Written answers

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he plans to respond to the recent EPA Report on Waste 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61540/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the report by an advisory body (details supplied) regarding the implementation gap between climate action...
    • National Broadband Plan
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the owner or shareholders of National Broadband Ireland have the ability to sell the business and assets of National...
    • Energy Prices
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the discussions with key energy sector stakeholders which have taken place to date to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost within the National Broadband Plan for the use of the infrastructure of Eir over the duration of the contract....
    • Departmental Schemes
      46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the deposit return scheme will be in operation on-time; if glass will be included in the scheme; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Process
      47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the involvement he or his Department has had in the development of planned legislation in relation to marine protected...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to maximise the benefit from the supply chain opportunity for offshore wind in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to introduce legislation or other measures from an environmental protection perspective to improve air and...
    • Illegal Dumping
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work undertaken by his Department in conjunction with other relevant bodies in enabling the use of CCTV to combat...
    • National Broadband Plan
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number or percentage of households and premises which have yet to receive high speed fibre power broadband; and if...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to support the development of at least 30GW of offshore wind energy in the long term; his plans...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve cybersecurity in the public sector in the aftermath of the cyber-attack on the HSE; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safeguards that he will put in place to ensure that communities can access supports for community renewable energy...
    • Waste Management
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to reduce the level of single use disposable food containers and coffee cups in Ireland. [61412/21]
    • Departmental Strategies
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will expedite the preparation of a national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Climate Action Plan
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he plans to roll-out district heating on a large scale; if legislative change will be required to achieve this;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the publication of the finalised terms of reference for the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS...
    • Energy Policy
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if natural gas will be considered as a transition fuel to help ensure energy security as part of the transition to a low...
    • Climate Action Plan
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Climate Action Fund and the inclusion of nature-based projects; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will include a curb or ban on car idling in the new national clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Climate Change Policy
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the annual transition statement for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61470/21]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State is on track to meet the carbon reduction targets set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will...
    • North-South Interconnector
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will commission a full independent analysis of the feasibility and costs of developing the north-south...
    • National Broadband Plan
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan in an area (details supplied). [61428/21]
    • Illegal Dumping
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being undertaken by his Department to address the scourge of illegal dumping. [61429/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the National Broadband Plan will be rolled out across County Donegal by townland and yearly quarter; the number of...
    • Climate Action Plan
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in the Climate Action Fund; if the recently announced reduction in the National Oil Reserves Agency levy will...
    • Departmental Strategies
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of Ireland's first clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61144/21]
    • Waste Management
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical...
    • Electricity Generation
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress update on the implementation of a new microgeneration scheme to enable selling of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in achieving emission reduction targets in line with the Programme for Government whilst at the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of advisers (details supplied) in the ownership structure of National Broadband Ireland and its role in the...
    • Illegal Dumping
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has had discussions with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to...
    • Energy Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact that building up to seven new gas power stations will have on Ireland’s ability to meet climate action...
    • Electricity Grid
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of the Celtic Interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61491/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with National Broadband Ireland and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that current delays...
    • Illegal Dumping
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities will receive support in 2021 and 2022 to help fund anti-dumping initiatives particularly regarding...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to ensure citizen engagement with offshore wind energy projects in Ireland; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      96. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 7 December 2021, if he will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with ICT hardware in his...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department spent on Covid-19-related advertising in the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 November 2021. [60986/21]
    • Horticulture Sector
      98. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 30 November 2021, if peat transported from this State to Northern Ireland is included in export figures cited; and if so, the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek to have the TRIPS Waiver at the WTO lifted which will increase the production of generic Covid-19 vaccines and greatly...
    • Work Permits
      100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) whose approval is urgent given the timeframe for their...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department is taking to help businesses decarbonise and prepare for a greener future in particular for smaller and...
    • Departmental Consultations
      102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the consultation with retired workers’ organisations in relation to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in...
    • Job Losses
      103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to formal notice of redundancies and or employment termination at a hotel...
    • Work Permits
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will grant a work permit extension to workers who are temporarily laid off due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined a report by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to policies acting as disincentives to work for...
    • Work Permits
      106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied) given the urgency outlined in correspondence from the nursing home that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the pandemic unemployment payment is being restored to €350 level then should the employment wage subsidy scheme rates...
    • Employment Support Services
      108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that computer equipment being used by a group (details supplied) which is due to close shortly can be repurposed...
    • Industrial Relations
      109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether retired persons who are members of occupational pension schemes should be granted access to the industrial...
    • Economic Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61365/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of Brexit persons living in Northern Ireland cannot be a director of a...
    • Work Permits
      112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the options open to persons in cases in which they have an employment permit which is due to expire in the short-term in view of the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress being made with the National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61673/21]
    • Energy Prices
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action that will be taken to address spiralling energy prices. [61687/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that will be retrofitted in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61990/21]
    • Illegal Dumping
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the rise in illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61189/21]
    • Postal Services
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the correct contact details for TDs and Senators to use in order to contact An Post on behalf of persons who have...
    • Offshore Exploration
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information on an offshore petroleum exploration licence (details supplied); if the licence remains...
    • Departmental Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports or grants in place for hotels converting heating systems to CHP boilers to become more energy efficient....
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the future direction for the State to ensure that Ireland’s connected future is safe; and if the State has...
    • National Broadband Plan
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been notified by National Broadband Ireland of the amount in loans made available to same by a company...
    • Departmental Schemes
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to limit waste from fast fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61458/21]
    • Illegal Dumping
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work by his Department in conjunction with other relevant State bodies in enabling the use of CCTV to combat...
    • Electricity Generation
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to ensure security of electricity supply for the forthcoming winter; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the modelling that was used by the Government to calculate the emission reduction targets under the 2021 Climate Action...
    • Departmental Programmes
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of the Energy Transformation Programme that was allocated to decarbonising electricity in Budget 2021 and...
    • Environmental Policy
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that will be taken to achieve the targets agreed at the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference....
    • Commissions of Investigation
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing under the remit of his Department; the duration of each...
    • Climate Change Policy
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to develop clear pathways for the latest research to provide an evidence base for the National Dialogue on...
    • Research and Development
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to help support the offshore and ocean energy research and innovation as outlined in the Climate Action Plan;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of instances in which the State has relied on legal enforcement of the National Broadband Plan contract...
    • Planning Issues
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs pertaining to his Department and An Bord Pleanála and the Department’s agencies in respect of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to offer zero-interest green loans to homeowners and renters to retrofit their residences; and if he will...
    • Seirbhísí Dátheangacha
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment an bhfuil sé i gceist aige reachtaíocht a thabhairt isteach a chuirfeadh iachall ar An Post a chinntiú...
    • National Broadband Plan
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress in the development of high speed, high quality broadband in all areas throughout the country, urban and or...
    • Environmental Policy
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which he continues to propose and pursue eco-friendly policies with a positive impact on the environment;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to meet carbon reduction targets without impacting on the food production sector given...
    • Energy Production
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which waste to energy enterprises are currently in operation and are anticipated; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of wind-driven electricity generation to develop to the level anticipated in the course of the next ten...
    • Telecommunications Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which all areas throughout the country can expect to rely on a modern and or updated mobile telephone...
    • National Broadband Plan
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made to ensure the provision of reliable high speed broadband to industrial hubs throughout the...
    • Electricity Generation
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which electricity generation and production costs here are in line with those in other EU member states;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to fast-track the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61965/21]
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions which he has had with the Just Transition Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • North-South Interconnector
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the review commissioned by his Department in respect of the proposed north-south interconnector...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Pension Provisions
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an issue regarding the pension scheme for drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Éireann
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason prison records of ex-prisoners that come under the Good Friday Agreement are being used to refuse employment by Bus...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional economic support to the aviation sector and those who are employed in it given the recent introduction of...
    • Road Projects
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of and reasons for the major overrun of costs in the M7 widening, Sallins bypass, Osberstown interchange to date (details...
    • Public Transport
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to increase transport accessibility in public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61241/21]
    • Road Safety Authority
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to resolve the situation in relation to driving instructors who are being denied access to basic facilities such...
    • National Transport Authority
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of income that was taken in by the National Transport Authority from public transport providers (details supplied) in 2020 as...
    • Public Transport
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use which is made of surplus fares paid on Dublin Bus and public transport in general; and the amount of surplus fares that was paid...
    • Road Tolls
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income derived in tolls from the M50 toll bridge from 2016 to 2020, inclusive; and if information in relation to a series of matters...
    • Rail Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a document prepared by Iarnród Éireann which states that Iarnród Éireann could...
    • Public Transport
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation for public transport in Budget 2021 and Budget 2022, respectively by current and capital funding in tabular form....
    • Rail Network
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost and timeframe for delivery regarding the replacement of the Dublin Belfast Enterprise train fleet. [61529/21]
    • Electric Vehicles
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total allocation for electric vehicles in Budget 2021 and Budget 2022, respectively by current and capital funding in tabular form....
    • Ports Policy
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works contained in respect of the completion of investments at Dublin Port, the Port of Cork and Shannon Foynes Port as contained in...
    • Greenways Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or Transport Infrastructure Ireland are taking over the completion or progression of a project (details supplied); and...
    • Rail Network
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 7 December 2021, the expected deliver date for the DART extension to Drogheda; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the current costs incurred by citizens over the age of 70 in renewing their driving licence for a three year period...
    • Departmental Reviews
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the members of the steering committee on the Strategic Rail Review were selected; the name and occupation of the chair; and the...
    • Bus Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a commitment will be made to implement the full plan on BusConnects and in particular the infrastructure for connectivity of...
    • Public Transport
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Transport Authority Connecting Ireland plan provides no public transport on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if dental services are still VAT exempt including the costs of facilities and infrastructure incurred by a principal dentist; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reassess his views on the employment wage subsidy scheme rates and revert to those rates of November 2021 in view of the impact of the CMO...
    • Departmental Reviews
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender diversity and make-up of the panel undertaking the recently announced retail banking review within his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from the eight-year deemed disposal rule from 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the expected annual cost of discontinuing the eight-year...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for entry to the employment wage subsidy scheme for businesses that started in late 2019 (details supplied); and if...
    • Tax Code
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the report by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to policies acting as disincentives to work for moderate to lower paid...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be made available in 2022 to purchase extra dogs for the dog unit of the Revenue Commissioners. [61287/21]
    • Tax Credits
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to expanding the home carer tax allowance in limited circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if hospitality businesses will be eligible in December 2021 to be given the opportunity to requalify for the employment wage subsidy scheme supports in...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed review of the primary medical certificate system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61617/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy eligibility criteria for Q1 2022 should compare projected turnover against quarter 1 2019 and not 2021 versus 2019; if his...
    • Tax Code
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to apply a zero VAT rate on journalistic publications following the adoption of amendments to the European Union VAT directive at the December...
    • Disability Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published report by the Ombudsman entitled Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes, a...
    • Tax Data
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the total corporation tax receipts and the total tax receipts under all headings for each of the years 2010 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to VAT in an area will be reviewed; the action his Department is taking to reduce VAT in...
    • Tax Reliefs
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated with full details of the extension following his recent announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver on...
    • Fiscal Policy
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61900/21]
    • Tax Code
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the way he intends to address the Government’s continued over-reliance on...
    • Energy Prices
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider, in the absence of a reduction in VAT on domestic energy sources including gas and home heating oil, a discount scheme for low and middle...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the process underway by the Office of Government Procurement in relation to a new framework for the procurement of cloud...
    • Brexit Supports
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans and proposals to ensure that farmers receive direct funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he is discontinuing funding to an organisation (details supplied); if he will reconsider the decision; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of a tender issued for the provision of chairpersons of Government initiated reviews or bodies. [61700/21]
    • Fiscal Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61901/21]
    • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process by which changes to remuneration for those employed under the scheme for secretarial assistance is decided; and if he will...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the financial supports offered to SMEs in the hospitality and events sector will also apply to travel SMEs; and if she will...
    • Sports Funding
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61369/21]
    • Tax Code
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if further consideration has been given to proposals made in 2016 for tax breaks to companies that support international athletes...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if members of the artistic community in receipt of social welfare payments will be eligible for the forthcoming basic income...
    • Sports Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when all applicants to the sports capital programme will be informed of the outcome of the assessment of their applications. [61563/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports Fáilte Ireland will have in place for coach operators for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Schemes
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total State expenditure on HAP in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [61858/21]
    • Waste Management
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which measures for the removal of plastic from the seas surrounding Ireland are in hand; and if he will make a...
    • Electoral Process
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work being done to date to implement a programme for Government commitment (details...
    • Fire Service
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of assaults that were recorded on firefighters from 2015 to date in 2021, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Hare Coursing
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a local community park (details supplied) is shut to the public during Covid-19 to allow a barbaric and cruel...
    • Housing Schemes
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority tenants living in Part 5 housing can avail of the proposed new tenant purchase scheme; when the new tenant...
    • Planning Issues
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the temporary provision regarding exempted development in SI No. 30 of 2018, which is due to expire at the end of 2021 will...
    • Housing Provision
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of the site of St. Kevin’s Hospital, Cork; the number of units of housing that will be...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department has realised the 18 of the 32 recommendations contained in the Traveller accommodation...
    • Housing Policy
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by several disability organisations (details supplied) in relation to Part M...
    • Planning Issues
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a county council must erect site notices, display pending documents and applications on their websites for section 254...
    • Defective Building Materials
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans under the mica redress scheme for houses that are classed as holiday homes but are a semi-detached to a house that...
    • Rental Sector
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases...
    • Defective Building Materials
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Housing Agency is not being given responsibility for the delivery of the mica and pyrite defective block...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) with reference to European Court of Justice case C-247/85, Commission v....
    • Housing Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan are required to wait until three months after their last employment wage...
    • Housing Provision
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the annual statutory summary of social housing assessments will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update housing circular 41 of 2012 to reflect the relevant changes in Irish immigration law such as SI No. 548/2015...
    • Electoral Process
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Electoral Reform Bill 2020 will be enacted in time to carry out the functions currently assigned to a constituency...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the publication of the national coastal change management strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of build-to-rent planning permissions approved in County Cork in 2021; and the number of units this equates to....
    • Homeless Accommodation
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 11 November 2021, the payments that were made by county in 2021 (details...
    • Departmental Strategies
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the disabled persons strategy as announced in the Housing for All policy; if it is still due to be published in...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered transient sites and service areas for Travellers that would be a co-ordinated approach...
    • Defective Building Materials
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact item which must be proven by the IS:465 assessment in order for sampling to confirm the presence of said material...
    • Tax Exemptions
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if homeowners in County Clare affected by the material, pyrite, are eligible for the local property tax exemption; and if he...
    • Defective Building Materials
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the decisions made at the recent meeting with Clare County Council in relation to the eligibility of homeowners in County...
    • Housing Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected date for the launch of the affordable purchase shared equity scheme; when further details of the scheme will be...
    • Planning Issues
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal costs pertaining to his Department and An Bord Pleanála and their related agencies in respect of all legal...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the targeted commercial rates waiver scheme to other targeted businesses, including hospitality reliant...
    • Planning Issues
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to amend planning laws to address the planting of non-native leylandii in urban areas. [61867/21]
    • Housing Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend by his Department, by approved housing bodies and by each of the local authorities on the construction of new...
    • Departmental Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend by his Department, by approved housing bodies and by each of the local authorities on the retrofitting and...
    • Housing Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing projects for which each of the local authorities and approved housing bodies availed of support services...
    • Housing Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new regulations for the affordable housing schemes will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new rural planning guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61894/21]
    • Housing Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units completed to date in 2021; and the breakdown by social housing investment programme, SHIP...
    • Housing Schemes
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing tenancies created to date in 2021 under the long-term leasing scheme, the housing assistance...
    • Housing Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes delivered to date in 2021 under the affordable housing fund and the cost rental equity loan...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process to establish an approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61913/21]
    • Planning Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons working on the review by his Department of the planning system; the number of these who are external to...
    • Local Authorities
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that do not have a permanent CEO at present; the length of time this vacancy is open in each case; and...
    • Water Services
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on the Oireachtas Report into Future Funding of Domestic Water Services and the...
    • Housing Schemes
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans for the regeneration of Pearse House and Pearse Grove in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waterways Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented at an early date to progress the proposal to extend the Shannon navigation from Lough...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed on time to travel home to see family members. [61137/21]
    • EU Bodies
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his Department’s strategy to increase the number of persons working in European Union institutions; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of an application for dual citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Official Travel
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Canada early in 2022. [61293/21]
    • Passport Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61321/21]
    • Northern Ireland
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recommendations presented by a person (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday...
    • United Nations
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 2 December 2021, if his attention has been drawn to a series of matters (details supplied) in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports his Department will provide for Irish tourists that may have either a positive antigen or PCR test for Covid-19 within a 72 or...
    • Passport Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will return to normal processing times following the decision not to deem the passport office as an essential...
    • Human Rights
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current political situation in Myanmar and in particular the jailing of a person (details supplied) for incitement and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in relation to Irish citizens in Australia who are currently on bridging visas while they wait for issue of a temporary visa...
    • Brexit Issues
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a new requirement for EU citizens living in Ireland to fill in an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)...
    • Human Rights
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government intends to participate in the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in China, in view of the credible...
    • United Nations
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assessment the Government has made of a recent independent report (details supplied) which revealed that the number of states in which...
    • Humanitarian Access
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance the Government is providing to the people of Somalia at present to address the severe food and water shortages...
    • Foreign Policy
      364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department will take to support the humanitarian effort in Yemen. [61866/21]
    • Passport Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has plans to reduce the timeframe for documents to be uploaded by the passport service to applications considering that the delays...
    • United Nations
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has engaged with bodies regarding the development of a United Nations binding treaty on business and human rights; and if...
    • Passport Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been an audit or review carried out or commissioned by his Department into service user interaction with the Passport Office;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has supported the call for the TRIPS waiver at the World Trade Organisation to be waived to ensure that Covid-19 vaccines and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the contract has been signed for the construction of a new cadet school in the Defence Forces training centre, Curragh, County Kildare; and...
    • Naval Service
      373. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Naval Service made similar requests in relation to compliance with the European Union Common Fisheries Policy to the skippers of fishing...
    • Defence Forces
      374. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the mandatory retirement age for serving privates and non-commissioned officers in the Defence Forces; the age that such members become eligible...
    • Air Corps
      378. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps is contracting senior aircraft inspectors from a company (details supplied) to supervise and sign off on maintenance being...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been granted to schools (details supplied) in relation to measures seeking to prevent the spread of Covid-19; and if she...
    • School Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate staff and relief staff remains available in schools throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the schools that have and do not have HEPA filters. [61165/21]
    • School Accommodation
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 23 November 2021, the options her Department has considered; if her Department has liaised with the...
    • Education Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided in relation to the position of children with dyslexia (details supplied). [61223/21]
    • School Enrolments
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with a school (details supplied) to ensure it can expand its intake of students for 2022-2023 given that there is a significant...
    • Schools Building Projects
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning of a new building for a school in (details supplied). [61236/21]
    • Weather Events
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that made the decision to close schools in County Meath due to a Met Éireann orange warning; the number of orange...
    • Schools Building Projects
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appropriate level of capital funding will be provided to facilitate the building of a new school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on projects carried out under the emergency works scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [61279/21]
    • Road Safety
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); if she will make arrangements to support Cork County Council with...
    • Teacher Training
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Gaeltacht component of primary teacher training will go ahead as normal in January 2022 under current guidelines; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will have regard to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [61334/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [61336/21]
    • Road Safety
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the unsafe conditions for students walking from Cork city to the temporary site of a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed replacement for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61357/21]
    • Site Acquisitions
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site has been located for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61358/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated completion date of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61359/21]
    • Site Acquisitions
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61360/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future plans for the school hub at Mooretown, Swords in which schools (details supplied) are now located; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will respond to correspondence from Mayo County Council in relation to a school (details supplied); and the steps she has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned development of a new Gaelscoil in Longford town (details supplied). [61456/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are provided by her Department to encourage exchanges between Irish secondary schools or students and continental colleges; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the minimum qualification required for appointment to the role of special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason very few of the 467 teachers on secondment that would be available for substitute work have become available to schools (details...
    • School Management
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the decision of the patron body of a school (details supplied) to disband the board and put a single...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of one HEPA filtration device. [61662/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made to streamline the Garda vetting process for substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of school places in south County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61679/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the National Council for Special Education to complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if antigen testing will be extended to post-primary schools and not just primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61846/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 26 November 2020, if the upgrade of the payroll system has been completed; when the online payslip...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for CO2 monitors for a school (details supplied). [61931/21]
    • School Enrolments
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided for a school (details supplied) to allow for an increase in the student population specifically in order...
    • Schools Administration
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of ownership of lands located at a school (details supplied) to her Department. [61992/21]
    • Departmental Data
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school inspectors in her Department; and the number of these inspectors that are registered with the Teaching Council. [62000/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a centralised system for vetting SNAs. [62001/21]
    • Public Sector Pay
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of an electronic payroll system. [62002/21]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will revise the offer of a gratuity payment to community employment supervisors as part of the long-standing pension...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of dairy farmers in receipt of farm assist by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61909/21]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place to ensure that the social welfare infrastructure is not subject to cyberattack; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised by a person (details supplied) regarding self-employed persons will receive a response. [61222/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will immediately publish a report (details supplied). [61240/21]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working family payment will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who appears to have applied twice; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme from 30% to 45%. [61275/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding occupational pensions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 66% of live performers experienced a 90% to 100% income loss from their...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a maximum guardianship payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if all arrears due will be...
    • State Pensions
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enable persons to buy voluntary contributions towards entitlement to a contributory old age pension if they do...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that lost their job due to Covid-19 restrictions before 6 December 2021 can apply for the reopened pandemic...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will assist in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Ability Programme funding will be made available through budget 2022; the services offered through the Ability Programme...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is of the view that the 1997 Revenue Commissioners courier sector tax agreement which was discontinued in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason access to the pandemic unemployment payment has been refused for a musician (details supplied); if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in relation to a disability welfare payment (details supplied). [61694/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of remote working options available for officials of her Department. [61702/21]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that all ICT systems and databases and payment software are fully secure from a breach perspective. [61704/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the short-term illness benefit will be extended to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected that a decision will issue on a review in relation to a working family payment for a person (details...
    • Social Insurance
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a detailed reply to a PRSI query (details supplied). [61961/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a supplementary pension. [61968/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 23 November 2021, if her attention has been drawn to delays in processing...
    • Data Protection
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date with the Data Protection Commission in the context...
    • Public Services Card
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of all annual expenditure directly and indirectly associated with the creation, roll out and...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Covid-19 Tests
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the provision of antigen tests for the early childhood care and education sector; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to update advice to childcare facilities regarding the wearing of face coverings by staff; and if he...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will...
    • Legislative Process
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016; the articles that have been commenced and not...
    • Direct Provision System
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain has been...
    • Domestic Violence
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the mother and baby home scheme works for those who are uncertain in relation to the date on which they...
    • Weather Events
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department advised all early learning and care and school aged childcare services to close on 7...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Tests
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the exclusion of students in private higher education sector from the decision to fund rapid antigen tests for students;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned to introduce health regulations in relation to the holding of in-person third-level examinations between the end of November and...
    • National Training Fund
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated projected yield from a 0.2% increase in 2022 in the national training fund levy. [61276/21]
    • Pension Provisions
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a pension review in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on this matter; if his attention has been...
    • Youth Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the youthreach programme operates within Kerry ETB; if the youthreach programme ran in partnership with other services within...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include students in private education colleges in the free antigen testing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 December 2021, if he will consider introducing measures such as regulations or legislation that...
    • Research Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State funding provided to the Tyndall Institute since 2011 either through direct exchequer funding, competitive SFI funding or another...
    • Third Level Staff
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of academic and research staff employed by the Tyndall Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61830/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 24 November 2021 and in view of the fact the projected cost range of this project in the NDP is...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Missing Persons
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding recommendations being implemented; and if she will make a statement...
    • Prison Service
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a definitive timeline for the publication of a report commissioned from (details supplied) regarding...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to ensure that justice systems including those of An Garda Síochána and the Courts are...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) given the person has been living in Ireland for almost 11 years;...
    • Coroners Service
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the backlogs in the Cork City Coroner’s Court; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the titles of the studies referred to on the website of her Department in which it is it suggested that there could be up to...
    • Visa Applications
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the visa can be expedited given all is in order to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda cars and vans that were assigned to Garda National Immigration Bureau in 2020 and to date in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink driving offences recorded in the Kildare division in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of drug...
    • An Garda Síochána
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within DMR north Garda division that successfully completed the competency-based driving levels 3 and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to granting citizenship for all front-line essential workers, particularly for those currently...
    • An Garda Síochána
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda clearance will issue to a person (details supplied); the average time being taken to issue Garda clearance; the...
    • Immigration Policy
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the newly announced regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants is open to undocumented migrants who have Irish...
    • Immigration Support Services
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the continued delays in getting appointments using the online booking system for Burgh Quay registration...
    • Parole Boards
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners released on parole by the Parole Board since the new independent Parole Board came into office; the...
    • Immigration Status
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61915/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda recruitment will take place in January 2022; if not, if recruitment will be held later; and if she will make a...
    • Private Security Authority
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on her plans in relation to implementing new training, licensing and standards requirements for private security...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason staff working in the Legal Aid Board are being requested to work on site in contravention of Government guidance...
    • Residency Permits
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the temporary extension on immigration permissions until 15 January 2022 allows for those with temporary extension to be...
  • Department of Health
    • Care Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State locations or entities offering regular residential respite for teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61265/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      530. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Cross Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group in respect of home support and nursing homes will be established; and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if persons presenting for Covid-19 vaccination post-infection with Covid-19 can opt to receive a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being undertaken to improve waiting times for paediatric orthopaedic care, in particular, for patients with spina bifida and hydrocephalus; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding hospital visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61128/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61130/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the highest rate of spina bifida in the world; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact...
    • Dental Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who left an area (details supplied) who are participating in the dental treatment service scheme; the number of dentists who have...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a consultation with a paediatric urologist at Temple Street Hospital; the number waiting up to 6, 6 to 12, 12 and 24 and more...
    • Hospital Staff
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric urologists at Temple Street Hospital in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the HSE capital programme for 2022; and the projects, including timelines for start and completion dates, in tabular form. [61157/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the regularity with which he meets the HSE capital projects and estate team to review capital development proposals that progress through a number of approval...
    • Mental Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the national youth mental health task force, in particular the youth mental health pathfinder...
    • Health Service Executive
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE grade and type of professionals working in the HSE capital and estates division, by community healthcare organisation, CHO, in tabular form;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE capital and estates division engage with external design consultancy companies on the delivery of capital projects compared with...
    • Dental Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which dental patients can have their requirements met and progressed as quickly as possible with particular reference to medical card holders;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have completed a level 6 vaccination course through a company (details supplied) can apply as vaccinators; if not, the reason; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent assistance his Department can provide in the early intervention of orthodontics services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the unit or person who will have ownership of the implementation of the national cardiac services review when it is published; the lead responsible for...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify an issue in regard to Covid-19 tests for travel into Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61173/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if dedicated technical support and a formalised decision-making process for a health technology review has been given to NIAC to address the deficiencies...
    • Health Services Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 369 and 370 of 11 November 2021, the assaults recorded on nurses and doctors in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to...
    • Mental Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if access to services will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and the supports that can be provided to the family. [61188/21]
    • Proposed Legislation
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on a public health (obesity) Act, in particular the work undertaken to examine restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at...
    • Hospital Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Health when the neurology unit of Tallaght Hospital, which serves north County Kildare, will have its recommended full complement of 20 specialist neurology nurses as...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the steps in place to ensure that the health system is protected from cyberattacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61201/21]
    • Health Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will allow the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to proceed with the appointment of its elected chair and to go ahead with...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      564. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Covid-19 vaccination certificate system to include information on booster shots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61208/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that can be put in place to facilitate a person travelling to Ireland on a long-haul journey who will not be in a position to get a PCR test...
    • Dental Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated list of dental practices that participate in the dental treatment services scheme in counties Louth and Meath, respectively; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the specific health guidance that relates to the European advice note (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61220/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to a letter from an advocacy group (details supplied) which was sent to his office on 16 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all acute hospitals, community hospitals, health centres and primary health care centres are fully wheelchair accessible....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61247/21]
    • Health Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget for 2022 he will be allocating to supporting the local drug and alcohol addiction prevention, stabilisation and detoxing work...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the introduction of an exemption to the need for proof of vaccination to engage in various indoor activities, specifically for those who...
    • Hospital Procedures
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lung transplants and heart transplants carried out at the Mater Hospital in 2021. [61288/21]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital funding requests submitted to the HSE from the Mater Hospital specifically to address the issue of bed capacity over the past three...
    • Hospital Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant haematologists attached to Naas General Hospital in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [61290/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent scan nurses in County Kildare in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if this number will be further...
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting a first-time assessment for occupational therapy services; the breakdown of waiting time; and if he will make...
    • Ambulance Service
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs in 2021 to date in County Wexford; the average call out times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61302/21]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time taken to recognise health qualifications by CORU; the number of applications and the approval response time for the past 24 months...
    • Dental Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) which was presented to the HSE in February 2015 regarding the public orthodontic service will be published; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the prioritisation of persons with learning disabilities regarding access to day services in Buncrana, County Donegal; the criteria for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements in relation to medical card holders that do not or cannot wear masks when attending general practitioner appointments given that mask wearing...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if persons will be entitled to a refund of the cost incurred for the requirement of having an RT-PCR test taken when travelling into Ireland and the subsequent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions that apply to persons travelling to Ireland from the United Kingdom who is an Irish citizen but a spouse is a non-UK and or non-European and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently working in Charlestown, County Mayo and in other areas close by to increase the provision of general practitioner...
    • Vaccination Programme
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments for Covid-19 booster shots offered and the rate of uptake of the booster shots since the week commencing 22 November 2021 to date on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fathers are being denied access to attend 12-week scans at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, in...
    • Disability Services
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the supports that will be put in place to ensure the person continues to receive...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment of needs; the length of time they should expect to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a scheme to ease the cost burden on persons and families that for health reasons are forced to buy more expensive specific...
    • Medical Cards
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the cost to patients of having bloods taken for analysis on the medical card scheme or on the general practitioner contract; if the practice...
    • Hospital Staff
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; the staffing level for occupational therapists at the hospital;...
    • Nursing Homes
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the transitional funding arrangement put in place by the HSE for the care of a person (details supplied); if approval for the fair deal scheme will be...
    • Primary Care Centres
      600. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Carrickmacross primary care centre to be operational; the number of HSE staff that will employed at the centre; the number of nurses that...
    • Medicinal Products
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of the requirements for a patient to receive approval to receive the drug ajovy fremanezumab (details supplied) which was...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the eighty two children with spina bifida and or hydrocephalus that are awaiting orthopaedic surgical management and...
    • Dental Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic services in Waterford (details supplied); the length of time the children have been on the waiting...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to data protection and antigen testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the delivery of the three specialist menopause clinics yet to be delivered; if the clinics will be open by the end of 2021 as...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate was turned down; the qualifying criteria to receive a primary...
    • Mental Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the details of emergency meetings held on 7 December 2021 regarding the impact of Storm Barra on the mental health services in counties Cork and Kerry, the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be eligible to receive a booster vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61589/21]
    • Disability Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to decentralising CEIS services to rural parts of County Clare to honour the commitments made in Sláintecare to provide...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to inform persons and to promote the medical cannabis access programme as a viable treatment alternative; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the moving of maternity services to University Hospital Limerick; if the move is still planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications by CHO area for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 overdue for completion at three, six, 12 and 18...
    • Health Strategies
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2011 steering group has not met in to date 2021; his views on the negative impact the lack of communication and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the temporary assistance payment scheme available to healthcare establishments beyond the end of 2021 considering that infection...
    • Mental Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 16 November 2021, the breakdown of these waiting list numbers in intervals of six months, that is, 0-6, 6-12,...
    • Disability Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale used to revoke eligibility and therefore access to personal assistance services for persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has and will be made available through Budget 2022 to prevent young persons from entering nursing homes; the preventative measures that will...
    • Budget 2022
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if unspent allocations for the decongregation of disabled persons and transfer of under 65s from nursing homes for 2021 will accrue, be ring-fenced and be...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if there is additional legislation needed in order to transfer the disability portfolio to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding applications for a primary medical certificate at present; and if a breakdown of those waiting will be provided in three month intervals...
    • Obesity Levels
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the inclusion of obesity in the HSE Integrated Care Programme for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease; if supports will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons since the start of 2021 in hospital with Covid-19 who were fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated and unvaccinated by week. [61629/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [61645/21]
    • Legislative Measures
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release the official advice he received from his Departmental officials that indicates that the chair of the review body into the Health Act 2018...
    • Vaccination Programme
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the next cohort to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after 5 to 12 years olds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61653/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the proof that EU Digital COVID Certificates (details supplied) reduce the risk of the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61654/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a free antigen test to every home in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61677/21]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      638. To ask the Minister for Health when measures reducing children’s exposure to alcohol advertising as enacted by the Public Health (Alcohol) Act in 2018 will be commenced; and if he...
    • Health Strategies
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when the national stroke strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61681/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal scheme for a person (details supplied) will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61683/21]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if computers using an operating system (details supplied) are still in use in his Department or in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published report by the Ombudsman entitled "Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes", a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical equipment loaned to patients and service users is reused or recycled when it is no longer required by said persons; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake rate on eligible women attending for CervicalCheck appointments; if he will provide a breakdown by age category and county for each of the years...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unvaccinated persons who are being treated in intensive care units in all hospitals in the country. [61701/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staff from 2017 to date by year and location in tabular form. [61706/21]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent through the NTPF from 2017 to date by year; and the organisations to which such payments were made. [61707/21]
    • Health Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on outsourcing services to the private sector from 2017 to date by year and organisation in tabular form; and the services this spending...
    • Hospital Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public funding spent by public hospitals on private healthcare services within each hospital from 2017 to date, in tabular form. [61711/21]
    • Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public funding spent by his Department, the HSE and all other public healthcare providers on external consultancy work from 2017 to date by...
    • Hospital Admissions
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the adult type 1 diabetes outpatient clinics; the number of persons on the waiting list for the adult type 2...
    • Hospital Staff
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and integrated care clinical nurse specialists that are currently...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      663. To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive or critical care, if 100% of the population eligible for a vaccine was vaccinated. [61727/21]
    • Abortion Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare workers in maternity hospitals are allowed in law and practice to be conscientious objectors when it comes to the delivery of abortion services....
    • Home Help Service
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61751/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the cost of services provided by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61753/21]
    • Disability Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; the number of...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by...
    • Health Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list by local health area as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than...
    • Primary Care Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Mental Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Home Care Packages
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in each...
    • Nursing Homes
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • Medical Cards
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2021; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Hospital Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of November 2021; and the total number to date in 2021, in tabular form....
    • Emergency Departments
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 or over who experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during November 2021; the number to date in 2021;...
    • Ambulance Service
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2021; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four, four to eight and more than eight months for both Our Lady’s Children’s...
    • Health Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the reimbursement of travel costs for haemodialysis patients is administered; the rate per kilometre; if it is paid through the hospital...
    • Health Service Executive
      738. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their cross-Border application and reimbursement for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken by his Department to ensure ventilation and clean air quality in public and private nursing homes particularly in relation to the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      740. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been many recorded serious adverse reactions to any of the Covid-19 vaccines; and if redress is available to persons in such circumstances. [61854/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new ventilator units that were allocated to Irish hospitals since 1 January 2021. [61869/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting nine additional full-time ICU nurses for Children’s Health Ireland, Temple Street. [61870/21]
    • Health Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the annual spend in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 on maternal mental health services at all stages of pregnancy and postnatal care; the allocation of...
    • Hospital Staff
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) which is seeking 100 additional neurology nurse specialists across Ireland,...
    • Health Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational services will engage with a person (details supplied). [61916/21]
    • Hospital Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure essential treatment is expedited for a person (details supplied). [61924/21]
    • Health Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for the health centre in Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway given the dilapidated state of the health centre including...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will be waiting for a long-term stay bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61930/21]
    • Health Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to get an appointment for their child to see a dietician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61935/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists contracted by the HSE to deliver primary care services for children in County Louth in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by...
    • Nursing Homes
      754. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the nursing home support scheme to exempt rental income from a principal private residence when calculating the income of an applicant....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if a risk assessment has been carried out for children aged between 9 to 12 years of age and the effect mask wearing may have on their well-being; if so, the...
    • Hospital Services
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to securing radiology services in Clonakilty or Bandon, County Cork to help alleviate the pressure from hospitals in Cork city;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials have not followed up on their commitment to meet with a farmer (details supplied) with regard to the forced...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of CAP funding for Leader; if consideration is being given to increasing the budget for the Leader Programme 2023-2027;...
    • Control of Horses
      763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the horse project for Cork city. [61204/21]
    • Live Exports
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has adopted a strategy in advance of the position adopted by the European Parliament ANIT committee (Committee of...
    • Forestry Sector
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the transfer of €7 million in capital expenditure from the forestry budget; and if he will make a statement...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to establish the proposed stakeholders forum to review the Common Fisheries Policy from an Irish perspective; the...
    • Animal Diseases
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the obligations placed on farmers to facilitate TB inspections in the event that a farmer has demonstrated two clear test results in...
    • Forestry Sector
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure afforestation is complementary within the next CAP to re-engage farmers in forestry; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the non-payment of farm payments in September 2021 to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a statutory period in which applicants for forestry-related licences will be entitled to receive a decision;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the introduction of an equine census that includes donkeys will cease with the need to forward passports for donkeys to his...
    • Forestry Sector
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if statistical information in relation to felling licences will be provided for 2020 and to date in 2021 (details supplied). [61652/21]
    • Fishing Industry
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP for the Irish fishing fleet on a species basis in tabular form; the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are supports available from his Department for farmers who wish to use organic fertilisers or fertiliser pellets that are...
    • Live Exports
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal deaths and injuries that occurred on the voyage of a livestock vessel (details supplied); if a vet was on board...
    • Forestry Sector
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer in receipt of, and who has repaid, subsidies for land (details supplied) must apply for a felling licence; and if he will...
    • Greyhound Industry
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a detailed breakdown of expenditure of the €1.76 million spent by Rásaíocht Con Éireann on welfare,...
    • Animal Breeding
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary certificates that have been lodged with an organisation (details supplied) in 2020 to allow for a greyhound...
    • Greyhound Industry
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the regulatory changes that took effect in February 2021 regarding the manner in which novice greyhounds are seeded....
    • Control of Dogs
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the microchip database of an organisation (details supplied) records the unique identifying code of the person who implants the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to incentivise and support poultry farmers to invest in and adopt best available technology in order to reduce ammonia...
    • Agriculture Industry
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers with a family farm income of less than €20,000, by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the hours of landing at the designated piers and harbours in the State for fishing vessels registered in Northern...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil an tuarascáil dheireannach ar a rabhthas ag fanacht maidir le Céibh Ros an Mhíl faighte; má tá,...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the reformed Common Agricultural Policy and in particular the draft CAP strategic plan will focus on the necessity for...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Harbours and Piers
      811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1040 of 10 February 2021, the status of development of the pier on Inis Oírr; when she...
    • Rural Schemes
      812. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 14 October 2021, the status of the promised €2 million scheme to fund the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      813. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 14 October 2021, the status of the report on the town centre first approach; and if she...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      814. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding developing and expanding of enterprise hubs remote working hub infrastructure in rural Ireland, particularly in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      815. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of her Department’s engagement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in finalising funding for...
    • Industrial Relations
      816. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will establish a collective bargaining forum to negotiate pay and conditions of employment across the community and voluntary...
    • Community Development Projects
      817. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the community enhancement programme for 2020 and 2021; and the budget allocation for same in 2022, in...
    • Rural Schemes
      818. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 9, 15 and 21 of 14 April 2011 and 1267 of 2 November 2021, the funding for the LEADER...
    • Tionscadail Fhorbartha Pobail
      819. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le measúnú a dhéanamh ar iarratas faoin gClár Seirbhísí...
    • Departmental Budgets
      820. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 7 December 2021, the implications for her Department of the plan to use deferred...
    • Rural Schemes
      821. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received a full written report in relation to a matter (details supplied); the up-to-date position; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      822. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of responses from her Department to the issues faced by areas of Tallaght, Dublin 24 that have been adversely impacted by...

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