Written answers

Thursday, 2 December 2021

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of business innovation districts in place; and if the take-up of this opportunity has matched expectations for the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly (details supplied) in respect of redundancy calculations for persons that were in receipt...
    • Company Law
      3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 141 of 24 March and 174 of 15 September 2021, the status of plans to conduct an investigation...
    • Departmental Consultations
      4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the stakeholder consultation of his Department on the International Labour Organisation Convention 190, Elimination of Violence...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form....
    • Departmental Properties
      6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of sustainable energy communities which have been formed to date; the scale of energy improvement investments...
    • Bord na Móna
      8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of current drainage operations on Bord na Móna peatlands; and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Policy
      9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of applicant companies that have received stage 1 letters of offer under the EXEED scheme in 2021; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in...
    • Departmental Properties
      11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test
      12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider giving updated guidelines to driving test centres operated by the Road Safety Authority in order that instructors can...
    • Driver Licences
      13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who has lived and held a driving licence in Ireland for over 40 years but...
    • Rail Network
      14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an Irish Rail document written in 2019 that stated that the Waterford to Rosslare rail line could be...
    • Aviation Industry
      15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to regional aviation support packages; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the serious safety or transit time requirements that justify the proposed spend on the Dunkettle interchange (details supplied); if he...
    • Greenways Provision
      18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Galway to Athlone section of the Galway - Dublin Greenway; if the results of the public consultation which took place...
    • Transport Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the communications his Department has had with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the use of the Kilrane State Facility site, Kilrane,...
    • Driver Test
      21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and the plans of the RSA to address the backlog in respect of driving test applications; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59712/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to allow all amputees to qualify for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59639/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      26. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the employment wage subsidy scheme supports at their current levels are retained until at least up until April 2022. [59557/21]
    • Tax Reliefs
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance the areas which have been included within the living cities designation; the volume of works undertaken; and the value of tax refunds granted in each case....
    • European Union
      28. To ask the Minister for Finance the derogation under which Ireland enjoys a reduced rate of VAT on energy for households; the conditions that are attached to this derogation; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to modify the accumulated rates of VRT, NOX surcharges and tariffs that apply to the importation of vehicles from Northern Ireland which is...
    • Apple Escrow Account
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount incurred by the State in respect of charges and fees regarding the account of a company (details supplied) to date since the account was...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59702/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been installed in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount in interest accumulated annually by the national lottery in respect of the account that holds the unclaimed prizes fund...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59708/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position in respect of the release of monies under the 2018 Sports Capital Programme and in particular the funding due...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form....
    • Departmental Properties
      39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of her Department; if air cleaning and or purification...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authorities
      40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure the retention of the current local authority commercial rates waiver until June 2022. [59557/21]
    • Housing Provision
      41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for affordable purchase, cost rental and social housing on the Kildonan lands, Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will...
    • Vacant Properties
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties which have been listed as derelict by local authorities; the number which have been served notices to...
    • Heritage Council
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of towns in which the Heritage Council’s town health check has been conducted; and the supports which are...
    • Regeneration Projects
      44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives and their value which have been supported under the urban renewal fund. [59580/21]
    • Heritage Sites
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the land surrounding the Neolithic cairn (details supplied) was advertised for...
    • Legislative Measures
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of planning laws is being carried out; and if so, the terms of reference for the review. [59628/21]
    • Housing Provision
      49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the planned refurbishment of 12 local authority houses at a location (details supplied). [59630/21]
    • Wildlife Conservation
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will formally publish the results of the 2021 National Survey of Urban Seagulls commissioned by his Department and the...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exit rates from homelessness services for each respective local authority in the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Schemes
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals, if any, there are to improve the criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland mortgage scheme, taking into account the...
    • Housing Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a specific taskforce to review the impact of housing insecurity on one-parent families as part of the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service will be published. [59691/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular...
    • Departmental Properties
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      62. 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. [59519/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision by the Government of Ethiopia to restrict the size of the Irish Embassy in Addis Ababa; his response to the stated...
    • Passport Services
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport application by a person (details supplied) was cancelled; the attempts made to verify the witness signature; the dates...
    • United Nations
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address alarming reports that a person was relieved of their post at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva following...
    • Passport Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications with consent form errors submitted online and those submitted via passport express by the reason for the errors...
    • Middle East
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a decision by the Belgian Government to intensify its scrutiny of all goods originating in Israel in order...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59703/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has plans to upgrade Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; if he has commissioned a report into the future of the barracks; if so, the intention...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59698/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59520/21]
    • State Examinations
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the leaving certificate exams for 2022 in particular in relation to the case of a student (details supplied). [59523/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be provided with a sensory area, gross motor area, behavioural therapist, occupational therapist and a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied) [59541/21]
    • School Facilities
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have received funding for ventilation works per county to date in 2021, in tabular form. [59542/21]
    • Capitation Grants
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available outside of the capitation grant scheme that a school can access in order to fund repairs to its roof and address electrical...
    • School Admissions
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places that were available for the 2021-2022 academic year in south County Kildare by school; the number predicated...
    • School Transport
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered and adopted a reasonable or acceptable distance for a child to travel to another secondary school given that a...
    • School Admissions
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received legal challenges to the right of a child to a secondary school place from a parent or child over the past number of...
    • School Facilities
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or ETBs have engaged in the purchase or procurement with regard to air filtration systems for schools; if so, the terms and...
    • School Staff
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in each county by primary and second level. [59669/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the return to 100% capacity on school buses is to remain in place in view of the current Covid-19 situation; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59699/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of her Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce access to free travel for persons with epilepsy who due to their condition are unable to drive; and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the decision on the appeal for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) has not yet issued; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of illness benefit payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the name of the invalidity pension given that many persons with a long-term illness or...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection cén soláthar atá i bPlean Teanga Gaeilge na Roinne maidir le seirbhísí Gaeilge a chur ar fáil...
    • Rural Schemes
      104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the plans to extend parents' benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59654/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the auto enrolment pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59655/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a maternity benefit payment will issue to a person (details supplied) given that they commenced maternity leave on 8...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pensions Reform
      109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Pensions Council is undertaking a cost transparency initiative in respect of the costs and charges applied to the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the significant delays in birth registration causing subsequent delays for claims for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular...
    • Departmental Properties
      112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of her Department; if air cleaning and or purification...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supplementary welfare can be paid to a person (details supplied); if weekly payments can be put in place on humanitarian...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Strategies
      114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Autism Innovation Strategy Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59529/21]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider revisions to the Mother and Baby Institutions payment scheme following the reaction of...
    • Asylum Seekers
      116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to receive further refugees from Afghanistan. [56319/21]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality will be used constructively going...
    • Direct Provision System
      119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress regarding implementation of the White Paper to End Direct Provision; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work of the Expert Group established in September 2019 to develop a new funding model for...
    • Direct Provision System
      121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings of the programme board overseeing the White Paper to End Direction Provision have taken...
    • Departmental Strategies
      122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Strategy Development Group to develop the Autism Innovation Strategy; the membership of the...
    • Legislative Measures
      123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the legislation required to support excavation of the site of the former Mother and Baby home in Tuam will...
    • Direct Provision System
      124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when HIQA will begin undertaking independent inspections of direct provision centres; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €41 million in additional funding allocated to Tusla in Budget 2022 that will be...
    • Child Protection
      126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 737 of 31 March and 412 of 16 November 2021, the status of his engagement...
    • Wards of Court
      127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have been made a ward of court since the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the roles that have been filled within the Decision Support Service since the Assisted Decision-Making...
    • Courts Service
      135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of section 47 reports that were ordered in each of the district courts in each of the years 2016 to...
    • International Protection
      136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process for applying for and granting visa waivers under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme. [59678/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating...
    • Departmental Properties
      138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he is confident that in the course of the mother and baby homes redress scheme, he can meet...
    • Childcare Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he can prioritise for funding the childcare sector given the pressure generated by the...
    • Disability Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children with disabilities can expect to receive adequate care and attention and access to...
    • Child Protection
      144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to receive updates in respect of children at risk; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which he and his Department propose to address the extent to which children with disabilities can...
    • Immigration Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his various proposals for integration, the most successful models; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Equality Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he proposes to take to address any or all inequalities affecting children; and if he will make a...
    • Youth Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with youth representatives in County Kildare and...
    • Equality Issues
      152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to monitor any breaches of equality legislation whether of a...
    • Human Trafficking
      153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department has noted various experiences of women and children who may be under threat...
    • Domestic Violence
      154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department has noted various experiences of women and children who may be under threat...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who registered for the academic year in 2020-2021 but removed themselves from their course per institution in tabular...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to include homecare workers in his Department’s apprenticeship system in view of the homecare staffing crisis; if he has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59704/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the service offered by company (details supplied) which is purportedly charging for free...
    • Visa Applications
      160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when visa applications in the case of the family of a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines that were issued by An Garda Síochána in each county for persons parking illegally in disability...
    • Departmental Policies
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to enable a pilot scheme for the mandatory polygraph testing of high-risk sex offenders as...
    • International Protection
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the completion of the special Afghan admission programme. [59677/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular...
    • Departmental Properties
      165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of her Department; if air cleaning and or purification...
    • Deportation Orders
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date that has taken place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      167. To ask the Minister for Health if a mandated single point of contact within the Department was appointed to coordinate preparations with the Decision Support Service for the aspects of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any perceived increase in cancer diagnosis during the Covid-19 pandemic. [59768/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      169. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will allow the use of antigen tests for entry to facilities which require an EU Digital COVID Certificate similar to the system across...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of...
    • Abortion Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the advertising of abortion services and the My Options HSE number that provides free and confidential information and...
    • Departmental Reviews
      172. To ask the Minister for Health if the review and update of the carer’s strategy has commenced; the new strands that are proposed for inclusion; the timescale for the review; and if he...
    • Health Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to deal with the serious escalation of drug abuse in the capital and all other cities, towns and communities throughout the country; if an...
    • Disability Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes are still discontinued eight years after their review was recommended; the reason no...
    • Health Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds currently being sourced from private hospitals; the monthly cost to the Exchequer of these beds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that no other transplant operations are cancelled due to lack of ICU bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      179. 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. [59521/21]
    • Disability Services
      180. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to set up a system in which services from NEPS, KIDS, CAMHS and the entire school system could work together in a team-like effort to assess,...
    • Patient Files
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the status of hospitals within the South South West Hospital Group communicating with each other on patient data; and if the centralised system of patient...
    • Emergency Departments
      182. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 435 and 436 of 13 June 2021, the status of the Strategic Assessment Report and Preliminary Business Case Report...
    • Primary Care Centres
      183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 December 2018, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city west; the location of same; when he...
    • Disability Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reconfiguration of the Galway Roscommon ASD service to the new Children’s Disability Network Services for Children and Young People;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      185. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 15 September 2021, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; if a site has been...
    • Hospital Facilities
      186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the two orthopaedic theatres with ancillary accommodation for the provision of elective procedures in Merlin Park University...
    • Health Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health when respite will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59538/21]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      188. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to the proposed National Maternity Hospital; if he will respond to same; and if...
    • Nursing Homes
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available to a person (details supplied) who currently lives with their parent who has been awarded a place in a nursing home under the...
    • Home Help Service
      191. To ask the Minister for Health if home help care can be urgently facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59554/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if the payment of the travel allowance to homecare workers will be issued in December (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59590/21]
    • Hospital Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding plans submitted by Children’s Health Ireland to alleviate pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin children’s hospitals and...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which his Department was involved in the preparation for the COP9 conference on tobacco control; the lessons learned by Ireland and the European...
    • Disability Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding was sought in 2020 from the estimates to provide seven day per week respite at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59602/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of general practitioners currently being experienced in north County Dublin; if he has plans to specifically...
    • Vaccination Programme
      201. To ask the Minister for Health if special arrangements will be made for those with underlying conditions to receive their booster vaccine from their general practitioners instead of at a...
    • Health Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); the steps he will take to provide a solution to the issues in relation to the treatment of children with...
    • Disability Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Health if all respite beds are being used to their maximum capacity in the CHO4 area; if not, the location of beds in units in which there is spare capacity; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in Galway University Hospital over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity issues; and...
    • Home Care Packages
      205. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of homecare hours applied for by CHO 2; the total number granted over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Services
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care plans for CHO 2; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a homecare application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in Galway University Hospital while waiting on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      209. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59622/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to temporary HSE Covid-19 test centres using inaccurate and or misleading Eircodes. [59626/21]
    • Disability Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy posts that are needed to fully resource children’s disability network teams to an adequate level that will...
    • Health Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to develop a workforce plan for psychology and a National Psychology Placement Office in line with the recommendations of the National...
    • Healthcare Policy
      215. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a submission by a group (details supplied); if legislation is planned to add physiotherapists to the list of persons permitted to refer a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to vaccinations for persons over 50 years of age; and if he...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant community seats on the local and regional drugs task forces nationally; and if he will provide a list of the vacancies per area. [59635/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of volunteers working at HSE vaccination and testing centres; if the €7 subsidised meal allowance was withdrawn from these volunteers by the...
    • Dental Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the medical card dental scheme in Ballymun and Finglas since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59660/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      220. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to apply for homecare workers to be included in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science apprenticeship...
    • Health Service Executive
      221. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a HSE travel abroad scheme travel claim to be processed. [59682/21]
    • Civil Registration Service
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in each of the 25 civil registration service offices in 2006, 2011, 2016 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [59689/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      227. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will ensure those over 50 years of age with underlying medical conditions can be vaccinated by their general practitioners as per the first...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59705/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      229. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been installed in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of any further action to be taken arising from the omicron variant of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59748/21]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an evaluation has taken place of the benefits or dangers of vaping or other tobacco smoking alternatives with a view ensuring that the...
    • Hospital Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he foresees an adequate supply of hospital beds, access to accident and emergency throughout the winter months notwithstanding the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the construction of the National Children’s Hospital is progressing in accordance with projections; when the hospital will be...
    • Hospital Services
      236. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that the promised phase of the Naas hospital development plan will be activated in accordance with the original projections; when it is...
    • Primary Care Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of existing primary care facilities throughout County Kildare, those already operational, those promised or pending; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      238. To ask the Minister for Health the current or proposed regime governing new or orphan drugs; the number of such drugs under review or examination at the moment; the number to be approved in...
    • Health Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to activate the winter plan while keeping at bay the various forms of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      240. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59758/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      241. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which surgery is readily available for the removal of cataracts in this jurisdiction; the number of such surgical interventions undertaken here...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      242. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing the proposed new maternity hospital; the extent to which agreement has been reached to the satisfaction of all parties while...
    • Health Services
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to cater for the needs of cancer patients or those seeking elective treatment while maintaining progress in the fight...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      244. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the health services to continue the long battle against Covid-19 based on the current strength and staffing levels; if he is...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Horticulture Sector
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding for the development of peat free alternatives for the horticulture sector. [59588/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences processed for the months of August, September and October 2021, in tabular form; the breakdown...
    • Veterinary Services
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of changes to the prescription of veterinary medicine that are due to come into effect in January...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form....
    • Departmental Properties
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      251. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of towns and villages which have been supported under the town and village renewal scheme and whether she has conducted a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      254. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form....
    • Departmental Properties
      255. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of her Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems...