Written answers

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector
      11. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he has had with the management of banks (details supplied) in relation to the closure of a bank; the steps he will take to...
    • Tax Code (1 comment)
      15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a VAT exemption for psychotherapists and counsellors in line with the equivalent offered to psychologists to ensure equity of...
    • Budget 2022
      17. To ask the Minister for Finance the value to date of requests for tax changes in the 2022 Budget in pre-budget submissions; the main areas for which allocations have been sought; and if he...
    • Economic and Social Research Institute
      18. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has held with the ESRI following its special report titled Prudent government borrowing can mitigate inadequate housing supply...
    • Tax Yield
      19. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of corporate taxation receipts to date in 2021. [44868/21]
    • Inflation Rate
      20. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he acknowledges that inflation has become an issue likely to impact on Ireland’s economy in the future; the steps taken to date or...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      21. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the amount of interest paid on the national debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44870/21]
    • Credit Unions
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent engagements with the credit union sector. [44794/21]
    • Tax Code
      23. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a proposed review into extending section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to include agricultural contractors for the purpose of...
    • Insurance Industry
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to increase competition in the insurance sector. [44819/21]
    • Fiscal Data
      26. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revised revenue and deficit projections for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form in view of recent tax performance as demonstrated in...
    • Banking Sector
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of any recent engagement with the banks in Ireland. [44875/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      28. 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...
    • Tax Strategy Group
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the publication of the tax strategy group papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44842/21]
    • Official Engagements
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his recent engagements in Croatia and Slovenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44779/21]
    • Budget 2022
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce budgetary measures to address the increased costs of building materials considering the current housing shortage. [44745/21]
    • Insurance Industry
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has undertaken with insurance companies to drive down the cost of insurance premia for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2022
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the context of Budget 2022 introducing a refundable tax credit equivalent to 8.5% of annual rent at a cap €1,500 for tenants in...
    • Insurance Industry
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take measures to ensure that the insurance sector does not apply the principle of risk equalisation whereby homes that have never been flooded are...
    • Budget 2022
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the pre-budget letter of the Governor of the Central Bank and the pre-budget submission by IFAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has recently met with a union (details supplied). [44876/21]
    • Credit Unions
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions will be facilitated to provide mortgages for private housing purchases. [44859/21]
    • Budget 2022
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies under section 25 of the Finance Act 2019; the reason...
    • Insurance Industry
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made by his Department in its areas of responsibility under the Action Plan for Insurance Reform; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2022
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion expressed in the interim pre-budget report 2022 of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that pension-related tax expenditures should...
    • Research and Development
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the research and development activity subsidised by the State through the research and development tax credit that is conducted outside of...
    • Banking Sector
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest assessment of the financial robustness of the Irish banking sector in a European context; if Ireland can expect lower risk loadings on interest...
    • Vacant Properties
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department has undertaken with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop a vacant properties tax. [44801/21]
    • Credit Unions
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions will be facilitated to provide mortgages. [44792/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to reduce the excise duty on renewable energy products particularly biogases that are produced through the treatment of farm...
    • Insurance Industry
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the conclusion of the recent CCPC investigation regarding insurance; and his views on whether the binding agreements entered into by insurance...
    • Inflation Rate
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the existence of even moderate inflation can affect Ireland’s economy in the future; the extent to which the causes of same continue...
    • Tax Code
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the potential for the reduction of VAT rates for the music and entertainment sector; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend to date on the Covid-19 pandemic; and the amount by which the national debt has risen as a result. [44886/21]
    • Tax Avoidance
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on and response to recent reports that companies have continued to avail of the single malt despite the Competent Authority Agreement being enacted;...
    • Data Centres
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated qualifying expenditure against which capital allowances have been claimed with respect to data centres and the estimated revenue foregone as a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent study (details supplied) which suggests that 86% of workers who received the temporary wage subsidy scheme are now faced with a tax...
    • Fiscal Data
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the current state of the public finances. [44798/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses and recipients in County Mayo that qualified for the Covid restriction support scheme and the employment wage subsidy scheme; the...
    • Credit Unions
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to enable credit unions fund social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in implementing the Finance Action Plan 2021 which has four priority areas sustainable finance, diversity, regionalisation and digital...
    • Tax Code
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his discussions on corporate taxation. [44787/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on implementing the Finance Action Plan 2021 with specific priority for sustainable finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44683/21]
    • Insurance Industry
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will be taking to address dual pricing in insurance. [44799/21]
    • Tax Code
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the reduced VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector including hairdressers from 13.5% to 9% will be extended to include beauticians; and if he will...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing both normal and trusted partner work permit applications; his plans to address...
    • Ticket Touting
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a venue (details supplied) has applied to be a designated venue or if it has applied to have any of its events designated under the...
    • Departmental Properties
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under...
    • Official Engagements
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in relation to accusations against them and their dismissal...
    • Departmental Communications
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a case concerning a charity (details supplied) and filing fees; and if latitude can be extended in the context of a...
    • Work Permits
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether chefs could be included in the list of eligible occupations for critical skills employment permits due to the...
    • Trade Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details on the level of trade between Ireland and Bahrain in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electricity Generation
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to incentivise microgeneration; if he will put a feed-in tariff in place; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Conservation
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the schemes that are available for homeowners to upgrade or retrofit their homes if they are working and paying PRSI;...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when access to effective, high-speed broadband will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on right-to-repair regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44496/21]
    • Telecommunications Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that is being done by his Department to identify technical and regulatory solutions to the problem of scam...
    • Environmental Policy
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the conditions that must be fulfilled before a person may engage in the commercial sale of peat and-or peat-related...
    • Energy Conservation
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the research that has been conducted by his Department into the carbon emissions embedded in the materials used to...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when projects on the 4th Projects of Common Interest will cease to benefit from having PCI accreditation. [44535/21]
    • International Agreements
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State’s position on reform of the Energy Charter Treaty has changed in response to the recent ruling...
    • Energy Conservation
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of warmer homes schemes units that have been sold within five years of receiving the grant; and the...
    • Recycling Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the EPA report Packing Waste in Ireland in 2019 that Ireland has...
    • Waste Management
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure that all commercial waste companies offer customers compost bins; and if he will make...
    • Data Centres
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make available any assessment of the impact of data centres on national energy consumption and their impact...
    • Energy Conservation
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the schemes available to retrofit redbrick and stone-built houses; the insulation products approved by the National...
    • Fishing Industry
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to compensate drift and draft net fishers affected by the ban on commercial salmon fishing; his views on...
    • Grant Payments
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of an annual grant for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence that will...
    • Departmental Properties
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the way in which the Budget 2021 allocation of €221.5 million for SEAI residential and community...
    • Energy Conservation
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work done with SEAI to update the comprehensive assessment of the potential for efficient heating and...
    • Energy Policy
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the policy framework aimed at encouraging the development of district heating in Ireland; and if he will...
    • Departmental Communications
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point...
    • National Broadband Plan
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises in each county connected under the National Broadband Plan in the past 12 months in tabular...
    • Energy Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems; and...
    • Recycling Policy
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated annual cost of including glass bottles in the proposed deposit return scheme of his Department. [45138/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the exchange of a driver licence for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his latest discussions with the NTA with a view to obtaining approval for the implementation of a more flexible taxsaver...
    • Electric Vehicles
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation in relation to e-scooters; if work is being undertaken to legalise e-scooters for use on roads here; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to conduct a business case review into the BusConnects project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/21]
    • Driver Licences
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS can arrange for a person (details supplied) to be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44544/21]
    • Road Projects
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a delay in progress in the M20 project; and if he will clarify the recent sustainable transport policy...
    • Bus Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company (details supplied) is regularly cancelling scheduled services on the number 63 route between Dún Laoghaire and...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 1 December 2020, if he was referring to an EU regulation (details supplied). [44616/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which the two appeals on pension matters made to his Department in February 2020 and November 2020 under section 41(7) of the...
    • Legislative Measures
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will call on the Labour Court to engage with the Irish Aviation Authority and the constituent trade unions of the staff panel to...
    • Electricity Grid
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are refusing to give letters of permission to lay cables on public...
    • State Bodies
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received representations from air traffic controllers requesting his intervention and investigation into the activities and...
    • Driver Test
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding driving tests needed for rigid and artic driving licences; the position regarding these protocols; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to ensure the N52 Ardee bypass is not built through Ardee Bog and its supporting habitat; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues with the Road Safety Authority in relation to the sending out of verification codes in the...
    • Driver Test
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of provisional licence holders waiting for a date for their driving test for a car licence in County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in County Tipperary that hold a full licence for a car and that will have to renew that licence on or before 31...
    • Bus Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is planned to provide bus shelters as a matter of policy on all bus routes nationwide and in particular along the R343 bus route to...
    • Electric Vehicles
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation to regulate electric scooters using public footpaths given the danger to pedestrians in particular elderly...
    • Departmental Properties
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his...
    • Public Transport
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total Government subsidy for public transport for 2021 by bus, rail, including light rail, DART and Luas, taxi and others. [44945/21]
    • Dublin Bus
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the Dublin Bus fleet by 500 buses. [44946/21]
    • Public Transport
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of providing a 75% and 100% grant respectively, to public service vehicle drivers to fund purchase of electric...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue in writing to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of its letter to him dated 26 August 2021. [44964/21]
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development in conjunction with the NTA of a new DART station at Woodbrook, Shankill, County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Communications
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020...
    • Bus Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the of reliability issues on the number 63 bus route which is operated by a company (details...
    • Public Transport
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next phase of the real time display board programme is due to be installed across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haulage Industry
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Programme for Government commitment to develop a ten-year strategy for the road haulage sector; if he has received the...
    • Legislative Measures
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation to deal with the issue of scramblers; if he will provide assurances; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Official Engagements
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent meeting with his European counterparts in Croatia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45213/21]
    • Customs and Excise
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to repeated difficulties being reported in cases in which goods purchased by Irish consumers from vendors outside the EU are...
    • Financial Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to tackle the issue of potential home buyers being denied access to a mortgage on the basis of their pre-existing illness or...
    • Tax Code
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of reducing the rate of interest on deferred local property tax from 4% to nil. [44454/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the scheme of accelerated capital allowances for fitness centre facilities by employers to employees introduced in the Finance Act 2017;...
    • Public Transport
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of discussions with the Department of Transport and the NTA, respectively; his views on the need for the implementation of a more flexible taxsaver...
    • Credit Unions
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if a credit union (details supplied) in County Clare which does not have a CRO number can register a vehicle in its ownership; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that business accounts can be used for the purposes of calculating average turnover when an intergenerational transfer of a family business has...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for those in need of a primary medical certificate; his plans to include persons impacted by stroke to be included...
    • Housing Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the finding in the IHREC and ESRI Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland report that persons with a disability are more likely to be in arrears...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a publican whose licence expired during the Covid-19 lockdown to claim the Covid restrictions support scheme during the period they were...
    • Tax Code
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a 0% VAT rate for the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44669/21]
    • Fiscal Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the revised revenue and deficit projections for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in view of the latest Exchequer tax returns outlined in the Fiscal Monitor for...
    • Budget 2022
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied) ahead of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance when a review of the primary medical certificate scheme will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44716/21]
    • Insurance Industry
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward recommendations to address the high costs of insurance cover in the childcare sector. [36212/21]
    • Film Industry
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if south-west County Cork will be designated as an area for inclusion in the regional film development uplift. [33300/21]
    • Banking Sector
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct banks operating in Ireland to provide customers with written banking statements on a monthly basis if requested by the customer. [44901/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit which are...
    • Trade Agreements
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to resolve the issues being experienced by importers of used cars from the UK in respect of proving the preferential origin of cars...
    • European Union
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal outlined by the President of the European Commission in their State of the Union address to the European Parliament waiving VAT when...
    • Tax Code
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing measures enabling agricultural land sales to be subject to a 3% rate of stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Universal Social Charge
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing an amendment to allow the deduction of pension contributions before the universal social charge is calculated; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current 33% rate of capital gains tax continues to act as a significant deterrent to farm investment; if...
    • Tax Reliefs
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing measures that provide for the introduction of a new stock relief measure in which farmers would be allowed 100% stock relief...
    • Departmental Communications
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he...
    • Cycling Policy
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending eligibility of the cycle to work scheme to persons who are retired by introducing a self-assessed tax credit in Budget 2022; and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax relief for counselling and psychotherapy as a qualifying health expense in Budget 2022 and the application of VAT exemption...
    • Inflation Rate
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he foresees inflation impacting Ireland’s finances in the foreseeable future; the corrective measures to be taken in this context;...
    • Economic Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the economic fundamentals continue to be met notwithstanding possible taxation changes or inflation; and if he...
    • European Union
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some institutions based outside Ireland but within the EU persist in referring to this jurisdiction as a tax haven; the action he can take to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has studied the report of the National Fiscal Advisory Council; if any particular action needs to be taken in the wake of the report;...
    • Tax Data
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied that the taxation system in Ireland is sufficiently broadly based to avoid dependency on any one sector to such an extent that it...
    • Fiscal Policy
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department can influence and coordinate fiscal matters in such a way as to support and encourage growth and development...
    • Budget 2022
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his most recent engagements or correspondences with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, particularly in advance of Budget 2022. [45258/21]
    • Economic Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of employment in the State as a percentage of pre-pandemic levels of employment. [45259/21]
    • Inflation Rate
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified particular steps needed to check inflation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45261/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has handed back Fitzgibbon Street Garda station to the Garda authorities; if not, when it will be handed...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the requirement to hire construction apprentices been included in any of the State’s large construction procurement contracts;...
    • Brexit Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the method by which Ireland's allocation of the Brexit Adjustment Fund will be spent; the nature of the consultation process he plans to...
    • State Pensions
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of maintaining the State pension age at 66 years is included in the base for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the Summer...
    • Civil Service
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department offers civil servants an employee assistance service but this service cannot offer free counselling sessions...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the restoration of pay for section 56 and section 59 organisations in line with the Workplace Relations Commission...
    • Departmental Properties
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under...
    • Departmental Communications
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020...
    • Departmental Policies
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of commitment 13 and 14 in the context of the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018; and his plans to...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion in percentage and nominal terms of the €1.1 billion additional core capital for 2022 outlined in Summer Economic...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a full resumption of the coach tourism business continuity scheme including a subsidy payment of €42.5 million...
    • Sports Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will review a sports capital scheme application by a club (details supplied) due to the circumstances; if her...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is funding available through her Department for amateur dramatic societies that have had their income stream...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will ensure that the updated guidelines in relation to the safe reopening of indoor performing arts classes will...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking...
    • Departmental Properties
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by her Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate...
    • Departmental Communications
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since...
    • Sports Funding
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department will announce the successful sports capital grants for 2021. [45197/21]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to counteract the biodiversity crisis (details supplied); the way in which he is engaging with the...
    • Housing Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 700 social homes delivered under the buy and renew scheme. [44450/21]
    • Defective Building Materials
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of providing 100% redress to owners of homes with fire safety defects. [44455/21]
    • Housing Policy
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost in 2022 to increase Part V from 20% to a statutory minimum of 30%. [44456/21]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost to reverse the cuts in spending on Traveller accommodation since 2007 and to force local...
    • Natura 2000
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding European Natura 2000 sites in Northern Ireland following Brexit; if he has had any engagement with his...
    • Local Authorities
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to fund additional resources for local authorities to cope with the additional workload as a result of the...
    • Housing Policy
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the new guidelines on rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44557/21]
    • Hen Harriers
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and...
    • Local Authorities
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a review of the grant schemes implemented by local authorities to ensure their alignment with policy objectives;...
    • Housing Policy
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure all public-funded housing is converted to more sustainable heating systems. [44598/21]
    • Defective Building Materials
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (detailed supplied) is included in the national defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities by county from 2017 to date that have used the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in tabular form. [44626/21]
    • Vacant Properties
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential units in Waterford city and county; and the number as a percentage of all residential units...
    • Housing Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in Waterford City and County returned to market through the repair and lease scheme in each of the past...
    • Rental Sector
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active rental accommodation scheme tenancies currently in place. [44643/21]
    • Water Quality
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the actions being taken to clean up and improve the quality of the water in the Tolka river; and if he...
    • Regeneration Projects
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Westgate Vision plan to regenerate the Westgate area in Drogheda, County Louth through the urban...
    • Commercial Rates
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered implementing a waiver of commercial rates for the early years sector as is in place for the early...
    • Housing Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding first-time buyers who wish to purchase second-hand homes; the initiatives that will be made available...
    • Local Authorities
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to each local authority for retrofitting houses and apartments, respectively; and the number of units this...
    • Environmental Schemes
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if farmers with land on or surrounding Shass mountain will be eligible to apply for funding under the blanket bog...
    • Housing Policy
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a general prohibition on local authorities purchasing vacant second hand homes and second hand homes occupied by...
    • Housing Schemes
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final proposed shared equity local scheme proposal will be submitted by his Department to the Central Bank; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all persons and organisation who lobbied him, his predecessors or his officials seeking an...
    • Housing Schemes
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental equity loan, CREL, funded cost rental homes that will be purchased and made available for tenanting...
    • Housing Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of serviced sites fund, SSF, and affordable housing funding, AHF, affordable purchase homes that will be completed...
    • Fire Stations
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when approval will be given to Galway County Council for the proposed new fire station at Loughrea, County Galway. [44823/21]
    • Housing Policy
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the finding in the IHREC and ESRI Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland report that 29% of persons living with a...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a grant-aided wastewater scheme for community groups similar to the group water grant to assist those who...
    • Departmental Properties
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that...
    • Domestic Violence
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected expenditure on women’s refuges in 2022. [44932/21]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected expenditure on homeless emergency accommodation in 2022. [44933/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the parts of and the way in which the 29 recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government...
    • Housing Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regulations detailing the eligibility and terms and conditions for the affordable purchase and affordable cost rental...
    • Water Supply
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the winding up application of the Kildare group water scheme which has been submitted by Westmeath County...
    • Government Communications
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since...
    • Water Supply
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of do-not-consume notices issued by Irish Water in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the method used...
    • Planning Issues
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the changes in planning guidelines needed to ensure more changing place facilities in the country; the...
    • Local Authorities
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates on which the changes to CPO for local authorities announced in the Housing for All document are due to commence; and...
    • Housing Policy
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the eligibility criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan to include non-first-time buyers...
    • National Monuments
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application made by a person (details supplied) that has been ongoing for a long time; and...
    • Local Authorities
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent reviews were carried out in each county in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the local authorities that undertook rent...
    • Housing Policy
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he sought advice regarding the exemption to the new affordable housing Part V measures introduced; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance that is being provided to Myanmar due to the ongoing events in the region; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will facilitate an increase in the number of Afghan refugees offered international protection here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance Ireland will provide to the people of Afghanistan; the timeline for its roll-out; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) will receive an update on their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44698/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his...
    • Passport Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current processing times for valid online passport applications in respect of simple adult renewals, complex renewals and first-time...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications that are currently in the foreign births registration system awaiting processing. [44961/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update in respect of his Department's engagement with the Public Appointments Service recruitment campaign to hire...
    • Passport Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that this person submitted their application on 10 June 2021....
    • Departmental Communications
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to...
    • Human Rights
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45084/21]
    • Official Engagements
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with a group (details supplied). [45119/21]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a replacement foreign birth registration certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      339. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit...
    • European Union
      340. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the proposal outlined by the President of the European Commission in their State of the Union address to the European Parliament...
    • Departmental Communications
      344. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to...
    • Defence Forces
      345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if serving and retired women members of the Defence Forces who were victims of workplace sexual harassment, assault, discrimination and bullying...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the 50% capacity restriction on post-primary school buses in view of the changing public health advice and the fact that all...
    • School Accommodation
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any school building or additional school accommodation applications in counties Laois and Offaly have been impacted due to Covid-19 and...
    • School Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification in relation to a teaching post (details supplied) in County Kerry; if there will be further transparency going...
    • School Accommodation
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review funding applications for temporary and permanent accommodation structures for a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that when her Department negotiates permanent contracts with key administrative school staff such as school secretaries and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a number of repair and upkeep works that are needed in a school (details supplied); her plans to address these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a major school building project (details supplied) has been at stage 2b for nearly five years; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has lost an SNA in 2021 despite the senior education psychologist stating that a further SNA was needed;...
    • School Transport
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44569/21]
    • Education Policy
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that there has been a delay in the publication of the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy education pilot baseline study;...
    • School Admissions
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a suitable school place will be found for a child (details supplied). [44572/21]
    • School Staff
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when pay and conditions will be standardised for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44579/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to provide each classroom with CO2 monitors to help control ventilation and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the classroom; and...
    • School Staff
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to regularise the pay, conditions, and pensions of school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that flexibility is added to the Covid learning and support scheme to address gaps in wrap-around supports for children with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be appointed for the design and construction of a campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a retired teacher (details supplied) has an entitlement to an occupational pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44655/21]
    • School Facilities
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be informed of a decision by her Department on two emergency works applications relating to electrical work...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to amalgamate a school (details supplied); the progress that has been made to date; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance towards special transportation can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Admissions
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place can be facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44704/21]
    • School Funding
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a breakdown will be provided of the funding given to schools (details supplied) over the past 12 months; if they are DEIS schools; and if she...
    • Capitation Grants
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the primary school capitation in view of a survey undertaken by an association (details supplied) which found that parents...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being taken to create smaller classes that allow for more individual attention and meets the ambition of Government to establish the...
    • School Uniforms
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work towards introducing regulations that all public schools will be required to have generic uniforms with the possibility of school...
    • School Staff
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that any remuneration agreement with school caretakers allows for outside school hours working time to enable school...
    • Departmental Properties
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by her Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 in all primary schools. [44937/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost in 2022 of increasing special education provision by 15% above the 2021 level. [44939/21]
    • School Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of abolishing voluntary contributions in primary and post-primary schools and replacing them with a grant...
    • Departmental Communications
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a Teaching Council number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45113/21]
    • School Accommodation
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of approved building works for a school (details supplied). [45124/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision on the appeal for SNA allocation for a school (details supplied) will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements to sit the Mandarin leaving certificate exam; and if it is possible to fulfil the tuition hours at this point to complete the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been secured for a school (details supplied). [45198/21]
    • School Accommodation
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the condition of a school (details supplied) which is in a deplorable condition and is unsafe for pupils attending the school; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 923 of 27 July 2021, if she will sanction an increase on the current SNA resources at a school (details...
    • School Admissions
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school has an obligation to find a suitable place for a child in an appropriate alternative school in cases in which the school believes the...
    • State Examinations
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that were made to co-ordinate the timing of the leaving certificate results and UCAS deadlines and to communicate the timing of those...
    • Education Policy
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the review on alternative education which includes services (details supplied); when this review began; the scope of this...
    • Schools Administration
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the upgrade of existing payroll systems to an online system which was planned to roll out on a phased basis over 2021. [45275/21]
    • Education Policy
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is ranked last out of 36 developed countries for investment in education relative to GDP...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) continues to pay a deduction from their social welfare payment each week; when such...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the changes were made in relation to the income of a retained firefighter being used to calculate income for the back to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of domiciliary care allowance by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44642/21]
    • Rental Sector
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active rent supplement payments that are currently in place. [44644/21]
    • Birth Certificates
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the relevant section of the Civil Registration Act 2014 will commence whereby it becomes obligatory for a...
    • Rental Sector
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when assistance applied for via an application for rent supplement will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Pension Provisions
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot have an invalidity pension awarded to them; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments in respect of an overpayment can be reduced in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding community employment schemes (details supplied). [44847/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by her Department or by public bodies and agencies that...
    • School Meals Programme
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of providing free school meals for all primary school pupils. [44940/21]
    • Gender Recognition
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the draft legislation in relation to gender recognition for transgender persons aged 16 and 17 years will be brought...
    • Departmental Communications
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community employment scheme that had been extended from 2020 to 31 October 2021 will be extended further due to the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) and persons like them can be considered for a form of social welfare income given the unusual...
    • Departmental Reports
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of research into the cost of disability here which was commissioned by her Department (details supplied); and when...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Irish-born children of mothers who are seeking international protection are prohibited from access to any social...
    • Social Welfare Code
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the process in respect of part-time workers who during the academic year require the support of jobseeker’s benefit...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Childcare Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider making it mandatory for all crèches to undergo inspection from Tusla upon their opening...
    • After-School Support Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure...
    • Disability Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schemes in place as part of the job-share initiative or community schemes for persons with a disability or...
    • Childcare Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the rise in closures of small and average sized childcare services since the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many childcare providers find the current rates for the early...
    • Childcare Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is affordable for parents and is not a factor in parents exiting...
    • Direct Provision System
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a progress report on the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access...
    • Maternity Leave
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend maternity leave going forward (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 753 and 754 of 9 September 2021, his views on whether employers should...
    • Childcare Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if private crèches are required to register with and be inspected by Tusla prior to opening; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the raw data collected as part of the POBAL Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2021. [45028/21]
    • Departmental Communications
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the entitlements of a child (details supplied) under the ECCE in 2021. [45062/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which community groups were consulted and the degree to which their views were represented in the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not being permitted to pursue an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45060/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a participant who is currently on a Tús scheme can transfer to a VTOS funding programme; if so, the procedure for same; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes that are in place for persons who apply for SUSI grants but are or were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment given the...
    • Third Level Fees
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the high increase in college fees in the past 12 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/21]
    • State Examinations
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be put in place to ensure students will not be disadvantaged in 2022 by grade inflation (details supplied) in 2021; and if...
    • Third Level Admissions
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are open to a student to appeal no offer from the CAO due to an error in the application process in cases in which the CAO...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills tábla a sholáthar ina ndéanfar cur síos ar gach céim, dioplóma, cáilíocht, nó cúrsa atá...
    • State Examinations
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44512/21]
    • Third Level Fees
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a student can prove estrangement from their family if they are over 18 years of age and where they do have reports on file with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will recommend that all staff in educational institutions under his remit who by necessity of their work have to come into contact with...
    • Further and Higher Education
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options returning citizens from outside of the EU can avail of regarding upskilling and or further education. [44629/21]
    • Third Level Costs
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of paying all postgraduate workers in Irish third-level institutions a minimum living wage of €15 an hour. [44631/21]
    • Third Level Admissions
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year enrolments and the number of graduations, respectively, in veterinary medicine in each of the years 2006 to date; and if...
    • Third Level Costs
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance is available to students who have to repeat a college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44702/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit...
    • Third Level Fees
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of removing all postgraduate tuition fees. [44943/21]
    • State Examinations
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to take to avoid a repeat of the situation in which some leaving certificate students who achieved the maximum possible...
    • Third Level Education
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he plans to make to the current CAO selection process for third-level courses to provide a fairer path to securing a place in...
    • State Examinations
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who having achieved points totalling 550 or more in the leaving certificate but who failed to secure a place on their...
    • Departmental Communications
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date;...
    • State Examinations
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that points inflation in 2021 has rendered many higher education courses that do not require the...
    • Technological Universities
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the call of an association (details supplied) for a digitalisation and infrastructure investment of €34.5 million in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding apprenticeships (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of student in receipt of SUSI with a self-employed parent or guardian included within the assessed household; and if he will make...
    • State Examinations
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that were made to co-ordinate the timing of the leaving certificate results and UCAS deadlines and to communicate the timing of those...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to accept applications for guest visas for persons who are vaccinated and have evidence of vaccination in their...
    • Judicial Appointments
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any of her predecessors made a request to the Chief Justice to appoint a judge under section 21 of the Courts of Justice...
    • Domestic Violence
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to prescribe a set minimum sentence for those convicted of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of discussions that have taken place within her Department notwithstanding the creation of the community safety...
    • Visa Applications
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for visas can be treated with urgency in the case of the family of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who reoffended while released on bail for other alleged crimes during each of the past five years; the...
    • Legal Aid
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have availed of free legal aid over each of the past five years by category of alleged crime; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Human Trafficking
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to combat human trafficking in Ireland; if coordinated work is ongoing between An Garda...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for an applicant for naturalisation who is short of the reckonable residency requirement due to their stamp 4 GNIB...
    • Direct Provision System
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is advancing proposals to offer leave to remain to persons who have spent more than two years in direct provision as...
    • Departmental Properties
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by her Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate...
    • Residency Permits
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 July 2021, the status of citizenship applications; the number of applications...
    • Departmental Strategies
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of the third national strategy; if it is on track to be completed by the end of 2021; the details...
    • Departmental Communications
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since...
    • An Garda Síochána
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Garda B and C Districts within the Dublin Metropolitan Region; the...
    • Stardust Fire
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the inquest in relation to the Stardust fire; the timeframe and budget for same; and her views on whether the...
    • Visa Applications
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the subscribed visas that were submitted before May 2021 in Afghanistan included applications; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Data Protection Commission in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Prison Service
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the investigation into the Dóchas centre has not yet been completed; when is it expected to be completed and...
  • Department of Health
    • Vaccination Programme
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to address the situation in which persons who suffered a severe adverse reaction to the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in progress in his Department through his engagement with NPHET, the HSE and the Department of Education to reduce the number of days that...
    • Housing Policy
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which the various changes to the fair deal scheme announced in the Housing for All document are due to commence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Work Permits
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the exclusion of home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system; the way he plans to ensure the service...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting in excess of five months for an MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if he...
    • Community Care
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the community health organisations within the State which offer electricity subsidies to patients who suffer from COPD or similar illnesses which result in...
    • Hospital Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the reason unit 1 in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway is not open for patients for overnight care; when it is anticipated that unit 1 will reopen; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      517. To ask the Minister for Health when a corrected EU Digital COVID Certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) considering that they had already received eight certificates which...
    • Health Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to introduce a programme (details supplied) at Waterford Institute of Technology free of charge for those patients who cannot...
    • Disability Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children...
    • Hospital Facilities
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that enter into agreements to rent or lease parking space to outside companies; the revenue raised in each location; the duration of the...
    • Community Care
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when day centres will be permitted to reopen for older persons who are fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44468/21]
    • Disability Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health when disability day services will fully reopen for those who are fully vaccinated; if he is satisfied that some service users are only receiving a 20% service...
    • Health Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a non-urgent paediatric dietician appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a paediatric video fluoroscopy procedure at Galway University Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the current numbers and waiting times in each acute hospital for paediatric video fluoroscopy procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44473/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      527. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a decision on the approval of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44474/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      528. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if a service will be reinstated (details supplied); the reason funding was withdrawn; if there are plans for an alternative service; and if he will make a...
    • Health Strategies
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the additional capital and capacity measures provided for in the HSE winter plan 2020-2021 to address the additional demands placed on the acute hospital...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44479/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 840 and 847 of 3 February 2021; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44480/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting hip replacement surgery at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; the average waiting time...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      535. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will receive a date for surgery (details supplied); if they have been deemed as urgent; the waiting time for this surgery; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if behavioural optometry assessments are available publicly for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44483/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44484/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      538. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the appointment of locum staff at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44486/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line vacancies currently at Naas General Hospital; the type of vacancies that are available; the measures that are in place to fill those...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes for schools with a Covid-19 case to be sent the relevant excel spreadsheet forms by the central admissions team to collect contact...
    • Health Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when the Keltoi HSE drug rehab unit will return to operating as a drug rehab unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44497/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of person (details supplied) will be carried out following the failure by child and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if a second chance can be provided to avail of the HPV vaccine for children who did not have parental consent when it was initially offered but the child...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scheme under which a patient who has been prescribed a device (details supplied) can be reimbursed for the cost of the rental of the machine; if...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans to relocate the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street; if alternative sites are being considered; the reason the board of the...
    • Health Services Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the location where a copy of the rules and regulations applicable to higher specialist training in public health medicine in the Royal College of Physicians of...
    • Child Protection
      547. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to legislate in the area of assisted human reproduction; and if he will be doing so in line with the recently published report of the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary health care centre in Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44556/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      550. 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,...
    • Mental Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding in budget 2022 to voluntary mental health and suicide prevention charities not already in receipt of funding from his Department...
    • Hospital Admissions
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults currently attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes using insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; the number who...
    • Hospital Procedures
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that required in-hospital treatment for diabetes related foot complications and lower limb loss in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to...
    • Child Protection
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure a child (details supplied) is assigned to a liaison officer and gets the services they urgently need; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an EU digital Covid certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permitted for general practitioners to decline to see a patient in person on the basis that they have not been vaccinated for Covid-19; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [44603/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost savings from the HSE medicines management programme’s recent restructuring of the preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type...
    • Health Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for BERGER, the type 1 diabetes education programme for adults which is run in certain diabetes centres has been suspended or discontinued; if...
    • Health Service Executive
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dose adjustment for normal eating training courses that were run by the HSE in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in-person or virtually, for persons with type...
    • Health Services Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate the dose adjustment for normal eating...
    • Hospital Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University Limerick Hospitals Groups' adult diabetes service that are using insulin pump...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes that are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in University of Limerick Hospitals group; and...
    • Health Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funding applications that were received for the long-term illness scheme and the primary care reimbursement service for the FreeStyle Libre...
    • Ambulance Service
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available to each county from the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [44621/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the lack of rheumatology consultants for the west of Ireland given that there are only two consultants for the region which is having...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; if there are steps that can be taken to expedite the treatment for this person;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the body tasked with organising vaccinations for homeless persons; if there is coordination in place to facilitate persons without stable abode to access...
    • Hospital Staff
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacancy for the psychiatrist position in the day hospital in Kilrush, County Clare has been advertised; when it is expected to be filled; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentists in Birr and Ferbane, County Offaly are refusing to take on persons in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations in the reference guide Asthma-Diagnosis, Assessment and Management in General Practice published by the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist report will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44639/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nursing home (details supplied) has received three poor inspection reports in a row; the reason the Chief...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of the Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system; the number of contact tracers currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to resume walk-in testing at centres nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/21]
    • Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cancer patients are being turned away for scheduled inpatient chemotherapy treatment in Galway University...
    • Hospital Facilities
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of the HSE Keltoi rehabilitation unit in St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Strategies
      588. To ask the Minister for Health when the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy will be published; and if he will seek prior approval from the National Oversight Committee. [44701/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the use of antigen testing as Ireland continues with the gradual reopening of society. [44711/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a vaccine for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44712/21]
    • Health Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding requests for services for children under the age of 18 from each CHO for each month from January 2021 to September 2021, in tabular form;...
    • Health Services Staff
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a fully staffed early intervention team, occupational therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech and...
    • Mental Health Services
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost of a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44728/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if a system has been put in place to record side-effects of Covid-19 vaccinations in the State; if such data will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Centre by county of residence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the network teams that are in planning stage under the progressing disability services; and the network teams that are in implementation stage in tabular form....
    • Nursing Homes
      598. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation will be in place to enact the changes to the nursing home support scheme for farm families; if these changes can be applied in the case of...
    • Dental Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address shortages in the provision of dental services under the medical card scheme in particular as it relates to dental...
    • Vaccination Programme
      600. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects EU digital Covid certificates will be available to Irish citizens who were vaccinated in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes
      601. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the detail of measures to ease restrictions on visits for nursing home residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44760/21]
    • Food Waste
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of food that is wasted and or thrown out by hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [44773/21]
    • Hospital Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if dieticians and or nutritionists are involved in the menus for food provided to patients; if emergent health and nutrition guidelines are taken into...
    • Food Waste
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a system in place to redistribute food waste; if food produce or products in any of the hospitals is donated in order to avoid waste; and if he...
    • Health Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020, by county in tabular form. [44776/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 workers have not had pay restoration (details supplied); if the issue will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the prices being charged in a medical practice are fair and appropriate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      609. 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. [44836/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a projected timeframe in which the backlog of primary medical certificates will be cleared and applications from 2021 will start to be assessed;...
    • Hospital Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health when ocular prosthesis services provided though Temple Street Children’s University Hospital will be available in Ireland again; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the direction he has given general practitioners and pharmacists regarding booster Covid-19 vaccinations. [44902/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit which are...
    • Mental Health Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for mental health services for 2021 and the value of this as a percentage of the total health budget. [44934/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all. [44935/21]
    • Primary Care Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of providing free universal primary care to all. [44936/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in Cork city and county by hospital or area; and the number considered a full cohort by year for the past five years in tabular form....
    • Healthcare Policy
      619. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44954/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the current wait times for ambulances in the Dublin area as patients have reported hour-long waits for emergency ambulances....
    • Abortion Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44968/21]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if all STI testing, including non-emergency cases and those without a general practitioner referral, has fully recommenced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Women's Health Taskforce; the members of the taskforce; the number of times it has met since it was established; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 testing facility could be provided in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44988/21]
    • Dental Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment services scheme in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45000/21]
    • Disability Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department in line with the HSE will provide transport for adults with disabilities to attend adult day services (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will introduce specific and discrete vaccination certification for the small but important number of vaccinees whose severe adverse reaction...
    • General Practitioner Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve access to general practitioner care in Lucan, County Dublin, as the population of areas such as Adamstown continue to grow...
    • Departmental Communications
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he...
    • Abortion Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if the unplanned pregnancy support and abortion care study commissioned by the HSE and carried out by a person (details supplied) is part of the three-year...
    • Hospital Equipment
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators ordered from China by the HSE or others on behalf of the HSE in 2020; the cost of the ventilators ordered; the number of ventilators...
    • Disability Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation with respect to respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45066/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if a solution to the issue will be found; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People will address concerns raised with their respective offices by care champions pertaining...
    • Medical Cards
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application can be completed online; and the amount spent on the online medical card application form by the HSE. [45106/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      642. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry will be established to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to pregnant women without them being...
    • Health Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-person newborn and infant developmental checks carried out by public health nurses by CHO region in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which public health nurses will resume in-person checks; and the number of days public health nurses have been not in regular active service since...
    • Health Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health when child and family psychology services will recommence in Galway city west, Oughterard and Moycullen, County Galway; the reason for the significant delay in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      649. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further reduce the size of the chapel at University Hospital Galway which had already been reduced in size previously; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to provide the necessary capital and revenue resources arising from public health guidelines to facilitating the full...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) is being delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45141/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered marking a national day of commemoration to those lost to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45149/21]
    • Dental Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reported refusal by some dental practices to accept appointment requests from medical card holders; if he will clarify the...
    • Health Services Staff
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives removed from the register of nurses and midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland as a result of...
    • Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if, with SouthDoc in Blackpool reopening, consideration will be given to the reopening of the Kinsale SouthDoc centre; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact some community hospitals are utilising day care facilities for use as Covid-19 units and such units have day care...
    • Hospital Procedures
      659. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a cataract appointment. [45204/21]
    • Health Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to take action on the exclusion of addiction treatment facilities from HIQA remit. [45219/21]
    • Nursing Education
      670. 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. [45236/21]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay within CORU in relation to the registration for professional counselling and psychotherapy services; and the timeline to complete this...
    • Mental Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults awaiting counselling services in all HSE operational areas in tabular form. [45238/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to seek an extension of the provisions of Part 2 of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 due to expire on 9 October 2021. [45245/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing is available nationally; if proof of the presence of antibodies will be accepted as proof of immunity; the reason the proof of...
    • Legislative Measures
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the full implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [45278/21]
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details involved in preparing an EIA further to circular 5 of 2021; the minimum anticipated cost of preparing an EIA for such...
    • Forestry Sector
      679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which files (details supplied) were received by the Forest Service of his Department in tabular form; the reason the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a beef data and genomics programme appeal by a person (details supplied) will conclude. [44558/21]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with farmers or farming organisations with regard the potential of anaerobic digestion; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 29 April 2021, the progress made in establishing an interdepartmental group with regard...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units in July and August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has introduced since December 2020 to protect against the potential of African swine flu outbreaks in Ireland; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of planting and felling licences received and approved by his Department over the past 12 months in tabular form. [44782/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under...
    • Food Industry
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding Food Vision 2030; if it has been formally adopted as policy; if it is a policy that a planning...
    • Departmental Communications
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January...
    • Third Level Costs
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports which might be available to a student who is studying for an agricultural green certificate at a college...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting the introduction of a new retirement scheme for farmers; the details of this scheme; and if he will...
    • Nitrates Usage
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) with respect to the draft nitrates action programme and in...
    • Animal Welfare
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason An Garda Síochána did not utilise the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in a case (details supplied). [45130/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development by his Department of a new strategy to expand afforestation, particularly close to nature forestry and...
    • Land Issues
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the contribution of his Department to the land use review as outlined in the Programme for Government. [45135/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to promote close to nature continuous cover forestry systems as outlined in the Programme for...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      701. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of recipients of the €250,000 recently granted to County Clare under the CLÁR programme. [44547/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase funding in Budget 2022 for voluntary mental health and suicide prevention charities due to extra demand for such...
    • Cycling Facilities
      704. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the proposed works for the Mell Greenway, Drogheda for which Louth County Council received €200,000 through the...
    • Departmental Properties
      705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by her Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under...
    • Departmental Communications
      706. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January...

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