Written answers

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Trade Agreements
      8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the planned timeframe for ratifying the CETA trade agreement. [53136/21]
    • Living Wage
      9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the 2021/2022 report from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53135/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he is helping persons to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52689/21]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the increased supports that are being provided for the Design and Crafts Council by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Job Losses
      17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the measures taken by the Government to prevent these redundancies. [52008/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if workers will have the right to request remote working before the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his legislative priorities in the area of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52616/21]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the planned establishment of an IDA office in Israel. [53173/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding being provided under the Digital Transition Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52658/21]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the proposed universal basic income project that will be under the remit of the Low Pay Commission; if this is an...
    • Legislative Measures
      23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce legislation to regulate and protect the rights of workers to receive tips and gratuities; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Policy
      24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that Budget 2022 will encourage regional enterprise investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52577/21]
    • Job Creation
      25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs that have been created in Cork city and county by IDA supported companies to date in 2021; and if he will make...
    • Industrial Development
      26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed industrial park for Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52614/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of the South-West Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024; when the plan will be completed and published; and...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department is taking to help businesses decarbonise and prepare for the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the €22 million budget allocation designed to assist local businesses modernise practices (details...
    • Employment Rights
      30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Duffy-Cahill report. [53166/21]
    • Work Permits
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the sectors within the agri-food industry that have reported worker shortages; his proposals to address these; and if he will make a...
    • Data Centres
      32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the revision of the Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Policy; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has estimated the number and employment profile of indigenous Irish businesses that are at risk of closure due to...
    • Brexit Supports
      34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the new Brexit impact loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52552/21]
    • Data Centres
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Policy; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his engagement at EU and WTO level with regard to the waiving of intellectual property rights in respect of Covid-19...
    • Job Creation
      37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs that have been created in Cork city and county by Enterprise Ireland supported companies to date in 2021; and...
    • EU Directives
      38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland is not a signatory to the Employer Sanctions Directive; and the other EU employment directives that Ireland has yet...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will indicate whether there has been a falloff in new enterprises established with Local Enterprise Office or with Enterprise...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that workers are concerned that the information sent to those seeking help and guidance...
    • Climate Change Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support his Department is providing to the Climate Transition Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52653/21]
    • Trade Data
      42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of all-Ireland trade in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the specific initiatives taken by his Department to boost all-Ireland...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 17 December 2020, if Enterprise Ireland’s draft disability inclusion strategy,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the new Work Safely Protocol; and his plans for updating the protocols. [53137/21]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of additional support that Budget 2022 will provide for local enterprise offices; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 13 October 2021, the status of the current review of the critical skills and ineligible...
    • Consumer Protection
      49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the increased supports that are being provided for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by his Department; and if he...
    • Childcare Services
      50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the Joint Labour Committee that he and the Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail...
    • Enterprise Policy
      51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which vacancies remain to be filled throughout the various economic sectors; the extent to which particular causes have...
    • Employment Rights
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether he can deliver on his commitment made earlier in 2021 to enact paid sick leave by the end of 2021; and if he will...
    • Ticket Touting
      53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the availability online of tickets for sale for the Ireland versus Portugal football match on 9...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress of the actions contained in the National Remote Work Strategy; the status of outstanding...
    • Departmental Reviews
      55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of the retail sector will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52619/21]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the reported 59% fall in foreign investment in 2020 to €28 billion; and the response his Department has taken to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding which is being set aside by his Department in 2022 for Covid-19 related measures which come under the remit of his...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department is taking in the planned refurbishment of the Butter Exchange in Shandon, Cork city to be used as a hub for...
    • Trade Agreements
      61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the EU-Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Rights
      62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to improve the rights of workers to avail of sick leave and paid sick leave in all sectors; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Covid credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52617/21]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs that have been created or supported in County Mayo by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to date in 2021. [52615/21]
    • InterTradeIreland
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the increased supports being provided for InterTradeIreland to respond to the increased complexity of cross-Border trade post-Brexit;...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Joint Labour Committee examination of the pay and working conditions of childcare professionals; and when he expects...
    • Food Industry
      67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support his Department is providing for the food transformation fund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52655/21]
    • Industrial Development
      68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount being provided for an advanced manufacturing centre in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insurance Industry
      70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the insurance reform measures under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Low Pay Commission
      72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his recent appointments to the Low Pay Commission; and his plans for further changes to the make-up or remit of...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new IDA building in County Carlow will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52991/21]
    • Enterprise Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times it is anticipated that the Shannon Estuary Task Force will meet before the end of 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress by the Joint Labour Committee on pay and conditions in the early years sector; when the process will conclude; the way...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Creation
      78. To ask the Taoiseach the jobs that have been created in the past 12 months for the south western peninsulas of County Cork and the eight Islands off the south west coast of County Cork. [53404/21]
    • Trade Data
      79. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish products currently competing on world markets. [52859/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the current debate on a pandemic recognition dividend for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Banking Sector
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposed instant payments system proposed by banks (details supplied) and the objection filed by an organisation with...
    • Work Permits
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the status of a work permit (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52081/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to challenges in sourcing workers in the homecare sector; his plans to include this cohort on the...
    • EU Directives
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the failure to implement the EU Copyright Directive; the reason given to the European Commission for not implementing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give a detailed and written outline of the expectations on workers and employers over the coming number of months regarding...
    • Work Permits
      86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to update, amend and or increase the prescribed list of work on the critical skills list; and his plans to make the...
    • Grant Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a grant awarded under the regional enterprise development fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recently announced updated guidelines include the continuation of appointments only for the hair and beauty industry; the way...
    • EU Agreements
      90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland will complete ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52363/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in third-level over the academic year 2020-2021 and to...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to introduce a bill to provide for a right to request remote working; the protections that are in place now for...
    • Employment Rights
      93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on plans for a statutory sick pay scheme; when the legislation will be published; if he has a deadline...
    • Living Wage
      95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he intends to introduce a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52652/21]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the take-up of Enterprise Ireland innovation vouchers since the scheme was introduced; the number of vouchers used; the...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way a person (details supplied) who made a successful complaint for unfair dismissal against their former employer at the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which staff remain available to return to their respective employment post-Covid-19; if any specific challenges have...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which new enterprises continue to be funded in various forms in order to address the negative impact of Covid-19 and...
    • Enterprise Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which incentives continue to be made available to encourage the manufacturing and services sectors given the impact of...
    • Brexit Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he remains satisfied that Ireland’s export market continues to be accessible in the immediate aftermath of Brexit; if...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland will continue to be attractive as a location for foreign direct investment with...
    • Employment Schemes
      106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which Irish persons overseas can be encouraged to return to Ireland in order to meet staff vacancies throughout...
    • Construction Industry
      107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which job replacement or restoration throughout the construction sector has been or is being realised; if further steps...
    • Enterprise Policy
      108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he continues to support and drive the creation of new enterprises in the indigenous sector nationally with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which employment levels have improved in both the manufacturing and services sectors following the relaxation of...
    • Trade Promotion
      111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to vigorously press for new markets for Irish products at home and abroad; and if he...
    • Economic Growth
      113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which fuel and energy shortages and immigrants who might be in a position to join the workforce early if admitted is...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the island of Ireland is likely to continue to be an attractive place for foreign direct investment; and if he...
    • Redundancy Payments
      115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that entitlements to redundancy payments will not be affected other than during the period of lockdown and that...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a scenario (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52938/21]
    • Work Permits
      117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if healthcare assistants have been removed from the ineligible list for work permits, yet organisations providing home care have been...
    • Ticket Touting
      118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of venues that have applied to be a designated venue under the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and...
    • Vacant Properties
      119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant properties at the IDA Business Park, Johnstown, Navan, County Meath. [53047/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his engagement with regard to pursuing existing flexibilities in the World Trade Organization's Agreement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meetings or consultations that took place between his Department and representatives of the live performance and nightlife...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the analysis published by the International Monetary Fund on 16 June, which found that meeting the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed broadband will be delivered to a property (details supplied) under the national broadband plan. [52017/21]
    • Energy Conservation
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to make the warmth and wellbeing scheme available to homes outside of the currented limited pilot...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid by Ireland since joining the NATO accredited Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence; the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a fasttrack one-stop-shop framework for planning and licensing as was recommended by the Just...
    • Environmental Policy
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there has been an environmental assessment carried out on the importation of peat; if not, if he will conduct one;...
    • Energy Conservation
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has submitted an application under the SEAI scheme will be...
    • Official Engagements
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met representatives of a company (details supplied); if so, the nature of the discussions; and if he will...
    • Departmental Strategies
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the assessment and ultimate decision on the hydrogen strategy by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to participate himself or send a representative on behalf of his Department to engage with the Ecodesign...
    • Water Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are grants available to purify water systems for drinking water under the BEH scheme; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the roll out of the national broadband plan in County Kerry;...
    • EU Directives
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Article 8 of the Broadband Cost Reduction EU Directive will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be brought to an address (details supplied); the reason for the difficulty in delivering broadband...
    • Energy Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available for persons, farmers or community groups that want to establish a solar farm; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of fibre broadband to a property (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • North-South Interconnector
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the name of the international expert or consultants appointed to undertake the review of the North-South...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria and selection process for appointment to the board of the North-South implementation body of the Loughs...
    • Energy Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timescale for the introduction of the new micro-generation support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a premises (details supplied) will receive a high-speed broadband connection under the national...
    • Energy Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current position with customers who have, on the advice of Government. installed solar power and await a system to...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the negotiations taking place between National Broadband Ireland and other broadband infrastructure...
    • Energy Policy
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52748/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the current roll out of the National Broadband Plan in County Donegal by townland; the extent of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the...
    • Energy Conservation
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent under the warmer homes scheme to date in 2021; the number of homes upgraded to date; the number with...
    • National Broadband Plan
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a location (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland; the changes to the anticipated...
    • Energy Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prosecutions that have been issued for breaching the smoky coal ban from 2015 to date in tabular form;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a property (details supplied) can connect to fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53414/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in compensation discussions which were due to take place in September 2021 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to improve public transport services from rural areas to designated cancer centres for scheduled day case...
    • Rail Network
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Ballybrophy to Limerick continuous welded rail track renewal project will be completed; his plans to improve the frequency of...
    • Public Transport
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status in relation to provision of LUAS carriages on the red line; the increases in carriages that have taken place in the...
    • Driver Test
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the anomaly whereby a person could be refused a driving licence test in their car by the Road Safety Authority for...
    • Rail Network
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the expenditure and programme of construction and repair of the accessible elevators at all DART stations across Dublin by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been adjustments made to ensure that the rail fleet is properly ventilated; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Electric Vehicles
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if e-scooters and e-bikes will be subject to motor tax in the context of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021; and if so, the bands of...
    • Public Transport
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the transport budget concession for younger persons only includes 19- to 23-year-olds in view of the fact that many...
    • National Transport Authority
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 243 and 244 of 15 September 2021, the way the National Transport Authority, NTA, levies fines on...
    • Rail Network
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the all-island strategic rail review; when the public consultation will begin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will activate past driving instructors from An Garda Síochána and the Army given there is a massive shortage in driving...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the CIÉ group pension schemes; the proposed changes; when they will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenways Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the commencement of work on the south Kerry greenway to commence. [52471/21]
    • Driver Licences
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52566/21]
    • Tax Code
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the policy regarding charging motor tax on vehicles used by a charity (details supplied) to exempt it from the tax....
    • Traffic Management
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the Road Traffic Acts to allow for the vehicles of a charity (details supplied) to use bus lanes as is the case in many...
    • Driver Test
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52623/21]
    • Rail Network
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the project for the bridge at the Knockaphunta rail crossing in Castlebar as part of the new N5 road works.; and if he will...
    • Electric Vehicles
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the withdrawal of grants for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; if a...
    • Bus Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider the installation of bus shelters at bus stop numbers 3854 and 3855 in Lusk, County Dublin ahead of the...
    • Driver Test
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the lifting of restrictions in October 2021 removed the restriction to sanitary and toilet facilities at driver test centres to allow...
    • National Car Test
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make provision for a pause on the requirement to maintain an NCT certificate valid in instances in which a vehicle has been...
    • Electric Vehicles
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will incentivise the provision of public access electric vehicle chargers by private individuals and businesses; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will run a trial extension of the 220 Cork bus route to Kinsale, County Cork. [52811/21]
    • Coast Guard Service
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the cliff rescue element will be restored to the Bunbeg Coast Guard station based in Bunbeg, Letterkenny, County Donegal (details...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to ensure offshore windfarms can be built and maintained from ports on the east, south and west coasts; and if he...
    • Ports Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to update the national ports policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/21]
    • Driver Test
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at least 40 trained driving instructors working in driving test centres are at risk of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an update will be provided on the difficulty constituents are experiencing in applying for and successfully installing EV charger...
    • Public Transport
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status in relation to provision of Luas carriages on the red line; the increases in carriages that have taken place in the...
    • Air Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional cost to the State for additional missions over and above the 12 per month for the years 2015 to 2020 inclusive, in tabular...
    • Airport Policy
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total allocated funding for Ireland West Airport in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53018/21]
    • Transport Policy
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on the current state of the Irish taxi industry; the efforts that will be made to revive it in the interests...
    • Public Transport
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been provided in 2022 for the purchase of additional Luas carriages; and if so, when the contract for same will be put out...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installing a minimum of one defibrillator at each major train station and the necessary staff trained in the use of...
    • Coast Guard Service
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been provided for the refurbishment of a new Irish Coast Guard building in Westport and Greystones; when each of the works...
    • Driver Test
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents who are awaiting their full driving test are now unable to drive their children...
    • Driver Licences
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which it is practical to expect rural persons to be able to adhere to the law in terms of having to have a fully licensed...
    • Public Transport
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason student Leap cards are not being capped in such a way that students do not spent over €30 a week in Dublin on public...
    • Road Signage
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if signage on national roads in County Kerry in respect of an important public facility will be updated (details supplied); and if he...
    • Marine Accidents
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to enact legislation to address the shortcoming identified in the Clinch report (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Ferry Services
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the funding mechanisms that may be available within his Department for a strategic public transport service (details...
    • Departmental Contracts
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement...
    • Cycling Facilities
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the usage statistics for each individual station of the Limerick, Cork and Galway bike schemes that are available in each of the years...
    • Rail Network
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals for additional investment and upgrading the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line beyond 2021-2022 were included in the National...
    • Parking Provision
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on removing the €35 application fee for the disabled person's parking card. [53375/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the analysis published by the International Monetary Fund on 16 June 2021 which found that meeting the envisaged emission reduction target in...
    • Tax Code
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has never received correspondence regarding paying their property tax faces penalties in addition to their local property tax bill; and if he...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 to allow NAMA to build affordable housing on its land holdings instead of the need to...
    • Banking Sector
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details attached) in respect of the decision by a bank to close SME accounts in the UK.; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be forgone by the Exchequer annually by making maternity benefit exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Exemptions
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of income or property that are exempt from liability for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52105/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the comprehensive review into the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; when proposals will be presented and considered by his...
    • Insurance Coverage
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with insurance providers in respect of their lack of consistency regarding the way in which and the grounds on which they refuse to provide...
    • Insurance Industry
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is putting in place to increase competition within the insurance sector in Ireland in view of the recent report which found rising public...
    • Financial Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place for the public to consult the investment intermediaries register; if legacy registers exist; if so, the year they date to; if legacy...
    • Tax Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis and total estimated Exchequer costing that has been carried out on the employment and investment incentive scheme including in relation to the...
    • Housing Schemes
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the ceiling for house purchases under the help-to-to buy scheme at €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52384/21]
    • Credit Unions
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a review on the impact the regulatory environment has had on recruitment and retention of voluntary board members to credit...
    • State Assets
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the investments in bioenergy companies through the ISIF; the investments that are held in companies (details supplied); and if there are plans to divest from...
    • Tax Reliefs
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons and companies availing of the tax saver commuter ticket scheme; the amount saved by employees and employers, respectively on the scheme...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with NAMA on the issue of NAMA transferring its interest in the glass bottle site, Ringsend to Dublin City Council in order to provide the...
    • Tax Code
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the Revenue Commissioners’ position regarding its decision to relax tax residency regulations for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic (details...
    • Tax Credits
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance his future plans for the section 481 5% regional film making tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52742/21]
    • Insurance Coverage
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that can be followed by house sellers attempting to sell a property (details supplied) and in respect of which potential homeowners have been...
    • Legislative Measures
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated timeline for drafting the insurance (miscellaneous provisions) Bill now that it has been approved by Government; if the title of the Bill will...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of acres owned by the National Asset Management Agency at each location in County Kildare in tabular form; if any of this land can be made...
    • Civil Service
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of his predecessors was drawn to any conflict of interests and or perceived conflicts of interest within the shareholding and...
    • Official Engagements
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions that officials from his Department have met with a bank and a company (details supplied) in the past two years to date; the date on...
    • Electric Vehicles
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the benefit-in-kind changes on electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52820/21]
    • Banking Sector
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will be taking in relation to the recent announcement that a bank (details supplied) will be withdrawing cash, cheque lodgement services, foreign...
    • Tax Code
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to companies in the European Union opting to not deliver their goods, including alcohol, to Ireland due to additional taxes...
    • Fuel Prices
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are being considered to offset the impact of rising petrol and diesel prices in Ireland for motorists; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Banking Sector
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Central Bank tracker investigation is an important tool in rebuilding trust in banking institutions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regeneration Projects
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential and commercial applications received and granted under the living city initiative for Limerick city since its commencement by year...
    • Tax Code
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if voluntary organisations can reclaim VAT on defibrillators; if so, the way they may go about doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53086/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the extension of the excise relief programme which will offer 50% excise relief to small-scale cider producers following on from the...
    • Credit Unions
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that have applied for and been approved to invest in social housing provision by the Central Bank in each of the past two years;...
    • Film Industry
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extend the availability of the highest 5% rate of the regional film development uplift for claims made after 31 December...
    • Departmental Policies
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given by his Department to restricting or prohibiting the use of cryptocurrencies in Ireland as a means of payment or trading...
    • Departmental Contracts
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement Directive. [53229/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 21 October 2021, if a query (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 19 October 2021, if he will oppose attempts to classify nuclear energy as an environmentally sustainable economic...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Finance Bill 2021 contains measures to assist businesses that have ceased trading as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic with the cost of redundancy...
    • Banking Sector
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with a bank (details supplied) on behalf of residents and businesses in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo with the aim of securing the ongoing use of...
    • Insurance Coverage
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that life insurance policies provide cover in the case of stillborn children. [53354/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Development Plan
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he is of the view economic recovery is likely to spread across the island of Ireland with regard to the National...
    • Departmental Schemes
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52168/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has engaged with insurance providers regarding OPW maps and flood risk and its mapping of same in respect of the use of their...
    • Wildlife Protection
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of a bat roost at Emo Court House; if the necessary authorisation was obtained; and...
    • Brexit Supports
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the Brexit adjustment reserve allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the way he plans to...
    • Departmental Properties
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter regarding a community centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52620/21]
    • Civil Service
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason some temporary clerical officers in the civil service who can perform their duties remotely are being denied the ability to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received notice from the OPW that it will miss its deadline for completion of the Garda HQ project at Military Road; the sum...
    • EU Directives
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 19 October 2021, if no assessment took place of the value for money of the cost of...
    • Departmental Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding from her Department, through an organisation (details supplied) is being...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfear deontas atosaithe ar fáil do theaghlaigh a mbíonn scoláirí Gaeilge á gcoinneáil acu...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection to devise a scheme to immediately continue supporting artists and...
    • State Bodies
      318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 13 July 2021, if Sport Ireland has commenced the recruitment process for its new CEO...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a copy of the options paper submitted to her by the oversight group responsible for developing the pilot basic income for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide clarification on the rules for teenage discos as part of the reopening announced recently. [52715/21]
    • Tourism Industry
      321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will issue a policy directive to help address the lack of tourism infrastructure in respect of the motor home and campervan...
    • Commemorative Events
      322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Decade of Commemorations committees in each county in 2021; if the funding will continue into 2022; if...
    • Sports Funding
      323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that are currently available and open for amateur boxing clubs; the funding provided to amateur boxing clubs...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current public health advice with respect to the hosting of indoor sporting events such as darts in public houses and other...
    • Tourism Promotion
      325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in establishing a tourism education gateway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52999/21]
    • Official Engagements
      326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will meet with the Chairperson and or Chief Executive Officer of National Concert Hall before the end of 2021. [53053/21]
    • Grant Payments
      327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to a grant refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by her Department prior to the enactment of the EU...
    • Museum Projects
      329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a review of the artefacts in the possession of the State’s museums to identify artefacts that may have...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the decision to require advanced booking of tickets to attend events or venues involving dancing was based on advice from...
    • Sports Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53323/21]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Foreshore Issues
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a foreshore licence will issue to club (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the licence will commence from the date of...
    • Flood Risk Management
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered introducing legislation to regulate new developments which pose a risk of flooding to compel developers...
    • Forestry Sector
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take regarding necessary repairs at a location (details supplied). [52042/21]
    • Local Authorities
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the framework for local authority submissions for the 2022-2024 Multi Annual Rural Water Programme is being developed;...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the advice to local authorities in relation to the invasive species Japanese Knotweed on derelict private property; if...
    • Housing Policy
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the €250,000 limit which applies on Rebuilding Ireland home loans in view of increased building costs....
    • Planning Issues
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and...
    • Register of Electors
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to extend the online voter registration on voter.ie beyond Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and percentage of appeals to An Bord Pleanála to date in 2021 that have not been decided within the prescribed...
    • Housing Policy
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the deadline for pre-application strategic housing development submissions has been extended beyond October 2021; the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of a bat roost at Emo Court House; if the necessary authorisation was...
    • Energy Conservation
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to issue a new call for proposals and applications for retrofitting projects from local...
    • Local Authorities
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to provide new guidelines to county and city councils allowing them to hold in-person meetings that last...
    • Local Elections
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to carry out a boundary review to the local government electoral areas ahead of the next local elections in...
    • Local Authorities
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is planned to appoint a permanent chief executive officer to Galway County Council; the reason the role has not been...
    • Building Regulations
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that current regulations are sufficient to ensure manufactured concrete blocks safe to use in relation to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the regulatory authorities involved in the production of new concrete blocks are satisfied that the issues highlighted by...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons accommodated through homeless services within Kerry County Council; the locations they are housed in;...
    • Energy Policy
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning guidelines that exist for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52360/21]
    • Housing Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the €3.3 billion for housing has been spent to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to ensure proper game management; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will respond to a person (details supplied) regarding an environmental impact assessment report; the...
    • Housing Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local authority affordable homes scheme and the first home scheme will be in place and begin accepting applications;...
    • Planning Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a review of planning regulations as they pertain to solar panels; and the timeline for the completion of same....
    • Housing Schemes
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons who are divorced or legally separated will be considered as eligible applicants for the proposed first home...
    • Rental Sector
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in RTB registered tenancies. [52607/21]
    • Housing Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been brought back into stock through the repair and lease scheme per local authority in the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been compulsory purchase ordered per local authority in the past five years; and if he will...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with NAMA on the issue of NAMA transferring its interest in the glass bottle site, Ringsend to Dublin City...
    • Fire Service
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a medal for bravery for members of the fire service for both the full-time and retained...
    • Local Authorities
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities and approved housing bodies providing homeless services including accommodation in family hubs will...
    • Planning Issues
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are principles or noise thresholds which guide the planning process in setting noise abatement measures, restriction...
    • Housing Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income limits for social housing applicants will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52687/21]
    • Land Issues
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on discrepancies between the Land Registry maps and the TMI technology which digitised them with particular...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed wind energy development guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes or funding streams that are available to communities that wish to engage in small scale tree planting. [52808/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department is meeting the Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)4 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the...
    • Planning Issues
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the strategic environmental assessment of draft interim regulations for planning exemptions on...
    • EU Directives
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the co-funding arrangements with the EU Commission that apply to the Prioritised Action Framework 2021-2027 (details...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Chair of the Strategic Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service that commenced in February 2021 (details...
    • Heritage Sites
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider taking in charge a historic site of significant heritage importance (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Statutory Instruments
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when SI No. 79 of 2008 related to extending the bathing season in Dublin Bay for the purposes of enabling all year round water...
    • Building Regulations
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review part M of building regulations (details supplied) which states that buildings must only be suitable for...
    • Planning Issues
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if licensed premises are currently included in the exemption to convert to residential use without the need to attain planning...
    • Defective Building Materials
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeowners in County Clare represented at a meeting (details supplied). [53029/21]
    • Local Authorities
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing acquisitions agreed for each local authority for each year from 2021 to 2025 as part of their...
    • Departmental Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fund available in 2022 for the farm plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53193/21]
    • Housing Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider providing funding for a site manager for the Ballymun area to examine the large amount of council owned...
    • Departmental Contracts
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State funding for the acquisition of housing for Traveller families to prevent families entering homelessness and to...
    • Housing Policy
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the fresh start principle as outlined in Housing for All will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regional Assemblies
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the gender split to be applied when local authorities appoint councillors to the Northern and Western Regional Assembly; if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of passports that have been issued from 1 April 2021 to 15 October 2021, by the number of passports issued online, the...
    • Foreign Policy
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is compatible for Ireland as a neutral state to be involved with an organisation (details supplied) given that this...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take at both the United Nations Security Council and in the European Union to bring about an end to the genocidal...
    • Passport Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the long delays in issuing passports; if there is a staff shortage in the passport offices and the passport office phone...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make arrangements with the Singapore government for a vaccinated travel lane (details supplied). [52396/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is currently working on a framework to be used in the coming years to examine the constitutional changes that will be...
    • Consular Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open an Irish consular office in Bangladesh. [52544/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52546/21]
    • Passport Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a system of prioritisation in place for the processing of passport applications and renewals; if so, if he will provide details...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registry application by a person (details supplied). [52718/21]
    • Passport Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will direct the passport office to make urgent and direct contact with a person (details supplied) regarding a renewal passport...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the additional allocation of €140 million to overseas development aid will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East
      432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 12 October 2021 which indicates that Ireland ensures that any bilateral agreements with Israel...
    • Passport Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52863/21]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      438. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a replacement foreign birth registration certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) as it is urgently required; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will verify the accuracy of the passport tracking facility available online; if the bar level is automated by date received until the...
    • Foreign Policy
      441. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government will take in response to the decision of the Turkish Government to summon the ambassadors of a number of EU member...
    • Consular Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports that his Department can provide to two parents looking to travel to western Australia to assist their terminally ill daughter....
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite the United States of America Secretary of State to Ireland early in 2022. [53035/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the situation in Sudan was discussed at the most recent EU foreign affairs meeting. [53036/21]
    • Middle East
      446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Israeli Ministry of Defence designating six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations; his plans to...
    • EU Bodies
      447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have and are being taken to ensure that a suitable person is appointed as the EU special envoy for promotion of freedom of...
    • United Nations
      448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 9 September 2021, if Ireland is willing to table a UN Security Council resolution referring the...
    • Legislative Measures
      449. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to introduce legislation which would enable the Government to impose Magnitsky sanctions on persons credibly accused of gross...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      450. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increase to official development assistance announced in the budget in real terms; the meaning for the percentage spend on official...
    • Departmental Funding
      453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that is available to transition year groups with regard to projects that focus on sustainability and climate action particularly...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      454. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will allow retrospective inclusion on the foreign birth register for a specific group of persons (details supplied) in view of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      455. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU procurement...
    • Foreign Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the recent decision by the Chinese state to restrict the showing of films that are critical of the government in Hong Kong...
    • Passport Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if documents will be returned urgently to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53293/21]
    • Cumarsáid Aireachta
      459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cinneadh Iosrael chun sé chinn d’eagraíochtaí Cearta Daonna a ainmniú mar...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      460. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average notice period given to applicants to the Reserve Defence Force for induction testing in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date...
    • Naval Service
      463. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the proposed purchase by the Naval Service of a multi-role vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52571/21]
    • Defence Forces
      464. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the disparity between the male and female areas in the development plans for the training unit in the Curragh...
    • Air Corps
      465. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount being paid to a company (details supplied) to second maintenance technicians to the Air Corps; the amount each technician is being...
    • Defence Forces
      466. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address a matter in relation to payments to members of the Reserve Defence Force (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts
      467. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU procurement directive....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Home Schooling
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction a home tutor for a child (details supplied). [52064/21]
    • School Equipment
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the funding that is available for schools to apply for playground equipment or equipment to support extra curricula activities...
    • School Curriculum
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the interim guidance toolkit which supports effective teaching and learning of the social, personal and health education...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52079/21]
    • School Facilities
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available from her Department to install fresh water supply in schools as set out in the action plan A Healthy Weight for Ireland:...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to student safety; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application for additional support for children with ASD in a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if...
    • Education Costs
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce the burden placed on parents through voluntary contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52135/21]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and the way her Department will undertake a review of DEIS designations for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget number of ASD units in primary and national schools for 2022; the number of such schools in County Limerick that have ASD units; the...
    • Education Policy
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment in relation to the leaving certificate for Gaelscoileanna,...
    • Education Schemes
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school library fund will be allocated; the way it will be allocated to schools as announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher absences that qualify for substitution that were recorded on the online claims system since the start of the 2021-2022...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the review of DEIS; the actions schools (details supplied) can take to support their DEIS applications; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a tender by a school (details supplied); and when the project will commence construction. [52223/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to increase the number of early intervention places in primary schools with waiting lists of up to three years. [52262/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to reply to a person (details supplied). [52266/21]
    • School Facilities
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the conveyancing process for a special educational needs building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the expected...
    • Schools Building Projects
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to resolve the halting of a school building project (details supplied). [52298/21]
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work currently being undertaken to update the Action Plan on Bullying and the related Anti-Bullying Procedures for primary and post- primary...
    • School Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a full-time behaviour therapist will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied); and if she will facilitate a meeting with her...
    • Psychological Assessments
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area and the percentage found to have not been...
    • School Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area regarding the collective total number of...
    • School Funding
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital applications that have been received by her Department from schools in County Wexford for the past four years to date; and if she...
    • School Transport
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will resume at 100% capacity with restrictions easing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52369/21]
    • School Staff
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allowed to retain teacher number 15 for the 2021-2022 school year in a temporary capacity until the end of...
    • School Curriculum
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme for Government commitment to developing inclusive relationships and sexuality education including education on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to build a new Gaelscoil in Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52395/21]
    • School Transport
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to extend the contracts of public bus drivers who are deemed medically fit but who reach the age of 70 given the current shortage of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make it mandatory for all primary school to use dyslexia friendly workbooks for primary school dyslexic children, as without the use...
    • School Staff
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52477/21]
    • School Transport
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in the review case submitted by a school (details supplied) in respect of school transport under the primary school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has to review the rates awarded for assistive technology in view of the departmental cap on funding for laptops; if consideration...
    • School Transport
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a query on school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52513/21]
    • School Discipline
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a joint working group or team to investigate and resolve a complex case of a child (details supplied) who has been de facto...
    • State Examinations
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to reform the leaving certificate with a view to reducing the stress caused to children highlighted by the UN...
    • School Staff
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted to the primary staffing appeals board for April, June and October meetings in 2021; the number of appeals which...
    • Health and Safety
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in primary and post-primary schools over the academic year...
    • School Attendance
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have not returned to school since the Covid-19 pandemic began and are early school leavers; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if budget 2022 will result in an increase in the number of education welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52586/21]
    • Early School Leavers
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of alternative education for early school leavers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52587/21]
    • School Accommodation
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of portacabins per school in County Wicklow over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52588/21]
    • School Transport
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 50% school transport capacity will continue until Christmas 2021; if sufficient notice of the return to 100% capacity will be provided to...
    • School Staff
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52603/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52621/21]
    • School Accommodation
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52622/21]
    • School Curriculum
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that did not offer higher level tuition in either English, Irish or mathematics in 2017, 2018 or 2019. [52641/21]
    • School Staff
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a far greater expansion of the scope of the current supply panel scheme in relation to substitute teachers (details...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status can be given to a school (details supplied); the procedures in place to obtain this status; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part-time work undertaken abroad including in the UK by primary school teachers can be recognised for the purpose of obtaining incremental...
    • Special Educational Needs
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied); and her views on whether there is a need for more ASD units in...
    • School Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 20 October 2021, if the matters raised by a school principal (details supplied) in County Louth in...
    • School Transport
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied) whose application has been rejected from the school bus transport scheme...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a section in her Department will respond to correspondence sent by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [52782/21]
    • School Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to ongoing concerns in a school (details supplied) in relation to an inability to get substitute teachers to...
    • School Transport
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the nearest school rule relating to will be scrapped and be replaced with a nearest and next nearest rule; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of pay equalisation for all teachers and all teaching support staff. [52802/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD spaces there are at primary and post-primary level in an area (details supplied) for the academic year 2021-2022. [52803/21]
    • School Admissions
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that give admissions priority to students based on their religious affiliation. [52804/21]
    • Education Policy
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department is meeting the Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)4 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the participation of...
    • School Transport
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of sheltered bus stops for Belgooly and Riverstick, County Cork. [52810/21]
    • School Accommodation
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for additional accommodation submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
    • School Facilities
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a lease will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52870/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and position regarding her Department's contacts with a school (details supplied) in respect of the need for a new building...
    • State Examinations
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sitting the Mandarin exam at leaving certificate level is limited to students attending pilot schools. [52916/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning application for a new school (details supplied); and the detail of the additional information that has been requested...
    • School Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the post-primary payroll division of her Department will make suitable arrangements in order that a person (details supplied) receives their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current contact tracing measures in schools due to rising numbers of Covid-19 cases. [52997/21]
    • Education Policy
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effort under way by her Department to provide a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf...
    • Schools Building Projects
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the refurbishment project at a college (details supplied) will move to the next stage of works; and the expected timeframe for this project....
    • Schools Administration
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been classified as a community college rather than a gaelcholáiste; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is not classified as a gaelcholáiste and that this causes...
    • School Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to transition year groups to carry out their projects, particularly funding sources that are immediately available or...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of referrals a school can make to the National Educational Psychological Service in an academic year. [53146/21]
    • School Accommodation
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress for a permanent site for a school (details supplied). [53208/21]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which additional schools will be able to qualify for inclusion in the DEIS programme in view of the recent increase in DEIS funding...
    • School Transport
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she, in consultation with Bus Éireann, will address the anomaly in which concessionary ticketholders on the school transport scheme are...
    • Departmental Contracts
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by her Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement Directive....
    • School Staff
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the membership and chair positions on the Primary Staffing Appeals Board; her views on its history and actions to date; the person or body to...
    • School Transport
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is struggling with school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53263/21]
    • School Funding
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent consideration will be given to the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in a programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fund a behavioural therapist for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53274/21]
    • School Facilities
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all special classes are provided with CO2 monitors in addition to each school's standard allocation. [53352/21]
    • Schools Administration
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols that are in place to prioritise special classes and schools in the event that schools need to be closed for public health reasons...
    • School Facilities
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students with epilepsy who have a seizure before or during the leaving certificate examinations and are unable to complete their exam will be...
    • Clár Tógála Scoileanna
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills de bhun Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 146 ar an 4ú Márta 2021, agus Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 147 ar an 19ú Bealtaine 2021,...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52815/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the allowable periods for the homemaker’s scheme qualifies as contributions for the purposes of meeting the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment schemes are being closed down (details supplied); if this policy will be reversed; and if...
    • Fuel Prices
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 12 October 2021, if the part-time job incentive scheme will be included as an...
    • Disability Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the list of disregards available to those with a disability in respect of their social welfare benefits....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the special access to the rent supplement for victims of domestic violence beyond the end of...
    • Fuel Prices
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which those who receive the fuel allowance in two payments will be affected by the increase in the fuel allowance;...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when local Intreo offices will return to their pre-Covid-19 activities; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Fuel Prices
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons who come off illness benefit and take-up a scheme lose their entitlement to the fuel allowance; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for a partial capacity benefit in the case of a person...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the communication she has had with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to devise a scheme to...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52293/21]
    • Disability Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for disability allowance, carer’s allowance, invalidity pension and domiciliary...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons that will benefit during the 2021-2022 fuel season from the allocations in Budget 2022; the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the manner in which Budget 2022 changed farm assist with regard to agri-environmental disregards; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to include recipients of the benefit payment...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 12 October 2021 and 630 of 19 October 2021, the reason she refuses to outline...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a PPS number on application. [52509/21]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the fuel allowance will be extended to recipients of the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to introduce statutory compassionate leave in the event of a close family bereavement (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection Report on the Position of Lone...
    • Civil Registration Service
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced by new parents when trying to register their children at the Dublin...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had their adult dependent allowance stopped. [52717/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to introduce a scheme whereby those who worked as family carers are recognised through a contributory type...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rule which saw foster parents unable to access child benefit for six months as laid out in the Social Welfare...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a back to education appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the State pension (contributory) who joined the scheme post 1 September 2012 with in excess of 2,080...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision to refuse an application for the back to education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if such persons could be offered an extension of offer and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recourse there will be for partners of persons who are high risk and who cannot go back to work due to putting their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if measures are being considered to support workers who remain on the pandemic unemployment payment for the foreseeable...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53114/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by her Department prior to the enactment of the EU...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied). [53262/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if long-Covid will be considered for inclusion on the list of prescribed diseases for the occupational injuries benefit...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the requirements of the supplementary welfare allowance assistance towards funeral expenses to ensure that...
    • Registration of Deaths
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to amend the legislation concerning the stillbirth register to enable bereaved parents opt out of the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on increasing the amount of capital excluded in the calculation of eligibility for the fuel allowance for persons...
    • Departmental Reports
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 14 January 2021, the position regarding the evaluation of the gateway scheme; if...
    • Hospice Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a project (details supplied); if the research has been completed and published as planned for October 2021; and...
    • Departmental Policies
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when in-person oral hearings will resume; the date on which the matter was last reviewed; when it will be reviewed again; and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of oral hearings that took place in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by county; and the number of...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Legislative Measures
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to amend maternity leave and paternity leave for parents whose child born showing no...
    • Departmental Schemes
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the childcare scheme age...
    • Departmental Data
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private foster carers that have been approved in each of the past 36 months by Tusla area. [52197/21]
    • International Protection
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the case of a family (details supplied); and if the family will be granted...
    • Departmental Data
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster carers who have ceased fostering in the past 36 months by quarter and local office. [52258/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protections in place at present to protect the anonymity of mothers who gave children up for adoption in...
    • Departmental Policies
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a fee control mechanism will be introduced in advance of the delivery of the additional funding announced for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the hours allocated in term time for children whose parents are not working or in education; the date this...
    • Departmental Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster carers broken down by Tusla local area office. [52700/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the assisted decision-making (capacity) (amendment) Bill; the Houses of the Oireachtas committee...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 19 October 2021, if the €69 million referenced for a new...
    • Departmental Schemes
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is working to the figure of €1.5 billion for the restorative recognition scheme for...
    • Childcare Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter regarding staffing childcare facilities (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of parents in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 that were referred by Tusla for psychiatric assessment....
    • Departmental Reports
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his report on the provision of paid leave for victims of domestic violence is complete; if it has been...
    • Departmental Contracts
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment...
    • Irish Sign Language
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; when a role will be created entirely...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      649. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 19 October 2021, in relation to the €69 million for the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 6 July 2021, the number of retrospective abuse reports received by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an error in the 2021 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Awards process; if he will outline in detail the...
    • Departmental Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to Ireland under the Erasmus+ programme for student and staff mobility for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022...
    • Third Level Education
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement to expand third-level opportunities for the persons in the north-west;...
    • Departmental Projects
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of an advanced manufacturing training centre of excellence in Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of cross-Border apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52028/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s plans for mobilising the indicative €50 million allocated to skills development under PEACE Plus; and if he will...
    • Departmental Projects
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of an all-Ireland skills research hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/21]
    • Further and Higher Education
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 14 October 2021, if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding...
    • Departmental Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 27 May 2021, the details of each time the Higher Education Authority enlisted the services of...
    • Departmental Priorities
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the implementation of the recommendation outlined in the Higher Education Authority survey on race equality in the higher...
    • Departmental Policies
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students from Northern Ireland will be able to avail of the Erasmus programme in the 2021-2022 academic year and the next academic year; and...
    • Third Level Costs
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied); if financial supports will be provided to support the student due to...
    • Budget 2022
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure items listed under selected measures in Budget 2022 expenditure report, indicating for each expenditure item listed the first...
    • Departmental Strategies
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when SOLAS anticipate publishing the strategy for construction services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52252/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the details of objective 16.3 of the Housing for All plan that states his Department will bring forward a licensing system for...
    • Departmental Programmes
      671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all retrofitting of centres of excellence; the site location for each centre; the anticipated opening date for each centre; and if...
    • Medical Research and Training
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern...
    • Grant Payments
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the manner in which the additional €1 million added to the Student Assistance Fund in 2018 as an exceptional basis to support teacher...
    • Third Level Education
      676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in full or part-time courses leading to a higher education award NQF level 6-10 in the universities, technological...
    • Grant Payments
      678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation to the Student Assistance Fund for the years 2016 to date by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education and Training Provision
      682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of registered gas installers currently; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that...
    • Third Level Education
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of loan applications from higher education institutions that have not been approved in each year since 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection's Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland 2017...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the predicted 30,000 registered apprentice positions to be created in the next five years that will go towards retrofitting to meet...
    • Nursing Education
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of places for mature students who wish to study nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52624/21]
    • Student Accommodation
      690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the commitment in the programme for Government to provide more accommodation on and off-campus, using cost-rental and other...
    • Departmental Programmes
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Power 2 Progress programme will expand into counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52845/21]
    • Grant Payments
      692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for postgraduate studies in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocation for the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme in each year; the spend in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocated in targeted spending in each year to address the backlog in apprentices accessing off-the-job training in 2018, listing any...
    • Third Level Education
      696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all third-level scholarships being provided by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52885/21]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the infrastructure that has been delivered in further education and training and higher education through public private partnerships such as...
    • Medical Research and Training
      699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of the large requirement for doctors in Ireland, he intends including students undertaking the graduate entry medicine programme in...
    • Education and Training Provision
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 7,000 additional off-the job training places for craft apprentices impacted by Covid-19 will be in place; the total off-the-job training...
    • Third Level Education
      702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all public or semi-State bodies that offer third-level scholarships; the partner institute of higher education in each instance;...
    • Education Standards
      703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, has no quality assurance guidelines for online programmes; when guidelines will be published;...
    • Grant Payments
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the current situation whereby persons studying four year degree courses online are not able to access SUSI grants as the courses are...
    • Third Level Staff
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a person returning to work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53207/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU procurement directive....
    • Medical Research and Training
      707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 9 September 2021, the average cost for each undergraduate medical student; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Education
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his officials have requested a copy of the McHugh report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Rights of Way
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the passing of the Bill to amend the provisions in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 in relation...
    • Ministerial Staff
      710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review will be undertaken of arrangements for ministerial security (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52025/21]
    • Human Trafficking
      712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the National Referral Mechanism; and if it will be inclusive of all suspected trafficking victims regardless of...
    • Visa Applications
      713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Victim Support Services
      714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recent analysis carried out regarding supports for victims of abuse; when a roadmap to support victims will be implemented;...
    • Visa Applications
      715. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the situation regarding persons who are presently here on a stamp 2 visa which facilitates their study and...
    • Judicial Council
      716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to introduce ethical guidelines for judges to address conflicts of interest, such that all parties appearing in a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next Garda recruitment drive is due to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52125/21]
    • Judicial Council
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received or sent correspondence to the sentencing guidelines committee of the Judicial Council; and if she will make...
    • Court Procedures
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 12 May 2021, the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay a fixed...
    • Insurance Industry
      720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to publication of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform in December 2020 and the areas therein which fall under the...
    • Prison Service
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the additional funding announced in Budget 2022 to allow the Irish Prison Service to recruit more psychologists and...
    • Residency Permits
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appointment to update residency status can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of traffic offences, collisions and vehicles seized or detained involving e-scooters in 2020 and to date in 2021;...
    • Work Permits
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken to expedite a stamp 4 permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional staff will be assigned to the citizenship department for quick processing of citizenship applications in order...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda controlled CCTV cameras in each location in tabular form. [52260/21]
    • Court Orders
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if statutory powers are in place that remove or restrict access and custody orders made by a court in cases in which a person...
    • Immigration Policy
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns regarding the processing of re-entry visas for children (details supplied) who are holders of an...
    • Deportation Orders
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Alcohol Sales
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the regulatory and legislative challenges posed by drink delivery services; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the Garda cyber crime unit in 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52416/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      737. 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...
    • Prison Service
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of a complaints process within the Irish Prison Service; and her plans for establishing an...
    • An Garda Síochána
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which her attention was drawn to the scope and scale of the latest iteration of wrongdoing regarding An Garda...
    • Immigration Status
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied). [52501/21]
    • Bullying of Children
      744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criminal sanctions in place to protect young persons from bullying of all kinds; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52545/21]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      746. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the community approach to address the misuse of scramblers and quad bikes; and if a person who has motor racing...
    • Citizenship Applications
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful citizen applicants who did not complete and return their declaration of citizenship in each of the...
    • Residency Permits
      748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reported issues experienced by Irish residence permit applicants in completing payment for...
    • Immigration Policy
      749. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is anticipated that her Department’s regularisation scheme will increase processing delays for citizenship and IRP...
    • An Garda Síochána
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda complaints referred to and investigated by GSOC relating to counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the...
    • Prison Service
      751. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the old Cork Prison given the impact the wasted land and building has on the local community in the midst of a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given consideration to granting an extension of the right to apply for Irish citizenship to great-grandchildren of...
    • State Bodies
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the consent of the Minister which has been given to the Legal Aid Board in relation to the leasing of premises at Railway...
    • An Garda Síochána
      756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider establishing a commission of investigation into the cancellation of 999 calls. [52713/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      758. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Galway was received by her Department; the reason...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      759. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for citizenship was received by her Department from a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 21 October 2021, in which she confirmed that there are 139 gardaí assigned to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52945/21]
    • State Bodies
      763. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2020 Annual Report of the Legal Aid Board will be published; and the actions that are being taken by her Department in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      764. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that can be taken to address the issue of intimidatory protests outside the homes of public representatives and...
    • Victim Support Services
      765. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 12 October 2021, the breakdown of funding to the 63 domestic, sexual and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      766. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each burglary response unit as of 26 October 2021, in tabular form. [53048/21]
    • Departmental Budgets
      769. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ceiling for capital investment in her Department in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [53051/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      770. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new motorcycles attached to roads policing units that came into the fleet to date in 2021; and the number of...
    • Visa Applications
      771. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the visa application by a person (details supplied) and the delay in receiving a response will be examined; and if she will...
    • Coroners Service
      772. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recruitment of additional administrative staff for the Coroner's Court in Cork in order to address delays in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      773. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by her Department prior to the enactment of the EU...
    • Legislative Process
      774. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the request for pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the gambling control Bill will be submitted. [53243/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      775. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeframe in which the criteria for the new community safety innovation fund will be announced; and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53401/21]
  • Department of Health
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      777. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation recognising international surrogacy alongside retrospective declaration of parentage will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €286,000 that was allocated for expansion of services in the medical assessment unit as of December 2020 that has been drawn down by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to put in place a medical exemption certificate for those who have been advised against getting a Covid-19 vaccine for medical reasons; and...
    • Health Promotion
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if there are awareness campaigns to raise concerns of the causes of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51993/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that is responsible for payment of treatment in cases in which a child or adult is involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward; and if he...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome and any ongoing review into the work of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland following the commissioning of an external report into...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to put in place a system of medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination due to allergies and other health related issues; and if he...
    • Hospice Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE raised any concerns with the relevant authorities in relation to services at a hospice (details supplied) the funding of posts and financial losses...
    • Health Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a clinic for children diagnosed with retinoblastoma; the reason the previous clinic at CHI Temple Street Children’s University...
    • Health Strategies
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a national ambition to reduce pregnancy and infant loss; if he will establish a committee tasked with examining stillbirth and neonatal...
    • Health Promotion
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to run an awareness campaign to inform pregnant women and persons of the risk of stillbirth and the importance of foetal movement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      794. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need to provide additional self-isolation supports for Roma families through the pandemic following the closure of the Covid-19 response for...
    • Disability Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) to secure a place in an adult training hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52041/21]
    • Health Strategies
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the inconsistencies taken by his Department and the HSE in recognising the humanity of the unborn child in different contexts (details...
    • Health Services
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department receives regular reports on the number of assessments of need for children that are carried out, the number of therapeutic supports that are...
    • Mental Health Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that young persons are waiting up to 20 weeks for an appointment with Jigsaw; and the plans that are in place to reduce the waiting...
    • Dental Services
      801. To ask the Minister for Health further to a response from the HSE of 20 September 2021 (details supplied), if urgent intervention will be provided to ensure that medical card holders in the...
    • Disability Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for intervention. [52063/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections carried out the HSE and HSA Covid Compliance officers; the number of inspectors currently recruited per county; and if there are...
    • Healthcare Policy
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme in its current model in providing healthcare will extend beyond 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for an appointment with CAMHS by CHO; the number of children awaiting an appointment by length of wait time (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/21]
    • Health Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce individual risk assessments for blood donations as per the policy in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52104/21]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when the assisted human reproduction Bill will be introduced into the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52108/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52111/21]
    • Dental Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on orthodontic treatment for the 2007 patients transferred to private providers under the Framework Type Agreement 3983 as referred to in...
    • Ambulance Service
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of each emergency transfer request detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at St. Luke's Hospital; the time of...
    • Health Services
      816. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will resume in Youghal Community Hospital, Youghal, County Cork. [52120/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [52122/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      819. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is in receipt of funding applications to appoint a consultant endocrinolist, a clinical nurse specialist for diabetes and a dietician for diabetes...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      820. To ask the Minister for Health if he will pursue an application for capital funding to the HSE for the construction of a new modular building at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ballina. [52124/21]
    • Dental Services
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the process involved in identifying the patients who qualify to be transferred from the HSE to private providers under the framework type agreement 3983 for...
    • Abortion Services
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposals and work that have been carried out to ensure safe access zones are available to those accessing abortion services; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme per HSE CHO region per year from inception; the number of dentists that have...
    • Health Services
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active general medical services scheme contracts. [52144/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the latest number of approved and vacant consultant posts, by tenure, medical discipline or speciality including orthodontics and CHO or hospital group and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a modular unit is installed at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of urgency to deal with the capacity crisis...
    • Dental Services
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a waiting time of over three years to access public orthodontic services in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if lifesaving surgery will be urgently rescheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52155/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the legal procedure in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52158/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will conduct home visits for homebound persons who are due to receive a Covid-19 booster shot or for persons with mobility...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 tests sequenced by the National Virus Reference Laboratory over the past six months in tabular form; the position regarding...
    • Hospice Services
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds in the public system by category in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the restoration of services and systems following the cyberattack earlier in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52165/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area who have received an assessment and are now waiting on home help packages for more than three, six and 12 months and...
    • Health Service Executive
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alleged abuse cases submitted by disability and older persons services for review by a HSE safeguarding and protection team which have yet to be...
    • Hospital Facilities
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical theatres across the HSE; the number which are closed due to equipment reasons, staffing reasons or other reasons in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the 10 to 13 hour waiting times given to patients in Tallaght University Hospital accident and emergency; and the steps that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation of a person (details supplied) who was referred for a hip replacement six years ago; and if it will be expedited. [52193/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      847. To ask the Minister for Health if there are conditions for which the use of cannabis-based products can be prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a planned significant redevelopment project (details supplied) in County Clare; when he anticipates it will go to tender; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum levels of qualification and experience required for a person to be appointed as a HSE disability services manager; if these thresholds are...
    • Health Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the diseases and disabilities covered under the long-term illness scheme, particularly congenital adrenal hyperplasia; and if he will make...
    • Dental Services
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have cancelled their contract with the primary care reimbursement scheme since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on waiting lists for scoliosis treatment or spinal procedures, including fusion, by location; the median, mean and maximum...
    • Home Help Service
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help allocation for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52228/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults with scoliosis who received an outpatient appointment within 12 weeks of referral, a diagnostic scan within 10 days or an...
    • Departmental Reports
      858. To ask the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52230/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if as part of the commitment to expand jigsaw services in the Programme for Government he plans to provide a jigsaw centre in County Mayo; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Inspections
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA site inspections that were carried out to date in 2021 in Belmullet Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52237/21]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the FreeStyle Libre sensor is not available for persons with diabetes who have a long-term illness card given many persons have to use this as a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the status of booster vaccines; and when he expects all over 70s in Dublin to be offered a booster vaccine. [52256/21]
    • Disability Services
      864. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive formal intervention from the progressing disabilities network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths by Covid-19 each month to date in 2021; the vaccination status of all of the deceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are receiving psychiatric medication in the Puffin Ward in CUH. [52284/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to reopen the SouthDoc service in Kinsale, County Cork which was closed in 2014 due to the population increase in the area. [52289/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis of the effectiveness of rapid antigen testing for Covid-19 in children has been carried out by his Department; if so, the evidence that is...
    • Home Care Packages
      876. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 23 September 2021, when a reply to the question referred to the HSE will issue; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up to date report on underlying conditions in confirmed cases of Covid-19 (details supplied) taking into account the most recent data;...
    • Hospital Staff
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding staffing levels on hospital wards the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7; if there are sufficient staffing numbers in place to ensure that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the studies which have been undertaken and-or completed on the prevalence of long Covid; the steps that can be taken to ensure that the risks of suffering long...
    • Disability Services
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no facilities for admitting adults who have an intellectual disability and require residential psychiatric treatment, further to advice to...
    • Ambulance Service
      882. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for capacity planning and reform within the National Ambulance Service. [52305/21]
    • Health Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the number of oncological dieticians operating in the Saolta area and their area of operation; if there are plans to appoint more such dieticians; and if he...
    • HIV Incidence
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the statistics in relation to HIV in Ireland in the past two years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52315/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional €30 million for new medicines announced as part of Budget 2022; the amount that will be made available for the approval...
    • Disability Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Health when the children’s disability network team will be established in the CHO2 area; when children referred to the service can expect to start receiving...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      892. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated comprehensive plan for the easing of maternity restrictions, particularly in cases in which both parents are fully vaccinated....
    • Mental Health Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the dietitian and nutritionist appointments made within the Waterford and Wexford mental health services; the number of these positions that are currently...
    • Health Services Staff
      894. To ask the Minister for Health if immediate action will be taken for the recruitment of an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists in order that Ireland can comply with international...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      896. To ask the Minister for Health when he will give special recognition to the work of frontline healthcare workers over the course of the pandemic; when measures in relation to same will be...
    • Abortion Services
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse events reported to and-or dealt with by the State Claims Agency since 1 January 2019 related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of...
    • Medicinal Products
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medical cannabis access programme; and if a product (details supplied) is being made available to persons who require it by prescription....
    • Disability Services
      899. To ask the Minister for Health further to paragraph 4.1 on page 29 of the First Substantive Interim Report of the Farrelly Commission of Investigation (Certain matters relative to a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      900. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 booster vaccines will be available for those with autoimmune conditions in particular type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      902. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [52374/21]
    • Disability Services
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken in order to provide respite care to persons with a disability in County Cork, in particular a person (details supplied); if...
    • Health Services
      904. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3254 of 27 July 2021, if he will request an urgent update from the HSE in relation to same; and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been waiting on an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52393/21]
    • Dental Services
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme by county or smallest available geographic unit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      909. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      910. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the human tissue Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52403/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      911. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for both inpatient and outpatient appointments at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52415/21]
    • Disability Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age awaiting a first-time appointment since being switched to the new children's disability network team for CHO2...
    • Mental Health Services
      913. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 19 October 2021, if the HSE has applied for funding from the €15 million major capital works funding or the...
    • Hospital Staff
      919. To ask the Minister for Health if the skills specialty required and being interviewed for in relation to the present ongoing recruitment of a consultant cardiology resource at University...
    • Health Services
      920. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will resume at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52475/21]
    • Abortion Services
      921. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 19 October 2021, if he will ensure that the legislation includes banning advertising of this nature (details...
    • Dental Services
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the additional steps that are being taken to clear the waiting list for dental surgery for children with complex needs who have been referred to the dental...
    • Eating Disorders
      926. To ask the Minister for Health when feedback will be provided to the National Eating Disorder Recovery Centre following a meeting between the HSE; when a resolution is expected; if the HSE...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      927. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation and availability of supports regarding assisted human reproduction such as IVF and surrogacy both domestically and abroad will be made...
    • Health Services Staff
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended number of neurology specialist nurses for St. Vincent’s University Hospital considering the catchment area and best practice guidelines;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      930. To ask the Minister for Health the process available for persons who have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine but have been advised on medical grounds not to get the second dose of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      932. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open an all-purpose primary care facility in Clane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52515/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      934. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with an appointment for an assessment with the ASD services in counties Galway and Roscommon; the reason for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      935. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 13 July 2021, if an update on funding of a permanent public MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital through the...
    • Hospital Services
      936. To ask the Minister for Health if the staffing and management of the current MRI service at Wexford General Hospital is wholly funded through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      937. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 19 October 2021, if the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [52534/21]
    • Home Help Service
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours approved but not yet provided in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular...
    • Health Services
      939. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied); if additional funding and resources will be provided to the organisation and other...
    • Transport Costs
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past five years for each hospital to ferry or deliver blood, blood samples, breast milk or tissues or organs between hospitals and...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      941. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided annually to charities (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the vital work of same as an aid to hospitals during and...
    • Home Care Packages
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in an area (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52600/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a speech and language therapy appointment broken down into assessment waiting list, initial assessment waiting list and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have used the Keltoi facility for isolation from 1 August 2021 to date by week in tabular form. [52610/21]
    • Health Services
      946. To ask the Minister for Health the continuum of care pathways available to persons given the closure of the HSE Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit. [52611/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in relation to the HSE taking control of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Birth Certificates
      950. To ask the Minister for Health when parents of a newborn baby (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be given an appointment to register the baby’s birth; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Abortion Services
      951. To ask the Minister for Health further to his acknowledgement of the findings of recent UCC research which indicated that babies may have survived abortions performed under the Health...
    • Medicinal Products
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been prescribed an approved MCAP medical cannabis product since the commencement of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      953. To ask the Minister for Health when a date for a consultant appointment for assessment of cataracts will be given to a person (details supplied). [52644/21]
    • Health Services
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an appointment in Jigsaw Tipperary for video and phone support appointments and face-to-face appointments. [52660/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours he is budgeting for in 2022; the standards that will be applied to new providers before they are approved for service delivery;...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      959. To ask the Minister for Health if he has consulted with or has plans to meet and invite input into the draft legislation from Irish families through surrogacy; his views on the fact that...
    • Departmental Data
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that are in practice in each county in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [52685/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      963. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been engagement between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) pertaining to the growing concerns expressed by general...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to countries setting expiry dates on Covid-19 vaccines and the impact this could have on Irish Travellers should they not be...
    • Health Services
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the reason podiatry services are no longer available for residents in Ashbourne and Dunshaughlin, County Meath, given that now the closest primary care centre...
    • Health Service Executive
      968. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays in obtaining an appointment with the HSE civil registration service for the purpose of acquiring a marriage licence;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      969. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to have pharmacies administer Covid-19 booster vaccinations in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52703/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the recommendation for an additional nurse specialist post for the neurology service in Limerick Hospital which was...
    • Health Services
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending acute hospitals with strokes, blood clots and for emergency cardiac care from January 2021 to September 2021; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding efforts to secure new general practitioners for Ballyduff, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52719/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds psychiatric nurse courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52720/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      976. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the €53 million debt that was cleared in mental health in 2021 in which this debt occurred; the way it was cleared; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the types of venues and settings in which the EU Digital COVID Certificate can be used to permit entry, aside from hospitality premises; if it can be used by...
    • Health Services Staff
      979. To ask the Minister for Health if the issue of pay restoration for section 39 workers will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52745/21]
    • Health Services
      982. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52753/21]
    • Medical Cards
      983. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of chiropodists who accept medical cards in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52757/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      984. To ask the Minister for Health if he has developed a plan to ensure that any person who is eligible can get the Covid-19 booster vaccine, in particular those who are housebound and are...
    • Health Services
      985. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to address issues related to foetal alcohol syndrome; the amount of funding provided to address these issues over the past...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons in Ireland that need to take PCBD 110 oil prescribed by their consultants for their illness (details...
    • Health Services
      988. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients diagnosed with kidney disease in each of the past five years to date; the availability of and proposals to extend home dialysis for...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations around site ownership and governance of the planned new national maternity hospital; if a timeframe has been set for the...
    • Health Strategies
      990. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the National Positive Ageing Strategy; the reason it has not been updated in over eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      992. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52796/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      993. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each local first responder group in counties Laois, Offaly and Kildare in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Health Services
      994. To ask the Minister for Health when the premises of a centre (details supplied) which is currently being refurbished will reopen; if funding has been secured to complete the works; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with lived experience of mental health challenges who are employed to support recovery and recovery education in each CHO in the years...
    • Medicinal Products
      996. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the Medical Cannabis Access Programme allows for those who suffer from epilepsy to avail of the scheme,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      997. To ask the Minister for Health if changes have been made recently to the regulations for families to visit loved ones in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52821/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tissue viability nurses available to medical card holders by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52844/21]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department or other bodies within this jurisdiction monitor the alternative smoking options on sale here; if all forms of vaping have...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of hospital theatres throughout the country of a standard capable of facilitating orthopaedic surgery, cardiac surgery and scoliosis...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis procedures undertaken in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/21]
    • Health Services
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the list of x-ray referrers to include registered physiotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52866/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered creating the grade of advanced practice physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52867/21]
    • Health Services
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to increase the number of places for adult services at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health if the post for disability social worker in County Longford has been filled. [52903/21]
    • Health Services
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the continued and future funding of a group (details supplied); the contacts he has had with the group; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions through University of Limerick Hospitals Group’s emergency departments and medical assessment units that were due to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health the makes of Covid-19 vaccines now available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52947/21]
    • Health Services
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in providing the necessary supports to a person (details supplied); when this support will be provided; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders by areas (details supplied); the number of dental practices taking medical card holders into 2022; the ratio and proportion...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health when Ireland will recognise deaf blindness as a unique disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52953/21]
    • Disability Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a decision on supported accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52961/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional 2,600 beds (details supplied) that were allocated in Budget 2021 that have been made available to date; the breakdown of beds...
    • Health Services Staff
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 16,000 additional staff as committed to in Budget 2021 (details supplied) that have been recruited and are working at present within the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been added at University Hospital Limerick campus to date in 2021; the reason overcrowding is still such an issue considering...
    • Health Services
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken by his Department to increases access to community healthcare services in County Clare specifically as per commitments made in...
    • Health Services Staff
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional staff for children’s therapeutic services (details supplied) that have been instated as committed to in the Budget 2021...
    • Medicinal Products
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulties a person (details supplied) is having regarding obtaining their prescription; and if support can be provided to them in...
    • Disability Services
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional €100 million for the disability budget announced in 2020 for 2021; and the amount of such monies that has been spent to...
    • Nursing Homes
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date in 2021 to decongregate under 65s from nursing home residential settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a proposal to develop additional capacity at the children's ark paediatric unit, University Hospital Limerick; the status of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise a student who is currently on an Erasmus scheme in Sweden who received their first vaccination dose in Ireland and the second in Sweden but...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans either through additional funding or strategic planning to address mental health issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Properties
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide information on plans it has for a one hectare site in its ownership at Jamestown, Ratoath, County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2709 of 27 July 2021, if a response can now issue in respect of whether BreastCheck services in counties Louth and Meath...
    • Abortion Services
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the remit, membership and terms of reference for the abortion legislation review group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53003/21]
    • Health Promotion
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit funding under the Sláintecare healthy communities fund to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 opening access to the public; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time urology nurse specialists at both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Health Services
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €1.4 million new funding for crisis resolution services will be spent in 2022. [53039/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in 2022 for the recruitment of two additional full-time craniofacial surgeons. [53040/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time mental health intellectual disability consultants working in CHO 8 in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [53041/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant vascular surgeons attached to St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
    • Health Promotion
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Food Safety Authority Ireland warning in relation to cannabis jellies was administered through the school system; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sunday day care centre in Leopardstown Hospital; the measures being taken to reopen fully for its patrons; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set a policy that overseas doctors can only obtain a six month contract; and if this practice makes it more difficult to attract such...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of his Department’s budget for 2022 which is being considered as part of Official Development Assistance in the context of international...
    • Hospital Staff
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recruitment plans for neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53098/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was paying the correct amount in a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53102/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health if the excessive wait time for obtaining an MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick for a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [53111/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is being specifically allocated to support individual nursing homes in implementing the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel recommendations;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting on an MRI Scan at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53120/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost savings to the community healthcare budget for counties Cork and Kerry of the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork that...
    • Hospital Staff
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue of remuneration levels awarded to ward clerks in hospitals (details supplied); if this issue will be urgently...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 30 September 2021, if there has been an update regarding HPV vaccination for a student (details supplied). [53133/21]
    • Health Services
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients attending the paediatric diabetic clinic, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [53145/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the list of persons who can refer persons for an x-ray to include registered physiotherapists and to create the grade of advanced...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12, 9 to 12, 12 to 24 and 24 months plus for speech and language therapy in County Cork in...
    • Mental Health Services
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations in which minors have presented to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick in need of crisis...
    • Health Services
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on a care plan for a person (details supplied); and if he is satisfied that the plan is adequate in addressing the physical and mental...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are waiting on a first appointment for the outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the University of Limerick Hospitals group in age...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence the booster immunisation roll-out for healthcare workers across the front-line healthcare services given it has been approved by the WHO...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the University of Limerick Hospitals group that have...
    • Hospital Staff
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in recruiting the four diabetes clinical nurse specialist posts, the three dietitian posts and the additional two consultant...
    • Health Services
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health if University of Limerick Hospitals Group is to be included in the remaining six diabetes centres acquiring DAFNE licences in 2022 (details supplied). [53195/21]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick Hospital Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due...
    • Disability Services
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the delivery of the Disability Capacity Review published in July 2021; the various work streams and the timeframes involved; if workforce...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 18 years of age who were admitted through University of Limerick Hospital Groups accident and emergency or the acute medical...
    • Health Services
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for the resumption of the national diabetes register Sláintecare project as a priority; and if his attention...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement Directive. [53232/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the two cardiac arrests which occurred in Leixlip, County Kildare on 21 October 2021 which had a delayed response time; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health staff in County Kerry [53244/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the distribution of booster vaccines in County Kerry [53245/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the length of delays caused in the processing of medical cards; the measures taken to eliminate the delays; if he will consider allowing...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports he will put in place to support midwives and other medical professionals in providing advice regarding the safety and positive...
    • Hospital Charges
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 28 September, if he will consider an interim waiver of the statutory public inpatient charge for those small...
    • Family Support Services
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe in which the HSE will report to his Department on the outcome of the application process for the €70,000 funding allocation in...
    • Health Services
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe in which details of the €80,000 funding allocation to improve access and provision of community-based drug and alcohol services...
    • Mental Health Services
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list to see a child psychologist in community healthcare organisations, CHOs, 6 and 7 in County Wicklow by...
    • Disability Services
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment with the children's disability network team in CHOs 6 and 7 in County Wicklow, by referral...
    • Health Service Executive
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which data was irretrievably lost by the HSE due to the recent cyberattack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53294/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a ministerial stakeholder group to review and strengthen current risk reduction measures for the prescribing and dispensing of sodium...
    • Health Services Staff
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health when four unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts will be recruited to meet the six posts agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the pregnancy prevention...
    • Disability Services
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services for adults with special needs will resume to full capacity in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient staff are available for a HSE centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53316/21]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to amend existing legislation and examine a redraft of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill to ensure that the rights of children who...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been diagnosed with myocarditis subsequent to receiving a vaccination for Covid-19 can apply to have their medical expenses reimbursed;...
    • Nursing Homes
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 21 October, if he will outline the process now in place for persons to avail of the three-year cap on farm or...
    • Home Help Service
      1125. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the lack of available home support service carers in County Meath; the number of persons in County Meath who have been...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccines for those who have been designated as being at high-risk from Covid-19; the person...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health the date for when the reduction of the monthly threshold for the drugs payment scheme, which will be reduced from €114 to €100 per month, will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 25 March, the current projected timeline for the opening of the new national forensic mental health service...
    • State Properties
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 26 September 2019, the future plans for a HSE property (details supplied) in County Dublin; if consideration is...
    • Health Services
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a long-stay bed. [53344/21]
    • Disability Services
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown for the Children's Disability Network Teams Nos. 7 to 12, inclusive; and the waiting list, by service, in each. [53347/21]
    • Health Services
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when he or she can expect an appointment at the audiology clinic, Portlaoise Hospital, County...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance that has been offered to general practitioners concerning the in-person consultation for infants and young children who may be exhibiting some...
    • Health Services
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the resumption of chiropody services for public patients in Bantry, County Cork. [53357/21]
    • Dental Services
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide public dental services in Bantry, County Cork. [53358/21]
    • Substance Misuse
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €6 million announced in budget 2022 for the drugs strategy that will go to the local and regional drug and alcohol task...
    • Dental Services
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 871 of 10 March 2021, the status of improving funding of dental healthcare through the medical card system. [53360/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set a national ambition to reduce the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths. [53362/21]
    • Health Services
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in regard to a report recommendation (details supplied). [53364/21]
    • Health Strategies
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on developing a comprehensive, time-bound and fully costed national maternity strategy implementation plan which spans the remaining...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an infant patient (details supplied) will have to wait for five years for a rheumatology appointment at CHI, Crumlin hospital, Dublin; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the quantities of mRNA vaccines currently in stock; the schedule of expected deliveries and quantities between now and the end of 2021; and if...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the preparation of a first business case for the relocation of the new national maternity hospital as required under the public spending code;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the official public health advice in respect of ventilation in domestic home settings, school settings, hospitality settings and workplace settings. [53383/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended standard for antigen tests for use by the public; and the steps being taken to publicise this. [53385/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended standard for CO2 monitors for use by the public; and the steps being taken to publicise this. [53386/21]
    • Health Strategies
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health the governance structure for the implementation of the Sláintecare reform programme; the arrangements for oversight of the programme; and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the research available to him regarding the level of vaccine waning in respect of each of the vaccines used here; if this will play a role in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of general practitioners. [53393/21]
    • Dental Services
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the school dentist waiting list and the fact that currently primary school children are not receiving any appointments in...
    • Hospital Staff
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to recruit neurology nurse specialists for Cork University Hospital given the unit is short of specialised staff; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the McHugh report on student nurses and midwives pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53407/21]
    • Industrial Relations
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of engagements he has had with trade unions on the McHugh report on student nurses and midwives pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a suckler cow scheme with a payment of €200 per suckler cow as he previously called for when in...
    • Environmental Schemes
      1162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are currently enrolled in environmental schemes; the number who will be out of contract at the end of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has plans to increase the TAMS costings and ceilings in view of the fact there has been a substantial increase in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); if a response will issue on the matters raised within. [52119/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52176/21]
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the present 12 mile, 20 kilometre, exclusive coastal zone for fishing is due to come to an end; the plans to replace same when...
    • Brexit Supports
      1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure that all fishers and all segments of the fleet benefit from the Brexit adjustment reserve fund; the...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a uniform standard across the EU in respect of export health certificates for shellfish; the body that enforces these...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, per Article 2(2) of EU Regulation No. 1306/2013 and Article 4(1) of EU Regulation No. 640/2014, he plans to ensure that farmers...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to the ICT infrastructure in marts; the number of applications received; the number of successful applicants;...
    • Departmental Reports
      1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 15 September 2021, if a tender has been awarded; when he expects to receive and publish...
    • Farm Safety
      1176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated for farm adviser continuous professional development training on dedicated topics, one of which is farm...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      1180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available for students of agricultural colleges facing financial hardship that are provided by his Department directly...
    • Departmental Data
      1181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of students studying at Teagasc agricultural colleges and non-Teagasc agricultural colleges in 2016 to date, both...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhound racecourses are required to ensure that vets are on site while official and unofficial dog trials are taking place to...
    • Animal Welfare
      1183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional animal welfare measures that have been enacted since he assumed office with regard to horse and greyhound racing; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to a scheme for beef finishers from 2019 to 2022; the proposed reforms of the scheme in 2022; and if he will...
    • Official Engagements
      1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him, and Ministers of State within his Department during the period...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for the straw incorporation scheme in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52425/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      1189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for new afforestation grants in 2022; the rate that they will be paid at; if they will be paid at a premium to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to his Department through the carbon tax in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the schemes these funds were spent on; and if...
    • Farm Inspections
      1191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Animal Diseases
      1192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TB tests carried out from 2016 to date; the positivity rate; the total cost of same to his Department; the EU...
    • Farm Safety
      1193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to spend the €2 million in additional funds allocated to farm safety in budget 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      1195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated to ex gratia animal welfare grants in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement...
    • Credit Availability
      1196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated to flexible loan schemes through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, for farmers,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available for groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52473/21]
    • European Court of Justice
      1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's attention has been drawn to the fact that the Department of Health has confirmed that in view of the EU Court of...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the environmental value of the hemp sector in the context of IPCC climate transition pathways...
    • Fur Farming
      1203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasoning behind the granting of compensation to fur farms that are due to close; the amount of compensation to be paid; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 6 July 2021, if his Department can publish metrics (details supplied) for the REAP...
    • Animal Diseases
      1209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which scientific evidence exists in his Department relating to the causes of the spread of bovine TB; the full extent...
    • EU Funding
      1212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown between EU versus Exchequer funding in the allocation of €180 million for the Leader programme in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings that he held with the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the allocation of LEADER funding as per the...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      1214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52664/21]
    • Data Protection
      1215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the information from farmers that is compiled by an organisation (details supplied); the role of his Department in the use and...
    • Departmental Funding
      1217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) will be assured fixed funding into the future to allow farmers, participants and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the three band system for dairy cows; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Diseases
      1220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received information to the effect that bovine TB is being spread by way of other animals; and if he will make...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the elements of the CAP programme which have as a key objective the reduction in carbon equivalent emissions from agriculture; the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of activities which can qualify for farm payment from the new programme funded from carbon tax; and the projected impact...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that public access to Estat Mhic Manusa, the Coillte managed forest at Rossylongan, Donegal Town and its status as...
    • Forestry Sector
      1228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 21 October 2021, the anticipated timeline for the outcome on potential alternatives to...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the completion works for the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal; and when the works will be completed....
    • Fishing Industry
      1242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Iceland, Norway, and the Faroe Islands have not availed of the quota of bluefin...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place in relation to the BEAM scheme in circumstances in which farmers test positive for TB and have their herd...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which capital funding for Howth harbour in 2021 is being spent under the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects that were carried out at each fishery harbour centre under the remit of his Department in 2021; and when each...
    • Forestry Sector
      1247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences that are awaiting processing by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Budgets
      1250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of his Department’s budget for 2022 which is being considered as part of Official Development Assistance in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is available to transition year groups with regard to projects that focus on farming and sustainable agriculture in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application (details supplied) is not available to farmers and agri-consultants; when it will become operational; and...
    • Nitrates Usage
      1253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a ban on protected urea coming in from Russia (details supplied). [53217/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by his Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement...
    • Forestry Sector
      1255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if felling licences to date in 2021 have been issued for 22,736 ha in view of the fact afforestation licences in the same period...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if further information is needed; the expected timeframe...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      1259. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department through LEADER funding, Pobal or any other agency under her aegis can provide funding or support to carry out a...
    • Legislative Measures
      1260. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the legislation regarding the strengthening of the guidelines for dog breeding establishments; and if she will make a...
    • Animal Breeding
      1261. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will issue a circular to all local authorities advising them to make public in a standardised manner all information relating...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      1262. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the concept of working from home or through digital hubs is being progressed with a view to ensuring the optimum...
    • EU Funding
      1263. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise on EU funding sources available to support local heritage groups and with regard to Leader allocations for local...
    • Departmental Funding
      1264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that is available to transition year groups in rural communities with regard to projects that support sustainability in...
    • Offshore Islands
      1271. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the further funding that will be allocated in 2021 to accommodation roads on offshore islands; and the number of such roads on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1272. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by her Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement...
    • Departmental Funding
      1273. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding programmes within his Department that may be available to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      1274. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of broadband connection points; the number that have been connected to date by county; the number planned...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1276. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to progress phase 3 of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin. [53343/21]

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