Written answers
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Department of Education and Skills
- Autism Support Services
8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of ASD services in an area of County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that school transport provision is adequately provided for all children with disabilities. [22317/20]
- School Staff
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional principal release days will be allocated to a school (details supplied). [30115/20]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to prioritise and progress the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Tests
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to Covid-19 testing in schools for school age children in which appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address large classes in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29738/20]
- Special Educational Needs
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the process for establishing new ASD units in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29934/20]
- Schools Building Projects
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline and deadline for the completion of a school in Carrigtohill, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25939/20]
- Child Abuse
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review promised to the Creagh Lane sexual abuse survivors will be completed; and if the victims from the school will be included in the...
- Special Educational Needs
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a delay in opening the ASD unit in a school (details supplied); the provisions available for students who were intended to attend the...
- Schools Building Projects
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied). [30266/20]
- Special Educational Needs
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on locating special classes within schools in south County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29996/20]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations to secure a site in Buncrana, County Donegal, for new school campuses for schools (details supplied). [29981/20]
- Schools Building Projects
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30215/20]
- State Examinations
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the work carried out by a company (details supplied) on behalf of her Department regarding the calculated grades model was appropriately...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide guidelines for schools, parents and children in which the parents of a schoolgoing child are considered high risk in terms of...
- School Staff
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with all parties representing school secretaries in order to find a resolution to the issue of equal pay for equal work. [30225/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in secondary and primary schools confirmed as having contracted Covid-19 since schools reopened; the procedures for their...
- State Examinations
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the testing process to the calculated grade system prior to it being used; her views on whether the tests were robust enough; and if she will make...
- School Accommodation
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30214/20]
- School Transport
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on amending the requirement for Bus Éireann to secure the necessary buses and drivers to get school transport in County Donegal to...
- Special Educational Needs
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new ASD unit will open in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25990/20]
- State Examinations
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which outstanding issues relating to the upgrading or downgrading of leaving certificate marks has been resolved to the satisfaction...
- Schools Building Projects
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); the time frame for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary school bus passes issued in September 2020; and the number issued in the same period in each of the years 2015 to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if protection is being put in place for schools that integrate children into mainstream classes to indemnify them against litigation in the event...
- School Transport
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support measures she will put in place to help private bus operators transport children to and from school in view of the fact they cannot...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure active continued engagement with education partners and student representatives to the end of 2020 and in 2021; and if she...
- School Equipment
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a laptop rental scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29737/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the discussions she has had with the teachers' representatives regarding safety in schools. [29977/20]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department assigned to deal with securing a new site for a school (details supplied); the number of meetings held with...
- School Textbooks
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the expansion of the free book scheme beyond the 102 schools selected; the progress of the scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a special school in east County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30099/20]
- State Examinations
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate students that have had their leaving certificate grades upgraded as a result of a review to the calculated grade...
- School Transport
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available from her Department to a primary school student whose lone parent is recently blind and unable to ensure her child safely...
- School Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the campaign to give school secretaries the same entitlements and protections as their public sector colleagues. [30273/20]
- School Admissions
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to tackle the lack of secondary school places in areas of County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the regulations in place continue to be sufficient to protect teachers, children and other staff from Covid-19 throughout the...
- School Staff
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures being put in place to improve pay and conditions for school caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport and the progress that is being made to ensure the same number of children who were carried in 2019 will be...
- Emergency Works Scheme
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when emergency building works for a school (details supplied) will take place. [30114/20]
- School Transport
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra funding that will be made available to Bus Éireann to ensure all second level post-primary pupils have access to school transport...
- Schools Building Projects
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be provided with permanent accommodation. [29984/20]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of accreditation to students for the SNA national training course being recommended to SNAs and...
- School Transport
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the value for money to the State in issuing payments to parents to take their children to and from school due to the fact a school...
- State Examinations
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the errors that have been discovered in coding provided to a company (details supplied) to date regarding the calculated grading process; her...
- School Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school transport scheme; if she will report on the expected time frame for the recommended 50% capacity to be fully operational...
- State Examinations
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been put in place to assist students who have decided to sit their leaving certificate examination in November 2020; and if...
- School Accommodation
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new primary school building in Charlesland, Greystones, County Wicklow; when students of schools (details supplied) will access...
- State Examinations
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the case of a student (details supplied) who was downgraded in four subjects from her teacher grades as opposed to all of her...
- School Staff
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fairness of putting some secondary school secretaries on short-term contracts; her views on the low salary scale they are on and...
- School Transport
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters regarding school bus services (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protections in place for teachers, in particular those with underlying medical conditions, in the case of a positive Covid-19 test in their...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the pupils of first class in a school (details supplied) do not end up in overcrowded classes of over 30...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being advised for students in primary and secondary schools who have family members at home with severe underlying health conditions...
- School Accommodation
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a proposed building project at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to upgrade existing...
- Schools Building Projects
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied). [30278/20]
- School Transport
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school bus transport scheme; and when she plans to have this review completed. [30212/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an elongated school break at Christmas 2020 to alleviate the pressure of Covid-19 on schools and pupils. [30272/20]
- Schools Amalgamation
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposal for the amalgamation of schools in Ennistymon, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/20]
- School Textbooks
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure universal availability of a schoolbook rental scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29736/20]
- State Examinations
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to account for the students who were not directly affected in terms of upgrades and downgrades but were nevertheless...
- School Staff
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the additional resources being provided to support teaching principals in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. [29978/20]
- School Facilities
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities that have been provided to schools to allow for a full and safe return to sporting activities for the 2020-21 academic year; and if...
- Ministerial Meetings
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will have a virtual meeting with parents from Inishbofin Island, County Galway, to discuss creative possibilities to provide post-primary...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider implementing distance online teaching in the final weeks of the school term to allow teachers time to self-isolate before...
- State Examinations
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students impacted by the errors in the calculated grading process; the number that have sought another course; the number that have...
- Teacher Training
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has undertaken a recent review of the excellence of the delivery of in-service upskilling for teachers; and if she plans to reform. [29734/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who received a notification from the Covid-19 tracker app indicating they must isolate because they were a close contact of a...
- State Examinations
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the procurement process was fully compliant with regard to the retaining of services by a company (details supplied) to carry out the leaving...
- School Curriculum
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered making the learning of foreign languages compulsory at primary level in order to increase the language skills of Irish...
- School Transport
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport system announced in October 2019; the actions being taken to increase the provision of school...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the significant issues facing schools that have lost teachers due to the school census and having reduced...
- Special Educational Needs
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made since she met the Dublin 12 campaign for an ASD school (details supplied) recently on delivering on its demand for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a school should close as a result of staff testing positive for Covid 19; if her Department has been notified by...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools that have lost a teacher as a result of a reduction in the September 2019 numbers of pupils can apply to her Department for support in...
- School Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when targeted specific funding for the provision of communal and sports areas within schools will be forthcoming in view of the immense importance...
- School Staff
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to grant the same terms and conditions for school secretaries that are not employed by her Department or an education and...
- Special Educational Needs
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deliver additional autism spectrum disorder places across north County Dublin. [29985/20]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence with their household waste disposal charges...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the situation for persons over 70 years of age who have been approved for SEAI grants to ensure...
- Climate Action Plan
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Climate Action Plan 2019 in view of the delays to electric vehicle manufacturing caused by Covid-19;...
- Post Office Network
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of An Post's restructuring plans with particular regard to the reduction in sorting and collection offices...
- Postal Services
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has reviewed trends in the use of postal services since 28 March 2020; and if the trends point to a need to...
- Climate Action Fund
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a fresh call will be made for projects under the Climate Action Fund; and if the criteria will be different than...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the proposed road widening of the R605 between Kinsale and Innishannon by Cork County Council; his views on same in view of...
- Airport Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on aligning the regional airports programme with EU criteria so that both Shannon and Cork airports can access capital supplied...
- Fishing Industry
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an exemption will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30542/20]
- Driver Licences
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will recommend an extension of the timeframe allowable for medical reports in respect of driver licence renewals (details...
- Travel Trade Sector
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30399/20]
- Driver Licences
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated for an earlier appointment to renew a driver licence for work...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public buses and trains should have windows locked to an open position in view of the importance of ventilation in combatting...
- Bus Services
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the provision of a public bus service in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Driver Test
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30521/20]
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Finance if a large-scale scrappage scheme for petrol and diesel cars will be introduced in view of the plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030....
- Living City Initiative
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties either renovated or converted through the living cities initiative by city in tabular form. [30407/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be increased to the same level as the temporary wage subsidy scheme that was in effect up to 1 September 2020; and...
- Banking Sector
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal age of consent for a minor to open a bank, credit union or other financial account without the written signature of a parent or legal guardian; and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in respect of persons over 65 years of age and under 18 years of age for Covid-affected sole traders and self-employed; and if he will...
- Credit Availability
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the code of conduct sellers of personal contract purchase, PCP, must adhere to; and the engagement his Department has had on the code. [30515/20]
- Insurance Coverage
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken by his Department to ensure that taxi insurers are willing to insure a suitably qualified second driver on the policies issued to taxi...
- Tax Exemptions
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt green diesel used by farmers and farm contractors from carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30616/20]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Services Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the increase in new MyGovID registrations since 28 March 2020. [30487/20]
- Office of Public Works
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a detailed reply will issue to a letter sent to him relating to the OPW (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the reply;...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Television Licence Fee
128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of revenue collected in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, from the television licence fee. [30391/20]
- Arts Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to allow creative technicians (details supplied) apply for Arts Council grants; the reason new applicants cannot apply...
- Sports Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports being put in place for sport and sporting organisations, that is, national governing bodies, particularly in respect...
- Sporting Rights
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 2009 could be extended to allow for Nations League matches to be shown live on...
- Swimming Pool Programme
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide extra funding for municipal swimming pools to keep them open in view of the effect Covid-19 is having on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to alter the duration of planning permissions in view of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and the effect it has had on...
- Proposed Legislation
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which legislation on directly elected mayors will be published. [30412/20]
- Social and Affordable Housing
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which he plans to increase the eligible income limits in respect of social housing; if his attention has been...
- Defective Building Materials
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the defective concrete blocks scheme will be extended to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30480/20]
- Wildlife Protection
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to protect corncrakes and skylarks on the island of Inishturbot, County Galway, from the predation of...
- National Monuments
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reconstitute the ministerial Moore Street advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Regeneration Projects
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and when he met the local authority on this matter. [30541/20]
- Licence Applications
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an organisation did not receive a licence (details supplied); if he will meet the organisation regarding same; and...
- Derelict Sites
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 7 October 2020, the 88 projects that have been approved for urban regeneration and...
- Departmental Data
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended each year to date under the repair and lease scheme and the buy and repair scheme introduced by his...
- Department of Defence
- Airport Data
146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times an aircraft (details supplied) landed at Baldonnel; the dates and times of same; the dates the aircraft stayed overnight at...
- Trade Union Recognition
147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an application has been received from a union for permission to affiliate to a body (details supplied); if so, when a decision will be made...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address large classes in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29742/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school should advise a pod of students to self-isolate and stay home in the situation of a confirmed Covid-19 case in a class of students;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place and funds committed in reserve to potential and unforeseen issues arising upon the reopening of schools to ensure that...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions put in place to ensure ongoing consultation with school boards of management, parents’ associations and teaching unions...
- National Educational Psychological Service
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plan in place to respond to the expected rise in schoolchildren presenting with mental health issues following their return to...
- School Transport
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the adequacy of the school transport system to cater for schoolchildren and the ability to social distance adequately on school...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of additional capital allocation of €75 million for primary and post-primary schools to carry out necessary reconfiguration...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she is ensuring that educators are following the HSE guidelines and protocols for children with respiratory problems in schools;...
- School Admissions
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level school places in the Malahide and Portmarnock catchment area for the years 2022 to 2024 by school in tabular form; if...
- School Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will retain its class teacher level of nine teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30387/20]
- Special Educational Needs
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistant support is not being made available to a school (details supplied) to facilitate pupils to whom SNA access has...
- School Transport
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school transport system will have sufficient vehicles and drivers to meet the 50% capacity requirement for social distancing; and if she...
- School Funding
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the sanitation grant for primary and secondary schools into 2021; if it will continue at least at the current levels; and if...
- School Equipment
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the digital divide and the way it impacts students who need technology to access learning; if she has plans to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged in discussions with places of education regarding the disciplining of students who breach Covid-19 guidelines and...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied). [30423/20]
- Special Educational Needs
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been allocated a roll number; if a patron has been allocated in view of the fact there is a patron ready to...
- Child Protection
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department that are working on the report for the Council of Europe on the implementation of the European Court of...
- School Transport
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a response will issue to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30435/20]
- Schools Building Projects
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of a proposed new school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the reason for the delay in progress; and the amount of...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether urgent action is necessary to reduce class sizes and that adequate funding must be provided in budget 2021 to bring class...
- School Funding
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the disparity per pupil funding between primary and post-primary education will be rectified. [30448/20]
- Public Sector Pay
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the scandal of unequal pay for those who entered teaching in each of the years 2011 to 2014 will end; and the timeline for same. [30449/20]
- State Examinations
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grades of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if all factors were considered when awarding the grades; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 459 of 15 September 2020 and 133 of 7 October 2020, if she will provide a sample showing the exact format...
- School Patronage
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of schools in Dublin, both primary and secondary, by patronage, including schools due to be opened in the next...
- Schools Building Projects
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30493/20]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30502/20]
- Information and Communications Technology
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will proceed without delay with an IT upgrade for a school (details supplied) in order to allow it to continue to provide classes during...
- School Transport
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30520/20]
- State Examinations
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a detailed reply will issue to a query raised with her office on 14 November 2019 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- School Transport
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30549/20]
- Schools Building Projects
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of a proposed new school (details supplied); and if a site has been acquired for same in view of the anticipated opening...
- School Transport
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received representations in respect of a school transport issue (details supplied). [30558/20]
- School Accommodation
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the approval of an application for additional permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the...
- State Examinations
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she remains satisfied that all issues arising from the 2020 leaving certificate have been fully addressed and resolved; and...
- Special Educational Needs
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she expects to address the need for special needs provision in all primary and post-primary schools nationally in preparation...
- Schools Building Projects
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of various primary and post-primary school building projects throughout north Kildare that are on target in respect of...
- Education Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her priorities for primary and second level education throughout County Kildare in the future in view of the demographics of the area and being...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the provision of the proposed Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare with particular reference to the need arising from the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she expects to be in a position to address the issues of class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios in County Kildare and...
- School Transport
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport system can be undertaken in an effort to bring about a resolution of the issues that have arisen in each area...
- School Patronage
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school patronage options have been taken up by the various primary and post-primary schools nationally; and if she will make...
- Public Sector Pay
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to resolve the imbalance in pay scales for principals in primary level compared to secondary level schools; and if she will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Household Benefits Scheme
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of an increase of €2.50 per week or €20 to the household benefits package to allay...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to lift the moratorium on redundancy following temporary periods of lay-off and short-time work due to Covid-19,...
- Community Employment Schemes
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to take up an available place on a community employment...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees at a company (details supplied) who were delayed in applying for the short-time work support can apply for the...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter relating to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30379/20]
- Invalidity Pension
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pandemic unemployment payments will be made to persons over the age of 66; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Working Family Payment
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents have lost their working family payment due to their hours being...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details...
- State Pension (Contributory)
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an increase for a qualified adult State pension (contributory) for a person (details...
- Training Support Grant
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a training support grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to pay a Christmas bonus to recipients of social protection payments in 2020; and the date on which this will...
- Carer's Allowance
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Public Services Card
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the increase in new applications for public services cards since 28 March 2020. [30488/20]
- Social Welfare Appeals
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment will be made to a person (details supplied) with regard to backdated Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments that...
- Seirbhíse Buiséadaithe agus Comhairle Airgid
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection cé na céimeanna atá sí ag dul a ghlacadh lena chinntiú go gcoinneofar oifig de chuid na...
- Back to Education Allowance
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the back to education scheme to allow for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment, especially those...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Data Protection
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a data protection impact assessment has been carried out regarding the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps to be taken by the parent of a child in order to secure an additional year of preschool learning under the early childhood care...
- Family Support Services
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken by Tusla to ensure parental alienation does not occur as a by-product of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a...
- Foster Care
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a person can register interest in hosting and fostering unaccompanied minors arising from the destruction of the Moria...
- Youth Work Supports
233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to increase investment in youth work in order to support young persons who are being disproportionately affected by the Covid-19...
- Early Years Sector
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which his Department plans to address high levels of staff turnover in the early years education sector; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a cluster of Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway in the past two weeks of September 2020; and if a rise in Covid-19...
- Third Level Institutions
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is monitoring the debt levels of publicly funded universities and technological universities; the total amount and by each...
- Third Level Fees
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the process a person (details supplied) could follow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30369/20]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Stations
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Store Street and Mountjoy Garda stations are open 24 hours per] day seven days per week in view of the rise in antisocial...
- Garda Civilian Staff
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full-year cost of recruiting three additional full-time accountants for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau; and if...
- Community Alert Programme
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a scheme of grants will be reintroduced for community alert schemes to erect cameras. [30472/20]
- Citizenship Applications
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of citizenship applications by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30511/20]
- Ministerial Communications
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil...
- Visa Applications
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend visitor visas to Ireland again due to the continued worldwide Covid-19 crisis; and if she will make a...
- Rights of Way
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if information pertaining to the rights associated with community rights of way will be provided. [30540/20]
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools nationally that have had outbreaks of Covid-19 among students since the schools reopened in September 2020. [30420/20]
- Nursing Home Fees
248. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) to cover the cost of a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/20]
- Covid-19 Tests
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 test that are offered and cancelled by county in tabular form. [30374/20]
- Health Services Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Health the processing time for approval for eye tests in a health centre (details supplied); the reasons for the delay in the processing of applications; his plans to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
251. To ask the Minister for Health the category under which yoga studios fall; if they have to close under level 3 restrictions; if they can conduct one to one classes; and if they can operate...
- Hospital Charges
252. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 22 September 2020, the date on which a reply will issue from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
253. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30403/20]
- Pharmacy Regulations
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify in respect of SI No. 401 of 2020, which gives permission for pharmacists to administer vaccines outside of a pharmacy premises, if the...
- Vaccination Programme
255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support general practitioners administering the winter flu vaccine; the way in which general practitioner centres will be expecting to manage...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
256. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which tourists who arrive here are allowed to travel outside their county of arrival in view of level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Tests
257. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 following the positive tests for the disease in counties Meath and Westmeath in September 2020; and if he will...
- Cancer Services
258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access prostate clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30438/20]
- Community Care
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for treatment to each community team in the first three quarters of 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant neurologist for Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the location of each perinatal psychiatry service within the HSE in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30452/20]
- Medical Cards
265. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an emergency medical card has been refused for a person (details supplied); if he will review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
266. To ask the Minister for Health if children's dance schools and dance classes can continue to operate in level 3 where they are fully compliant with the guidelines that have been put in place...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
268. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for a new wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30463/20]
- Disability Services Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [30465/20]
- HSE Properties
270. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for health facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30466/20]
- Disability Services Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in correspondence (details supplied). [30467/20]
- Occupational Therapy
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapy appointments provided for children under the age of 16 with a disability for each of the years 2015 to 2019, by county in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
273. To ask the Minister for Health if scouts groups can meet in outside pods in the way that GAA players can for training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30475/20]
- Health Services Staff
274. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of clinical personnel in each CHO working full-time in contact tracing; and the speciality of each in tabular form. [30501/20]
- Ministerial Communications
275. To ask the Minister for Health if he had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil Éireann votes on the Dying with...
- Disabilities Data
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age that have an acquired brain injury, ABI; the person or body that records data on children who have ABI; if the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
277. To ask the Minister for Health if yoga classes are permitted under level 3 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30525/20]
- National Lottery Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application by an organisation (details supplied) for lottery funding from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Tests
279. To ask the Minister for Health the locations in which laboratory testing of Covid-19 samples are taking place in the State; the number of tests analysed by each laboratory in September 2020;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant cardiologist in each of the hospital groups by hospital in each group; the average waiting time to see the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Management
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-establish bridle paths through forests owned by Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30417/20]
- Harbours and Piers
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants or funding available for the repair of piers and slipways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30544/20]
- Basic Payment Scheme
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the options open to the person; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Forestry Sector
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fee that will be payable in the case of person who objects to a forestry licence application; if no decision has been made on the...
- Forestry Data
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Coillte planting that is coniferous; the percentage that is broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigrant Investor Programme
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 8 October 2020, the reason he has not provided a copy of the submission as requested;...
- Animal Slaughtering
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs and sheep killed in meat factories here with tags with a chip number of either 08261 region UK1-Northern Ireland...
- Ministerial Advisers
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each ministerial adviser, including the specific rate of pay payable to each adviser to him and each Minister of State...
- Forestry Grants
292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the decision on a forestry application by a person (details supplied); the reason forestry was not approved on the...
- Fishing Licences
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if licences for fishing vessels that are due to expire or expired in September 2020 will be extended to the end of 2020 due to the...
- Scéimeanna Rannach
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar na deontais BSC, Greening agus ANC le feirmeoir (sonraí tugtha) do 2020; an chúis leis an moill...
- Felling Licences
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30545/20]
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30546/20]
- Nitrates Usage
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms that will be affected by an increase in the excretion figure for a dairy cow from 85 kg of nitrogen to 89 kg of...
- Farm Inspections
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms that have had satellite inspections to date in 2020, by county in tabular form; the number in each county that...
- Animal Feedstuffs
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the response of his Department to the revelation that traces of the growth hormone zilpaterol were evident in some...
- Ministerial Communications
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made contact with a retailer (details supplied) regarding the assertion by the new owners of the company that they will not...
- Agriculture Schemes
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts to ensure that Pillar 2 payments such as TAMS, GLAS, BDGP and the sheep welfare scheme will continue in 2021; and if he...
- Legislative Measures
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 to be fully implemented; the impact he expects to have on the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open the next tranche of TAMS; the actions that will be eligible within that tranche; the number of farmers he expects...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- LEADER Programmes
304. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department plans to address the gap that will emerge when the current LEADER programme ends on 31 December 2020;...
- Programme for Government
305. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30411/20]
- Library Services
306. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is in receipt of a request for funding from a local authority (details supplied). [30509/20]
- Community Services Programme
307. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide supplementary funding to projects funded under the community services programme in 2020 due to the fall in their...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
308. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants available to a business owner who has land in the centre of Mullingar for redeveloping. [30556/20]
