Written answers

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Policy
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the mid-east Regional Enterprise Plan. [43818/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the most recent communication with the Department of Foreign Affairs in relation to Ireland’s stance on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Kilkenny that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
    • Trade Missions
      60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his recent trade mission to the UK, France and Germany respectively; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to legislate to provide employees with the right to request remote working. [43609/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will call on the European Union to support a temporary TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to consulting interested groups regarding the proposed legislation to grant access to the Workplace Relations...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
    • Digital Hubs
      68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department engage with local authorities regarding the development of digital hubs; and if he will make...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress over summer 2021 on the development of an IDA property (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the South-East Regional Enterprise Plan. [43790/21]
    • Dublin Bus
      71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had any involvement in the ongoing industrial dispute at Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43844/21]
    • Insurance Industry
      72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the actions his Department is taking under the Action Plan for Insurance Reform. [43817/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that Covid-19 vaccine trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver is addressed...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the wake of a recent major jobs' announcement for Dublin, his Department and the IDA are engaging to have multinational online...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the Sustaining Enterprise and Accelerated Recovery Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43830/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to safeguard jobs in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/21]
    • Insurance Industry
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work to reform insurance with a view to reducing the cost on individual consumers and businesses; and if he will...
    • Enterprise Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of the regional enterprise plan to 2024 for the west of Ireland; when the plan will be completed and...
    • Work Permits
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of non-EEA employment permits for the homecare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43655/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives his Department is taking to promote social enterprise. [43610/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the detail of the progress of the Sustaining Enterprise and Accelerated Recovery Fund since its launch; and if he will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the introduction of the small company administrative rescue process which is aiming to be a simplified, timely and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number...
    • Enterprise Policy
      89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any ongoing engagement between the indigenous enterprise, SMEs and entrepreneurship division of his Department and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in advance of a phased return to office-based working from 22 September 2021, he and his Department will publicly state that the...
    • Brexit Supports
      91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new Brexit impact loan scheme will reopen for applications. [43846/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan. [43825/21]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if training and financial supports available to businesses setting up online can be increased to meet the support needs arising from...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to the continuity of Covid-19 business supports as business reopen; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the recent purchase by the IDA of two land banks in County Louth; the plans for these sites; if any other associated...
    • Health and Safety
      97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether adequate resources have been allocated to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Living Wage
      98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to progress a living wage. [43800/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deal with the recruitment crisis presently facing all trade and retail sectors; the incentives his Department will be...
    • Trade Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the detail of the overall trends in import and export trade, trade between Ireland and both Great Britain and Northern Ireland,...
    • Immigration Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered introducing a points-based system for the entry into the country and naturalisation of skilled workers and their...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of workers that wish to continue working remotely even after the scheduled national return to the workplace on 22...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to include businesses that missed the deadlines for Covid-19 business supports; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Industry
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of...
    • Enterprise Policy
      106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered adopting the economic model of community wealth building which has been successful in Ayrshire,...
    • Northern Ireland
      109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with business representatives in Northern Ireland in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol. [43734/21]
    • Work Permits
      110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the analysis his Department has carried out into the removal of dental nurses from the ineligible list of occupations for employment...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an overview of the efforts his Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland are making in terms of attracting new...
    • Job Creation
      112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to develop a green jobs programme in view of the climate crisis and the current situation of mass unemployment. [43832/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that his Department, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta plan to promote remote working among...
    • Departmental Meetings
      114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings he has had with businesses, workers and representatives of the events industry since July 2020; and the dates...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to facilitate hybrid working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/21]
    • Data Centres
      119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider a review of Government policy on the development of data centres in Ireland until a cost-benefit analysis has...
    • Enterprise Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the South-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [43848/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene via legislation or otherwise to protect workers who must stay at home with their school-aged child who has to...
    • Legislative Measures
      123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the general scheme of the sick leave Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43752/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Carlow that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
    • Enterprise Policy
      126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the North-East Regional Enterprise Plan. [43733/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the extension of Brexit grace periods. [43526/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies by county that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme since its introduction; the closing date...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to upgrade the IT systems of his Department and bodies under his remit with a view to maximise the protection against cyber...
    • Job Losses
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of collective redundancies on a monthly basis have been notified to his Department in July and August and to date in...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had any involvement in the ongoing industrial dispute at the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Enterprise Policy
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will put in place measures to solve the current staffing crisis in the hospitality industry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Insurance Industry
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts he is making to reduce insurance costs in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43788/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made by his Department in providing supports to businesses under the Sustaining Enterprise and Accelerated...
    • Work Permits
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he can facilitate the increased number of requests for work permit-related visas having particular regard to the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the fact that 116 workers employed by Shannon Group are currently working below the minimum wage; and if he will...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      139. To ask the Taoiseach the current policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      140. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or a State agency booked or paid for an event (details supplied); if so, the date the booking was made; and the reason for the event and the payment....
    • Cabinet Confidentiality
      141. To ask the Taoiseach if he has ordered an investigation into a possible leak from the Cabinet in the matter of the appointment of a person (details supplied); if not, the reason; if so, if...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the roles held by a person (details supplied) with or involving his Department or any State agencies. [41901/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated...
    • Freedom of Information
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of responses that...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [43001/21]
    • Government Communications
      148. To ask the Taoiseach if his Ministerial phones have been hacked or attempts were made to hack them during the term of office. [42933/21]
    • Research and Development
      151. To ask the Taoiseach when the next business expenditure on research and development, BERD, survey will be published. [43028/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      152. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same;...
    • Legislative Process
      154. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included regulatory impact assessments; and the titles of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      155. To ask the Taoiseach the grade of each staff member in the shared island unit of his Department, in tabular form. [43970/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      156. To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect of late payments being...
    • Departmental Projects
      157. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the north-east inner-city oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [43264/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Expenditure
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the case of a person (details supplied); if any help or advice will be provided in relation to the matter; and if he...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of recruiting five additional full-time professional accountants grade 1 and two additional full-time...
    • Labour Market
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which efforts are being made to source an adequate supply of operatives to facilitate the meat-processing sector,...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with local enterprise offices on their funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Labour Market
      164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; if he...
    • Fire Safety
      165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 23 June 2021, if his Department has completed its review of the public consultation...
    • Legislative Process
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included regulatory...
    • Industrial Development
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland site visits to County Cork in quarter 2 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43956/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Cork that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in...
    • State Bodies
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments in each of the years from 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 made by the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that workers who wish to do so can work from home. [44022/21]
    • National Minimum Wage
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on lower minimum wages for young workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44023/21]
    • Employment Rights
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure rapid implementation of the employment regulation order for the security sector; and if he will make...
    • Consumer Protection
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 March 2021, the engagement his Department has had with the Competition and Consumer...
    • Work Permits
      175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to remove care workers and home carers from the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits in view of the...
    • Labour Market
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by various sectors in the economy in obtaining the...
    • Work Permits
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit-related visa applications currently awaiting processing, with particular reference to various aspects of...
    • Brexit Issues
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to monitor difficulties experienced by Irish exporters arising from Brexit; the measures in place or...
    • Enterprise Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to monitor each trade and industry to identify how they are impacted by Covid-19 and Brexit; if he...
    • Labour Market
      183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which Irish persons overseas can be encouraged to return to Ireland in order to meet staff vacancies throughout...
    • Enterprise Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which his Department has identified barriers to the recovery of the economy in the wake of Covid-19; his proposals to...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment notwithstanding...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the concept of working from home or through digital hubs is being progressed with a view to ensuring the optimum...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Policy
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the EPA regarding its guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of poultry within...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to...
    • Environmental Policy
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria for the Western Lakes Plan as recently announced by his Department; the geographical areas it covers; the...
    • Waste Management
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current process of identification for the disposal of scrap metal at permitted waste disposal facilities; his plans...
    • Energy Conservation
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to provide extra resources to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to enable it to reduce the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a recent report (details supplied); the steps Ireland is taking to further address climate change;...
    • Energy Policy
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to ensure that future infrastructural energy projects are climate resilient; and if he will...
    • Inland Fisheries
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to compensate eel fishermen and women through a targeted support scheme announced in 2018;...
    • Waste Management
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the legislative framework for the deposit return scheme will be introduced; when he expects the scheme to be...
    • Energy Conservation
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of SEAI EXCEED certified grant expressions of interest that were received since 1 January 2020; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposed timelines for completion of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in an area (details supplied); the...
    • Waste Management
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of an annual support towards the cost of pay by weight bin charges for households disposing...
    • Data Centres
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to deal with threats to the State's power supply in the coming period, specifically actions in...
    • National Broadband Plan
      210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Process
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • State Bodies
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff working in the National Cyber Security Centre in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of any communication with telecommunications companies and network providers to address the...
    • Waste Management
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of recyclable waste produced in the State in 2019 and 2020. [43973/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and...
    • National Broadband Plan
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount applied for and drawn down to date under the encroachment element of the contingency subsidy that is capped...
    • Energy Conservation
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the grant application by a person (details supplied) who did receive support for attic insulation but...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Labour Market
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the working condition of HGV drivers is contributing to the labour shortage in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed a copy of the report by a person (details supplied) relating to the development of the western rail corridor; his...
    • Road Projects
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of national road projects both for primary and secondary roads in County Mayo; and his plans for future...
    • Ports Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to rail freight access at Dublin Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/21]
    • Road Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the R312 in County Mayo; the funding that has been draw down by Mayo County Council in relation to same; and if a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the...
    • Airport Policy
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy on 3 August 2021 (details supplied) regarding the outsourcing of jobs at...
    • Electric Vehicles
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers are encountering problems getting plain glass into new EV cars (details...
    • Road Safety Authority
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual budget allocation for the Road Safety Authority’s digital portal for essential driver training; the number of personnel...
    • Road Projects
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional allocations for roads investments in non-national roads will be made available to local authorities before the end of 2021;...
    • Rail Network
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if customer services officers are onboard all intercity trains; and if not, the estimated cost of ensuring at least one customer service...
    • Dublin Bus
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income received by Dublin Bus from advertisements in each of the past three years in tabular form. [43401/21]
    • Driver Licences
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given by his Department to extending current learning permits expiry dates due to the impact of the Covid-19...
    • Driver Test
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test; the measures being taken to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electronic Commerce
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that all taxis will accept electronic and card payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Forms
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that residents of islands who have island rate car tax on their island-based cars cannot renew the tax online given that they...
    • Driver Licences
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a licence will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43555/21]
    • Public Transport
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planning application for the railway order for Metrolink is expected to be lodged; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the initiatives taken by his Department to access EU funding to provide free Covid-19 testing in order to facilitate safe transport and...
    • Airport Policy
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the appointment of a chair of Shannon Group plc will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43666/21]
    • Bus Services
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the fines for service failures over the past two years for Dublin Bus and Go Ahead; and the reasons and formulae for...
    • Parking Provision
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current guidelines governing the regulation of private clamping companies; and if he plans to reform these regulations. [43692/21]
    • Legislative Process
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • Rail Accidents
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency with which Irish Rail staff are trained to deal with major accidents onboard a train or within a station building. [43885/21]
    • Bus Éireann
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the frequency of Bus Éireann route 245x from four to six services in each direction on the Cork to...
    • Coast Guard Service
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of the Irish Coast Guard building in Howth, County Dublin; and if so, when this work...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in...
    • Public Transport
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 made by Irish Rail,...
    • Driver Test
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that private bus operators will be permitted to stop at Reaghstown, County Louth for the purposes of collecting...
    • Driver Test
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driving test for a person (details supplied) who requires a licence for work. [44213/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department has examined the number and location of countries most likely to benefit from international changes in corporation profit...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related...
    • Tax Reliefs
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to extend tax relief to counselling and psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43254/21]
    • Tax Forms
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the advice which can be provided in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43268/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a financial incentive for first-time buyers who intend purchasing a vacant property; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the benefit-in-kind exemption for electric vehicles beyond the current date of 31 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Interest Rates
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice of a bank (details supplied) of charging negative interest rates on deposit accounts above a certain threshold; if his attention has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the case of a person (details supplied); if any help or advice will be provided in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the adult dependant allowance on the State pension (contributory) is double-taxed given that while the income is taxed the tax credit for...
    • State Bodies
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in the Central Bank dedicated to international financial services including the funds and assets management industries; and the number...
    • Customs and Excise
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of nitrous oxide seized by customs each year since 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43413/21]
    • Financial Services
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is taking to prepare for a reduced reliance on a cash-based economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43433/21]
    • Research and Development
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the countries in the European Economic Area that provide a tax credit system for research and development; the countries in the European Economic Area that...
    • Financial Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if a credit union and or financial institution is allowed to upon granting a new loan add conditions to previous outstanding loans. [43519/21]
    • Student Accommodation
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance if Uninest student accommodation provides support in the form of tax incentive for the construction of student accommodation at Ardcairn House, Dublin 7; the...
    • Legislative Process
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact Assessments; the...
    • Housing Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the extension of the help-to-buy scheme past the current 31 December 2021 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect of late...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans by the Office of Public Works to address a number of issues in respect of a site (details supplied); and the total amount...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the...
    • Office of Public Works
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of qualified horticulturists employed by the OPW as of 1 September 2020 and 1 September 2021, in tabular form. [43399/21]
    • Departmental Projects
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures and projects to which funding under the National Recovery and Resilience Facility and Plan are being allocated in 2022...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the commissioning of services other than by public tender is an option for public bodies provided for under EU procurement...
    • Legislative Process
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • Office of Public Works
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for works (details supplied) in County Meath. [43879/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his officials will make a final determination on the sanction of compensation to be paid to a club (details supplied) agreed in...
    • Government Communications
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings she has had with businesses, workers and representatives of the events industry since July 2020; and the...
    • Sports Funding
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a schedule of swimming pools delivered under the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund will be provided by county; if a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a roadmap for the amateur and professional music and arts sector as the reframing the challenge, continuing...
    • Legislative Process
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Bills prepared by her Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory...
    • Sports Funding
      302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are funding streams available for ultra-triathlon competitors such as a person (details supplied) that wish to compete in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Sports Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital grants will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44214/21]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wastewater Treatment
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the State’s obligation in preventing raw sewerage being discharged into Lough Swilly which is a special...
    • Housing Schemes
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates on which the various changes in income eligibility, in thresholds and ceilings and the commencement of applications...
    • Housing Policy
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if...
    • Housing Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a point-by-point report of the progress made to date in respect of the Programme for Government commitments...
    • Legislative Measures
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if section 48 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021 will apply to houses purchased through affordable housing schemes; when he...
    • Housing Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing schemes referred to in the Housing for All policy document will commence and will be open for...
    • State Bodies
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time staff by job title working in the Office of Planning Regulator as of 7 September 2021; and the number...
    • Fire Service
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the fire services Ctri project in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [43386/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in 2022 of recruiting five extra full-time hydrometeorologists. [43387/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed scheme to implement drinking water fountains per EU Directive 2020/2184; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the details of the shared equity scheme for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Quality
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency carries out monitoring of the water quality of Lough Atorick given its importance as a...
    • Derelict Sites
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on the derelict sites register of each local authority. [43657/21]
    • Legislative Process
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Land Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in acres of publicly owned development land, including land owned by State agencies and bodies, that has been sold...
    • Housing Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the social homes and the number of the affordable homes projected for each year and in total in the new Housing...
    • Legislative Measures
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation that exists to date to compensate householders whose home property is lost due to coast erosion, climate...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date...
    • National Parks
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the name of Ballycroy National Park was changed to Wild Nephin National Park; the name of the person or body that...
    • Heritage Sites
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the independent expert advisory group established by him to evaluate applications for inclusion on Ireland’s UNESCO...
    • Housing Schemes
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures which can be taken by an applicant for a grant for housing adaptation that is needed due to the fact the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which his Department continues to examine and address issues arising from Brexit with particular reference to the operation of...
    • Passport Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of an application (details supplied); the reason documentation was returned given that additional documentation had been...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the processing of applications received for foreign birth registrations will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Seekers
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans that are in place to assist asylum seekers to exit from Afghanistan, either directly or through a third country; if there will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the...
    • Passport Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passport offices will reopen for the issuing of emergency passports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Government Communications
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the informal and formal communications between his senior officials and those of the Department of An Taoiseach in a matter (details...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if construction works have commenced on a new Ireland house in Tokyo, Japan; and if not, when works will commence. [43388/21]
    • Government Communications
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally to the United States Secretary of State in the past two months to request when fully vaccinated Irish citizens can...
    • Passport Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the operational staffing numbers for the Passport Office on a monthly basis from January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) concerning the refoulement of Syrians to Syria; his plans to address the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will bring forward new procedures for the appointment of special envoys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43649/21]
    • Legislative Process
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • Passport Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process in cases in which an Irish passport could be granted to a person through descent; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects his Department to resume the processing of working holiday authorisations from New Zealand; if the Irish Embassy in New...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of person (details supplied) who applied to become an Irish citizen through foreign birth registration. [44186/21]
    • Passport Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a family which has applied for a passport for their child (details supplied) can expect to receive the passport; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      371. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure...
    • Defence Forces
      372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 13 July 2021, when the requested information will be made available by the military authorities;...
    • Legislative Process
      386. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • Defence Forces
      387. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the renewal and replacement programme that is in place by his Department and the military authorities for weaponry and other military equipment...
    • Naval Service
      388. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a contract to replace the LÉ Eithne will be put out to tender before the end of 2021. [43882/21]
    • Defence Forces
      389. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a campaign which aims to highlight global instances of misogyny and abuse experienced by female members of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      390. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teaching Qualifications
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an English higher level diploma level 8 will qualify a student to teach English at secondary school level; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Admissions
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider granting additional resources to a school (details supplied) to allow it to provide additional places in the school given...
    • School Facilities
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans for renovating or converting unused school buildings for economic purposes or for remote working; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure...
    • Schools Building Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a sports hall by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43251/21]
    • School Staff
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43255/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43258/21]
    • Energy Conservation
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not fast forwarded funding for energy retrofitting of schools already committed to under the EU Energy Performance...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest guidance for schools and parents on when a student should or should not attend school based on their symptoms (details supplied); and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the tendering process and the appointment of a contractor for the construction of schools (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Child Safety
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken for the care of children with allergies at primary and post-primary level; her Department’s plans to introduce...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if antigen testing will be recognised in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43314/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matter (details supplied) in relation to the wearing of masks for physical education will be given consideration; and if she will make a...
    • Undefined
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43318/21]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reduce class sizes in primary schools in line with the European average as part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore funding to primary schools to pre-recession levels as part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Management
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a formal process by which parents of children in a school which is in receipt of public funds can request the school to introduce...
    • School Staff
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the retention of a primary school teacher at a school (details supplied). [43341/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy advice from the NCSE regarding educational outcomes for students with special educational needs has been finalised in relation to...
    • School Curriculum
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the policy on reading classes and schools will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43345/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s position with regard to the wearing of face coverings for second-level students in school settings; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the steering group reviewing the school transport scheme has examined the possibility of issuing school bus tickets earlier than present, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for children with severe dyslexia. [43378/21]
    • School Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department spent on a school (details supplied) in each of the past four years and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [43384/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43439/21]
    • School Attendance
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legal obligations exist to ensure that there are reporting procedures to statutory authorities to ensure attendance at school in circumstances...
    • School Staff
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that there is immediate re-engagement around the issue of school secretaries and caretakers' terms and conditions with a view...
    • School Transport
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the cut-off point for applying for school transport and remote area grant to facilitate those forced to move house or change...
    • School Accommodation
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made with the application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) and the consequential effects for their family; and if a provision...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by individuals such as a person (details supplied) who is having difficulties in...
    • School Accommodation
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in recent months towards permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Government Communications
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she liaised with her colleague the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to advise on adding extra...
    • Special Educational Needs
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a mechanism to enable the retention of the same special needs assistants for children as they transition from...
    • Legislative Process
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills prepared by her Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • School Attendance
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational welfare officer positions nationwide that need to be filled. [43888/21]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from primary and post primary schools in County Meath that her Department received for works to be carried out under...
    • School Staff
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations in respect of the need to regularise the employment status of school secretaries in primary schools throughout the...
    • School Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the catch-up fund for primary and post-primary schools; the funding amount that will be made available; the conditions under which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school building will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43918/21]
    • School Curriculum
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research and programmes in place or planned to update the teaching of mathematics in primary and second-level schools; the funding available...
    • Land Issues
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene, if necessary, using compulsory purchase powers in relation to the situation at a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected to finalise appropriate pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43942/21]
    • School Facilities
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a club (details supplied) will receive compensation agreed by her Department in April 2021. [43972/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list all new primary schools in County Louth and east County Meath with associated final costs of same for 2010 and to date...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect...
    • School Curriculum
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process to make submissions to the primary school curriculum and assessment board to support an innovate product that will enhance the...
    • School Staff
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures and proposals her Department has taken or plans taking to regularise pay, conditions and pensions of secretaries and caretakers to...
    • State Examinations
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when examiners will be paid for the written corrections of leaving certificate papers completed in summer 2021 considering that their work was...
    • Departmental Priorities
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes, support school leaders and increase school funding in the future given that these issues are of concern to...
    • School Management
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding schools in the south County Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional information is being considered for an SNA appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made;...
    • School Curriculum
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the teaching of a school subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44092/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average length of time that school principals are waiting for direct contact from the HSE following a confirmed case of Covid-19 in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide further post-primary schools in addition to increased provision within existing schools for the Dublin 9 area given the...
    • School Uniforms
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to reduce the costs of returning to school for parents; if she will consider issuing guidelines to schools in relation to...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding efforts to resolve the issue of providing a pension scheme for community employment supervisors and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria for jobseeker’s allowance in order that adult children living with their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) who received no payment this week; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position for mature students returning to full-time education who wish to also keep claiming for social welfare credits...
    • Civil Marriages
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason State registry offices are only allowing ten guests at civil ceremonies in view of the current health guidelines...
    • Government Communications
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of meetings she has had with businesses, workers, and representatives of the events industry since July 2020; and...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a free travel companion pass by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount allocated towards the work placement experience programme. [43328/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a domiciliary care allowance backdating appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Budget 2022
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter in relation to the upcoming Budget 2022 and pensioners who have not received an increase in their...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons still receiving the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Welfare Appeals Office will recommence in-person oral hearings with appropriate Covid-19 safety measures in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which an overpayment assessment was reached in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the disparities (details supplied) inherent in payments between the blind pension and disability...
    • Social Welfare Code
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined. [43695/21]
    • Legislative Process
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Bills prepared by her Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a welfare payment for those who have been forced to work reduced hours due to medical reasons; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the higher rate of the employer social insurance contributions...
    • Employment Support Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will respond to the appeals of staff in local employment services to immediately halt the tendering out process...
    • Public Services Card
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a public services card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the non-contributory pension application by a person (details supplied); and if a supplementary welfare...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend existing community employment schemes that were previously extended to October 2021 in view of the effect...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the back to education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a backdated allocation can be awarded to a person (details supplied). [44051/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims submitted and the number of persons who have received enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; the number...
    • State Pensions
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was means tested twice within a year; if the person is receiving the correct pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of one parent family payments that were referred to social welfare inspectors for further investigation or which...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of social protection reviews and applications by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of nationals (details supplied) who are recorded as departing Ireland between 1...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Expenditure
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) in its report; the steps being taken...
    • Childcare Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his advice for parents who are required by their employer to return to office-based work in cases in which they...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that because there is only one intake per year for the ECCE scheme...
    • Childcare Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of recruiting 12 additional full-time childminding development officers in tabular form....
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the publication of the amended Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [43688/21]
    • Legislative Process
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to...
    • Childcare Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare identifier code keys, CHICKS, cancelled in 2020 and to date for 2021.; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Expenditure
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure...
    • Third Level Education
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the University of Limerick has received such a small proportion of the €38 million in capital investment announced on 6...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships taken up in each of the years 2016 to 2020 inclusive; the number who left apprenticeship programmes in the same...
    • Third Level Education
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional higher education places added over and above the total amount in 2021-2022 academic year; the additional higher...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/21]
    • Third Level Education
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding the Higher Education Authority provided to Maynooth University in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Language Schools
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the reopening of English language schools and international student recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Further and Higher Education
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of spending under the heading employee development provision including the workplace basic education fund, WBEF, of the national...
    • Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aige aon rud a dhéanamh lena chinntiú go mbeidh comhionannas ann do mhic léinn atá ag dul ar an...
    • Student Accommodation
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain purpose-built student accommodation has been given permission to function as short-term...
    • Third Level Admissions
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, on an exceptional basis, more places can be added to dental science in Trinity College Dublin for this academic year, given the unfair...
    • Third Level Education
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis his Department carries out into drop-out rates among first year students in higher education; the details of drop-out rates among...
    • Legislative Process
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • Third Level Admissions
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a HEAR application initially submitted with the incorrect year of income can be further reviewed following an unsuccessful application and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to funding for third-level education providers for the provision of courses aimed at students with intellectual...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to queries raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their upcoming graduation ceremony; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect...
    • State Bodies
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and value of overpayments made and recouped by SUSI in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if short stay family visit visas are currently being issued to non-EU citizens; if not, when the service will resume; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all aspects of the Parole Act 2019 have been enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43204/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so,...
    • Immigration Policy
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to publish a scheme for the regularisation of undocumented migrants; when she expects such a scheme to...
    • Legislative Measures
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a brief outline of the changes consequent to the Parole Act 2019 and the particular way that this...
    • An Garda Síochána
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Reserve by rank; the establishment of the Garda Reserve by rank; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has experienced a delay in receiving a renewed GNIB card; the course of action the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation for an application for citizenship has been received in the case of a person (details supplied); if any...
    • An Garda Síochána
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Garda north Dublin roads policing unit as of 7 September 2021, in tabular...
    • Departmental Data
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons sentenced between 8 and ten years for offences under section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters in relation to fees provided to criminal barristers (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Prison Service
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated final cost for the Limerick Prison redevelopment project currently under construction; the date when the contract...
    • Visa Applications
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 26 February 2021, when a necessary approval will be offered in respect of a visa...
    • Deportation Orders
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the withdrawal of the deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Domestic Violence
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide figures relating to domestic abuse incidents across all divisions of An Garda Síochána in the...
    • Asylum Applications
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum applications from Afghanistan between 1997 and to date in 2021; the number given some form of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43675/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is proposed to commence section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018. [43689/21]
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been brought to recent incidences of violent antisocial behaviour in the south inner city of Dublin; the...
    • Immigration Policy
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to naturalisation requirements with regard to sexuality will be...
    • Legislative Process
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Bills prepared by her Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Prison Service
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of recruiting three additional full-time occupational psychologists and six additional...
    • Departmental Data
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions obtained under section 8 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 for the years of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a recent contract for the provision of new Garda roads policing unit vans was put out to tender and if so, when the new vans...
    • Government Communications
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has spoken to the United States Secretary of Homeland Security to date in 2021. [43894/21]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that gardaí issued for parking on double yellow lines in 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of any communication with telecommunications companies and network providers to address the...
    • Visa Applications
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a visa extension beyond 20 September 2021 for stamp two visas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Land Issues
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will extend the date for the registration of the right of way past 30 November 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to waive charges for special exemption orders for late bars and nightclubs for a period of time in order to aid their...
    • Coroners Service
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if action will be taken to address the long delays in completing inquests at the Coroner’s Office in Cork city; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to progress the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when it is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      573. 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...
    • Crime Prevention
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address pet thefts. [44202/21]
    • Departmental Licences
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the criteria for the issue of firearms licensing. [44208/21]
    • Immigration Status
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the number of nationals (details supplied) that are recorded as departing Ireland between 1...
  • Department of Health
    • General Practitioner Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow for a six-month extension for applicants to run the general practitioner practice in Templemore, County Tipperary which performs a vital...
    • Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in persons waiting for an appointment with the National Gender Service; if his attention has been further drawn...
    • Legislative Measures
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if he is contemplating legislation to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 which would allow the industrial cultivation of hemp by legislating for the THC level...
    • Health Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding awareness of spinal muscular atrophy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43208/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are routinely being charged for blood tests in many general practitioner practices; if...
    • Dental Services
      585. 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...
    • Hospital Procedures
      586. To ask the Minister for Health when the results of a scan will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43230/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      587. To ask the Minister for Health when certificates and passports for vaccinations administered will issue to persons who recently have moved here from outside the EU; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related...
    • Care Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for establishing a commission on care as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; the process and timeline involved; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to challenges in recruiting persons to fill home help hours as in persons to work these hours for persons allocated hours; and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide support for braces for patients with pectus carinatum such as a person (details supplied) in particular in circumstances in which there...
    • Birth Certificates
      593. To ask the Minister for Health when a birth certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43272/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if schoolchildren tested in walk-in centres as opposed to school contact tracing, in which some parents are reporting in excess of 72 hour wait times and wish...
    • Proposed Legislation
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the current timeframe for the passage of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill through the Houses of...
    • Hospital Staff
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts including posts filled on a temporary basis or by locum staff by hospital and by hospital group in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully remove private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43290/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering free general practitioner care to all children up to the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43291/21]
    • Medical Research and Training
      599. To ask the Minister for Health when pre-registration examination system level 3 medical exams will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no dietician provided for rheumatology patients in Ireland; his plans to address this situation; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the reason level 2 contact tracers are not paid the same as level 1 staff; if the quota will be removed for phone calls per day with the understanding that...
    • Health Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the long-term illness scheme or to broaden the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if the public orthodontist in the orthodontic unit of St. Columcille's Hospital Loughlinstown, County Dublin is currently on sick leave; if so, the length of...
    • Health Service Executive
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide comprehensive details from each national director and assistant national director in the HSE in relation to matters (details supplied) for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when phase 2 of the digital vaccine certificate programme will begin which will allow citizens vaccinated outside the EU to obtain a digital certificate. [43323/21]
    • Health Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43330/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider facilitating a vaccine roll-out in special schools in an effort to cater for some students who would otherwise find it stressful to attend...
    • Medical Cards
      611. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43333/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      612. To ask the Minister for Health when as part of the Housing for All plans he expects any reform of the fair deal scheme to take place; the process by which this will take place; if he will...
    • Primary Care Centres
      613. 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...
    • Health Services Staff
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists based in the Coolock area of Dublin and who are available to provide services for children with dyspraxia; the catchment area...
    • Ambulance Service
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding turnaround times for ambulances in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if pre-employment checks have been completed and if a start date has been agreed for a vacant dentist position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients hospitalised following Covid-19 vaccination or hospitalised with suspected adverse reactions to a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will...
    • Hospital Equipment
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if full body scans are available to all patients at Tipperary University Hospital; if MRI and CT scanners are available and in use 24/7 in the hospital; the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a device by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43373/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a resilience roster within hospital systems to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained to cover close contact exclusion and sick absent...
    • Health Services Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure healthcare professionals are subject to clear policies and procedures in relation to encouraging breaks and providing spaces to rest in...
    • Health Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in relation to the roll-out of eHealth initiatives as per the 2019 general practitioner agreement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff by job title working in the accident and emergency departments of the Mater Hospital, St. James's Hospital and Beaumont Hospital,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric bone densitometry scanners in each of the paediatric hospitals, in tabular form; and if all scanners are sufficiently staffed. [43395/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors on dialysis to date in 2021 as compared to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43428/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors awaiting a kidney transplant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43429/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors who received a kidney transplant in 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43430/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that all surplus Covid-19 vaccines, many of which are approaching their expiration date are immediately collected and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      632. 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 exceptional circumstances in...
    • Hospital Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate ophthalmic services at Letterkenny University Hospital to complement the community ophthalmic services in County Donegal. [43480/21]
    • Health Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently awaiting a cervical screening test or smear test in County Donegal. [43482/21]
    • Hospital Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recommendation by a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that in the Critical...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      637. 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...
    • Hospital Beds Closures
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if ICU beds were closed or taken out of use at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in the past six months; if so, when these ICU beds were closed or taken out of...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the director of decision support services to submit the code of practice in respect of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      646. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic clinic, Midland Regional Hospital, Tulllamore. [43496/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      647. To ask the Minister for Health when the required managed access programme being developed by the HSE medicines management programme will be completed; if a drug will be included (details...
    • Dental Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment for a child (details supplied); when the child will be seen by an orthodontist; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting time of 18 months designated by Clare early intervention services for an assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be reviewed; if...
    • Ambulance Service
      650. 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 not to have its...
    • Health Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if delays to developmental checks for young children in counties Carlow and Kilkenny will be addressed; when these developmental checks by public health nurses...
    • Health Promotion
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined studies which identify significant advantages for babies if they are breastfed; his plans to initiate a campaign which would...
    • Mental Health Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Owenacurra mental health facility, Midleton, County Cork is to close by October 2021; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services
      667. 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...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered for a physiotherapy appointment at the physiotherapy department, St. Columbanus Hospital, St. Margaret's Road,...
    • Mortality Rates
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer deaths in each month for the past five years; and the cancer services that are fully operational or in which scanning, diagnostic and...
    • Health Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if a health centre (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork is in the ownership of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43619/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      671. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2694 of 27 July 2021, the status of the business case for the establishment of six regional health areas; when the...
    • Disease Management
      672. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3321 of 27 July 2021, his plans to introduce a national registry of heart valve disease to include data from public and...
    • Health Services Staff
      673. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3322 of 27 July 2021, the number of cardiac physiologists currently employed in Galway city and county; and if he will...
    • Hospital Equipment
      674. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3324 of 27 July 2021, the number of echocardiogram machines in Galway city and county including in acute hospitals and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      675. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3323 of 27 July 2021, the number of patients on waiting lists for echocardiography services across primary care in Galway...
    • Medicinal Products
      676. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1923 of 27 July 2021, the status of the development of a registry of women who have been prescribed sodium valproate...
    • Health Services Staff
      677. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1924 of 27 July 2021, the number of epilepsy specialist nurse posts in the State; the number of these which are unfilled;...
    • Medicinal Products
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in Ireland; when the terms of reference will be published; the status of...
    • Health Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for respite in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43635/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      680. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1423 of 27 July 2021, the status of the development of the primary care centre on Inisbofin; when the promised centre...
    • Health Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2575 of 27 July 2021, the status of the audit of cervical smear test results; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent specialists in public health medicine currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43638/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if the Owenacurra health centre, Midleton, County Cork is in the ownership of the HSE; if not, the body or organisation which owns the centre; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding received to date from the European Commission to provide free Covid-19 testing as part of the roll-out of the EU digital Covid...
    • Health Services Staff
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultants that are currently available in the public health service to support new mothers; if he will provide a breakdown by...
    • Care of the Elderly
      690. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Government’s policy regarding the use of congregated residential settings for care of older persons in the State; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the resumption of indoor choir rehearsals. [43693/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to enable persons who received a vaccine dose (details supplied) to select a different manufacturer for their second dose. [43697/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      693. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address staffing shortages in the home care sector arising from the exclusion of home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA...
    • Legislative Process
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment; the title...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      695. 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 the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital has been closed in 2021 as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide dates of...
    • Disability Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available to cover the cost of a person with special needs travelling by taxi to attend the Cashel day centre, County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      701. 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 if...
    • Mental Health Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultant psychiatrist position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary, will be filled on a full-time basis given that it is constantly being...
    • Disability Services
      703. 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...
    • Medical Cards
      704. 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. [43864/21]
    • Disability Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if additional supports will be provided for early intervention services for children with a disability in north County Tipperary in the HSE mid-west region;...
    • Hospital Staff
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a full-time consultant to the medical assessment unit of Nenagh General Hospital as a matter of priority; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been added to the waiting list for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43874/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for additional specialist rehabilitation units and psychiatric intensive care units. [43898/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant paediatric endocrinologist for CHI Temple Street. [43899/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional full-time speech and language therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists recruited for early intervention and school age assessments...
    • Hospital Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment process used to advertise for nurses and other medical staff in community hospitals. [43903/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to grant an extension to a general practitioner (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the current permanent ICU bed capacity; the further plans there are to increase capacity given that the HSE recommended in 2009 an ICU capacity of 579 beds; if...
    • Health Services Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in public health across the country at each of the grades broken down by public health area; the plans to increase these numbers; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      725. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the new Sláintecare public-only consultant contract to be fully operationalised as the standard contract for new consultant appointments;...
    • Medicinal Products
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for Zolgensma; the progress made on this issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43963/21]
    • Disease Management
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts continue to eliminate hepatitis C here given previous aspirations in this regard; if a particular strategy is being pursued; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide a medical card and prescription card to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/21]
    • Substance Misuse
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the action he and his Department are taking in view of a recent judicial review which overturned permission for medically supervised injection centres in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      730. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to visiting in nursing homes and hospital facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43980/21]
    • Dental Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43985/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect of late...
    • Health Service Executive
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given permission by the HSE to sell a part of their lands; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of post Covid-19 clinics nationally; if any of these clinics are accepting children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      737. To ask the Minister for Health when the renewal of a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/21]
    • Disability Services
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in County Offaly; the way this compares to services in the rest of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines to vaccination sites around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting correspondence from Croom Orthopaedic Hospital. [44049/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if the diabetes care instrument FreeStyle Libre system will be considered for supply through the GMS medical card to patients who need it; and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the rolling out of the Covid-19 vaccine to children under 12 years of age given that it is a concern to both parents and teachers; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected on the way waiting times in hospitals for outpatient appointments can be reduced; if other options will be examined to ease the...
    • Health Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44069/21]
    • Dental Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the current wait time for orthodontic treatment when assessed is 72 months; his views on the impact this delay would have on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44090/21]
    • Disability Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive support hours and services. [44142/21]
    • Health Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44150/21]

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