospital Services
      2237. To ask the Minister for Health the occupancy rates of both inpatient acute and ICU beds for each hospital group at 01 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37084/21]
    • Departmental Budgets
      2238. To ask the Minister for Health the health vote actual budget outturn and drawdown for each subhead against allocation for same for Covid and non-Covid funding; the forecast and projected...
    • Health Services Staff
      2239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited and onboarded in 2021 against Budget 2021 targets for the primary community sector and acute sector; the projections for...
    • National Children's Hospital
      2241. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which progress continues in the construction of the National Children’s Hospital in line with expectations; if any unforeseen obstacles...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2244. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish persons who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 while living in the UK can have this information recorded on an Irish digital passport; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes
      2249. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the serious issues raised in a programme (details supplied) in relation to standards in certain nursing homes; and if he...
    • Departmental Meetings
      2250. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting held with an organisation (details supplied); his response to the meeting; the steps he is taking to address the concerns of the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2251. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) will be recognised by Ireland as an eligible vaccine in order to allow Irish citizens travelling from the UAE to avoid having...
    • Mental Health Services
      2252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons that have contacted Jigsaw Dublin South West for help; the number that received 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 sessions, respectively; the...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      2256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that were seen under the new standard operating procedures for disability; the number that received a diagnosis per CHO area; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      2257. To ask the Minister for Health if a transfer of HSE disability services funding will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the long delay since initial request. [37179/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      2258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is a public inquiry into Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes and into the treatment of residents in particular in nursing homes...
    • Hospital Procedures
      2259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of terminations of pregnancy that were carried out in St. Vincent’s University Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2265. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the way in which Irish citizens who have been vaccinated in other jurisdictions will be able to register for the EU digital...
    • Nursing Homes
      2266. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent programme (details supplied) which exposed the appalling treatment of residents in some nursing homes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish any report audit or inquiry held by the HSE into Covid-19 deaths in a clinic (details supplied) which was referred to in correspondence...
    • Care Services
      2268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of investigations, audits, inquiries and protected statements received and carried out by the HSE, HIQA and his Department into residential care...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2269. To ask the Minister for Health the category workers (details supplied) are in when it comes to receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37199/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a test (details supplied) is not covered in the EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37212/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      2272. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list numbers for special education schools in each HSE CHO area. [37213/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2281. To ask the Minister for Health if his office was contacted by management of nursing homes during the pandemic that expressed concerns regarding the process of discharging patients from...
    • Hospital Charges
      2282. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has concluded the examination of hospital car park charges including consideration of the review submitted in 2018 given that there are...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2283. To ask the Minister for Health when activities such as indoor bridge playing might be considered allowable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37246/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2285. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for treatment. [37248/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2286. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the coronavirus antibody laboratory tests that check for the presence of coronavirus IgG antibodies due to a past infection is not covered in the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists currently working within HSE services in south County Tipperary; the efforts South Tipperary HSE services are making to find a...
    • Medical Cards
      2289. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the normal processing time for a medical card and a general practitioner card; if persons whose applications were delayed due to Covid-19...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2291. To ask the Minister for Health the information available to him on potential adverse events in young persons taking each of the Covid-19 vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2292. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a person (details supplied) for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37264/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2293. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided to nursing homes under the temporary assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessments of needs by CHO area; the average waiting time for assessments in each CHO area; the number of children on each...
    • Care of the Elderly
      2297. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a day facility for the elderly at Farranree family resource centre has yet to reopen. [37281/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the vaccine bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37282/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      2300. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      2301. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 22 April 2021, the status of the implementation plan for providing services and supports for people with...
    • Health Strategies
      2302. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing the National Dementia Strategy. [37308/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2303. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting lists for persons seeking appointments with psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37309/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2304. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is providing tension-free vaginal tape procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/21]
    • Home Help Service
      2305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure 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
      2306. 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...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2310. To ask the Minister for Health the financial and non-financial supports provided to couples receiving IVF treatment from the State outside of the medical card or drugs payment scheme; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37319/21]
    • Health Services
      2317. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the high perinatal mortality rates among ethnically African mothers or expectant mothers living in Ireland as recorded in the 2017 Perinatal...
    • Health Services Staff
      2318. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide ten days of compensatory leave for healthcare workers due to fatigue and overwork throughout the pandemic as requested by a union (details...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2319. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delays experienced by persons in cohort 4 high risk and cohort 7 high risk in accessing Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      2320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in the acute adult mental health psychiatric units in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital whose discharges...
    • Health Services
      2321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish this Deputy with the HSE quarterly report on Assessment of Need in CHO1. [37328/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2324. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacant posts to be filled in services (details supplied); and if there is a plan to increase capacity for assessment for Autism in counties Cavan...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2325. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will ensure that vaccination appointments are offered to persons living within a defined radius of the centres rather than based on...
    • Health Services Staff
      2326. To ask the Minister for Health the staff numbers in the HSE in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37382/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2328. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the expansion of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37384/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      2330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the current application process for HSE insulin pumps tendering contract which began in late 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of environmental health officers currently working within HSE services in north County Tipperary; the efforts the HSE are making to allocate...
    • Home Care Packages
      2332. To ask the Minister for Health when full home care support will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37410/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      2333. To ask the Minister for Health the body responsible if a complaint is made when agents who are contracted by the HSE that do not fall under section 38 or 39 workers fail to provide the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2334. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines that have been issued to community centres in relation to dance classes and drama and variety clubs that wish to use their premises. [37412/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2335. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue fully vaccinated persons a hard copy vaccine licence; and the proposed cost of same. [37413/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2336. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partners to attend the 12 week dating and booking scan;...
    • Eating Disorders
      2341. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE enters into a service level agreement with a facility (details supplied) to provide specialised eating disorder care; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2343. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to roll out free general practitioner care for under 8s as announced in budget 2020; if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Disability Services
      2344. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the residents and their families of a facility (details supplied) will be included and consulted on decisions on future service provision for...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      2347. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to easing visitation restrictions in nursing homes given the removal of TAPS, the scale of full vaccination in this sector and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2348. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be available in a new primary healthcare centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37457/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2350. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to allow indoor facilities at pet farms and leisure parks to reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37464/21]
    • Health Services
      2351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37465/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have tested positive for Covid-19 that have been fully vaccinated more than 14 days prior to the positive test; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of guests that will be permitted at wedding ceremonies and receptions in August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37479/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2355. To ask the Minister for Health when the Swinford, County Mayo care service will be reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help staff recruited in the past 12 months by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37481/21]
    • Health Services
      2357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24. [37495/21]
    • Medical Cards
      2359. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the medical card income thresholds to ensure that persons on social welfare incomes including pensions are not over the income threshold...
    • Civil Registration Service
      2360. To ask the Minister for Health if a situation (details supplied) with regard to civil registration services will be rectified. [37499/21]
    • Health Services
      2361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a service (details supplied) following the written notice by the Health Information and Quality Authority to cancel the registration of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      2363. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation to Jigsaw for delivering mental health services to north Clondalkin for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Care
      2368. To ask the Minister for Health when a place in a community residential setting will become available for a person (details supplied). [37538/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      2369. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to develop elective-only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28325/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2370. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for ASD assessments for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28169/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      2371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the impact of the HSE cyber-attack on cancer screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2372. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37553/21]
    • Hospital Charges
      2373. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make hospital parking free for patients and to stop debt collection for patients who have not paid car parking fees in time; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2374. To ask the Minister for Health the outcomes in terms of Covid-19 cases in each of the pilot events that were run by the Government. [37555/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2376. To ask the Minister for Health if antigen testing for birthing partners has been considered to remove restrictions for women in labour to have partners in wards. [37565/21]
    • Dental Services
      2377. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a dental cleaning and two fillings under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37566/21]
    • Emergency Departments
      2378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 1 April 2021, when the temporary emergency department in Galway University Hospital will be fully fitted out and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2379. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is registered for a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37578/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2380. To ask the Minister for Health if dates can be confirmed for the recommencement of Confirmations, First Holy Communions and other religious ceremonies. [37579/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2381. To ask the Minister for Health the full range of services available for the treatment of mental illness and mental health issues in adults in the Dún Laoghaire area and in CHO6...
    • Hospital Staff
      2383. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a dermatologist (details supplied) at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [37656/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2384. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) having been diagnosed in April as having dyspraxia, has been awaiting a number of years for an appointment with a psychiatrist;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2386. To ask the Minister for Health the social and certification status and or exemptions of those persons who cannot for medical reasons be vaccinated against Covid-19, for example, in the case...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2387. To ask the Minister for Health the systems in place to provide specific clinical advice, support and administrative assistance to persons who wish to be vaccinated against Covid-19 but have...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2389. To ask the Minister for Health if suppliers such as photographers, videographers and so on are included in the total number of persons allowed to attend a wedding as part of the Covid-19...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2390. To ask the Minister for Health if a category system can be put in place similar to that which exists in other jurisdictions in which persons who wish to be vaccinated but who have a history...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      2392. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken towards permitting the use of medicinal marijuana; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37696/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the European Commission and pharmaceutical executives on Covid-19 vaccine supplies. [20484/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2394. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals to upgrade the IT system in his Department and the HSE and or subsidiary bodies with a view to maximising the protection against hackers; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2395. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the accreditation of a vaccine (details supplied) and its path to approval by the European Agencies for Drug Administration for accredited...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2396. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a centralised top-down approach to lifting maternity restrictions (details supplied); if not, if hospital groups will be administering an ad...
    • Health Services Staff
      2397. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to paying allowances upfront alongside the current review on allowances for student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      2398. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens' assembly on drugs to convene; and if consideration has been given to convening this assembly in an online format. [17204/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2399. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is in the process of coordinating the Covid-19 vaccination programme with a view to ensuring the most expeditious and strategic...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2400. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the health services continue to deal with non-Covid-19 related health issues including hospital admissions, home care, outpatient...
    • Health Services
      2401. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the implementation of the proposals contained in the Sláintecare report; the way that this will manifest itself in the months ahead; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2402. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the structures of cross-Border co-operation in the fight against Covid-19. [22907/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of rapid antigen testing to enable a return to international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      2404. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for planning permission has been made to-date in respect of the planned outpatient block in the Merlin Park campus of Galway University...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      2406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the draft legal framework for the proposed new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37746/21]
    • Health Services
      2408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds by addiction rehabilitation and detox residential treatment facility in tabular form. [37749/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff by addiction rehabilitation and detox residential treatment facility in tabular form at present and in March 2020, respectively. [37751/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      2413. To ask the Minister for Health the latest engagement undertaken by the HSE with the board of SouthDoc in relation to the reopening of SouthDoc Blackpool, County Cork. [37754/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses currently employed in Cork north Lee area; if any are still redeployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      2415. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the 235 vacant positions in CUH; and if he will list these by profession in tabular form. [37756/21]
    • Health Services
      2416. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of residential rehabilitation treatment; and the percentage of same paid on average by the HSE by facility in 2019 and 2021, respectively in...
    • Gambling Sector
      2417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason gambling prevalence data from the Health Research Board will be presented to the Department of Justice and not his Department given this is most...
    • Departmental Reports
      2418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lay the Health Research Board Drug and Alcohol Prevalence survey results before Dáil Éireann. [37759/21]
    • Health Strategies
      2419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Drugs Strategy mid-term review; if another consultation process will be opened; and if he will make available any preliminary...
    • Abortion Services
      2422. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the retention of the three-day waiting period in relation to abortion services in view of the fact that almost 1,000 women who availed of...
    • Health Services
      2425. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols that are in place to ensure that parents are given accurate information and offered support when babies are found to have foetal abnormalities;...
    • Abortion Services
      2426. To ask the Minister for Health the help or protocols that are available to doctors if babies survive late-term abortions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37782/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2428. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for determining a close contact in the case of a person who travelled on an airplane and then tests positive for Covid-19; the distance other...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2429. To ask the Minister for Health the format and make-up of the National Oversight Committee with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy. [37788/21]
    • Home Help Service
      2430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of different providers which are currently contracted to provide HSE home help; the number of service level agreements and providers for each CHO;...
    • National Children's Hospital
      2431. To ask the Minister for Health the costs to date of the construction and associated costs of the new national children’s hospital. [37796/21]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases brought against his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and if he will provide details on the nature of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2434. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take for critically ill patients to ensure that their treatment is not interrupted (details supplied). [29609/21]
    • Care Services
      2435. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish a carer's commission to address the issues being experienced by family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34168/21]
    • Eating Disorders
      2436. To ask the Minister for Health the year-on-year figures for the past four years of those adolescents and adults presenting to the HSE with eating disorders; and the practical measures and...
    • Health Services
      2437. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of cancers diagnosed in lung and prostate cancer rapid access clinics and symptomatic breast disease clinics from 1 January to 31 December 2020...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the strategy for vaccine production to combat emerging Covid-19 variants and future pandemics. [16821/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      2439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recovery plan for HSE services and patients impacted by the cybersecurity incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28585/21]
    • Disability Services
      2441. To ask the Minister for Health the ways in which disabled persons are consulted relating to budgetary decisions affecting them; the ways in which his Department respects the nothing about...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2442. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has taken to date to address the long waiting list for children with scoliosis seeking surgery; the impact Covid-19 has had on waiting lists;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2443. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has taken to provide an alternative vaccination centre in Arklow for persons in south County Wicklow after the centre was discontinued; and if...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      2444. To ask the Minister for Health the current processing times for applications for registration with CORU by physiotherapists; if any delays are being experienced; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with special needs living in south-western areas of Dublin; the number of therapists working in the area to provide essential services...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2447. To ask the Minister for Health the up to date position in relation to efforts to secure a new general practitioner for Ballyduff, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2448. To ask the Minister for Health if ten-pin bowling centres will be treated in the same manner as cinemas with regard to Covid-19 restrictions and permitted to reopen with social distancing...
    • Hospital Services
      2449. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual per unit cost of permanently adding additional ICU beds to the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37865/21]
    • Health Services
      2450. To ask the Minister for Health the projected expenditure on palliative care in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37866/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      2451. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear all home care waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37867/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the restrictions on travel from 19 July 2021; and whether from 19 July2021 travellers can arrive into Ireland with the Digital Covid-19...
    • Mortality Rates
      2454. To ask the Minister for Health the publication date of the past five National Drug Related Deaths Index in tabular form. [37875/21]
    • Health Services
      2455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 July 2021 or latest date available; the number of persons...
    • Disability Services
      2456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with disabilities currently being provided as of 1 July 2021 or the latest date available by CHO area in tabular...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 1 July 2021 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by each...
    • Health Services
      2459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list in each local health area as of 1 July 2021 or latest date available; the number waiting less than...
    • Mental Health Services
      2469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2021 or the latest date available; the number waiting...
    • Home Help Service
      2473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 July 2021 or the latest date available; the way this compares to target in...
    • Nursing Homes
      2474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2021 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • Health Services
      2475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2021 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an...
    • Medical Cards
      2476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2021; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Health Services
      2477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of June 2021; and the total number to date in 2021, in tabular form. [37910/21]
    • Emergency Departments
      2479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during June 2021; the number to date in 2021; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      2480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2021; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to...
    • Health Services
      2481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on an assessment of needs in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37959/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2526. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for a CAMHS assessment in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/21]
    • Health Services
      2527. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for children to have their tonsils removed in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37961/21]
    • Dental Services
      2528. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a referral to the public dentist in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2529. To ask the Minister for Health the current arrangements in place for persons yet to receive the Covid-19 vaccine who are housebound (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services
      2531. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be prioritised for a dental appointment due to their severe medical issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider holding a stakeholder engagement meeting in which public health officials will take questions and brief older persons and their...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2535. To ask the Minister for Health the most up to date information on the level of protection provided against the delta variant by the different vaccines used in Ireland; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      2537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to encourage local partnerships between suicide charities and addiction centres to provide a dual diagnosis approach; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2538. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a Covid-19 booster vaccine for older and other vulnerable persons in the Autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38008/21]
    • Care of the Elderly
      2539. To ask the Minister for Health when day centres will be permitted to reopen for older persons who are fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38009/21]
    • Disability Services
      2540. To ask the Minister for Health when disability day services will fully reopen for those who are fully vaccinated; if he is satisfied that some service users are only receiving a 20% service...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a clear pathway for a person who has experienced an adverse reaction to their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and who has received medical...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2542. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made towards action 12 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38099/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2544. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the call of a group (details supplied) for a TRIPS waiver of Covid-19 vaccines and treatment. [38102/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      2545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of anaesthetist for Bantry General Hospital acute emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38103/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2546. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the major hospital building programme is progressing in line with expectations; the extent to which the national children’s...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2548. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which preparations are in hand to overhaul backlogs and waiting lists in the health system that have become seriously more evident during the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2549. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school medical examinations have continued or will continue notwithstanding the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2550. To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of the hospital waiting lists throughout all disciplines with particular reference to those areas with the highest numbers; his plans to...
    • Hospital Staff
      2551. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which outstanding consultant posts have been filled or are likely to be filled in early date; the number of outstanding vacancies; and if he...
    • National Children's Hospital
      2552. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of the national children’s hospital including the facilities at Connolly Hospital and Tallaght Hospital; the extent to...
    • Health Strategies
      2553. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to avail of low interest loans to facilitate the upgrading of the health services in line with the expectations set out in the Sláintecare...
    • Health Services
      2554. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which women’s health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional hospital beds that are required to overhaul the currently identified hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      2557. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which children’s health issues have continued to receive appropriate attention throughout the pandemic; if particular or specific action...
    • Health Services Staff
      2558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses currently available to the health services, including those involved directly in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; if specific issues...
    • Dental Services
      2559. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to deal with waiting lists for orthodontic treatment with a view to a vast improvement in respect of access to treatment in...
    • Medical Cards
      2560. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the speed of processing of medical cards can be increased to eliminate anxieties particularly amongst persons with a serious or life...
    • Mental Health Services
      2561. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to address the serious deficiencies in child, adolescent and adult mental health services with particular...
    • Health Strategies
      2563. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Sláintecare programme is being enacted; the progress to date in this regard; the targets achievable in the next 12 months; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      2564. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a special task force might address the shortcomings in the mental health services with particular reference to the need to provide for...
    • Disability Services
      2565. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to improve the supports for children with special needs while requiring therapeutic or residential short-term or long-term...
    • State Bodies
      2566. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review the drug and alcohol task force handbook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38124/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the average waiting times for pain management treatment at the Mercy Hospital, Cork; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2569. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the review on the FreeStyle Libre for the treatment of type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38127/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2570. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been fully vaccinated in Northern Ireland will be able to partake in indoor dining under the proposed EU Digital COVID Certificate in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2571. To ask the Minister for Health the current advice from NIAC in relation to the mixing of Covid-19 vaccines between doses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38129/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      2573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters in relation to surrogacy legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37446/21]
    • Health Services
      2574. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a taxi service to a day centre (details supplied) has ceased due to funding issues; if this service is likely...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2576. To ask the Minister for Health when a vaccine (details supplied) will be approved for 12 to 15-year-old children and in particular children with underlying health conditions who remain in...
    • Departmental Funding
      2579. To ask the Minister for Health the annual core funding allocated by his Department to the drug and alcohol taskforces in each of the years 2008 to 2021, in tabular form. [38142/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      2581. To ask the Minister for Health if ivermectin is permitted to be prescribed in Ireland; if a directive has been issued to general practitioners in relation to the use of ivermectin; if so,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2582. To ask the Minister for Health the study his Department has carried out into the long-term cost of lockdowns on the health of the nation; and the details of any cost-benefit analysis that...
    • Health Service Executive
      2583. To ask the Minister for Health when full services will be re-established following the HSE cyber-attack; when the HSE will be in a position to respond to Parliamentary Questions; when full...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2584. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects NIAC and HSE approval for Covid-19 vaccination of children aged 12 to 15 to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38282/21]
    • Health Services
      2585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38283/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2586. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a requirement for all pharmacists administering a vaccine (details supplied) to follow the standard operating procedures in relation to confirming...
    • Health Services
      2588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds across the health service; the number of ICU and critical care beds; and the number of mental health beds across the health...
    • Mental Health Services
      2591. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing additional CAMHS units by unit. [38297/21]
    • Health Services
      2592. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidance to public health nurses on conducting development checks for new babies and mothers; if the service is still fully available; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes
      2593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's 2021 output target to establish a nursing home expert panel and report with a view to developing a bill to...
    • Dental Services
      2596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns in relation to a child (details supplied) who has been waiting six years for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists currently assigned to the CAMHS team in Ballymun, Dublin; his plans to reassign any psychologist based there; when a replacement...
    • National Children's Hospital
      2598. To ask the Minister for Health the variance to the budget by expense category of the new national children's hospital in tabular form in view of the reports that it is set to cost...
    • Abortion Services
      2599. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the membership of the review group; when it is...
    • Hospital Staff
      2600. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in each department at Navan Hospital including the emergency department in February 2020; and if he will provide a detailed account of the...
    • Medicinal Products
      2601. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in relation to making zolgensma gene therapy available in Ireland; the outcome of the health technology assessment; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2602. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no pharmacy in west County Cavan has been allowed to join the vaccine roll-out scheme; the reason there is no centralised booking system within the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2603. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of a public inquiry into each individual death from Covid-19 in nursing homes as recommended by the Houses of the Oireachtas...
    • State Bodies
      2605. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for suspending activity of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Taskforce. [38345/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2608. To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the cost in 2022 and in a full year of ensuring that staff working in the 300 section 39 organisations covered under pay restoration have...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2610. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place by his Department to ensure that cross-Border workers who availed of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Northern Ireland will...
    • Medicinal Products
      2611. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recommendation made by the HSE drugs group in its May 2021 meeting regarding the reimbursement of patisiran; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      2612. To ask the Minister for Health if Access to Psychological Service Ireland will be replicated in all CHO areas; if so, the CHO areas; if not, the reason; if it will be accessible to persons...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2614. To ask the Minister for Health when a system will be put in place to ensure more accurate vaccinations administered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38399/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2615. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults...
    • Disability Services
      2621. To ask the Minister for Health if the care needs and professional services required by a person (details supplied) will be provided by the HSE or sourced in the private sector and funded by...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2622. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the school immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      2624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults on waiting lists in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the length of time they are waiting for services (details supplied);...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2625. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; the timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Homes
      2627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately address the very serious issues raised by relatives of deceased residents in a nursing home (details supplied) as a matter of urgency;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2630. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to further evidence (details supplied) demonstrating the effectiveness of vitamin D in lowering the risk and severity of...
    • Nursing Homes
      2631. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the two nursing homes concerned and the reasons they were closed by HIQA under section 59 of the Health Act 2007 as mentioned in the HIQA annual...
    • Health Strategies
      2632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action Item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk...
    • Equality Issues
      2633. To ask the Minister for Health 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...
    • Nursing Homes
      2635. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which have been undertaken to empower the Chief Inspector of HIQA to be in a position to take urgent and appropriate action in circumstances in...
    • Legislative Measures
      2636. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to date since the publication of the HIQA 2020 annual report (details supplied) to prepare or enact their suggested interim...
    • Mental Health Services
      2637. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation of the advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within the HSE services in Dublin north city and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2641. To ask the Minister for Health if the previously advertised unpaid assistant psychologist roles within the HSE services in Dublin north city and county will be readvertised as paid...
    • Home Care Packages
      2643. To ask the Minister for Health if 24-hour home care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38576/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2644. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on national panels for psychologist staff grade posts have not been made aware of the new recruitment...
    • Home Care Packages
      2645. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of those in need of home care packages; if his attention has further been drawn to the difficulties many...
    • Eating Disorders
      2646. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of mental health supports that are in place for persons with eating disorders in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      2647. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home scheme participant (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given permission to sell a part of their lands; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      2648. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions treated in St. Loman’s Hospital, Mullingar. [38636/21]
    • Abortion Services
      2649. To ask the Minister for Health his response to Limerick Council’s motion for him to urgently bring in legislation to create safe access zones around healthcare centres, including...
    • Health Services
      2651. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding was sought in 2020 from estimates to provide seven day per week respite at Seaview House, Mountcharles, County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Medical Qualifications
      2652. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to processing times to have qualifications recognised and register with CORU for social workers who qualified in Northern Ireland...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2654. To ask the Minister for Health if second dose Covid-19 vaccines can be accessed at local vaccination centres if first dose Covid-19 vaccines were received in a hospital; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2658. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered applying the vaccine passport for indoor dining to non-essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38669/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated supply forecast for the number of vaccine doses expected to be received into Ireland for the remainder of 2021, in tabular form....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passengers arriving into Ireland from designated states in each of the past eight weeks; the number of these who successfully completed...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who tested positive for Covid-19 after entering Ireland from abroad in each of the past eight weeks. [38674/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2663. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment for a cognitive assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38684/21]
    • Disability Services
      2664. To ask the Minister for Health if the intellectual disability service received a multi-disciplinary team proposal for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Equality Issues
      2668. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made towards action 12 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38081/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to the reopening of special needs clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38195/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of companies that manufacture and supply SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid test kits to Ireland that are fully in compliance with EU...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      2671. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided in expediting a registration with CORU (details supplied). [38737/21]
    • Health Services
      2673. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason BreastCheck appointments were cancelled in 2020 was due to the redeployment of staff for Covid-19 related assistance who would have normally...
    • Disability Services
      2681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a wheelchair user (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/21]
    • Abortion Services
      2682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2688. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been attempts to engage in dialogue with persons fearful of the Covid-19 vaccine, averse to receiving it and concerned about its use for access...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2690. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that University Hospital Galway has eased its visiting and birth partner presence restrictions in its maternity...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2691. To ask the Minister for Health the State’s position on and use of antigen testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38790/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2692. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland’s infection rate levels are being shared with the ECDC (details supplied). [38800/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2693. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the new consultant-led public health model; when the model will be fully implemented; the number of new consultant posts...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2695. To ask the Minister for Health if the passenger locator form will remain a requirement for fully vaccinated international arrivals after 19 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      2696. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports and bonuses being considered for implementation in respect of nursing home healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2700. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the uptake of the HPV immunisation amongst secondary school students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38809/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      2702. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been left without a general practitioner despite several attempts to get the HSE to allocate one, which has left...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      2703. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38816/21]
    • Disability Services
      2704. To ask the Minister for Health when children’s disability services will be reconfigured under the progressing disability services programme; when the proposed children’s...
    • Medicinal Products
      2705. To ask the Minister for Health if there is capacity to include medications that have been prescribed by a general practitioner or consultant for an off licence use on the medical card or...
    • Dental Services
      2706. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that must be met for a medical card to cover the cost of dentures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) who has not received a communication from University Hospital Limerick neurology department...
    • Health Services
      2709. To ask the Minister for Health if all mobile BreastCheck clinics have recommenced in counties Louth and Meath; if so, the locations on same; if other relevant information in this regard...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2710. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for the ophthalmologist review in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2711. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of a valid proof of vaccination for passengers arriving from non-EU/EUA countries such as the United States of America; if passengers who have been...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2712. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to deliver a primary healthcare centre in north Clondalkin; the reason for the five year delay in its delivery; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2713. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a non-urgent paediatric dietician appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2714. To ask the Minister for Health the current number on each waiting list in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, respectively for urgent and non-urgent paediatric dietician appointments; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2715. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a paediatric video fluoroscopy procedure at Galway University Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2716. To ask the Minister for Health the current numbers and waiting times in each acute hospital for paediatric video fluoroscopy procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38844/21]
    • Home Help Service
      2718. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help allocation for a person (details supplied) will be approved to reflect their latest diagnosis. [38881/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2719. To ask the Minister for Health the process for which home vaccinations can be booked through (details supplied). [38882/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2720. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant child psychologist post for CAMHS Wexford South will be filled by the end of July 2021 as was communicated on 1 June 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Care Services
      2721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care services that have not resumed service in County Kildare; when the remaining services will resume; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      2725. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 800 of 11 May 2021, the reason much of the preliminary works including a new pharmacy and an extension to a carpark are...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2726. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period after each of the Covid-19 vaccines to achieve maximum immunity; if public health messages can clarify this matter; if the new Digital...
    • Health Services
      2727. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology by CHO, age-group and time waiting in periods of three...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the guidelines on ventilation are updated in line with the Expert Group on Ventilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      2729. To ask the Minister for Health when NIAC will report on the mixing of vaccines in order to achieve maximum protection from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38928/21]
    • Health Services
      2730. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for full resumption of services at the Gay Men's Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2732. To ask the Minister for Health if the discrepancies between the names as they appear on passports and those on vaccination cards or medical records will be resolved for the purposes of the...
    • Dental Services
      2733. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy will be provided of the 2015 Report on the review of the statement of concern that children had been damaged by the HSE Orthodontic Services in...
    • Medicinal Products
      2734. To ask the Minister for Health if information will be provided on the efficacy or otherwise of the drug ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19 and its potential utility or otherwise as an...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2735. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing via legislation the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; and the reason there has been...
    • Home Care Packages
      2736. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which appropriate care at home or in hospital can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      2737. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken or are being taken to ensure the restoration of speech and language, occupational therapy or other therapies to meet the needs of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2738. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date of completion of the 50 bed ward brief isolation rooms at Mayo University Hospital; if he will provide a copy of the prepared brief; and if...
    • Health Services
      2740. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ED/AMAU including feedback from the national steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38992/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      2743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times it has taken an ambulance more than 20, 40 minutes and more than one hour to reach patients that made emergency calls in County Mayo; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2744. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for consultations with audiologists on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38996/21]
    • Home Help Service
      2745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home help waiting list in on a county basis; the number of persons awaiting home care packages on a county basis; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo in use or available for use, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38998/21]
    • Hospital Inspections
      2747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA site inspections that were carried out in 2021 in all rehabilitation and community inpatient healthcare services in County Mayo in 2021...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2748. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for primary medical certificates by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39000/21]
    • Dental Services
      2750. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme for each year since 2016, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39002/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on lists as both inpatients and outpatients for Mayo University Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2758. To ask the Minister for Health the current projected timeline for works to commence on the new primary care centre in Finglas, Dublin 11; if the HSE has tendered for the services of a...
    • Community Care
      2759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund and proceed with the specialist community diabetes teams which form part of the enhanced community care programme; if so, when this will occur...
    • Health Service Executive
      2761. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE Grangegorman primary care centre will reopen; if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the NPHET forecast of the death rate from the delta variant per 1,000 cases of the virus in the most pessimistic scenario based on...
    • Health Services
      2766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address delays to developmental checks for young children in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; when these developmental checks by public health nurses...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2770. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39091/21]
    • Abortion Services
      2771. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to revert to the model of care that required physical attendance at a general practitioner practice before a person can obtain an abortion...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2772. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the primary care centre on Inisbofin; when the promised centre will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2773. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a face-to-face consultation. [39103/21]
    • Dental Services
      2774. To ask the Minister for Health the reason free dental check-ups under the school dental scheme which were carried out in second, fourth and sixth class are now only available to children in...
    • Care Services
      2776. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in reviewing and updating the National Carers' Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38896/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2777. To ask the Minister for Health if post-mortem tests were carried out on each person that died with Covid-19 in order to confirm the cause of death as being due to Covid-19 in view of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2778. To ask the Minister for Health if an Irish person who has suffered a stroke in the United States of America and returns home in need of continued support, for example, occupational therapy,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2780. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the two new operating theatres at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway is completed, if the full capacity of staff will be available including...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2781. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised replacement schemes for the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2782. To ask the Minister for Health his views on and if he will respond to proposals raised in correspondence by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39154/21]
    • Health Services
      2783. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the multidisciplinary team for adolescent trans healthcare; if he will provide an outline regarding the process of it being...
    • Legislative Measures
      2784. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drafting of the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill. [39156/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2785. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the free general practitioner care for under 8s will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39157/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      2787. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cease all activities at a home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39160/21]
    • Health Services
      2788. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2792. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol taskforce chairpersons who are direct employees of the HSE by taskforce in tabular form. [39186/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      2794. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists for access to general practitioner services in Balbriggan, County Dublin; if his attention has been...
    • Health Services
      2796. To ask the Minister for Health when the primary care, disability service and school inclusion waiting lists that were referred to recently in Dáil Éireann are set to be finalised;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2797. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent HIQA recommendation that all elderly residents should have a personal space of 7.4 m2 around their bed will result in the loss of any bed and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2798. To ask the Minister for Health the position of soft play centres in the Covid-19 reopening pathways. [39222/21]
    • Disability Services
      2799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing funding for a group (details supplied) that has been providing services to autistic children in Limerick for the past four...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2801. To ask the Minister for Health when a vaccine (details supplied) will be approved for use in Ireland which is approved by the WHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39226/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2802. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the change in structure of children’s disability services in Cork has meant no new services are...
    • Disability Services
      2807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on the waiting list for an appointment for early intervention services for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and...
    • Dental Services
      2810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      2812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages
      2813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are awaiting homecare support in County Wicklow; the number of hours allocated in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in County Wicklow;...
    • Health Services
      2814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Wicklow; the average waiting time for appointment in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      2818. To ask the Minister for Health if a protocol has been developed to ensure the full restoration of adult disability services given some clients are still on reduced services. [39139/21]
    • Registration of Births
      2819. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays in birth registrations; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccination booths per hundred thousand population within each community health organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2822. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue in relation to a matter raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence in relation to the EU Digital COVID Certificate; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2825. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who began working as a health worker after the healthcare worker vaccine portal closed will receive their vaccine...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2826. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 6 July 2021, the additional financial measures that will be provided to nursing homes following the end of the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      2827. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a decision to be made on a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2828. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been outbreaks of Covid-19 in hotels since they reopened; if so, the number of hotels that have been affected; and the number of workers that...
    • Mental Health Services
      2829. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the jigsaw project in Thurles, County Tipperary. [39325/21]
    • Care of the Elderly
      2830. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the engineer’s report that led to the closure of St. Brigid’s District Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, in follow-up to discussions...
    • Health Services
      2832. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Hidden Harm strategy in 2020 and 2021 to date. [39335/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      2841. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was distributed from the social inclusion unit by service or aim that is alcohol consumption reduction in 2020 and 2021 to date respectively,...
    • Health Service Executive
      2842. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in the State in 2020 and to date in 2021. [39345/21]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      2847. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a group (details supplied) with a recommendation from his office that a VAT refund is appropriate. [39363/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      2848. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard process for selecting candidates to panels for the position of healthcare assistants within HSE hospitals; if so, if an outline of the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2849. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 22 April 2021, if he will request a response from the HSE in relation to the lack of a general practitioner...
    • Mental Health Services
      2850. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the closure of a mental health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39366/21]
    • Disability Services
      2851. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the occupational therapy complement in North Kildare disability services; if an occupational therapy post left vacant in September 2021 has been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2853. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the mandatory hotel quarantine system to date by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39375/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2857. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for post hearing test consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2858. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure that must be undertaken by Covid-19 air purification industry experts to submit their products and services to the Government for consideration;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2859. To ask the Minister for Health the effect the Galway races have on the vaccination programme based at the Ballybrit vaccination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39405/21]
    • Dental Services
      2860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists serving GMS patients in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas currently; if there are problems for GMS patients attending their dentist due to the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2863. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of over 20 weeks in the vaccinator recruitment process of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      2866. To ask the Minister for Health when children (details supplied) will receive their cancelled developmental checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39423/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      2868. To ask the Minister for Health if after the enactment of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021, indoor hospitality will be required to place a time limit of 105 minutes on persons dining...
    • Hospital Services
      2869. To ask the Minister for Health when the public phlebotomy service at MGH will resume (details supplied). [39452/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2870. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39457/21]
    • Hospital Services
      2871. To ask the Minister for Health if there are dieticians and or nutritionists involved in the food provided to patients; if emergent health and nutrition guidelines are taken into...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2872. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a system in place to redistribute food waste; if any of the hospitals food produce or products are donated in order to avoid waste; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      2873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020, by county in tabular form. [39463/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2876. To ask the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost of a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39468/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2877. To ask the Minister for Health if a system has been put in place to record side-effects of Covid-19 vaccinations in the State; if so, if such data will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Centre by county of residence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2879. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding children under the age of 16 who have conditions that place them at high risk if they contract Covid-19; the plans he has put in place...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2880. To ask the Minister for Health if information can be provided on the planned reopening of children’s play activity and leisure centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2881. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the power chair they have been assessed to be in need of by the HSE; when funding will be submitted for this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2882. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding and status of the lifting of maternity services restrictions for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages
      2883. To ask the Minister for Health if intensive care packages are currently available to persons in need of such supports; and the procedure for persons to apply for such intensive care...
    • Official Engagements
      2886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings between the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People and representatives of a group (details supplied) each month since...
    • Medicinal Products
      2891. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug romosozumab​ (details supplied) will shortly be regulated by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in Ireland and be made available on...
    • Health Services
      2892. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the drugs strategy to fund an organisation (details supplied) in CHO9; the number of projects and HSE services funded; the name of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2895. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an online portal for access to the EU Digital COVID Certificate along with online supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      2896. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans given the recent judicial review into supervised injection facilities. [39537/21]
    • Disability Services
      2898. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the children’s disability network team for CHO2 – 6; if it is set to go ahead in 2021; the timeframe for it; if it is not going...
    • Nursing Homes
      2900. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a centre (details supplied) will not be reopening until August 2021 due to staff redeployment. [39557/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2901. To ask the Minister for Health the details of discussions that have taken place to date in relation to the proposals to open the Drogheda vaccination centre on a full-time basis,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2902. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects water parks, family entertainment centres and gaming arcades to be permitted to reopen under the current Covid-19 restrictions.; and if he...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2903. To ask the Minister for Health the support that can be offered to general practitioners seeking to support a patient through a community detoxification programme. [39563/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2904. To ask the Minister for Health if a person has their marriage name on their passport but on their EU Digital COVID Certificate is their maiden name due to divorce, if they can they still...
    • Disability Services
      2907. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the progress of the Time To Move On Strategy; the steps he will take to ensure that all persons included within the programme receive adequate...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2909. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters (details supplied) in relation to staff involved in Covid-19 contact tracing call centres; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2911. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to allow for mixing of Covid-19 vaccines between first and second doses; the options available to those advised not to obtain a second dose...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      2913. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the report by an organisation (details supplied) on Traveller homelessness was not published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39634/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2914. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to show his appreciation for all front-line workers under his remit other than a clap on the back; if he is planning a bonus, gratuity...
    • Disability Services
      2915. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent location has been chosen for the inclusion centre in Ballybofey and Stranorlar, County Donegal; if there are plans to move the centre from its...
    • Health Services
      2917. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme to all persons with type 2 diabetes; his views on whether it is equitable that persons with type...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2918. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend eligibility to the long-term illness scheme for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips to all women who develop gestational diabetes...
    • Health Services Staff
      2919. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multi-disciplinary team; his views on the fact that psychosocial...
    • Health Services
      2921. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39642/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2926. To ask the Minister for Health if the full list of all section 39 agencies to which pay restoration applies including the smaller ones agreed at a recent conciliation conference held under...
    • Ambulance Service
      2927. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service does not recognise intermediate care operatives as ambulance personnel; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2931. To ask the Minister for Health if advice can be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence regarding vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2932. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the return of live music for weddings; and if the return of live music for weddings is tied to its return in wider hospitality settings. [39661/21]
    • Dental Services
      2934. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline by CHO or any smaller unit in which HSE dental services have been limited to emergency provision only for children and or adults for each...
    • Hospital Procedures
      2936. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the risk assessments considered by the board of management at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital relating to the premature induction of...
    • Health Services Staff
      2937. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2938. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the period of natural immunity through contracting Covid-19 is considered six and not nine months as supported by the HSE for persons to...
    • Hospital Procedures
      2939. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants at Beaumont Hospital performing full removal of transobturator mesh implants; the number of surgeries performed in the past 12...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      2942. To ask the Minister for Health : when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39681/21]
    • Disability Services
      2943. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the budget for aids and appliances for persons with disabilities for each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2945. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of the various personal emergency response systems, surgical footwear, hearing aids and prosthetic limbs provided by the HSE in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services
      2946. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs incurred with the provision and care of persons with hearing aids, surgical footwear prosthetic limbs in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2949. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made within the EU Digital COVID Certificate system to verify that a person cannot be vaccinated on medical grounds; and if he will make...
    • Community Care
      2951. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 8 of the Stability Programme Update 2021 that is designated for infrastructure to support community...
    • Health Services
      2952. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing additional dedicated children’s beds for psychiatric care to stop the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric...
    • Health Services Staff
      2953. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortfall of general practitioners nationally as well as in an area (details supplied) specifically; and if he will make...
    • Health Service Executive
      2955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39700/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2956. To ask the Minister for Health the net change in the number of and WTE staffing of early intervention teams since February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39701/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2960. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for inpatient and outpatient appointments and procedures within the UL hospital group and CHO3; the category and type of...
    • Departmental Reviews
      2963. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled...
    • Health Services Staff
      2965. To ask the Minister for Health if orthoptics will be a regulated profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      2966. To ask the Minister for Health when the value for money review on nursing home care costs will be published. [39722/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2967. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the palliative care evidence brief will be published. [39723/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      2968. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the literature review of international approaches to the regulation of health and social care professions will be published. [39724/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      2969. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the review of the governance arrangements and the resources currently in place to support the Health Service Executive reimbursement and pricing...
    • Departmental Reviews
      2970. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review by the expert review body on nursing and midwifery; and if the review will be published. [39726/21]
    • Tax Code
      2971. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sugar sweetened drinks tax evaluation; and if the evaluation will be published. [39727/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2972. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the research programme in healthcare reform; and if a review will be published. [39728/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      2973. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the safe nurse staffing and skill mix review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2974. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered engaging with NIAC to examine the possibility of giving a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups in the high risk and very...
    • Health Services
      2975. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      2978. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of the main lead paediatric pain consultant roles in Children’s Health Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2980. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE guidelines in relation to close contacts and testing will be updated due to the Covid-19 delta variant; if it is due to remain the same; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages
      2981. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in north County Dublin in 2021; and the way this compares to 2020, in tabular form. [39772/21]
    • Health Services
      2983. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and language therapy in north County Dublin to date in 2021; and the way this compares to 2020, in tabular form....
    • Mental Health Services
      2986. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services first appointment in north County Dublin by the duration of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2989. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the number of outstanding first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for each vaccination cohort and age group; and if every high-risk...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2990. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the reopening guidelines and timelines governing bingo halls and snooker halls. [39794/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      2991. 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...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2992. 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...
    • Health Services
      2993. To ask the Minister for Health the companies currently operating the HPV cervical screening programme; the percentage of work per laboratory and company; the length of time the current...
    • Birth Certificates
      2996. To ask the Minister for Health when births will be registered in order that those needing to travel urgently can get passports for their children; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2997. To ask the Minister for Health if an EU Digital COVID Certificate will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39830/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      2998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist dieticians, nutrition specialists and therapists specialising in eating disorders that work out of Ennis General Hospital through...
    • Mental Health Services
      2999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been of the waiting list for CAMHS services at the end of each year between 2016 to 2020 in County Clare in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      3002. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for eye examinations in County Clare. [39837/21]
    • Dental Services
      3004. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for dental examinations and check-ups in County Clare. [39842/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      3005. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not vaccinating under 18s; if he has considered a vaccination programme for leaving certificate students to prevent any missed classroom...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3006. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment. [39958/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3007. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which projects such as the new children’s hospital, the new national maternity hospital, Naas General Hospital and other such projects...
    • Health Services Staff
      3008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts remaining to be filled in the Kildare psychology services; the efforts currently in hand to address this issue; and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      3009. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that modern child and adolescent assessments can be made available to children with such requirements in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      3010. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which actions are in hand to minimise the recent cyber-attack on the most sensitive of services provided by the HSE including oncology,...
    • Dental Services
      3011. To ask the Minister for Health when the appropriate action will be taken to ensure the provision of full-scale orthodontic treatment for children; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3013. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an EU Digital COVID Certificate to be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39990/21]
    • Food Safety
      3014. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the series of checks being done by the HSE environmental health...
    • Hospital Staff
      3015. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital porters working overtime face reductions and arrears in relation to their lump sums and pension entitlements; the steps he is taking to address...
    • Disability Services
      3016. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service (details supplied) is still running on a reduced capacity which is causing severe difficulties for the service users and their families;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3017. To ask the Minister for Health if, once restrictions are lifted in July 2021, sporting events organised by non-NGB recognised organisations can go ahead, for example, rally sprints, baton...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3018. To ask the Minister for Health the specific section of which specific legislation in which it was provided that Ireland should conduct a free Covid-19 vaccination programme to every adult...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      3019. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify procedures and processes around parental guardian consent in administering contraceptives in care home settings with a view to controlling...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3020. To ask the Minister for Health if he will produce daily updates on the EU Digital COVID Certificate roll-out. [40005/21]
    • Care of the Elderly
      3021. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the proposed closure of the HSE building in Ennistymon, Prague House, as it has been deemed condemned; if his attention has...
    • Mental Health Services
      3024. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mental health service in north west County Clare is going to be closed with reference to his previous commitment to ensure that such services...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      3027. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the summer camp sector in the events sector scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40015/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      3028. To ask the Minister for Health the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3029. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE guidelines for its staff will be updated to allow for foreign travel. [40055/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3030. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of psychology services in the Headford and Lackagh primary care service, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Death Certificates
      3032. To ask the Minister for Health if the backlog on the issue of death certificates due to Covid-19 is being cleared; and when a death which occurred in April 2021 (details supplied) might be...
    • Health Services Staff
      3033. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the filling of a vacant position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      3034. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place to ensure that the proper staffing complement is in place when the new orthopaedic unit at Merlin Park University...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      3038. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE applied for and was granted licences for the importation of medicinal cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40082/21]
    • Health Services
      3039. To ask the Minister for Health when staff who have been deployed from respite care to cover day service hours in residential houses will return to providing five-day a week respite services...
    • Disability Services
      3041. To ask the Minister for Health when rehab services for persons with intellectual disabilities will resume to their pre-pandemic levels in County Meath; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Health Services
      3042. To ask the Minister for Health when diabetes clinics will return to pre-pandemic services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons with diabetes have not had in-person...
    • Data Protection
      3043. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the consideration given to the security of the Covid tracker app in terms of its suitability to process personal medical data outside its...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      3044. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the use of an antibody test as a qualification for participation in indoor dining; if a certain threshold of antibody prevalence could be...
    • Dental Services
      3047. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in County Galway; the writing time for orthodontic assessment; the number of patients on the...
    • State Bodies
      3048. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence dated 24 June 2021 (details supplied) regarding the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force and its requirement that its chairperson is...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      3050. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement of a company (details supplied) in the appointment of a new chairperson to the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      3051. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a funding mechanism for health care assistants currently employed by the HSE for EMT courses run by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3053. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for ophthalmic surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3054. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40110/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3056. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an eye operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40112/21]
    • Health Services
      3057. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the frequency of physiotherapy sessions have decreased for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40113/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      3060. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made for a home support application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40116/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3061. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40117/21]
    • Hospital Services
      3063. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 12 May 2021, if children with spina bifida born before 2008 under the care of St. Mary’s Children’s...
    • Health Services Staff
      3064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for positions within the mental health services in County Donegal; the corresponding length of the vacancies in tabular form; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      3065. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for mental health services in County Donegal by organisation from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      3067. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 189 of 7 July 2021, the number of additional development posts for specialist children's disability therapy services that...
    • Eating Disorders
      3068. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to use services provided by a centre (details supplied) in the treatment of eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Charges
      3069. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the introduction of the cap on hospital car park charges; if he will provide a current breakdown of average costs of parking for...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3070. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed Dundalk primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40145/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3071. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 5- bed new St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant details; and if he...
    • Health Services
      3072. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CNU project on the Dublin Road, Drogheda; the most recent specification brief on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      3073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered under the dental treatment services scheme by county on a monthly basis from January 2020 to July 2021, in tabular form; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3074. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to the second dose recommendation for a vaccine for administering after 21 days rather than 28 days (details...
    • Dental Services
      3075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card recipients registered under the dental treatment services scheme by county on a monthly basis from January 2020 to July 2021, in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3077. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen a SouthDoc service in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40187/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      3079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors employed in each HSE region annually since 2015. [40189/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      3080. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure the timely and regular community availability of the drug tocilizumab to pharmacies other than hospitals; and if he will...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      3081. To ask the Minister for Health the way a family (details supplied) can claim for the backdated cost of prescriptions for eligible patients treated under Ministerial licence. [40195/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      3082. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays with the HSE pest control service including unanswered calls and emails; the steps being taken to remedy the...
    • Disability Services
      3083. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the daily transport charge being charged to service users attending HSE day services in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the reason service...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      3084. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Sars-Cov-2 tests have returned positive results given it has been stated that it is virtually impossible to detect Sars-Cov-2 when the cycle...
    • Disability Services
      3085. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an early intervention team in an area (details supplied) has not yet been allowed to see children for in-person appointments; the measures...
    • Health Services Staff
      3088. To ask the Minister for Health when day services staff will be reinstated at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/21]
    • Health Services
      3089. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that funds committed to a person (details supplied) in a facility are fully accounted for and are being spent on...
    • Health Services Staff
      3090. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE healthcare workers who are travelling under the EU Digital COVID Certificate are not required to quarantine for five days; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3092. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding the discrepancy in the language in relation to vaccine certification that exists between the EU website and the Irish...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3096. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will recognise the Digital COVID Certificate issued by Switzerland which was approved by the European Commission on 8 July 2021 for the purposes of...
    • Disability Services
      3098. To ask the Minister for Health if he in conjunction with the other relevant Departments will consider a scheme whereby those in receipt of the disability allowance can access electric...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination cards that are unaccounted for across the vaccination centre system. [40298/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3101. To ask the Minister for Health if all the potential negative health impacts of the cleaning and disinfecting products and procedures he advises that schools use will be disclosed to parents...
    • Nursing Homes
      3103. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was paid out nationwide on the temporary assistance payment scheme since its introduction for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 cases that were recorded in nursing homes in County Meath since the start of the pandemic to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      3116. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of staff that were employed in nursing homes in each county nationwide in each of the years 2019 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in Dublin; the number proposed; and the delivery date of each. [40326/21]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      3118. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding the continuous overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40334/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      3119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2021; the way this compares to 2020; the number of persons currently...
    • Dental Services
      3120. To ask the Minister for Health when the latest review of the dental treatment services scheme took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40341/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3121. To ask the Minister for Health the supports he is providing to reduce waiting times for inpatient and day case procedures and outpatient appointments in Cavan General Hospital; and if he...
    • Health Services
      3122. To ask the Minister for Health if additional orthopaedic capacity will be provided at an early date in view of increasing waiting lists for adult and paediatric orthopaedic surgery; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3123. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of patients who have been on the waiting list for a cancer related hospital appointments in County Meath per month in 2019, 2020 and to...
    • Health Services
      3128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who availed of cervical checks in County Meath in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [40350/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      3129. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be available in the new primary healthcare centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when each of the services will be operational;...
    • Dental Services
      3130. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that orthodontic treatment for children in County Carlow in the public system is only being carried out on an...
    • Health Services
      3131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address delays to developmental checks for young children in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; when these developmental checks by public health nurses...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3132. To ask the Minister for Health when County Carlow will have an ambulance base which is fit for purpose; his views on whether it is acceptable for a town the size of Carlow to not have its...
    • Primary Care Centres
      3133. To ask the Minister for Health when primary care services and a new primary care facility will be established in Tullow, County Carlow; the location of same; the timescale for this service...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3134. To ask the Minister for Health the stage in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out it is envisaged persons living in disability accommodation unable to give informed consent will be offered...
    • Healthcare Policy
      3136. To ask the Minister for Health his views on hard drug usage amongst the population; his views on whether traditional prohibition policies are having a negative impact; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      3138. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has refused to publish the external service review into missed radiology scans at University Hospital Kerry; if the HSE will publish the...
    • Health Services
      3140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will personally intervene to address the unacceptable waiting times for children using Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, in the Cork...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      3141. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being adopted to address overcrowding and lengthy waiting times at the emergency department in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      3143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the number of ambulances available at any given time in County Kerry in the months of May to October in the context of the swollen...
    • Mental Health Services
      3144. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the review of the South Kerry CAMHS prescription issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40451/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      3146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the exclusion of babies and young children from vaccination centres when their parents are being vaccinated is properly communicated to...
    • Health Services Staff
      3148. 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 CHO1 from 2018 to 2020;...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      3149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications waiting for a primary medical certificate in County Clare; the current application processing time for a primary medical...
    • Home Care Packages
      3150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in County Clare in 2021; the way this compares to 2020; the number of persons currently waiting for home...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      3152. To ask the Minister for Health the status of outpatient waiting lists in the child and adolescent mental health services in the Louth south community mental health team and the Louth north...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3153. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the gynaecological outpatients waiting list in Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the position regarding the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3154. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3155. To ask the Minister for Health if special consideration will be given to allow seating in shopping centres and other public areas for persons who have a disability (details supplied) in the...
    • Home Care Packages
      3156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of home care for a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [40520/21]
    • Dental Services
      3157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Monaghan who accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40523/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      3159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (detail supplied) has been waiting three months for a vaccination at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40526/21]
    • Hospital Services
      3161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital has been closed in 2021 as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide dates of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3165. To ask the Minister for Health when the EU Digital COVID Certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40552/21]
    • Care Services
      3166. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will return for service users of adult day care services in Thurles, County Tipperary who attended a facility (details supplied) prior...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3167. To ask the Minister for Health the actions a person must take in circumstances (details supplied). [40558/21]
    • Health Promotion
      3169. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will be introducing a diabetes education for adults programme within the University of Limerick Hospital Group. [40568/21]
    • Health Services
      3170. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will be introducing insulin pumps for adult diabetic patients within the University of Limerick Hospital Group (details...
    • Health Promotion
      3172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      3176. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will extend the flash glucose FreeStyle Libre device to those over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse reactions reported in Ireland following the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      3182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for speech and language therapists in County Kerry; and the steps that are being taken to address the backlog. [40594/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for psychiatrists in County Kerry; and the steps that are being taken to address the backlog. [40595/21]
    • Disability Services
      3184. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan who has been diagnosed with autism will have a speech and language and an occupational therapy support to...
    • Mental Health Services
      3185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wexford; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six and more than 12 months,...
    • Health Services
      3186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in County Wexford; the number who have been waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12...
    • Departmental Funding
      3189. To ask the Minister for Health the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      3191. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost and timeline of the State using a compulsory purchase order to acquire the land owned by a group (details supplied) at the location the new...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest vaccine statistics for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40681/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3194. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a health centre (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40698/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      3197. To ask the Minister for Health if a breakdown of waiting times for assessment of needs in each of the CHO regions will be provided; and when the appointment of specialists in the area will...
    • Medicinal Products
      3199. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether sativex oromucosal spray could possibly be introduced as an approved medicine under the long-term illness scheme for multiple sclerosis...
    • Hospital Services
      3200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new facility in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital which is intended to cater for cataract surgery; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3202. To ask the Minister for Health if amusement arcades, bowling alleys and so on can open under the same conditions or other similar conditions in view of the decision to allow indoor dining...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      3203. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will provide funding to allow the charities that provide two soup runs in Dublin to remain in operation if the HSE close down on...
    • Health Service Executive
      3204. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE currently covers care for women with pregnancy related conditions such as gestational diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      3205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children receiving psychiatric medication in the puffin ward in Cork University Hospital. [40826/21]
    • Health Services
      3210. To ask the Minister for Health the type of healthcare that is covered by the HSE for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40831/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3212. To ask the Minister for Health if the levels of psychiatric medication being administered to children in the puffin ward in CUH are in line with best practice; and the other supports...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      3220. To ask the Minister for Health if a lease (details supplied) includes a condition that a licence be granted to the group to operate the new facility for the entire duration of the term of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      3223. To ask the Minister for Health the price of the single contract awarded for the construction of a new pharmacy at St. Vincent's University Hospital and the extension of the multi-storey car...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      3224. To ask the Minister for Health if the State has any security, either legal or equitable, over the property at the Elm Park campus upon which public monies have been expended on enabling...
    • Mental Health Services
      3226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for gynaecology appointments by hospital in tabular form; and the average waiting time. [40913/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      3233. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to legislate for surrogacy in Ireland in particular in relation to formal recognition of mothers on birth certificates, retrospective...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3234. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a knee operation in Galway University Hospital taking into account the circumstances of the case; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      3235. To ask the Minister for Health the full number of children and adolescents that are being reviewed by the HSE as part of the couth Kerry CAMHS review; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3240. To ask the Minister for Health if a fully vaccinated tourist visiting Ireland from abroad will be able to dine indoors; the way such a person can prove their vaccination status; the steps...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated supply forecast for Covid-19 vaccines expected to be delivered into Ireland over the next six months. [40974/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      3244. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed east Meath primary care centre which is to be located in Bettystown town centre; when he expects works to commence and any other...
    • Health Services Staff
      3245. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of training a nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41032/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3246. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for parents or carers who wish to travel abroad during the Covid-19 pandemic with children under 18 years of age who have special...
    • Mental Health Services
      3247. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41053/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      3249. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the staff of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork following its closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41055/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3250. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a centre (details supplied) in County Cork that is due to close this year; if the building is deemed not fit for purpose, if it will be used for...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of second dose vaccination appointments which have been missed by CHO; and if there is a contingency plan for ensuring that no vaccine is wasted...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3253. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; the steps that can be taken to expedite the treatment for the person; and if he...
    • Health Services
      3254. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was deemed ineligible for reimbursement under the HSE cross border directive and was asked to repay a sum that was...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      3255. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new palliative care unit in Drogheda town following the HSE engagement with a third party; if plans have been submitted that...
    • General Practitioner Services
      3256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a general practitioner appointment by county in tabular form; and the average waiting time. [41065/21]
    • Programme for Government
      3258. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to provide free contraception over a phased period, starting with women aged 17 to 25...
    • Home Care Packages
      3265. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of clearing home care package waiting lists. [41197/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      3266. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to hire 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists. [41198/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3267. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of employing all mental health staff to bring the public service up to recommended staffing levels recommended in Sharing the...
    • Health Services
      3268. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism and other additional needs. [41200/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      3270. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay. [41202/21]
    • Health Services
      3272. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount it will cost to maintain the pre-Covid19 levels of service provision across the health service in 2022 in view of demographic changes and...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      3273. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50. [41205/21]
    • Emergency Departments
      3277. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing accident and emergency charges. [41209/21]
    • Dental Services
      3278. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reinstate the 2008 dental treatment services scheme. [41210/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available in each CHO; and the number of persons waiting for mental health beds. [41211/21]
    • Health Services
      3281. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of permanently increasing and fully staffing and on a permanent basis to bring the level of ICU beds to 560 in the hospital...
    • Nursing Homes
      3282. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of the current levels of nursing home care provided through the public health system. [41214/21]
    • Health Services
      3285. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of subsidies paid to the private hospital network. [41217/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      3286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health consultants in the employ of the public health service; and the estimated full year cost of employing them. [41219/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      3290. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s strategy for the specific allocation and utilisation of resources to tackle mental health issues in County Meath; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3299. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the enforcement of the regulations in respect of indoor hospitality; the details of the role to be played by An Garda Síochána,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      3303. To ask the Minister for Health the time period required to elapse after each vaccine after which a person is considered fully vaccinated; if this is two-weeks for all vaccines or if there...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3304. To ask the Minister for Health the repercussions for hospitals that ignore HSE guidelines in respect of maternity restrictions; if such behaviour will go unchecked to the continued...
    • Mental Health Services
      3305. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the waiting lists for CAMHS split into CHOs specifying the circumstances in which persons have been waiting over 1, 3, 6, 12 and 18 months...
    • Suicide Incidence
      3307. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the collection, availability and communication to the public of data relating to suicide and self-harm incidences given recent misleading...
    • Mental Health Services
      3308. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional post-lockdown mental health supports to assist persons who suffered with isolation and other negative effects during this...
    • Dental Services
      3309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the request for an appointment (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      3311. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the monthly financial cost of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Ireland from January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      3315. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce adult safeguarding legislation to prevent abuse and neglect of adults wherever it occurs; the legislative timeframe for same; and if he...
    • Health Strategies
      3320. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new National Cardiovascular Health Strategy in view of the fact that previous strategy expired in 2019; the timeline for the new strategy; and...
    • Disease Management
      3321. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national registry of heart valve disease to include data from public and private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      3322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac physiologists currently employed in Ireland; the number of cardiac physiologists employed in Galway city and county; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      3323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for echocardiography services across primary care in Galway city and county in tabular form; of the number of these...
    • Hospital Equipment
      3324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of echocardiogram machines in Galway city and county including in acute hospitals and primary care; the location of these machines; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      3327. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis his Department has carried out into the reasons for and consequences of the ongoing closure of respite services in Galway city and county; if any...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      3329. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Parliamentary Questions are not being responded to in cases in which questions require simple answers from him; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      3330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for BreastCheck appointments by hospital in tabular form. [41364/21]
    • Disability Services
      3335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children with additional needs living in the Dublin Central and North Dublin area are experiencing significant delays in receiving disability...
    • Abortion Services
      3338. To ask the Minister for Health if undocumented persons or those without a PPS number can access abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41378/21]
    • Health Services
      3340. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for undocumented persons and those without a PPS number to access the maternity and infant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Charges
      3341. To ask the Minister for Health the costs received by each public hospital against the costs incurred by each public hospital in contracting external debt collection agencies to pursue...
    • Health Service Executive
      3342. To ask the Minister for Health the costs received versus incurred by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges by each year from 2015 to 2020 and to...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Gorse Burning
      3346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to address illegal gorse fires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41095/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      3347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that the agreement between an organisation (details supplied) and the Beef Taskforce is enforced regarding...
    • Defective Building Materials
      3348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a scheme to support farming families with MICA in their farm buildings in view of the Department of Education...
    • Forestry Sector
      3349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry felling licences issued each month from August 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      3359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39209/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      3361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if forestry planting is permitted in areas in which the hen harrier is present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39259/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      3363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken to support the indigenous wool trade industry; his plans to improve the prices that farmers...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      3364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BEAM payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on correspondence which issued to the...
    • Forestry Sector
      3365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered foresters in operation in each of the past ten years. [39320/21]
    • Horticulture Sector
      3366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of engagements he has had with the mushroom sector regarding the restrictions on the harvesting of horticultural peat;...
    • Departmental Records
      3369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date regarding the digitisation of Land Commission records in the context of the development of key search...
    • Departmental Staff
      3371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of all PRSI contributions paid between 7 April 1953 and 31 January 1993 by an established employee...
    • Forestry Sector
      3372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 13 July 2021, the level of grant aid and premium support and tax incentives...
    • Greyhound Industry
      3373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds in the national racing pool from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2021; the number of greyhounds injured and...
    • Fishing Industry
      3378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stage plans are currently at in relation to introducing a decommissioning scheme for fishing vessels; when the scheme will come...
    • Forestry Sector
      3379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he plans to take to address the long waiting lists for afforestation, road and felling licences; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Culls
      3380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the total amount spent on badger culling by his Department in the past ten years in County Wicklow; the...
    • Animal Diseases
      3381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the total amount spent on the vaccination of badgers for tuberculosis by his Department in the past ten years...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      3382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has to show his appreciation for all front-line workers under his remit other than a clap on the back; if he is...
    • Fisheries Protection
      3383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which the SFPA will appoint a sea fisheries protection officer in County Donegal; if consideration has been given to...
    • Departmental Staff
      3384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      3385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the operation of the TAMS five-year rule with regard to eligibility for grant aid for a second grant application...
    • Fishing Industry
      3386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Belgian FMVs are allowed land fish in Ireland without weighing as part of the EU Commission approved control programme between...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      3389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to invest strategically in harbour infrastructure to...
    • Fishing Industry
      3390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in addressing recommendation 8.8 (1) of the Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review Group. [40163/21]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      3396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will add shearing as a qualification measure for the sheep welfare scheme. [40169/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      3399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to revive the wool market for Irish sheep farmers. [40172/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      3400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately commence section 13 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997. [40175/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      3401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the applications of organisations (details supplied) to become producer organisations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Surveys
      3402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the National Hedgerow Survey. [40177/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      3403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of qualified female veterinary inspectors employed by his Department in each of the years of 2019, 2020 and to date in...
    • Fishing Industry
      3404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to speed up the decision-making process in relation to aquaculture licensing; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      3408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legislation and regulation will be reviewed to address the issue of serial objectors in respect of forestry and felling...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      3409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Coillte lands in County Kerry that are currently open to members of the public for recreational use such as walking and cycling;...
    • Forestry Sector
      3410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the output to date in 2021 of afforestation, roads and felling licences; the way this compares with the licensing output for the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      3416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef finisher payment appeal application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      3417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews;...
    • Forestry Sector
      3418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for a new felling, afforestation and roads forestry licences, respectively in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Animal Breeding
      3423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid to or through an organisation (details supplied) by his Department in the past three years; if he is satisfied that...
    • Horticulture Sector
      3424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he had recent discussions with representative groups and other Departments in relation to the urgent need to resolve the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      3425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will initiate an independent review of the EIA (Agriculture) Regulations, 2011 and 2017 and their implementation....
    • Forestry Sector
      3426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of planting 125,000 hectares of foresting with a mixture of broad leaf and native species. [41194/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      3427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost of a basic income payment to full-time farmers engaged in agroecological or high nature value farming....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      3429. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a project in County Kerry has been made aware of the availability of a nearby facility (details supplied); if so, if she will...
    • Community Development Projects
      3430. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department plans to reopen the community services programme for applications. [39116/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      3431. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason funding was not provided for a centre (details supplied) to ensure it is fully staffed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rural Schemes
      3432. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will respond to queries raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of access to Leader funding; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      3433. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is in receipt of a proposal for a blueway from Mallow to Ballyduff through Killavullenk, Castletownroche, Ballyhooly, Fermoy...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      3434. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will examine the case of an organisation (details supplied) which was eligible under the priority criteria for the COVID-19...
    • Rural Schemes
      3436. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when works will commence at a location (details supplied) under the small scale capital works programme; the timeline for these...
    • Library Services
      3437. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the research and study areas within local libraries will be open for use to the public as in the case of a library in Dundalk...
    • Rural Schemes
      3438. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application (details supplied) under the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      3439. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3440. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been allocated for wheelchair accessibility on walking trails in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively;...
    • Island Communities
      3441. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding provided by her Department towards the development of the islands from 2015 to date, by island, funding type...
    • Rural Schemes
      3442. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to a group (details supplied) that has been providing services to autistic children in Limerick for...
    • Vacant Properties
      3444. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development he steps she is taking to address the issue of vacant and derelict buildings in towns and villages that are presently eyesores but...
    • Rural Schemes
      3445. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided in 2021 for the local improvement scheme in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      3447. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such reviews;...
    • Rural Schemes
      3448. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the indemnity scheme for mountain climbers and farmers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      3449. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will put in place a specific fund for communities trying to maintain, repair and service defibrillators; and if she will make...
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      3450. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development an bhfuil aon phlé déanta ag a Roinn le ESB Networks agus le NBI agus le hUisce Éireann maidir le cabla nua...
    • Community Development Projects
      3451. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and description of development projects that have begun in Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40817/21]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      3454. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of her Department regarding the Mobile Broadband Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Schemes
      3456. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to previous Parliamentary Questions, if Louth County Council has submitted the revised scope for a project (details...
    • Community Development Projects
      3457. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to encourage book clubs for older persons to tackle...
    • Rural Schemes
      3458. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of the rural regeneration and development fund will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on...

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