Written answers
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Broadcasting Sector
22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Commission on the Future of Irish Public Service Broadcasting is expected to report. [27514/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
23. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; and if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services. [27572/20]
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Trade Agreements
26. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a report by researchers from the University of Oxford pertaining to the EU-Mercosur trade deal that...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
27. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason the restart plus grant is not being made available to persons on the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme; and if he...
- Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme
28. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 17 September 2020, the number of Microfinance Ireland loans given repayment holidays until...
- Departmental Meetings
32. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the meetings held by him and-or his officials from assistant principal level upwards with trade unions since his appointment as...
- Departmental Expenditure
33. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
- Departmental Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or...
- IDA Ireland
36. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the IDA is working to identify a client company to occupy a plant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electric Vehicles
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost breakdown to the ESB of installing a standard electric vehicle charge point and a fast charging electric...
- National Broadband Plan
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made and the steps he will take to address the concerns of the residents and school in an area (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of completing the western rail corridor; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has explored the possibility of introducing new State-supported shipping routes directly to the continent to avoid the potential...
- Cycling Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the wearing of helmets mandatory for cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27420/20]
- Road Safety
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the evidence that demonstrates the impact of road safety advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more...
- Driver Test
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to clear the backlog for driver tests in Dublin in view of the closures due to Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Driver Licences
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons over 70 years of age will be allowed to renew their driver licences online, as is the case for persons under 70 years of age,...
- Road Network
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of all phases of the Limerick-Clare northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the draft Limerick metropolitan transport strategy is compatible with the climate change targets of Ireland; if the strategy will be...
- Departmental Expenditure
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
- Driver Licences
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in receipt of a valid and-or current learner driver permit, an N driver permit and a full driver licence as of month...
- Road Projects
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of a study relating to the N25 Castlemartyr relief road; the expected cost of the project; and his views on whether...
- Departmental Expenditure
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy...
- Departmental Contracts
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including small providers of accommodation in the stay-and-spend scheme in view of the fact that many such providers are not registered for...
- Primary Medical Certificates
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the criteria for applying for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27467/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
63. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) will receive a reply to a pensions and taxes query submitted in August 2020 and again on 3 September 2020; and if he will make...
- Mortgage Lending
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions have been undertaken with a group (details supplied) on an extension of the mortgage moratorium on behalf of mortgage holders in Dublin in view...
- Cycle to Work Scheme
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons can avail of the cycle to work scheme if they are availing of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27443/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will...
- Credit Availability
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of PCP loans currently in operation in Ireland; and the cumulative total of those loans. [27576/20]
- Bank Charges
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider calling upon the banks and the other institutions which provide banking services to cease deducting service charges from the accounts of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional tax liability or wage deductions will accrue to employees in cases in which their employer is in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme...
- Tax Exemptions
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the special position of agridiesel and other agrifuels in the context of carbon tax in view of the lack of viable...
- Tax Credits
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the earned income tax credit for the self-employed to €1,650; if the gap between the self-employed and PAYE workers...
- Tax Avoidance
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue of dividend arbitrage stock trading or cum-ex trading, which is an illegal tax evasion strategy, in the European...
- Departmental Expenditure
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions,...
- Departmental Contracts
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports on media...
- Credit Unions
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding credit unions. [27678/20]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress on the implementation of same that...
- Departmental Expenditure
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
- EU Funding
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans by Ireland to maximise the European Structural and Investment Funds for the coming period; and if he will make a...
- EU Programmes
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the PEACE programme for the next seven years. [27674/20]
- EU Funding
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the European Structural and Investment Funds are best operated and implemented at a level as close as possible to...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State commemorations being planned for the remainder of 2020 and 2021 as part of the decade of centenaries. [27488/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the section of the reopening framework which refers to the development of specific guidelines...
- Arts Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her officials have engaged with a group (details supplied); if so, the details of the discussions; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
- Arts Centres
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27603/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and...
- National Cultural Institutions
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall. [27685/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the representations she has made to the Minister for Social Protection and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding...
- Sports Capital Programme
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department gives weighting to clubs applying for sports capital grants in circumstances in which women in sport will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body that will develop specific guidance for large purpose-built event facilities as outlined in the living with...
- Departmental Strategies
96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the arts and culture recovery task force will address the need for a long-term strategy for the arts and entertainment...
- Caiteachas Caipitiúil
97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na hiarrachtaí atá á ndéanamh aici chun a chinntiú go mbeidh hallaí pobail sna...
- Ceisteanna Craolacháin
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht agus é i gceist aici Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann a dhíscaoileadh agus Coimisiún na Meán...
- Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an féidir léi a rá an bhfuiltear den tuiscint in a Roinn gur gá tabhairt faoin mbearna sa mhaoiniú...
- Departmental Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to rectify the disproportionate increase in funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta vis-à-vis IDA Ireland...
- An Coimisinéir Teanga
101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na céimeanna atá beartaithe aici chun na moltaí sa Tuarascáil is déanaí ón...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new guidelines will be issued for windmills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27421/20]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will endeavour to secure a €10 million increase in funding for the NPWS farm plan scheme in designated areas; if...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a large number of phone masts have been erected in an area (details supplied); if the erection of such masts is...
- Departmental Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27414/20]
- Water Supply
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet local opposition groups and a person (details supplied) to be briefed fully on the Shannon pipeline project...
- Planning Appeals
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his consideration of the Planning Regulator's report and recommendation on overturning the planning permission...
- Irish Water
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 12 June 2019, the progress made to date following his engagements with the Office...
- Land Development Agency
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Land Development Agency transferred from the National Asset Management Agency. [27470/20]
- Local Authority Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in inviting applications for a post (details supplied) in Mayo County Council which has been vacant...
- Home Loan Scheme
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the eligibility criteria for the Rebuilding Home loan scheme to allow persons who previously owned property...
- Departmental Funding
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on and status of funding provided to an association (details supplied); if he will provide additional funding...
- Departmental Contracts
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or...
- Departmental Expenditure
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has drafted a contingency plan to protect road-based imports and exports should major disruption occur on the landbridge...
- Departmental Contracts
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services;...
- Departmental Expenditure
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy...
- Departmental Contracts
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide...
- Department of Defence
- Public Procurement Contracts
120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of tenders received by the Defence Forces in respect of tender competitions for the repair, servicing, maintenance and supply of fuel...
- Departmental Contracts
121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy...
- Departmental Contracts
123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Facilities
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools with access to hot running water; and the number of schools which have gained access to hot water...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the procedures will be clarified in cases in which a school incurs multiple losses of teaching and other staff as a result of Covid-19...
- School Transport
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to report No. 98 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on school transport, if she will provide the exact figures that the Bus...
- School Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that all 2011-14 entrants into teaching will be paid on equal pay scales to their colleagues who joined the...
- School Accommodation
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in portacabins; the amount being spent on each school in temporary accommodation; and the length of time they been in...
- Schools Building Projects
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline on the extension project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27502/20]
- School Costs
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount being spent to lease land for a school (details supplied) to date; the monthly cost of the lease; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount being spent leasing a property for a school (details supplied) since the school was moved onto the premises; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed works at a school (details supplied) will include mitigation works for the school entrance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Education and Training Boards
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are legislative or regulatory requirements preventing education and training boards from renewing leases on lands in their ownership...
- Schools Building Projects
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay to date; the expected date for completion of the...
- School Curriculum
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidelines will be provided on the practical aspects of the geography investigation such as fieldwork projects for leaving certificate...
- Departmental Expenditure
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and...
- Schools Building Projects
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the proposed extension for a school (details supplied). [27578/20]
- Home Tuition Scheme
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pay for home tuition teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27590/20]
- Schools Building Projects
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and timeline for the construction of the new permanent build for a college (details supplied). [27591/20]
- School Transport
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus service with a bus assistant will be provided for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27604/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy...
- Departmental Contracts
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports...
- Schools Building Projects
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed extension project for a school (details supplied) will include provision for an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a primary school may be closed as a result of Covid-19 safety guidelines and multiple cases of illness and-or...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support measures will be introduced for new mothers due to return to work in the coming weeks and months from maternity...
- Departmental Reviews
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria selection for the child maintenance review group. [27435/20]
- Back to Education Allowance
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to access the back to education allowance. [27437/20]
- Public Services Card
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for persons applying for a public services card; if the process has changed due to Covid-19; and if she will make...
- Pension Provisions
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving their full pension; if she will review same; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost to reinstate the pre-17 September 2020 payment rates of €203 and €350 for the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is financial assistance for businesses that due to Covid-19 have had to close permanently and now face high costs of...
- Carer's Allowance
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the fact that...
- State Pension (Contributory)
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the record of contributions for pension purposes in the case of a person (details supplied); if they...
- Back to Education Allowance
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 8 September 2020, if she can respond to additional correspondence (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or...
- Social Welfare Benefits
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 24 September 2020, if a weekly diet supplement payment can be made available to...
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average cost of the back to work enterprise allowance for each worker on the scheme. [27605/20]
- State Pension (Contributory)
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further changes will be made to the contributory pension scheme to cover farm families that have been negatively impacted...
- Pension Provisions
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if progress has been possible on the request by community employment supervisors for an occupational pension scheme. [27622/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online...
- Departmental Contracts
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to have a sector-specific unemployment payment similar to the €350-per-week pandemic...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- National Childcare Scheme
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national childcare scheme reviews (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27401/20]
- Child and Family Agency
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the research capacity of Tusla; the number of staff employed full-time in the area of research; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Children in Care
180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care currently by local area office. [27386/20]
- Departmental Contracts
186. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
- Childcare Services
187. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to establish childcare Ireland; his plans to establish career pathways including professional pay and conditions for...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
188. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied there is sufficient capacity in the early years and school-age childcare system in view of the impact that Covid-19 has...
- Departmental Expenditure
189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy...
- Departmental Contracts
190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide...
- National Childcare Scheme
191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason many parents are experiencing delays in drawing down financial assistance under the national childcare scheme; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Costs
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding to those taking up private third-level courses who are on very limited incomes and who are upskilling to seek...
- Third Level Education
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have achieved a QQI level 5 qualification or higher in childcare, early childhood education and care or Montessori in...
- Student Support Schemes
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the laptop scheme for third-level students will be extended to Teagasc students; if the estimated cost of the measure will be provided; and if...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of taking account for the interaction between increasing the income threshold for SUSI grants by 10%, increasing the SUSI...
- Institutes of Technology
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the Limerick Institute of Technology Coonagh site in Limerick City; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and...
- Departmental Contracts
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Coroners Service
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of section 60 of the Coroners Act 1962 (as amended) and applications by family members to coroners under the section...
- Garda Strength
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increase or decrease in qualified Garda numbers since 1 January 2016; when the next recruitment campaign for An Garda...
- Parental Leave
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review a request for extended parental leave for a family (details supplied) in view of the fact that the child was...
- Legal Aid Service
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken regarding health and safety concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will...
- Deportation Orders
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of persons born here to non-Irish parents who have been subject to deportation proceedings in each of the years...
- Departmental Expenditure
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity available for HSE patients in private mental healthcare facilities; the process to avail of same; the breakdown of bed capacity in each...
- Hospital Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies across the health service by CHO, hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27360/20]
- Dental Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the status of representations he has had with representatives of dentists [27371/20]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
213. To ask the Minister for Health when proposed changes to the fair deal scheme to cap the charge to family farms and assets at three years will be implemented; and if he will make a statement...
- Mental Health Policy
214. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care has been drafted in respect of the national clinical programme for dual diagnosis; if it has been published; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational and regional breakdowns and associated costs of the 2,760 staff for 2020 and the 7,500 recruitment target for quarter 1 of 2021 outlined in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 22 September 2020, if other countries such as Denmark are using an app to record the number of close contacts a...
- Medical Cards
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the medical card threshold for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 advertisements do not feature hard-hitting messages on the impact of the virus similar to road safety and anti-smoking advertisements; his...
- Health Promotion
219. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence that demonstrates the impact of anti-smoker advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more effective; and if he will...
- Hospital Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and overdose by location in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020,...
- Covid-19 Tests
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to employing swabbers and tracer teams; and if he will make a statement on...
- Prescriptions Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns (details supplied) in relation prescription dispensing changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27453/20]
- Information and Communications Technology
223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not have a single integrated finance and procurement information technology system; his plans for ensuring a system will be put in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
225. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being considered to allow birthing partners to be present for the full labour and delivery of a child given that we will be living with Covid-19 for...
- Hospital Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the €600 million announced as part of the winter plan that will be allocated to University Hospital Limerick; if a crisis response to...
- Hospital Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency capacity protocols at University Hospital Limerick for winter 2020 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for removing the treatment abroad scheme funding for mesh-injured persons; the reason for removing funding for travel abroad for translabial scans;...
- Health Services Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health the rehabilitative supports being made available to mesh-injured patients; if expedited pain management physio and counselling treatment will be delivered in...
- Speech and Language Therapy
233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the fact that 75% of the available speech and language therapists in HSE community healthcare west are redeployed to either testing or...
- Disability Support Services
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for services within the child development team for a considerable...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that patients who require medicinal cannabis will be in a position to secure it safely here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
236. To ask the Minister for Health when a urology consultation appointment will be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27546/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
237. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
238. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the HSE or an agency (details supplied) that is recruiting for community swabbers and-or contact tracing; the body that will employ persons recruited...
- Hospital Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health if a breakdown of the acute beds pledged under the HSE winter plan will be provided; the hospitals in which the 409 beds already in place are located; the date...
- HSE Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 4.76 million additional home support hours that will be provided in each LHO area over the course of the HSE winter plan; and the number of...
- Hospital Data
245. To ask the Minister for Health the available inpatient beds for each public and voluntary hospital; and the number of beds that are categorised as sub-acute by each hospital in tabular form....
- Covid-19 Tests
247. To ask the Minister for Health if testing for Covid-19 at designated centres such as meat factories and direct provision centres is compulsory for all personnel; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
248. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27592/20]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
249. To ask the Minister for Health when the nursing home support scheme will be progressed further; when the measures will take effect in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
250. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27621/20]
- Legislative Reviews
251. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the persons, Departments or organisations that will be...
- Legislative Measures
252. To ask the Minister for Health the status of commitments to introduce exclusion zones; if he has had further consultation with the Garda Commissioner on the matter; and if he will make a...
- Palliative Care Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department for the provision of adult and paediatric palliative care in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Assisted Suicide
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider directing the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to investigate the ethical implications of assisted suicide, assisted dying and...
- National Children's Hospital
255. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 1 January to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied access to primary care psychology services, which they have been referred to purely on the basis of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
257. To ask the Minister for Health the position of personal trainers working in gyms in Dublin during the current level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; the actions personal trainers can and cannot take...
- Departmental Expenditure
258. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions,...
- Departmental Contracts
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports on media...
- Hospital Staff
260. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no exit interview when a person leaves his or her employment in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is proper for a general practitioner to charge a medical card holder a fee of €60 to carry out a medical exam for a new driver...
- Maternity Services
262. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a review of restrictions on maternity services in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/20]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Pigmeat Sector
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of piglets that had their teeth clipped or grinded in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the percentage of the overall piglet...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recruit veterinary inspectors and technical agricultural officers for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
- GLAS Issues
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS scheme is due to be phased out this year; if so, his plans for a scheme to replace it; and if he will make a statement on...
- Basic Payment Scheme
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2015 basic payment scheme penalty applied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be struck off; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Industry
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission a review of the wool sector with a view to developing a viable commercial use for this premium product; and if...
- Tillage Sector
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide financial support to the tillage sector in view of the challenges resulting from the exceptionally wet autumn;...
- Departmental Expenditure
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
- Common Agricultural Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to retain full funding for existing farm schemes in the CAP transition phase; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS, ANC, TAMS, BDGP, BEEPS, sheep welfare and organic schemes will be continued with maintained payments; and if he will...
- Common Agricultural Policy
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to secure the maximum permissible level of national co-financing of 57% in the CAP RDP post 2020; and if he...
- Grant Payments
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase payments to €300 per cow for beef farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27600/20]
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to streamline the grant process for cattle underpasses, simplifying the administration process and making the scheme...
- Brexit Preparations
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is seeking a strengthening of the Brexit contingency fund as announced in budget 2020; if the €110 million agriculture...
- Forestry Sector
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek further funding to restore the farmer forestry premium; if he will introduce a harvesting plan grant; if he will...
- Animal Diseases
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with the Minister for Finance to secure a 0% VAT rating for animal vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Industry
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a national food ombudsman will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27615/20]
- Aquaculture Licences
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and method by which he plans to implement the recommendations of the Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review; and if he...
- Farm Safety
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm safety scheme will be introduced with increased funding for health and safety equipment under TAMS; and if he will make a...
- Animal Diseases
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of measures in place to detect and prevent the emergence of African swine fever in the pig sector; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard...
- Departmental Contracts
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and or...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Expenditure
288. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
