Written answers

Tuesday, 7 December 2021

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to approve applications made to her Department in respect of the town and village renewal scheme 2021 and the Rural...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs identified by her Department as part of the mapping exercise for the Connected Hubs Programme; and the steps taken...
    • Local Authorities
      60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current backlog of local improvement scheme applications that have yet to be processed in each local authority by year in tabular...
    • EU Programmes
      61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated to projects in Ireland under the Leader programme from 2015 to 2021; the number and details of...
    • Rural Schemes
      64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering plans to incentivise the owners of derelict properties in rural Ireland to refurbish and redevelop these...
    • EU Funding
      66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the impact the reduction in Leader funding for the upcoming CAP Strategic Plan will have on community-led development in rural Ireland;...
    • Regeneration Projects
      69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of town regeneration officers to support the development of rural towns and villages; and if she will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if further support is planned under the Covid stability programme given the ongoing challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact...
    • EU Programmes
      71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total allocation to the Leader programme for the last two CAP periods; the proposed allocation for the forthcoming CAP period; the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a six-month progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Strategy will be available considering the commitment to provide...
    • Greenways Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the proposed works for the Mell Greenway, Drogheda for which Louth County Council received €200,000 through the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the take-up of grants under the Community Activities Fund for groups impacted by Covid-19; and if she...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of broadband connection points in north central areas of Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support provided to remote working, innovation or shared working hubs since the start of the 33rd Dáil; and if she...
    • EU Programmes
      84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that the budget for the Leader Programme 2023 - 2027 is maintained at the levels of the 2016 - 2020 Programme. [60250/21]
    • Rural Schemes
      85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that will be in place in 2022 supported by schemes operated by her Department or through statutory agencies to assist...
    • EU Programmes
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the development of the Leader programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60126/21]
    • Regeneration Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department is addressing the issue of derelict and vacant properties in rural towns and villages; if she will provide...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of remote working hubs; the progress of the development of a national hubs network; and if she will make a...
    • Social Isolation
      90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to tackle social isolation in rural areas, especially for older people and people with disabilities. [60253/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support provided by her Department to help maintain existing community centres and help communities establish new centres...
    • Rural Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the identification of potential State-owned properties in rural towns and villages in County Wicklow which can...
    • EU Programmes
      96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the budget will be increased for the Leader Transitional Programme for 2021-2023 to take account of rising construction costs. [60251/21]
    • Departmental Policies
      98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs to the Department of Transport including the integration of...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      99. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é stádas an bháid farantóireachta nua atá saincheaptha d’Oileán Thoraí; cén uair a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total capital and current allocation to her Department for 2021; the amount spent to date in 2021; the main areas of underspend...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      103. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to encouraging the use of digital hubs for arts purposes when they are not being used for remote...
    • Regeneration Projects
      104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a Rural Regeneration and Development Fund application in respect of Killorglin, County Kerry; her views on the...
    • Voluntary Sector
      106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community and voluntary organisations, not-for-profit and charitable organisations by her Department...
    • EU Programmes
      107. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the definition of rural area will be the same for the forthcoming Leader programme as it was for the previous programme that ran...
    • Departmental Policies
      108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of a rural-proofing mechanism to support the Our Rural Future Strategy considering examples of...
    • Regeneration Projects
      110. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the Programme for Government commitment to expand the Dublin north east inner city model to other comparative...
    • Local Authorities
      111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated by her Department in 2021 to local authorities for the local improvement scheme; the funding that will be...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with the President of the United States. [60113/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      113. To ask the Taoiseach 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. [59713/21]
    • Departmental Properties
      114. To ask the Taoiseach 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 2021; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      115. To ask the Taoiseach the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59920/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      116. To ask the Taoiseach the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector. [59945/21]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Company Law
      117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that companies honour warranties on their products; if so, if this will be unaffected by independent repairs; and...
    • Legislative Measures
      118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the consultation process has commenced regarding the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of...
    • Company Law
      119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 March 2021, the steps he plans to take to ensure that the Competition and Consumer...
    • Legislative Measures
      120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is giving consideration to the provisions of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available to SMEs such as in a company (details supplied) which has seen 28 birthday parties cancelled since...
    • Legislative Measures
      123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when and the form that the promised consultation with retired workers’ representative bodies will take place in relation to...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the IDA appointed solicitors in an attempt to evict a person from a property (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Protected Disclosures
      126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59909/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if...
    • Health and Safety
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the average time for an official complaint to the Health and Safety Authority to be processed and acted upon. [59964/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the planned statutory sick pay scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59992/21]
    • Work Permits
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current processing times for employment permits for a person who is currently on a stamp 3 visa. [60122/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Irish efforts within the EU to waive vaccine patents for developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that insurance companies must engage with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board process. [60188/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to consulting interested groups regarding the proposed legislation to grant access to the Workplace Relations...
    • Work Permits
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60350/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding payments to parents who take time off work (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60563/21]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Policy
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will investigate if topsoil can be classed as gardening material as opposed to waste; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of the staff to be funded for local authorities through his Department; when this funding...
    • Departmental Schemes
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the RESS-2 scheme. [59901/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the engagement he has had to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with...
    • Protected Disclosures
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise...
    • Departmental Schemes
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications under the Just Transition Fund since the scheme began; the number of applications approved;...
    • European Court of Justice
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount levied on Ireland year-on-year since the issuing of the European Court of Justice judgement placed on...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to publish the National Clean Air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60000/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the deadline for the Community Climate Action Programme strand 2 funding to facilitate...
    • Television Licence Fee
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of television licence fines that were issued by An Post in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Post Office Network
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the future of the post office network (details supplied); his plans to avoid these closures and loss of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected amount of CO2 emissions in metric ton equivalent to come from the additional the planned gas fired...
    • Inland Fisheries
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the submission made by Inland Fisheries Ireland (details supplied) to the recent public consultation on a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to seek to accelerate the roll-out of the National...
    • Climate Change Policy
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reappoint the just transition commissioner on an interim basis pending the establishment of the office on a...
    • Litter Pollution
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding being allocated to local authorities to combat littering and fly-tipping; the initiatives that have been...
    • Climate Change Policy
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that have been taken to support a community (details supplied) impacted by the move from brown to green; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to ensure sufficient investment in the local and regional road network to...
    • Bus Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to expedite the promised extension of the C2 bus route into Adamstown, Lucan, County Dublin; the timeframe for the...
    • Driver Licences
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on the training requirements for a person (details supplied). [59800/21]
    • Ferry Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocols for ferry services from the mainland to the islands when reporting by radio to the Irish Coast Guard stations the numbers...
    • Protected Disclosures
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59922/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation in relation to the awarding of a State contract for the provision of air sea rescue cover; the companies...
    • Ferry Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the responsible State regulatory body with oversight for the safe operation of all ferry companies providing services in the State...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can resit a theory test on a weekend. [59996/21]
    • School Transport
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the 77* bus, which is a special school bus, did not run on 29 or 30 November 2021 with parents being informed by Dublin Bus...
    • Aviation Industry
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a category A aircraft maintenance licence was not provided from the Irish Aviation Authority to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Ferry Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to secure more direct shipping routes between Ireland and the continent; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haulage Industry
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts that are being made to alleviate the shortage of HGV drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60089/21]
    • Aviation Industry
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of Ireland’s engagement with the International Civil Aviation Organization in relation to reduction in international...
    • Comharthaí Bóthair
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cur síos a dhéanamh ar an scéim phíolótach do shíneacha tráchta curtha ar bun cúpla bliain ó...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will apply sanctions on airline and ferry companies that fail to verify inbound passengers are in receipt of a valid professional...
    • Rail Network
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline regarding the development of a strategic freight terminal at Limerick Junction railway station; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 specifically in relation to the issuing of driver licences to applicants for...
    • Rail Network
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail plans to run a campaign early in 2022 in the print media and on social media to remind drivers of the serious consequences...
    • Dublin Bus
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times Dublin Bus routes were curtailed due to antisocial behaviour by individual bus routes and by month in each of the...
    • Road Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of his Department on the East West Link which is urgently needed in the north east; the most recent engagements his...
    • Rail Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a commitment will be given to carry out a feasibility study to investigate the reopening of the Navan to Kingscourt rail line; and if...
    • Public Transport
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the Luas Green line to date to include the original engineering works and the subsequent upgrading of platforms to...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has signed or plans to sign the Statutory Instrument to sanction the changes to the CIÉ regular wages scheme agreed in June...
    • Driver Test
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting on a driving test for a car by test centre in tabular form. [60529/21]
  • Department of Finance
    • Dental Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give detailed and urgent consideration to the issues raised in correspondence by a representative organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to primary medical certificates for those severely affected by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be restored to the November levels for the hotel and hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Customs and Excise
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the average length of time a foreign registered vehicle is awaiting a customs clearance in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021;...
    • Protected Disclosures
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59911/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to consumers being excluded from the protections offered by the Financial Services Ombudsman due to a strict and narrow...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be extended for publicans and nightclub owners whose business hours have been restricted; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 23 November 2021, if he will provide a timeline of the dates on which access to the registers was made; if he...
    • Customs and Excise
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected from issuing public dance licences and public music and singing licences in 2019. [60372/21]
    • Tax Code
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is charged on defibrillators; if his Department has reviewed the matter for community groups in need of this vital piece of equipment; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an obligation on institutions to provide a service (details supplied) in a large town once they close; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haulage Industry
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has met with haulage groups regarding an issue (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to assist the sector; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the OPW to provide an update in relation to ongoing issues with a flood defence scheme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the general scheme of the protected disclosures (amendment) Bill; if the transposition date is still expected to be 17...
    • An Garda Síochána
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been confirmed with a contractor for when works are likely to start in December 2021 on the new Garda station for...
    • Industrial Relations
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will provide meaningful engagement with an organisation (details supplied) and the industrial relations mechanisms of...
    • Public Sector Staff
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will meet the target of 6% employment of persons with disabilities within the public sector; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will be paid a preserved pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59890/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59917/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he...
    • Flood Risk Management
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timeframe in which the tender brief for a scheme (details supplied) will be developed; the expected stages of consultation...
    • Public Sector Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of executive officer vacancies filled by Irish language candidates during 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in counties Donegal...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if applications under the sports capital grant scheme will be announced before the end of 2021; the amount available for...
    • Protected Disclosures
      225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures made to her concerning her Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59921/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding to be provided by her Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review and negotiations regarding the RTÉ pension dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Olympic Games
      228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that are being given to the Irish teams in preparation for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing; and if...
    • Museum Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fee charged to access the Museum of Literature on St. Stephen's Green given that public...
    • Sports Funding
      230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of large-scale sporting infrastructure funding that has been drawn down in the past five years in respect of...
    • Museum Projects
      231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that has been spent to date on the refurbishment of the National Museum of Ireland; and when the museum will reopen to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with a group (details supplied); and if she has plans to meet with the group in coming weeks in view of the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the existing 12 metre rule for solar panels on the roofs of domestic properties without the need for planning permission...
    • Housing Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for a couple that have both been married before and lost their homes in their divorces; the schemes...
    • Heritage Sites
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek to reverse the inertia that has taken hold of the Moore Street Battle Field Project (details supplied); the...
    • State Properties
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidance has been given to the Land Development Agency to ensure that existing individual homes in public ownership are not...
    • Local Authorities
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the competition will commence for local authorities to apply for funding for a biodiversity officer; the number of...
    • Housing Schemes
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if evidence of guardianship and or a written statutory declaration satisfies the conditions for a parent to add their child or...
    • Protected Disclosures
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020....
    • Rental Sector
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process by which the investigations and sanctions unit in the Residential Tenancies Board undertakes investigations into...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector;...
    • Energy Conservation
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to each local authority in 2021 in respect of funds to be disbursed for retrofitting homes under the...
    • Environmental Policy
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ireland has committed to supporting the protection of 30% of the land by 2030 under the 30x30initiatve as proposed at a...
    • Construction Industry
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action his Department can take in cases in which local authorities fail to protect the health of residents living adjacent...
    • Defective Building Materials
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on the inclusion of County Sligo in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme and the pyrite...
    • Housing Policy
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the recommendations to be made by a national working group established by his Department to identify solutions...
    • Local Authorities
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an issue in a municipal district (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fire Service
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all funding evaluation works carried out by his Department in respect of the unique funding requirements of the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consultations that he and his Department had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to developing the grant...
    • Heritage Sites
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review eligibility for the community monument fund to include historical monuments (details supplied); and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the construction defects working group; when he expects to receive the report of the group; and when he expects...
    • Heritage Sites
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 23 November 2021, if the Expert Advisory Group considered Howth Castle during any...
    • Defective Building Materials
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding houses impacted by Mica and Pyrite in County Limerick in view of the recent Government decision; the...
    • Housing Schemes
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if exceptions can be made in relation to the previous 12-month income threshold for social housing support in cases in which...
    • Housing Policy
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that approved housing bodies, local authorities and the Land Development Agency make one-bedroom units...
    • Flood Risk Management
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has had engagement in relation to the repair of a weir (details supplied) in County Cork. [60510/21]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration fee for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reimbursed to a person who subsequently...
    • Passport Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this person has to travel with their...
    • Foreign Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has officially communicated with the state of Barbados in relation to the country becoming a republic recently. [59903/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59912/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he will...
    • Foreign Policy
      267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to deal with the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia and in particular to the people suffering in Tigray; and if he will...
    • Human Rights
      268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his attention was drawn to an issue reported in a newspaper (details supplied) which indicated that there is an exchange between the...
    • Foreign Policy
      272. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a full report on Irish efforts to extract Irish citizens from Afghanistan will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for foreign birth registration that have been received in relation to otherwise stateless children in each of the...
    • European Union
      275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the express aim of the new German government to see the European Union transformed into a federal state along the...
    • Middle East
      276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on matters following his recent visit to Palestine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60346/21]
    • Passport Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the revenue generated on a daily basis by the appointment service fee for urgent passport appointments since it was launched on 27 September...
    • European Union
      278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if discussions on improving ties between the European Union and Vietnam were discussed at the most recent European Union Foreign Affairs...
    • Passport Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an appropriate passport and travel document will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Middle East
      282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take tangible action at European Union level to bring forward the adoption of import and export prohibitions towards illegal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Protected Disclosures
      285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59907/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      286. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces
      287. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason 2016 commemorative medals were not issued to UN veterans in view of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60278/21]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected date for the completion of the permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [59769/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by a person (details suppled) in respect of their applicable pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school holidays. [59786/21]
    • School Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the lack of substitute teachers at secondary level; the measures being taken to ensure students do not miss...
    • Schools Building Projects
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 23 November 2021, if her response refers to the lands located immediately adjacent to Clongriffin...
    • School Transport
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce the 50% capacity rule on school transport services as a measure that may assist in reducing Covid-19 transmission...
    • Special Educational Needs
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be accommodated in an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59798/21]
    • Education Policy
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is making progress to ensure that all pupils attending school are offered career guidance especially those with a disability...
    • Special Educational Needs
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the trade union supported SNA campaign seeking amongst other measures to increase the level of qualifications required for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the submission of a planning application for the permanent build for a school (details supplied); if there are delays to...
    • School Staff
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide statistical information in relation to primary school teaching (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to a school (details supplied) that needs urgent works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59852/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures made to her concerning her Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59908/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding to be provided by her Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports that can be put in place to assist schools and parents to deal with special needs pupils whose behavioural conditions can...
    • School Management
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an issue in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59988/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the planned opening of a new secondary school in Wexford town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59997/21]
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review a school bus service (details supplied) in County Tipperary given the rise in Covid-19 cases among school age...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HEPA filters assigned to each school in County Cork in tabular form. [60035/21]
    • Schools Administration
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps schools must take in cases in which multiple teachers are absent on the same day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60036/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the attendance of children in school during...
    • Education Policy
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review conducted by her Department in 2018 into alternative education or out-of-school provision life centres will be published. [60048/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some class cohorts in schools have moved entirely to remote learning; and if so, if there is a...
    • School Staff
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a cohort of retired teachers unable to substitute without giving up approximately €8,000 of their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is accommodating requests form schools for additional CO2 monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60186/21]
    • School Transport
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students who only received a school bus ticket in recent weeks are being forced to pay for the entire school term; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered having Traveller culture weeks, disability awareness weeks and socio-economic discrimination awareness weeks in schools...
    • Teacher Training
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the five-day rule for student teachers. [60277/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SNA hours will not be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60294/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the mask mandate (details supplied). [60296/21]
    • School Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be identified as a deputy principal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60342/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the large waiting list of 139 children for the 2022-2023 school year for a school (details supplied); when construction will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mechanisms are in place to enable parents to raise concerns regarding indefinite closures due to Covid-19 of private primary school classes;...
    • School Admissions
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department measures the effect that the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 has in respect of the prioritisation...
    • Schools Administration
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given by her Department to reclassifying a school (details supplied) as DEIS1 from its current status as DEIS2 due to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for emergency works submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60417/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering the provision of HEPA filters to classrooms in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60422/21]
    • School Staff
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a scheme to recognise the qualifications of primary level teachers such as a teacher (details supplied); and if...
    • School Admissions
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a place in a local secondary school is made available for a young person (details supplied). [60538/21]
    • School Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations ongoing between her Department and representatives of school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers qualified outside the State registered by the Teaching Council in each of the years from 2017 to date. [60551/21]
    • Schools Administration
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days that went uncovered by a substitute teacher in primary schools from 1 November to 30 November 20221 according to the online...
    • School Inspections
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of inspections carried out in primary schools by type of inspection for the period 1 September 2021 to the most recent data...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60564/21]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to mandate pandemic unemployment payments when they revert to being jobseeker’s for collection at post...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the alternative that will be offered to staff in job clubs and if those staff who do transfer across to the new regional...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back to education allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [59801/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the wage subsidy scheme by reducing the number of hours that persons with disabilities need to...
    • Departmental Reports
      358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is planning to publish the report her Department commissioned from a company (details supplied) in 2019 in relation to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if special provision is being made to support those with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59866/21]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will expedite a response to correspondence (details supplied) with regard to the issue of a PPSN reference...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to the back to education allowance; her further views on...
    • Protected Disclosures
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures made to her concerning her Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020....
    • State Pensions
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 2 November 2021, the number of new entrants to the State pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount provided in the form of electricity allowance payment under the households benefit package since 2011; the number...
    • State Pensions
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will clarify the entitlement to the State pension (contributory) of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the expanded list of agri-environmental schemes that will attract a disregard in terms of farm assist from...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is fair that a woman who is in receipt of a widow's pension is only entitled to a half carer’s...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a pandemic unemployment payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [60172/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the supplementary welfare allowance grant awards that were issued in respect of supporting clients with...
    • Social Welfare Code
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently review the financial assessment element of the carers allowance application (details supplied). [60234/21]
    • Social Insurance
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding PRSI on occupational pensions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory) at each of the six current bands of payment (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue arising from a specific matter (details supplied) relating to her Department;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants who have begun a placement on the work placement experience programme scheme; the number currently...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability claim by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if she...
    • School Meals Programme
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no school in Ballymun, Dublin 11, is included in the hot meals programme given that all schools in the area are...
    • Public Services Card
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the backlog that has developed in issuing public services cards which require public attendance; the current waiting time;...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for registering a birth and issuing a PPS number to a newborn child; and if she has considered ways in which...
    • Post Office Network
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give detailed consideration to the issues outlined by a representative organisation (details supplied) that come...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if special provision is being made to support those forced into absences from work due to caring for children...
    • International Protection
      389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a humanitarian visa under the Irish refugee protection programme for persons (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Reviews
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to undertake a comprehensive and structured review of all aspects of fostering in...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the fostering allowance; his views on whether the allowance must be...
    • Disability Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has considered introducing the see and learn programme into preschools that have children...
    • Departmental Strategies
      394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has oversight of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024;...
    • Domestic Violence
      395. 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...
    • State Bodies
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of verbal and written reports received by him from his nominees to the board of Gaisce; the number of...
    • Protected Disclosures
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018,...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social...
    • Domestic Violence
      401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were taken into State care from domestic violence shelters given that 3% of mandated...
    • Children in Care
      402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were removed directly from homeless hubs and emergency accommodation and placed in...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the decision support service to be made operational; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons reliant daily on wheelchairs for living purposes in Dublin, Connacht, Leinster, Munster...
    • Direct Provision System
      405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons currently in direct provision and the number in each of the past ten years. [60028/21]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding mother and baby homes; the reason Temple Hill has...
    • Domestic Violence
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount as a proportion of the entire budget allocated to domestic violence services; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the viability issues...
    • Education and Training Boards
      412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of unspent funding that was allocated to each of the education and training boards for the your place...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had regard to the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal study; and if a further similar study will be...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that will be taken in order to provide appropriate resources and an adequate supply of antigen tests...
    • International Protection
      415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 19 October 2021, the number of properties sourced to date for...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timescale for the introduction of online safe pass renewal; and the reason for the delay. [60351/21]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is considering in order to incentivise the hiring of first-year apprentice construction workers, such as block...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will issue Covid-19 safety guidelines to third-level institutions in relation to in-person Christmas exams; and if he will make...
    • Protected Disclosures
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59913/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he will make...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to encourage more persons to undertake apprenticeships in logistics and to qualify as drivers to alleviate the shortage of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to encourage more students to undertake a foreign language as part of their higher education course; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he last met with a union (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding the ending of the current craft apprenticeship model; and if...
    • Third Level Education
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the funding disparity between counselling doctorate programmes and clinical psychology doctorate programmes in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application for a person (details supplied) is being processed as a medical emergency; if further supporting...
    • Citizenship Applications
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures made to her concerning her Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020....
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding to be provided by her Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector;...
    • International Protection
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children seeking international protection in Ireland at present. [60031/21]
    • Domestic Violence
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of domestic violence recorded in 2021 to date; the way it compares to previous years; the additional training that...
    • Family Reunification
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that retired due to occupational injury in each of the years 2015 to 2020...
    • Immigration Status
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Asylum Applications
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for asylum by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person in the Irish Prison Service who dealt with the Health and Safety Authority in relation to a complaint by a person...
    • Immigration Status
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60305/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for a certificate of nationality that have been made on behalf of children who have been identified...
    • International Protection
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection that have been made each of the past five years; and the number of such...
    • An Garda Síochána
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Garda K district as of 30 November 2021; and the number of these...
    • Departmental Data
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department’s research into parental alienation; when this research will be completed; the next steps...
    • Citizenship Applications
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a special rate of payment or grant which could be made available to pay for the Irish citizenship process for...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if a tender for a respite service for young adults with autism in community healthcare east has been completed; if so, the details of the successful tender;...
    • Traveller Community
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the salaries of the staff that make up the Traveller primary health teams across the country have been frozen since 2008 with no increments; the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has put to airlines and ferry companies in respect of ensuring inbound persons have taken a valid professional antigen test; and if he has...
    • Medical Cards
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the means testing applicable to medical card applications for those aged over 70 years on the basis that the income limits could be...
    • Dental Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has undertaken with an association (details supplied) to address the rising numbers of dentists resigning from the dental...
    • Eating Disorders
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for the establishment of a child and adolescent mental health services or CAMHS-based eating disorder specialist community team in...
    • Mental Health Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if a whole-time paediatric dietician position, as opposed to a shared position, will be approved and advertised as part of the CAMHS team Wexford; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of temporary HSE Covid-19 test centres do not have and cannot have an Eircode; if his attention has...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59780/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a statistical breakdown on a weekly basis of all Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU departments between 1 April 2021 to date, which shows the...
    • Nursing Homes
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents in each county in receipt of HSE top-up payments, in tabular form; the sources of funding for the top-up payments; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can claim back the cost of Caredoc and a general practitioner while waiting for a general practitioner card for children under seven years of age;...
    • Health Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the recommended €13 million in investment, and as requested by a group (details supplied), to deal with the scoliosis waiting list...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the CHO 7 area who await an assessment of needs, and by category of assessment, in tabular form. [59825/21]
    • Patient Files
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if the record of a person (details supplied) who was diagnosed with autism in 2017 is in the possession of the HSE; the reason the parents of the child have...
    • Birth Certificates
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay experienced by a person (details supplied) in receiving a birth certificate will be examined by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) and its views on the mid-term review of the national drugs...
    • Hospital Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU and high-dependency unit beds in the mid west and south east regions according to the most recent figures for 2021. [59833/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the €100 registration fee for nurses in view of the work they are carrying out during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...
    • Disease Management
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used to determine the success of the chronic disease management programme; if they are broken down by condition, age cohort,...
    • Health Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for an allergy diagnosis; the average waiting time from a general practitioner referral to first appointment...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if antigen testing will be made available for preschool settings in the same way that it is being made available for primary and secondary schools; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the statistical breakdown of all Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU between 1 April and 26 November 2021; the percentage of persons admitted who were unvaccinated...
    • Health Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in County Mayo; the number on the list; the average length of time from referral to service...
    • Vaccination Programme
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current system of walk-in appointments for vaccine boosters; his views on the long queues in inclement weather that have been seen...
    • Medicinal Products
      481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish set criteria to streamline the process of adding orphan medicinal products to the reimbursement list; his plans in the near future to...
    • Health Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide guidelines for the cost of foot treatment for persons with a chiropody treatment card for a home visit and a visit to a practitioner's...
    • Home Care Packages
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the required assistance and support to the home care sector with particular reference to commencing the statutory home support scheme as...
    • Mental Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment process to fill vacant psychology posts in a centre (details supplied) is expected to finish. [59853/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing registration in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59854/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the evidence for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59856/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plans to introduce a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59858/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support persons with long Covid; the extent of the prevalence of same; and if cover such as medical card cover can be extended on a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department and the HSE plans to help decrease the continuously growing number of persons on the neurology outpatient waiting list in Ireland; if a...
    • Health Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has considered allocating a higher level of funding in the health budget to increase the number of specialist nurses for a variety of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include neuropathies such as the conditions Charcot Marie tooth and spinal...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the level of participation that Irish officials had in the recent Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco...
    • Healthcare Policy
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the directive the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for children diagnosed with diabetes type 1; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an 18 month wait for insulin pumps for children over five years of age who have type 1 diabetes; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59877/21]
    • Hospital Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some hospitals across the State do not provide a post-mortem service at weekends and bank holidays; and if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Emergency Departments
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of accident and emergency department attendances at Beaumont, the Mater, St. Vincent's and Tallaght Hospitals per week from 1 September 2021...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if international surrogacy will be excluded from the upcoming Assisted Human Reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59892/21]
    • Hospital Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide funding to alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals as per the request submitted by Children’s Health...
    • Protected Disclosures
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59914/21]
    • Dental Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who were contracted with the HSE under the dental treatment services scheme who have left the scheme in the past 24...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for neurology patients at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; if his attention has been...
    • Departmental Funding
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists who were successfully recruited in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan to extend the role of the clinical nurse specialist for Down's syndrome patients to regions outside of Leinster; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a statutory right to homecare which is included in the Sláintecare action plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      515. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be included in the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59959/21]
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is working on the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59961/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for the HSE to offer autism spectrum assessments for adults who wish to be assessed later in life; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly persons and persons with disabilities were left waiting outdoors for up to three and a half hours...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of trials of ivermectin on critically ill Covid-19 patients here. [59975/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reserve HSE staff available to assist in nursing homes in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak in a nursing home; the number of reserves per county;...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were tested for Covid-19 in pop-up testing centres since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and the breakdown per county. [59982/21]
    • Disability Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons reliant daily on wheelchairs for living purposes in Dublin, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster, respectively in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied) in relation to treatment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for persons who cannot get vaccinated due to health issues but need a digital or other certificate to allow them to participate in...
    • Hospital Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are taken to hospital via ambulance are confined in a Covid-19 ward pending a negative PCR test as a matter of policy; if the case of a person...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and remedy the delay in the assessment of need and diagnosis which is the legal right of a person (details supplied) within the prescribed...
    • Healthcare Policy
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of references for and the membership of the contraception implementation group that was established under his Department to support the roll-out of...
    • Health Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Service Plan 2022 will be considered by Government prior to publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60027/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can receive confirmation of the actions taken in cases in which they report alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations by a business. [60040/21]
    • Domestic Violence
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been put in place to tackle domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60046/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the role pharmacies will play in delivering booster vaccinations and help prevent large queues at booster centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      535. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of more than 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Executive
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person can enter into an independent contract with the HSE in order to transport dialysis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if new long-term stay residents will be accepted in a nursing home (details supplied) from 1 January 2022. [60054/21]
    • Health Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances of mesh-injured women who availed of removal services abroad on the understanding they would be reimbursed; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations are taking place with the European Commission for a joint procurement agreement for the supply of Covid-19 antiviral drugs; and if he will make...
    • Medical Research and Training
      546. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 October 2018, if he will ensure that medical training is provided by the HSE to schools with a pupil with a...
    • Health Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with type 2 diabetes who are eligible for the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme through having a GMS card or a general...
    • Health Promotion
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) seeking, among other things, a ban on the advertising of unhealthy food...
    • Substance Misuse
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born either addicted to or severely affected by alcohol or drugs in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021; and if he will make...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      550. To ask the Minister for Health when a requested buggy will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60084/21]
    • Disability Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for a first appointment to see the early...
    • Vaccination Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the options available in circumstances in which a person who is medically unable to receive a particular vaccine (details supplied) for their booster...
    • Work Permits
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a work permit issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [60092/21]
    • Abortion Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has carried out an internal review or investigation into the impact of the three-day waiting period provision within the existing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the reason new guidelines state that antigen tests will be accepted for travel into Ireland only from those who are fully vaccinated and exclude those who hold...
    • Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that can be taken to expedite an appointment for a speech and language therapist for a person (details supplied) whose current date to been seen is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person who has availed of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in two different countries can avail of the EU Digital COVID Certificate, the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies he plans to put in place to implement the World Health Organization recommendation that all countries assess the burden of stillbirths and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      560. To ask the Minister for Health when he will implement the recommendation of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre to establish an inquiry for stillbirth and neonatal death; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if a mandate on the vaccination of healthcare workers against Covid-19 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60136/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of genome sequencing in Ireland with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60137/21]
    • Healthcare Policy
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Women’s Health Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60139/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 19 October 2021, the reason he has not approved funding for the four unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts...
    • Care Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of a centre (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason this essential respite centre has not reopened while other...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      568. To ask the Minister for Health when antigen test kits will be provided free of charge to front-line homecare supports staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60171/21]
    • Care Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a recommendation made by a representative body (details supplied) that day services and respite services for adults with an intellectual...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available to citizens of Ireland who travelled to the United States of America for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help parents in north County Kildare to have their babies vaccinated with the usual childhood vaccines given that they cannot...
    • Medicinal Products
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when the new clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will commence; if he will provide details of the parameters of the review; when it is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60256/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently only four neurology nurse specialists at a hospital (details supplied); his plans to increase the number of neurology nurse...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a suspended inpatient list for scoliosis surgery across all hospitals; the time suspended; the number of children waiting;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a study on the effect or impact of lockdowns and restrictions on children, particularly vulnerable children. [60274/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the temporary assistance payment scheme given the surge in Covid-19 cases and the costs of infection control in nursing homes and...
    • Disability Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability in each CHO; the number of therapists working as part of a children’s disability network team in each CHO and...
    • Hospital Staff
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the need to employ more neurology nurses in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the way the findings in the report commissioned by the Women’s Health Taskforce will inform the forthcoming Women’s Health Action Plan; and the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of a professional antigen test in respect of antigen tests for inbound travel. [60297/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork who is unable to access the medication they require through the HSE hardship...
    • Vaccination Programme
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties posed to children and adults with autism and other conditions when it comes to availing of the Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the PCR test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence in relation to a patient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60330/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a nursing home (details supplied) or a refurbished home on the current or new site in Roscrea, County Tipperary is being included in the...
    • Mental Health Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of mental health liaisons to be placed in emergency departments as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) to find a local general practitioner willing to take on an infant for care under the general...
    • Hospital Procedures
      601. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60352/21]
    • Health Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1160 of 9 September 2021, the status of the provision and full resumption of services in a centre (details supplied) in...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the process of testing of inpatients in cases in which there is no clinical suspicion of Covid-19 upon admission to hospital...
    • Vaccination Programme
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine status of those staff, residents and patients involved in healthcare outbreaks of Covid-19 in hospital, nursing homes and residential care settings...
    • Home Help Service
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to employ additional homecare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60363/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the request by an organisation (details supplied) for the temporary assistance payment scheme to be reintroduced to cover the specific costs...
    • Hospital Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in the Mater, Beaumont and St Vincent's University Hospitals that are operating on a 24/7 basis in tabular form. [60373/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for dermatology scopes as of 1 January 2021 and 1 December 2021, in tabular form. [60374/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents by job title that are currently vacant in the diabetes team at Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15; the full year cost of filling...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if he has plans to meet with the group in coming weeks in view of the changing situation regarding public...
    • Hospital Staff
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide one hundred additional neurology nurse specialists across Ireland including five extra nurses in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin as recommended by...
    • Vaccination Programme
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee for a 2022 start-date for the rollout of a National...
    • Disability Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can expect a date for allocation to a full-time residential care facility as recommended at a multi-discipline team meeting held...
    • Home Care Packages
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to return home with the necessary homecare support system in place until such a time when a place in a full-time...
    • General Practitioner Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the current reimbursement process in place for medical card holders seeking to claim back the costs of blood tests; if this has...
    • Ambulance Service
      622. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fire service being deployed as a first responder back-up service to the National Ambulance Service; if he will seek to advance the matter in...
    • Hospital Investigations
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when the external review of the disposal of perinatal organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      624. To ask the Minister for Health when the new protocol for the distribution and prescribing of Ajovy, fremanezumab, will be in place; the reason patients who are already registered on hospital...
    • Vaccination Programme
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccination centres and other settings in which the booster vaccines are being rolled out including primary care centres are running at full capacity; if...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      629. To ask the Minister for Health when patients will be able to access medical cannabis from the Medical Access Programme. [60505/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1852 of 21 April 2021, if the HSE has developed the individual patient approval system to enable reimbursement for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the structures that are being put in place to allow passengers to acquire an antigen or PCR test in order to travel over the Christmas period given that many...
    • Hospital Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patient visits at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60533/21]
    • Health Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in meeting the Neurorehabilitation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60540/21]
    • Departmental Strategies
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE national steering group responsible for the implementation of the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy has met since 1 January...
    • Disability Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide multi-annual funding to disability services providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60545/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the distribution of the booster vaccines to general practitioners by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60562/21]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include equestrian enterprises in the next round of TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59777/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of afforestation licences, private felling licences and Coillte felling licences issued since the end of January 2021;...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the organisations, statutory and otherwise, that have an official role in advising him regarding the National CAP Strategic Plan; and...
    • Animal Breeding
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is compensation available on designated land with an equine breeding programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the indicative budget for the next CAP Programme which sees funding for the LEADER Programme 2023-2027 cut to...
    • Forestry Sector
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the significant backlog in the applications for forest road licences. [59897/21]
    • Agriculture Industry
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on establishing a statutory red meat regulator. [59899/21]
    • Pesticide Use
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on banning or restricting the use of glyphosate by public bodies. [59900/21]
    • Protected Disclosures
      653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59905/21]
    • Animal Breeding
      654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average processing time for a foal registration. [59927/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new beef sector forum will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59949/21]
    • Departmental Data
      659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation and felling licences granted in the past twelve months; the details of those licenses granted to any...
    • Departmental Reviews
      661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review the amount of compensation paid to farmers in cases in which the herd of a farmer is adversely affected...
    • Departmental Funding
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider paying the balance outstanding on a farm partnership application in the case of persons (details...
    • Departmental Reports
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the final report of the wool feasibility study will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60108/21]
    • Departmental Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the road and afforestation applications received by the Forestry Service between 1 January 2018 and January 2021; the dates for...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the concern by a group (details supplied) that the proposed Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan does not...
    • Departmental Schemes
      666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the dieback scheme to help farmers clear the diseased trees and to replant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to a report finding (details supplied) that 26% of sheep farms were defined as economically viable as of 2020; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the recently published European Union soil strategy for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60185/21]
    • Greyhound Industry
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage and number of greyhounds that are rehomed following their referral to foster care centres on an annual basis; if there...
    • Live Exports
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to media reports that the process of approving the export of cattle from the State to Israel has...
    • Agriculture Industry
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the stakeholder group to develop a continuing professional development framework has not been set up; the progress made to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the need to commit to multi-annual funding in the region of €1.5 million per annum through the rural development...
    • Greyhound Industry
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new range of activities Greyhound Racing Ireland is planning to cover as part of its’ new serious injury scheme due to be...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department have considered enhanced carbon sequestration measures as a means of meeting carbon...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he remains satisfied that the CAP review contains sufficient benefit to reward farmers that make a major contribution to the...
    • Food Industry
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that sufficient incentives remain to guard against food shortages as was the original objective when the European...
    • Animal Diseases
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if efforts continue to be made to identify the causes of TB arising from the increase in the number of bovine TB incidents throughout...
    • Food Industry
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to promote Irish food products abroad to the maximum possible extent; and if he...
    • Agriculture Industry
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department has reviewed the future prospects for the Irish beef sector with particular reference to market...
    • Teagasc Activities
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the annual budget from his Department to Teagasc; the breakdown of the level of funding provided to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount that was paid to advisers in relation to the Knowledge Transfer Programme; the amount paid to farmers during the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is potential for his Department to provide educational training or supports to those involved in or...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Vacant Properties
      706. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to put measures in place to support the refurbishment of vacant property in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cycling Facilities
      707. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the proposed works for the Mell Greenway, Drogheda for which Louth County Council received €200,000 through the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      709. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of protected disclosures made to her concerning her Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59918/21]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      710. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding to be provided by her Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if...
    • Community Development Projects
      711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support provided to hubs, such as those that are part of the Connected Hubs initiative since the start of 2020; and if...

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