Written answers
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Advertising
49. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the past ten years and to date...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Agreements
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is expected to complete the ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Development
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a foreign company based in a rural area in Ireland which employs ten persons and plans to expand to 40 employees is not...
- Departmental Advertising
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in...
- Work Permits
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if work permits will be granted to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55055/21]
- Labour Court
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the pay rise for security guards due in June 2021 will come into effect. [55063/21]
- Trade Agreements
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the motion seeking ratification of CETA will be made in Dáil Éireann given his comments at the Oireachtas Committee on...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking in relation to persons having to pay a visible environmental management charge on used tyres...
- Environmental Schemes
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to lift the restriction under the warmer homes scheme of not revisiting homes which have previously had a...
- Grant Payments
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant can be paid out in respect of a person (details supplied) who was not able to carry out the works prior to...
- Departmental Advertising
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online...
- Departmental Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a project (details supplied) is eligible to apply for funding under the National Just Transition Fund; and if he will...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the statement that methane is a short-term gas that stays in the atmosphere for ten to 12 years and that,...
- Climate Change Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information on the measurable progress Ireland has made on the list of actions Ireland agreed to in...
- Electricity Generation
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a community facility (details supplied) in County Kerry that has invested in solar PV panels will get a return for...
- Waste Management
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Coast Guard Service
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected response times for call-outs for cliff rescue emergencies in the islands off the County Donegal coast, including Aran...
- Ports Policy
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Port will be used for cruise liner traffic in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54886/21]
- Departmental Advertising
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each...
- Bus Services
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a Local Link service will be provided to a community (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Air Accident Investigations
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will, as a priority, initiate a review of the failures identified in the report in respect of Rescue 116; and if he will publish a...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax deadline by three weeks to enable accountancy firms to deal with delays caused by Covid-19 and the local property tax deadline...
- Departmental Advertising
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the past ten years...
- National Treasury Management Agency
75. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 22 June 2021, the position regarding the amount of negative interest charged to any money held on deposit...
- Banking Sector
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the four locations in which a bank (details supplied) will continue to maintain an ATM after a branch closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Medical Certificates
77. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government will allow the resumption of applications for primary medical certificates with the broader category of the severely and permanently...
- Tax Yield
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue raised from legislated increases in the carbon tax in each year from 2021 to 2030 relative to the rate of €26 per tonne in 2020 as...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs or job opportunities in the public sector that require the Covid-19 vaccination as a condition of continued employment...
- An Garda Síochána
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans for the redevelopment of the Garda station in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54899/21]
- Public Appointments Service
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made for Irish-speaking executive officers from the 2020 panel (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Advertising
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each...
- Schools Building Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding a school project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55057/21]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are supports for a club (details supplied) that is not in profit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55140/21]
- Sports Organisations
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Sport Ireland is insisting that all players must be vaccinated to participate in...
- Departmental Advertising
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent by her Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Services
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that is responsible for the design and delivery of new sewage treatment infrastructure for towns and...
- Vacant Properties
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes in County Louth that Louth County Council applied for voids funding to bring back into use in each...
- Departmental Reports
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which he, his predecessor and his officials last engaged with a person (details supplied) in respect of a Review...
- Domestic Violence
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if domestic violence is provided for in national legislation as an antisocial behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Advertising
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online...
- Electoral Process
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish a report on the public consultation on modernisation of the electoral register process which concluded on...
- Departmental Reviews
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the working group to review Irish planning legislation will be established; when the terms of reference will be...
- Local Authorities
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review by the County and City Management Association of local authority capacity and resources before the...
- Housing Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ireland plans to use InvestEU funds to support investment in social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Government Reform
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the funding to help increase the diversity of candidates running in local elections; and if he will make...
- Housing Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is planned to increase the income eligibility limits for social housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan given existing...
- Housing Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report into the tenant purchase scheme will be published; if the issues relating to income from social welfare and...
- Land Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a State register of development land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55084/21]
- Derelict Sites
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of Kildare County Council’s return under the Derelict Sites Register pursuant to Circular Letter PL...
- Traveller Accommodation
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Travellers represented 52% of homeless persons in County Clare in 2020; and...
- Wildlife Regulations
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the deer population in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Wildlife Protection
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of a wildlife crime unit. [55183/21]
- Wastewater Treatment
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the EPA Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2020 report finding that treatment at 12 large...
- Seaweed Harvesting
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish a national strategy for the sustainable development of the seaweed sector in Ireland with a particular...
- Local Authorities
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 28 September 2021, if minutes were taken in respect of the meetings in 2021...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine the passport application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54793/21]
- Foreign Birth Registration
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the foreign birth registration application for a person (details supplied) can be reviewed and expedited; and if he will address matters...
- Departmental Advertising
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of...
- Middle East
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; if he will provide details of the issues he addressed during his visit...
- Brexit Issues
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the practical supports that are in place if Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol is triggered by the UK in respect of trade between...
- Passport Services
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consular Services
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to address the shortage of consular appointments in the New York consulate. [55174/21]
- Passport Services
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application of a person (details supplied) will be processed by his Department; if he will reply to...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Advertising
132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the...
- Air Corps
133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid to outside agency technicians for aircraft maintenance by the Air Corps in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be expedited for an ASD classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54807/21]
- School Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce the policy in which schools could bank substitution hours for days when school staff, such as special education or...
- Special Educational Needs
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been provided with a part-time SNA; when they will be provided with an SNA with full-time hours; and...
- Departmental Advertising
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by her Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the...
- Special Educational Needs
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the SNA exceptional review application submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Enrolments
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first and second level school places allocated to schools (details supplied) for the 2021-2022 school year; if she is satisfied...
- Schools Building Projects
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 23 June 2021, the date the tenders arrived back for a project (details supplied) following the...
- School Enrolments
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of both primary and post-primary education in Santry, Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided in capitation grants nationally in each of the past ten years to date; the amount forecasted to be granted in 2022 and 2023;...
- Schools Administration
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to negotiate a corporate rate for all schools nationally in respect of their heating and lighting bills. [55135/21]
- School Facilities
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has conducted a cost-benefit analysis regarding the installation of air filtration systems versus heating costs in schools. [55136/21]
- School Accommodation
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expectations on schools nationally that cannot meet the standard in the context of the minimum temperatures for schools as per design note 17...
- School Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional capitation grants to schools that require them to cover heating and lighting costs in the context of Covid-19...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Employment Support Services
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made for workers of local employment services that are being replaced by private providers; and if she...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Advertising
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount spent by her Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out in pandemic unemployment payments in each month since the start of the pandemic. [54935/21]
- Social Welfare Payments
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out in jobseeker’s allowance in each month since the start of the pandemic. [54936/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of instances of fraud in relation to the pandemic unemployment payment identified by her or her Department to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- School Meals Programme
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55152/21]
- Home Care Packages
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken regarding the staffing crisis in homecare service providers; her views on whether the decision to...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Direct Provision System
162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that is being made with the pledge to end direct provision; the way this will be achieved; and if...
- Child and Family Agency
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla workers and staff who are working through a recruitment agency. [54784/21]
- Direct Provision System
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has to end non-front door direct provision in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Children in Care
170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in State care by age and by the county the children are from. [54857/21]
- Child and Family Agency
172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were engaging with Tusla or that Tusla had identified as at risk, who suffered a...
- Departmental Advertising
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and...
- Direct Provision System
177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company contracted to run a direct provision centre in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the current eligibility criteria for the Student Grant Scheme in view of the fact that persons that have returned from living...
- Labour Court
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out a salary review for local training initiative co-ordinators, given that one has not been completed since 2008; and if he...
- Departmental Advertising
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the...
- Education Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that his Department has had with the UK department of higher education in England, Scotland and Wales in respect of the Erasmus...
- Semi-State Bodies
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure of the HEA each year since 2016, in tabular form, on its own operation and administration, separate from the funding it provides...
- Nursing Education
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year enrolments and the number of graduates, respectively, in mental health nursing in each higher education institution in...
- Education Schemes
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system, indicating their duration, NFQ level and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the wind turbine maintenance apprenticeship currently in development will be ready to be launched; the further education and training and...
- Education Schemes
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all Springboard+ 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 courses in construction related areas; the number of participants in each programme in...
- Third Level Education
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 2 November 2021, if he will explain the discrepancy between the 708 quota on EU entrants into...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding an application for a stamp 1G visa by a person (details supplied) who has previously had a stamp...
- Departmental Advertising
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent by her Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online...
- Probate Applications
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average timeframe it is taking to receive an appointment with the Probate Office from the time an initial application is...
- International Protection
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permission to remain applications rejected by the independent International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each...
- Visa Applications
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54948/21]
- Community Development Projects
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on establishing a community safety innovation fund and the proceeds of crime that have been...
- Departmental Reviews
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a promised review took place following the conviction of a person (details supplied) for rape; the details of the outcome of...
- Road Traffic Offences
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-charge notices issued to drivers for speeding, by Garda division, in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020;...
- Road Traffic Accidents
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding traffic collisions recorded by An Garda Síochána and if she...
- Department of Health
- Assisted Human Reproduction
211. To ask the Minister for Health the dialogue that has been conducted between his Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to the...
- State Claims Agency
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the State Claims Agency to provide details on the 94 incidents reported to same via the National Incident Management System between 1...
- Health Strategies
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new national stroke strategy and its associated implementation plan. [55181/21]
- Home Care Packages
215. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for home carers who are not from the EEC to be able to work in the private nursing home sector but not the home care service sector; and if he...
- Medicinal Products
216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug cariban which is prescribed for patients with hyperemesis gravidarum is not included in the medical card scheme or the drugs payment...
- Hospital Appointments Status
217. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital for a kidney stone removal operation; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the campaign for 100 extra neurology nurse specialists across Ireland (details supplied). [54790/21]
- Hospital Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that cardiac rehabilitation services in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan have not yet been restored; when it is expected that cardiac...
- Hospital Facilities
220. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the renal unit in Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo in view of the number of persons placed on the waiting list for...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will legislate for international surrogacy as part of the proposed assisted human reproduction Bill; if so, when he will publish the legislation; if he...
- Nursing Homes
223. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to amend the fair deal scheme to allow homeowners to rent out their homes while they are in a nursing home given this would free up more...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the full costs associated with mandatory hotel quarantine since the measure was introduced to date by month. [54885/21]
- Departmental Advertising
226. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in each of the past ten years...
- Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme will continue beyond the end of 2021 on an administrative basis until the necessary legislation is put in...
- Medicinal Products
228. To ask the Minister for Health if public patients will have immediate access, without cost, to pembrolizumab for treatment of cervical cancer, if clinically recommended; and if he will make...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list each waiting list for services provided by the HSE, except for those provided by community services, which is not reported by the National...
- Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); when services will be provided for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54928/21]
- Eating Disorders
231. To ask the Minister for Health if the incidence of those seeking care for eating disorders in Galway has increased in the past 12 months in comparison with the previous 12 months; his views...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns relating to the validity of the Covid recovery certificate (details supplied); the options available to a person who has the...
- Hospital Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter concerning the National Rehabilitation Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54941/21]
- Disabilities Assessments
234. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an assessment for autism will be expedited for a child (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; if a timeline will be provided for the...
- Health Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for when the new outpatient ophthalmology services for the South/South West HSE area currently being developed in Ballincollig, County...
- Registration of Births
238. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which are in place to deal with delays in registering births in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54994/21]
- Civil Registration Service
239. To ask the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department or the HSE has been drawn to significant difficulties encountered by parents seeking to access civil registration offices by...
- Hospital Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the times during the pre-natal, labour, birth and post-partum maternity journey a woman can have her nominated support partner with her under current maternity...
- Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses in their fourth-year internship placements will get an increase in payments of approximately 12.5%, as per the proposals set out in the...
- Health Services
248. To ask the Minister for Health if there are capacity issues for services that provide respite services for children such as a service (details supplied); the options open to families who...
- Hospital Facilities
249. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to enhancing the role of the injuries unit at Nenagh Hospital in view of the pressure that the emergency department at...
- General Practitioner Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners registered as operating in the CHO 3 area in each of the past five years. [55030/21]
- Health Services
251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made in accordance with the HSE National Service Plan 2021 which commits to providing nine additional centre-based respite...
- Primary Care Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the provision of primary health care in Santry, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55068/21]
- Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a full palliative care programme is put in place for a person (details supplied) without further delay. [55071/21]
- Disability Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in each of the network disability teams in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55096/21]
- Ambulance Service
256. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortages of ambulances in south-west County Cork. [55175/21]
- Medical Register
259. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to the waiting lists for CORU to register health and social care professionals. [55178/21]
- Health Services Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of neurology nurse specialists in the south-west regional centre for neurology. [55180/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
262. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons aged 65 years and over cannot get an EU digital Covid certificate following a positive PCR test for Covid-19, when they have natural...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that will be given to encourage landowners back into forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fishing Industry
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Irish boats which normally operate in UK waters will face the same trajectory as our French counterparts; if they will require to...
- Wildlife Protection
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can restrict the importation of bees from other countries; if not, if he is considering introducing such restrictions; and if...
- Agriculture Schemes
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear the outcome of an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54792/21]
- Departmental Advertising
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent by his Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in...
- Horse Racing Industry
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide financial support to horse and pony racing associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54926/21]
- Farm Inspections
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 15 September 2021 in relation to control reports, if he will provide persons (details...
- Grant Payments
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter for a person (details supplied) regarding organic payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of farmers in each county that will be better off with a 100% convergence option versus the 85% convergence...
- Fisheries Protection
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the major fish kill of farmed salmon in west County Cork including the threat to wild salmon (details supplied). [55167/21]
- Animal Welfare
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to the inspectorate team report from an organisation (details supplied) examining animal cruelty....
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Advertising
276. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount spent by her Department on advertisements, including traditional forms of advertisement and online advertising, in...
- Rural Schemes
277. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when Leader funding that has been awarded will be paid to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
