Written answers

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Economic and Social Council
      22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [57674/21]
    • Departmental Advertising
      25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a detailed breakdown on the moneys spent on online advertising by his Department since he took office; and the specific campaigns that the moneys were...
    • Departmental Strategies
      26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update regarding the public conversation on the Well-being Framework for Ireland. [56153/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the recent protests by organisations (details supplied) to the rates of fees in third level institutions. [58609/21]
    • Grant Payments
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an increase in the number of students that will be able to access SUSI support grants due to the increase of €1,000 in the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025 to promote access in apprenticeship for traditionally under-represented...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific proposals there are to intensify co-operation in 2022 in the further education sector on a cross-Border and an all-Ireland basis; and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the take-up of the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; the details of the new grant for employers of apprenticeship participants who are not...
    • Grant Payments
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scholarship and grant schemes that are currently available to third-level students and for students that are refugees; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided by his Department to support the wellbeing of students which is particularly important given the impact of the Covid-19...
    • Third Level Education
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on how the Speak Out tool for reporting violence and harassment is working since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to conduct an audit of equity of access to Further Education and Training for those with disabilities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Strategies
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the Adult Literacy for Life strategy to reduce the proportion of adults in Ireland without basic digital skills from 47%...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to reduce the lengthy timeframe for completion of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58657/21]
    • Departmental Strategies
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sought a report from the enterprise agencies on the emerging skill shortages; and if a better integration of the strategies for...
    • Third Level Fees
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements he has with a union (details supplied) on their recent campaign in regard to rising college fees, rising student living and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's, into the higher education system in the south-east region; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the midlands regions on increasing the number of apprenticeships for skills in renewable energy, retrofitting homes and energy...
    • Technological Universities
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the development of technological universities including the way that each fits with the strengths economically and otherwise...
    • Third Level Education
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a science and technology policy fellowship within the civil service to provide opportunities to scientists and engineers to...
    • Technological Universities
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the development of the Atlantic technological university; and the level of Exchequer funding that will be provided in 2022...
    • Further and Higher Education
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planned allocation of supports for the further and higher education sector announced as part of Budget 2022; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided by his Department to support the well-being of students which is particularly important given the impact of the Covid-19...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details will be available in relation to the provision of skills on a cross-Border basis with financial support from the PEACE PLUS...
    • Education Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given to establish a national training scheme with established qualifications in County Wicklow to service offshore wind...
    • Third Level Education
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the economic evaluation of the Cassells Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58503/21]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies to encourage and support students of DEIS schools to access third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider protecting the craft apprenticeship model as we move to a unitary system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Policy
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress he is making to ensure that Ireland continues to have a supply of quality engineering graduates to meet its future skills needs; and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to address the backlog of apprentices who are waiting to complete block release training; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the criteria to establish a SUSI applicant’s independence from their parents in cases in which the applicant is under 23...
    • Third Level Costs
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the challenges facing students of psychology who need to study for up to eight years before they are fully qualified for many...
    • State Examinations
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the CAO process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58635/21]
    • Departmental Strategies
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the Future FET: Transforming Learning 2020-2024 strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58638/21]
    • Grant Payments
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the SUSI grants to take account of the increase in rents and living expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the demands raised by a union (details supplied) in its recent demonstrations in relation to the abolition of the student...
    • Third Level Education
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made regarding the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive: Ending Sexual...
    • Further and Higher Education
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase access to further education; if he is considering increasing places to have an open access model that would eliminate the...
    • Legislative Measures
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with the Minister with responsibility for introducing the Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) into the...
    • Gender Equality
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in continuing the initiatives in the Gender Action Plan towards tackling gender inequality in our education sector; and if he will...
    • Technological Universities
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to upgrade the 1970's building in Munster Technological University, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recent assessments have been carried out by his Department into the capacity of counselling services offered by third level institutions,...
    • Third Level Fees
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reducing fees for students will be considered as part of sustainable funding model brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planned measures under the €121 million skills package announced as part of Budget 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission...
    • Third Level Education
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has in place over the next five years for student nurses who wish to study to fill the vacant positions in the HSE; and if he will...
    • Departmental Strategies
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the Adult Literacy for Life 10-year adult literacy strategy including the announcement of planned measures under Budget...
    • Further and Higher Education
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to improve access to further and higher education and training learners with disabilities including the measures announced as part...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58632/21]
    • Technological Universities
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university status bid of Dundalk IT given the developments in regard to the Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Letterkenny...
    • Further and Higher Education
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health supports and strategies in place to support students in further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will abolish all fees for apprenticeship courses in view of the skills shortage in many trades; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on third level institutions developing outreach satellite centres in provincial towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been provided to support the mental health and wellbeing of students in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place with allocating the €50 million under the Peace Plus to skills development; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the initiatives that he has facilitated to encourage the recruitment of mature apprentices; if he is considering additional...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Horticulture Sector
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the quantity of horticulture peat that was exported from Ireland in each of the years 2016-2020 and to date in 2021; the countries of destination and the quantity for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if the roll-out will be expedited of an enhanced media campaign and or public health messaging in respect of ventilation as a mitigation measure for Covid-19. [58252/21]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the cost to date of the State’s defence in a case (details supplied); to list all external law firms and counsel retained on behalf of the State in the defence of...
    • Freedom of Information
      136. To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that the freedom of information unit of his Department deal with the freedom of information requests in a consistent manner (details supplied). [58811/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Health and Safety
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if complaints regarding the health and safety of workers working in a warehousing company (details supplied) were received in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further supports being developed to enable the hospitality sector to function effectively while the pandemic persists; if he will...
    • Work Permits
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for a work permit. [58332/21]
    • Health and Safety
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority audits and inspections that have been carried out in respect of Casement Aerodrome since...
    • Work Permits
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has plans to issue work visas to non-EU nationals to take up employment driving buses for private bus operators...
    • Trade Missions
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Australia is planned for early in 2022. [58522/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update with regard to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to provide direct and easily accessed financial supports for small and medium businesses that are...
    • Work Permits
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of non-EEA employment permits issued on a monthly basis by sector during the period January 2019 to October 2021, in...
    • Company Law
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he or his Department have had with the Companies Registration Office in relation to extending the deadline for the...
    • Legislative Measures
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consultations in respect of proposed legislation have taken place with relevant parties (details provided) as previously committed...
    • Work Permits
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a critical skills employment permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Industry
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if assistance can be provided to the businesses affected by a company (details supplied) that have been unable to access alternative...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports that will be introduced to assist small businesses that are impacted severely and disproportionately due to...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Nuclear Plants
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's position on the use of nuclear power to meet future low-carbon energy requirements; if he has...
    • National Broadband Plan
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Recycling Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans for separate recycling targets for specific food and beverage cartons; and if so, when they are...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with...
    • Inland Fisheries
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recommendations of the Salmon Commission relative to the 5% rod exploitation rate on catch and release and 15%...
    • Energy Conservation
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding provided for each SEAI scheme, the amount allocated through grants, the amount drawn down fully,...
    • Litter Pollution
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by his Department to each local authority for anti-dumping initiatives from 2018 to date; and if...
    • Climate Change Policy
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the updated national mitigation plan and the national adaptation plan; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Conservation
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will proceed with the introduction of low-cost loans to compliment the energy efficiency grant...
    • Climate Change Policy
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken in his Department to ensure that Government Departments and offices develop structures and processes to...
    • Local Authorities
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of local authority staff involved in supporting and assisting the roll-out of broadband networks across...
    • Energy Conservation
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the awardees of the SEAI National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Funding Programme will be...
    • Litter Pollution
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to amend both the litter pollution and waste management legislation to provide a lawful basis for local...
    • Environmental Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the banning of single use plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59122/21]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions under the Climate Action Plan that are in place to facilitate electric car charging points in areas in which there are no...
    • Driver Test
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if social care workers are classified as critical frontline workers for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a road tax difficulty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58288/21]
    • Driver Test
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can avail of an emergency driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58340/21]
    • EU Directives
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the European Commission's letter of formal notice of 24 January 2020 concerning European Union Council Directive 2017/159...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the public service obligation financial supports for private bus operators on public service obligation routes can be extended beyond...
    • Rail Network
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to take steps to facilitate the carriage of bicycles on commuter train services at peak times; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with reporting or other...
    • Bus Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that will be invested in the public service obligation bus fleet by route in 2022. [58523/21]
    • Cycling Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public bike schemes outside of Dublin will be fitted with electric options. [58529/21]
    • Road Tolls
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request from Transport Infrastructure Ireland the legal services supplier employed to act as the enforcement service provider...
    • Road Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding committed to Donegal County Council; the projected timeline involved to complete the R263 Fintra Bridge and road realignment...
    • Public Transport
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the pension increase agreed with CIÉ workers in July 2021 will be signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the technical arbitration report in relation to the N21 Newcastle West road scheme as to the reason option F was...
    • Driver Licences
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a renewed driver's licence will issue to a person (details supplied) who requires a driver's licence in date for a business venture;...
    • Road Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed re-alignment of the N52 Kilbeggan-Tullamore route; the way the submission process is progressing; if there is...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses that have paid dance licences will be reimbursed in view of uncertainty and cancellations between now and Christmas; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if EU Directive 2018/0063 (COD) of the European Parliament and of the Council on Credit Services, Credit Purchasers and the Recovery of Collateral has been...
    • EU Regulations
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance when he sought a reduction in VAT on domestic energy bills from the EU Commission; the way he communicated this to the Commission; and the persons he...
    • Tax Code
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax incentives are available for persons who are purchasing a residential and commercial property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58998/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a tax relief scheme to allow early drawdown of a personal pension to fund the installation of microgeneration projects in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the employment wage subsidy scheme for employers impacted by Covid-19 considering that private bus operators in particular are...
    • Tax Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year yield if the stamp duty on residential properties increased to 4% on properties with values greater than or equal to €800,000....
    • Insurance Industry
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the body that is responsible for enforcing section 5(2)(F14) of the Equal Status Act 2000; the person with the responsibility to ensure that insurers are not...
    • Tax Code
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to implementing changes to the local property tax penalty system for self-employed taxpayers; and his views on whether it may be...
    • Insurance Industry
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by the equine industry when it comes to insurance; the action he has taken to protect jobs...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Freedom of Information
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the freedom of information units across all Departments deal with the freedom of information requests in a...
    • Parking Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in relation to the parking strategy recommended in the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Study; and if he...
    • State Properties
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to carry out remedial works to the railings at Carlow courthouse which is being managed by the Office of Public...
    • Equality Proofing
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the Inter-Departmental group for Equality Budgeting. [58403/21]
    • Office of Public Works
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost in 2022 of recruiting an additional 12 full-time qualified horticulturists for the Office of Public Works. [58415/21]
    • Equality Issues
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his Department's implementation of each of the 12 recommendations contained within the Organisation for...
    • State Bodies
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if CEOs of statutory organisations may hold board and or committee positions in other organisations in this or another jurisdiction; and...
    • Public Sector Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe in which issues facing public sector employees during Covid-19 will be rectified (details supplied). [58939/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 28 September 2021, the status of the review that is being carried out; the actions that...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide guidance to the live entertainment sector in circumstances in which further Covid-19 restrictions could...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Schemes
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a wording for charging orders will be put in place to facilitate mortgage applicants who wish to buy affordable homes...
    • Energy Conservation
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if €80 million was allocated to Dublin City Council in 2019 for it's housing retrofit scheme; if this €80...
    • Housing Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58305/21]
    • Housing Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Town Centre First Initiative; and when he envisages making an announcement in this regard. [58308/21]
    • Rental Sector
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the liquidation of a company (details supplied) that has left a significant number of...
    • Housing Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if a response will issue to their query; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total staff number in his Department in each year from 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by housing, local government and...
    • Public Sector Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the breakdown of...
    • Local Authorities
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of pending staff requests for housing departments in each local authority in tabular form; and the details of...
    • Credit Unions
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of efforts to see credit union lending for social and affordable housing. [58427/21]
    • Harbours and Piers
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends responding to the application submitted by Donegal County Council in January 2021 in relation to the delay in...
    • Rental Sector
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to classify more LEAs in Galway and across the west as rent pressure zones given that rents are increasing at a...
    • Sports Organisations
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that has been taken to date to facilitate the return of the quarterly meetings as committed to earlier in 2021 with...
    • Water Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an updated memorandum of understanding between Irish Water and each local authority relating to the taking-in-charge of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority housing has been used to provide isolation accommodation as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with reporting...
    • Commercial Rates
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a policy in place allowing local authorities to link the commercial rates they charge businesses to the property's...
    • Housing Schemes
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 11 May 2021, if a review of income eligibility for social housing supports has...
    • Housing Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses constructed per year under the Limerick Regeneration Programme since the original Limerick regeneration...
    • Commercial Rates
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a further extension of the local authority commercial rates waiver until June 2022 given that many...
    • National Parks
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to help with the low staffing levels in Killarney National Park given that it was announced in Budget 2022 that...
    • Heritage Promotion
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on schemes that would encourage new buyers of protected buildings, considering that at present my...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is no local consultation in advance of the erection of communication booster masts in the city; if he will...
    • State Bodies
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency is fully operational; the budget provided per annum for the work of the Land Development...
    • Vacant Sites
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites across the country as of 2020 by county and local authority in tabular form. [58839/21]
    • Housing Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built, acquired and leased nationally by county from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. [58840/21]
    • Housing Policy
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sales of public land to private developers or investment vehicles since 2011 by county and local authority; and...
    • Horticulture Sector
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the report by the Chairman of the Working Group on Horticulture Peat; his proposals to implement its...
    • Housing Schemes
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria a single father who co-parents his children must meet in order for his social housing application to include...
    • Local Authorities
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all local authorities are required to employ climate officers; the number of local authorities that have climate officers...
    • Registration of Title
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of first registrations by means of form 3 applications under the Registration of Title Act 1964 that have been made...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58267/21]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58341/21]
    • Consular Services
      267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance that can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58354/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the United States Senate Leader in the past three months. [58404/21]
    • United Nations
      269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the United Nations seeking it to apply for additional tough sanctions on Belarus. [58405/21]
    • Consular Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to increase the number of staff located at the Irish Embassy in Canberra. [58526/21]
    • Passport Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to parliamentary question No. 462 of 9 September 2021 and No. 123 of 13 October 2021, the position regarding a passport application...
    • International Bodies
      276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his Department took to seek agreement on convening the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, Human...
    • Human Rights
      277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the Human Rights Violation in Bahrain.; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information
      278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests that are currently with his Department seeking an internal review of a decision in tabular...
    • Passport Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for an infant (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58956/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the state of relations between Ireland and Nicaragua; if there are issues of concern to Ireland in respect of the political situation in...
    • Passport Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time child passport applications that were actually processed fully within eight weeks providing details on a monthly...
  • Department of Defence
    • Foreign Policy
      287. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the aims of the high-level seminar for Irish Industry and research Institutions focused on research and development funding opportunities in...
    • State Claims Agency
      289. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases that the State Claims Agency has processed on behalf of the Air Corps from 2007 to date in 2021; the number of cases that...
    • Departmental Budgets
      290. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent...
    • Defence Forces
      291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the details of a report (details supplied); and if he has consulted with the State Claims Agency and or the...
    • Air Corps
      292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace AW139 aircraft in the Air Corps fleet in 2022. [58416/21]
    • Naval Service
      293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace LÉ Eithne and LÉ Ciara naval ships in 2022. [58417/21]
    • Defence Forces
      294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new horses that joined the Defence Forces school of equitation in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of horses that left the...
    • Planning Issues
      295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department plans to appeal a decision in relation to the attached objection from his Department lodged against a development in Citywest...
    • Defence Forces
      296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has responded to or engaged recently with a former member of the Defence Forces in relation to emails sent to his office regarding serious...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken and may be taken to protect pregnant teachers and pregnant special needs assistants who may be exposed to Covid-19...
    • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nár áiríodh inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa bhfógra do phost an Ard-Rúnaí sa Roinn Oideachais a...
    • School Transport
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the provision of the school transport service in relation to a school (details supplied); the steps that are being...
    • School Facilities
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a clear timeline for the provision of an adequately resourced sensory room at a school (details supplied). [58260/21]
    • School Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a teacher (details supplied) who has been overpaid and wishes to avail of tax relief. [58293/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) which calls for a review of the minimum essential qualification...
    • School Patronage
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are no proposals to prohibit denominational schools from teaching according to the characteristic spirit or ethos of the school; and if...
    • School Curriculum
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents of pre and post-primary school children retain the right to voluntarily withdraw their children from relationships and sexuality...
    • Schools Building Projects
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58316/21]
    • School Admissions
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide secondary school places to all children who have applied in the Trim, County Meath area (details supplied). [58323/21]
    • State Examinations
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planning that is in place to address the situation of those sitting the leaving certificate in 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation on the number of special education needs organisers, SENOs, in the County Offaly area at present; the vacancies for SENOs...
    • State Examinations
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to offer students the choice of opting for a combination of accredited grades and written examination in the leaving certificate...
    • School Facilities
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a sports hall will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58361/21]
    • School Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided for a school (details supplied) to allow for an increase in the student population specifically in order...
    • Special Educational Needs
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost attached to banked special educational hours in the 2020-2021 academic year. [58402/21]
    • School Staff
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the entry of newly qualified teachers into the educational sector is managed by her Department in the absence of a model for same; if she...
    • Teacher Training
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to increase the range and diversity of primary initial teacher education (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide all agreements, covenants and conditions that exist between the trustees, the board of management and her Department in...
    • State Examinations
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to facilitate leaving certificate students in the 2021-2022 academic year that wish to make use of either calculated grades or...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works will be completed at a school (details supplied); and the estimated cost of these works. [58513/21]
    • Education Welfare Service
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2022 of increasing the number of educational welfare officer posts by 25 and of increasing the number of senior educational...
    • Schools Administration
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times that the critical incident policy mechanism has been implemented in schools from 2009 to date; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure there are enough substitute teachers in place to provide cover to ensure that the mock leaving...
    • Schools Building Projects
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school moving to its permanent site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58693/21]
    • School Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the correct level pay as a matter of urgency. [58698/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department and Donegal Education and Training Board, ETB, are progressing the new school buildings for a school (details supplied);...
    • School Curriculum
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the inclusion of the Romanian language in the primary and secondary school syllabus in view of the increase in Romanian-speaking...
    • Schools Building Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has identified a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if not, if she will sanction the refit of further...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be in place to support leaving certificate students in 2022 who have lost in-person teaching time due to Covid-19; and if...
    • State Examinations
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if leaving certificate students in 2022 are receiving more options for the format of questions on their exams; if additional time will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the approved new build autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit to include two classrooms and ancillary services at a school (details...
    • State Examinations
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to establish an advisory group on planning for State examinations in 2022 similar to the advisory group which was established for...
    • School Staff
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently on secondment to other bodies. [58819/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that will identify the pod contacts in primary schools; and the person or body that will identify parents of these pod...
    • Schools Administration
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance or instruction that was issued to schools regarding the withholding of school supplies from children in cases in which school fees...
    • Special Educational Needs
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the level of the special needs assistant certificate course being run through University College Dublin that will be achieved by...
    • Child Abuse
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given consideration to establishing a redress scheme for victims of child sex abuse at boarding schools similar to the scheme she has...
    • Education Welfare Service
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the education welfare officer formerly based at a school (details supplied) has been transferred to a new post in Portlaoise, County...
    • Social Insurance
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) was on the correct PRSI rate from October 2020 to November 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project for extension and refurbishment to cater for a long-term projected enrolment of 1,000 pupils at a school (details...
    • Education Policy
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the provision of increased mixed sex primary school places in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a remote area grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59031/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the suite of measures she is relying on to keep primary-schools safe given the absence of HEPA filters, masks, appropriate contact, test, trace...
    • Site Acquisitions
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59081/21]
    • State Examinations
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will request the State Examinations Commission to accept a late application to the scheme of reasonable accommodations at...
    • School Enrolments
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of secondary school places available to cater to the youth population living in the Lucan area; and...
    • Education and Training Boards
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the buildings currently in use by Longford Westmeath Education Training Board that are either owned, leased or rented on a full or part-time...
    • Special Educational Needs
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a SENO report for a child (details supplied) will be sent to a school in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of applications for emergency works grants; the number that were successful in accessing the grant and the total amount awarded...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools that identified a further requirement for CO2 monitors and submitted a request through the dedicated helpline and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Insurance
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional amount of revenue that would be accrued if employer’s PRSI was increased by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the free travel pass will be made available to persons who have epilepsy and are not entitled to Departmental payments...
    • Pension Provisions
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors; and if such a scheme...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review of the case of a person (details supplied) will be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Irish Language
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that Irish language supports are provided as part of social protection services in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will contact the UK authorities in order to expedite the required records of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Pensions Reform
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to change or review the way the State pension (contributory) is calculated since the changes that were...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the living alone allowance increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the overpayments recouped from one parent family benefits in each of the years of 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schemes that currently exist in order to help adults with dyslexia; the reason such adults do not qualify for disability...
    • Pension Provisions
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount a recipient of a State pension contributory or non-contributory pension can earn without affecting their pension...
    • Social Welfare Code
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it appears that section 30E (1)(a) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended) penalises persons...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who have transitioned to jobseekers’ payments;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of or who is applying for a social welfare payment is obliged to get a Public Services Card given that...
    • School Meals Programme
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in Ballymun and Finglas that receive funding for the hot meals programme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the death certificate for a person (details supplied) which their widow has been awaiting for four months since...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has applied and is entitled to a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the full rate of the child dependent payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) for their four children; if the...
    • Pensions Reform
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of pension auto-enrolment; the expected timescale for its introduction; if she expects an advance on the timescale...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot be added to their spouse’s contributory pension; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58801/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if scholarship awards for PhD students are excluded from the means test for the one-parent family payment; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review primary social welfare rates given they remain unchanged since 2018; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility for the fuel allowance to households in receipt of the working family payment; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial assistance that can be given to a person (details supplied). [58852/21]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a document (details supplied); the date on which this document was received by her...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer’s support grant appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can get a copy of their social insurance contributions with regard to determining eligibility...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has engaged with community employment supervisors to allow flexibility on the advertisement of additional...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) which is under appeal will be expedited and...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is reviewing the manner in which employment scheme referrals are currently provided to the various bodies...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59053/21]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance is not payable to a household (details supplied) in which a spouse is in receipt of a long-term...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [59102/21]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Funding
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of a charity's (details supplied) involvement with the Irish Refugee Protection Programme; the...
    • Research Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that will be made available as confirmed by her to a person (details supplied) in April 2021 to...
    • Child and Family Agency
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of TUSLA funding provided for in Budget 2022 which will go towards supporting domestic violence...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 17 November 2021, the reason the deaths in institutions including...
    • Departmental Schemes
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will introduce a fair, effective and simple transport support scheme in view of the commentary by the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies in Tusla in County Tipperary; when each of these vacancies will be filled in tabular...
    • EU Directives
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply...
    • Child and Family Agency
      424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding Tusla will be allocating to domestic violence services nationally in 2022; and if he will...
    • Domestic Violence
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if (details supplied) will be resourced to respond to the demonstrable increase in demand they are seeing or...
    • Child and Family Agency
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding Tusla will be allocating to domestic violence services in 2022. [58696/21]
    • Domestic Violence
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service (details supplied) in County Donegal will be resourced in 2022 by central Government to respond to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the specific arrangements he is putting in place to assist childcare operators in the voluntary and in the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding Tusla will be allocating to domestic violence services in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Women's Resource Centres
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service (details supplied) in County Mayo will be resourced to respond to increased demand or to maintain...
    • Child and Family Agency
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla reported suspected child abuse to the gardaí over the past two years; and if a...
    • Departmental Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private fostering companies operating in the State. [59019/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of Covid-19 antigen tests within the childcare sector; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current Covid-19 financial supports in place for the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of registered childcare providers that are in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme to...
    • Parental Leave
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his plans to extend parent’s benefit and leave to ensure all parents can avail of the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing a training centre (details supplied) in renewing its lease; and if his Department will...
    • Third Level Admissions
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that will be put in place to address difficulties that sixth-year students may face when trying to gain access to college in September...
    • Third Level Examinations
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a person (details supplied) to take their exams. [58274/21]
    • Departmental Meetings
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated timeline for the stakeholder meetings taking place for the national access plan for 2022-2026. [58327/21]
    • Education and Training Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if bricklaying instructors are needed by Solas at present or in the near future. [58364/21]
    • Grant Payments
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a SUSI grant is issued to a person (details supplied) on appeal. [58469/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of apprentices registering on both craft and consortia-led apprenticeships had already attained a level 8 qualification; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the energy efficiency and decarbonisation pathfinder programme in the higher education sector and plan to develop a similar...
    • Third Level Admissions
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has conducted an analysis in relation to the number of college places available in the context of grade inflation. [58492/21]
    • Research Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report (details supplied) which outlined the way the State is lagging in the global research race due to scares public spending...
    • Youth Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide assurances that Youthreach staff and their employers and boards of management are not in breach of legislation in circumstances...
    • Education Schemes
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means-testing requirements for Irish Research Council PhD scholarships; his plans to review these requirements in relation to how they apply...
    • Research and Development
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the next national research and innovation strategy including the key priority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Qualifications Recognition
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Baccalauréat Professionnel level 4 on the European Qualifications Framework is considered a comparable qualification to the Green...
    • Research and Development
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he sees research playing a major role in competitiveness in the future; the likelihood of meeting the demand in full; and if...
    • Education Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects science to play an increased role in the higher education sector with particular reference to ensuring an adequate...
    • Third Level Education
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and his Department propose to broaden further the higher education opportunities for undergraduates here with a view to...
    • Education Standards
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department continuously evaluates the performance of third and fourth level education with a view to identifying the...
    • Third Level Education
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the number of graduates specialising in innovation, research and the sciences is likely to increase on an annual basis in the...
    • Education Standards
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that third and fourth level education here have adequate access to research as a means of determining...
    • Third Level Education
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure continued access to third-level for all students seeking to avail of education at this level; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to higher education institutions holding in-person examinations at the end of term some in large venues to...
    • Programme for Government
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government for addressing the gap in postgraduate grants particularly in relation to part-time...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that can be made to provide a temporary permission to leave and return to this country to a person (details...
    • Residential Property Prices Register
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 13 July 2021, the steps that have been taken to address the errors that have been...
    • Legislative Measures
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the review (details supplied) of the effects of the Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2020 has been published...
    • Immigration Status
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Substance Misuse
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the attention of her Department has been drawn to a surge in the use of crack cocaine; if her Department has conducted an...
    • Visa Applications
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application for a person (details supplied) can be expedited on medical emergency grounds; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all Garda stations custody suites are covered by CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities; if not, are the estimated...
    • Prison Service
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on prison inspection arrangements during Covid-19; the number of inspections carried out from...
    • Legal Aid
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the current membership and remaining tenure of the Legal Aid Board; the annual budget provided...
    • EU Directives
      I can confirm to the Deputy that the European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Ireland in relation to the following EU Directives which fall under the remit of my...
    • Prison Service
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison for burglary and who are due to be released in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular...
    • Court Judgments
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful convictions obtained under section 31(2) of the intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 in 2019, 2020 and to-date...
    • Departmental Reports
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the independent study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews has been finalised; and when it will be published. [58678/21]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for successful naturalisation applications to be processed at present; the number of applications...
    • Work Permits
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individual fishers who have received letters of approval since the inception of the atypical work permit scheme...
    • Court Orders
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of child maintenance orders each year from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her consideration of greater transparency in the Immigrant Investment Programme will conclude; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the courts and civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. [58955/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeframe for when the private security agency sector will finish the development of training and standards for...
  • Department of Health
    • Schools Building Projects
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied) given that capital funding has been allocated to progress the design; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were on each children's disability services' caseload in June 2021 by county; the number of children's cases which were reviewed and...
    • Health Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list for a series of early intervention supports including a...
    • Childcare Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a Covid-19 test and trace facility is provided to the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59138/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of nursing graduates in 2020 and 2021, respectively, who are currently working in the health care system; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [58268/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      502. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a loophole in relation to the administration of the booster vaccine for persons over 70 years of age. [58282/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Health when the Bray local drugs and alcohol taskforce co-ordinator position will be filled given the position has been empty since August 2021; if he will provide a...
    • Dental Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large backlog in school dental visits for schools across the country since the pandemic; if he has met with the HSE in...
    • Health Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with the HSE in relation to the backlog of developmental check-ups for babies by public health nurses since the pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58289/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58291/21]
    • Primary Care Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health when primary care services and a new primary care facility will be established in Tullow, County Carlow; the location of same; the timescale for this service...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reports that health and safety officers have made since 23 October 2021 in regard to Covid-19 compliance in the hospitality, public...
    • Dental Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a follow-up appointment with orthodontic services in Tullamore, County Laois. [58297/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine and resolve matters in relation to the employment of a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received proposals from Children’s Health Ireland to help alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals in delivering...
    • Mental Health Policy
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €24 million announced in Budget 2022 for mental health will be allocated; if this allocation relates to the reclassification of available...
    • Dental Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if patients in County Laois who require orthodontic treatment will have to travel to a clinic in Athlone from December 2021. [58320/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is continuing to charge costs significantly in excess of private nursing home care to elderly patients in public and HSE run nursing home...
    • Health Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) is not able to avail of various therapies such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy while they...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is keeping weekly or monthly breakdowns of the number of patients in ICU beds in hospitals who are vaccinated and unvaccinated; and if so, if the...
    • Dental Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dentists who currently as of 22 November 2021 provide treatment under the medical card scheme in counties Mayo, Galway, Sligo and...
    • Health Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) is not able to avail of various therapies such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and dietician...
    • Medical Cards
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delay in deciding on a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58357/21]
    • Hospital Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to help alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Children’s Hospitals in particular for the waiting...
    • Hospital Procedures
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when spinal treatment for a child (details supplied) will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58363/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58367/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when Epidyolex will be available to patients. [58376/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in which a person for people who have identified themselves as Covid-19 positive in accident and emergency units have to isolate them from...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58378/21]
    • Registration of Births
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women, who were previously married, but subsequently obtained a divorce, are being asked to secure the signature of their divorced partner when they...
    • Hospital Charges
      529. To ask the Minister for Health his views that student nurses have to pay car parking fees of €75 per week while on placement in hospitals; and if he will confirm that he will work...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if the tender competition for the construction of phase 1 development planned for St. Vincent’s Community Nursing Home, Mountmellick, County Laois has...
    • Hospital Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of neurology nurse specialists at St. James’s Hospital Dublin 8; the number of such nurses currently available; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to a proposal to give recipients of the one-shot vaccine (details supplied) a booster from three months after the injection in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries excluding emergency surgeries that were carried out in each hospital in the South/SouthWest Hospital Group on weekends in each of the...
    • Hospital Staff
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric cardiologist attached to CHI Temple Street in each of the past four years, in tabular form. [58407/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in relation to the cohort of recovered persons and the extensions on their EU Digital COVID Certificates as a result of antibody testing;...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if negative antigen testing will be considered for the EU Digital COVID Certificates to allow for attendance in bars, restaurants and so on as per the UK...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons contact traced using the passenger locater form in each month in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58430/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide a primary health centre for Adamstown; if a site has been agreed for the proposed health centre; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide advice to childcare facilities (details supplied) in relation to Covid-19. [58434/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the results of the antigen pilots that occurred in the childcare sector (details supplied). [58435/21]
    • Hospital Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the funding application by Children’s Health Ireland to the HSE to help alleviate pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the period of presumptive immunity from six to nine months post-Covid-19 infection given HIQAs latest advice to NPHET; if the certificate of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to speed up waiting times for childhood scoliosis operations; and the prospects of setting a date for a procedure for a person...
    • Medicinal Products
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has approved the use of the new Covid-19 antiviral pill (details supplied) which has been given emergency use authorisation by the European Medicines...
    • Dental Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who were contracted with the HSE under the dental treatment services scheme who have left the scheme in the past 24 months; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients' diabetes clinic in the University of Limerick Hospitals group who are aged...
    • Hospital Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in recruiting the four diabetes clinical nurse specialist posts, the three dietitian post and the additional two consultant...
    • Hospital Admissions
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions through University of Limerick hospitals groups’ accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due to...
    • Disability Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen under the children's disability network team in CHO4. [58494/21]
    • Insurance Coverage
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a spouse can be removed from a medical society that is a restricted membership undertaking as defined in the Health Insurance Act 1994 scheme by...
    • Hospital Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if a birthing pool is located in the maternity unit at Mullingar Regional Hospital. [58516/21]
    • Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional capacity an increase of €5 million in respite care services would provide. [58517/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon for Mullingar Regional Hospital. [58518/21]
    • Disability Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if the 27 additional expert staff to process assessments of needs were filled after funding for these additional staff was announced in Budget 2021. [58519/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently in CHI Crumlin; the length of time each post has been vacant for; and when each vacancy will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative arrangements are available to allow persons who cannot take a Covid-19 vaccine for health reasons to access hospitality, cinemas and theatres;...
    • Hospital Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission from Children’s Health Ireland for increased funding for Temple Street Children’s Hospital and Our Lady’s...
    • Legislative Measures
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to ensure the mandatory registration of payments or transfers of value from pharmaceutical companies to healthcare...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      567. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in Border areas who received a Covid-19 vaccine in Northern Ireland but cannot prove their residency in Northern Ireland will...
    • Health Services Staff
      568. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation will start of a new assessment that ensures non-EEA doctors are assessed as equals to European Union applicants; the instructions that...
    • Health Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm an immediate date for an assessment of a patient (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford. [58558/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home loan application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58566/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Paediatric Hospital Development Board members who have left their positions on the board since it was first appointed in 2013; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin as, or working in the position of, head of ward or acting head of ward but...
    • Dental Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dentists in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area currently operating the HSE medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the current rules for staff within the HSE who are unable to work as they are a confirmed close contact; if they are treated as needing to take Covid-19...
    • Hospital Facilities
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds operational in Wexford General Hospital in each year from 2017 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an appointment at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58682/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours allocated by the HSE; the number which are currently provided; the steps his Department is taking to make up the shortfall in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated weekly, monthly and annual cost of providing an antigen test daily to each SNA at primary and secondary level in the State. [58690/21]
    • Departmental Advertising
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by the HSE social media advertising campaigns in order to promote public health guidelines, advice and vaccine uptake; the payments...
    • Departmental Records
      585. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 240 of 3 May 2017, 1112 of 2 June 2017 and 1743 of 27 July 2021, if the files have been retrieved; if not, when the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progression of a project in view of the fact that the HSE stated a year ago that Swords, County Dublin was a priority for the development of...
    • Health Services Staff
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health service management and administration staff members based in the Model Business Park, Cork who were administered a first dose...
    • Health Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for hospital appointments in hospitals (details supplied). [58712/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons currently on waiting lists for counselling in the State by county; and the lengths of time they have spent on the waiting lists....
    • Health Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons currently on waiting lists for ophthalmology appointments in the State by county; and the length of time persons have spent on the...
    • Dental Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently on waiting lists for dental appointments in the State by county figure; and the length of time persons have spent on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE did not ensure the roof of Lifford hospital, County Donegal was repaired at by January 2021 as required by HIQA; when the hospital will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58719/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58727/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58728/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the current working hours of the ambulance service based at Buncrana, County Donegal; when the new ambulance base will be fully operative; and the hours that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding parents being able to visit their child together in children's hospitals, particularly when the parents must travel to Dublin...
    • Official Engagements
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the occasions over the past six months when he met a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58739/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if the new arrangement in which a resident of a nursing home under the fair deal scheme can sell the home and still have the contribution capped at 22.5%, can...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued an appointment. [58749/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, services; the vacancies that are available in the Wexford...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of overseas applications at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the steps he is taking to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      622. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to meet a consultant in order to be assessed at the South Infirmary Victoria...
    • Health Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in budget 2022 for an integrated community response to alcohol for the north inner city of Dublin, in tabular...
    • Hospice Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE raised concerns with a hospice and care services (details supplied) about the funding of posts and the losses recorded in the restaurants in...
    • Emergency Departments
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department attendances that are admitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58768/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the dimensions of each resident bedroom in a facility in Midleton, County Cork; and the number of resident bathrooms in the facility. [58771/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the actions a person is required to take after a Covid-19 certificate of recovery expires after 180 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58777/21]
    • Health Strategies
      631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the publication of the national stroke strategy along with a fully funded implementation plan; the timeline for same; and if he will...
    • Medical Records
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a medical report from Mullingar General Hospital for a person (details supplied). [58789/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a smear test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58791/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals from general practitioners to HSE services, by service, in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58794/21]
    • Community Care
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the enhanced community care programme; the measures implemented to date; the measures yet to be implemented and planned for the remainder of...
    • Health Service Executive
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the share of the €200 million to tackle waiting lists allocated to the HSE that will be spent on procuring private services and the types of services,...
    • Ambulance Service
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call outs outside of County Cork that resulted in admission to Cork University Hospital, the county of call out origin, the distances...
    • Vaccination Programme
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a doctor (details supplied) who had a severe reaction to their first Covid-19 vaccination resulting in required brain surgery; the...
    • Health Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland healthcare scheme will be extended into 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58812/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Health when ten additional neurology nurses will be provided to St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58814/21]
    • Disability Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the early intervention appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58816/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      646. To ask the Minister for Health when a dietician for adults can be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58817/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is making to assist families in their need to register with a general practitioner upon moving to a new area (detail supplied); and...
    • Home Care Packages
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if allocated home care hours for a person (details supplied) will be provided by the home care package providers despite staff shortages; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide additional PCR testing centres to rural areas such as Connemara given the increased demand for tests and rising case numbers; and if...
    • Health Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current practice of chiropodists charging up to €37 for treatment of patients who have a chiropodist card that entitles them to a...
    • Hospital Staff
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the south-west regional centre for neurology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58835/21]
    • Disability Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional space the Carlow Children's Disability Network Team is gaining by keeping the Bluebell Disability Outreach project in St. Dympna's...
    • Home Care Packages
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance being given to a person (details supplied) whose care service provider withdrew their services. [58847/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if the post for the school age team psychologist in County Longford has been filled. [58853/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      658. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be referred for surgery having engaged with their consultant on several occasions. [58854/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of home care hours following the assessment and award of packages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58889/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish Covid-19 test sites as a matter of urgency in north and east County Cork to ensure accessible testing. [58897/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if monoclonal antibody medicine, onapreve is available in Ireland for Covid-19 patients (details supplied). [58898/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination status of Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU in Ireland is so disproportionately different to cases in the United Kingdom over the...
    • Emergency Departments
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department admissions which are treated within 4, 8 and 12 hours, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      666. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the frequency and manner of surveillance testing conducted on in-patients in which there is no clinical suspicion of Covid-19 upon admission to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which family members of Covid-19-positive hospital in-patients were incorrectly recorded as consenting do not...
    • Health Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE refers children to private service providers for treatment following an assessment of needs in which a service is identified such as occupational...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      669. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58941/21]
    • Hospital Facilities
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he...
    • Healthcare Policy
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in hospitals under the Saolta Hospital Group under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent data provided by the Irish College of General Practitioners that states that 60% of a survey of 900 general...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in each hospital of the Saolta Hospital Group over each of the past six months as a result of bed...
    • Departmental Funding
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to each hospital in the State over each of the past five years; if additional current funding has been requested for any individual...
    • Home Care Packages
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for by CHO; the total number granted in tabular form over each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care plans for each CHO; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta Group while waiting on a home...
    • Hospital Facilities
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in the Saolta Group counties available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community...
    • Home Care Packages
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons who have been assessed for delivery of home support hours must wait for a carer to become available; and the number of the 4,933...
    • Nursing Homes
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has recognised the high levels of post-traumatic stress, mood disturbance and moral injury that an organisation (details supplied) has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to acknowledge the gravity of the strain that has been placed upon staff in nursing homes and the broader health services throughout the...
    • Nursing Homes
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate supports the Government plans to bring into effect to support staff in nursing homes and the broader health services in living with the lasting...
    • Departmental Reviews
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline and the process for the proposed review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the proposed methods for public input;...
    • Research Funding
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available for research purposes that could be accessed by a PhD student in research concerning children with intellectual disabilities and...
    • Health Services Staff
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will adjust the recruitment process for permanent and locum doctors, nursing, health care assistants and other posts in the health service; if the...
    • Departmental Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the severe overtime culture in the HSE; the average number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by grade within the medical, dental,...
    • Health Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand menopause supports and awareness; the steps he has taken since becoming Minister; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Service Executive
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans including future projected plans in relation to a site (details supplied); the engagements that have taken place on the matter; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the EU Digital COVID Certificate in relation to Irish citizens who received one dose of vaccination in Ireland and a second dose of the...
    • Health Services Staff
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current levels of absenteeism for clinicians per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58993/21]
    • Human Rights
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if it was acknowledged that the child was deserving of the fundamental rights bestowed by the Constitution and entitled to human rights protections under...
    • Vaccination Programme
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if all general practitioners who administered the first two Covid-19 vaccines will also administer the third; if there is a location in which a priority...
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 18 years of age who are awaiting first-time intervention for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and...
    • Departmental Funding
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital funding requests submitted to his Department from Letterkenny University Hospital specifically to address the issue of bed capacity over...
    • Health Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided to Letterkenny University Hospital in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for Letterkenny University Hospital; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in Letterkenny University Hospital under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in Letterkenny University Hospital over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity...
    • Departmental Funding
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to each hospital in the state over each of the past five years; if additional current funding has been requested for any individual...
    • Home Care Packages
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for in the HSE CHO1 area of County Donegal; the total number granted in tabular form over each of the past five...
    • Primary Care Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care plans for the HSE CHO1 area of County Donegal; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from Letterkenny University Hospital while waiting on a home...
    • Hospital Facilities
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in County Donegal available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed...
    • Vaccination Programme
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if persons living in the state who received the vaccine abroad, or other Covid-19 vaccines not within the recognised EMU four (details supplied) are counted in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems with the close contact notification system of the HSE in that it does not recognise foreign mobile numbers and...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      716. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in Portiuncula Hospital as part of the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital funding requests submitted to his Department from Portiuncula Hospital specifically to address the issue of bed capacity over the past...
    • Hospital Facilities
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided to Portiuncula Hospital in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59044/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for Portiuncula Hospital; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in Portiuncula Hospital under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59046/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in Portiuncula Hospital over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity issues; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for by CHO; the total number granted over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline primary care plans for CHO area 2; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from Portiuncula Hospital while waiting on a home care package...
    • Hospital Facilities
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in Roscommon and Galway available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; his plans to increase community bed...
    • Abortion Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not commissioned a report to examine the operation of telemedicine for advice on pregnancy and the prescription of abortion pills; the reason...
    • Health Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to provide fit-for-purpose cancer care infrastructure for the Saolta region West, Northwest Hospitals Group; the reason for the delay in...
    • Hospital Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Rotunda Hospital is now allowing fathers to attend the birth of their children in the maternity hospital; and if not, the steps he...
    • Health Service Executive
      729. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 834 of 28 September 2021, the buildings currently in use by the HSE that are either owned, leased or rented on a full or...
    • Hospital Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission for a specialist centre for intestinal failure; if he plans to deliver a specialist centre at St James’s Hospital,...
    • Mental Health Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the location the staff at the Owenacurra Mental Health centre, Midleton, County Cork will be redeployed to after the closure; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the reason at least one nominated pharmacist in each town and village in east County Cork cannot administer the PCR tests; the reason this service is not being...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that three trees per hectare is all that is being considered with regard to tree planting in the new CAP...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has declined to introduce the urgently required frost recon scheme to support owners of woodlands affected by...
    • Agriculture Industry
      744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if snail producers in the State can be recognised as farmers and included in green and low-carbon grant schemes; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58292/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for REAP that have applied for afforestation approval for the months of September, October and November...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58389/21]
    • Customs and Excise
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason importation of craft needlework and fabrics from Britain by Irish sewing companies using the direct duty paid system is...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with reporting or...
    • Agriculture Industry
      754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the measures his Department has in place to offset a significant lack of fodder availability; and if he will make...
    • Fisheries Protection
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he can take or is examining to ensure the sustainability of all fish stocks in waters around Galway; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Supports
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of take-up of the Brexit tie-up scheme in the fisheries sector; the financial support that will be available to domestic...
    • Animal Diseases
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has in place to identify and eradicate Johne’s disease in cattle; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals to integrate organic afforestation into the organic measures in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the system for the manual submission of documentation currently in place for farmers who are receiving pig slurry is to be...
    • Forestry Sector
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the hectarage of Coillte forestry within the State; the percentage of which is native broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that the appropriate payments such as area aid, BPS, GLAS and other agri-payments are immediately...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Ferry Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has plans to improve the accessibility of the ferry service to the Aran Islands for passengers with disabilities and in...
    • Community Development Projects
      773. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated through the LEADER programme in 2020 and to date in 2021, by county; her plans to increase the funding...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      774. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of remote working hubs built in Ireland as of November 2021 by county; and the number of remote working hubs to be built by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      775. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if compensation schemes are available for landowners who give access to their land to facilitate a rural walk; and if she will make a...

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