Written answers
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- State Legal Services
15. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all fees paid by the Office of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor's Office to barristers and solicitors in each of the years 2014 to 2019...
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Employment Rights
17. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the redundancy situation regarding travel agency workers whose employer may not be insolvent, but in view of the cash flow problems in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
19. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if an anomaly in the restart grant and restart plus grant will be rectified in which group self-catering businesses are not eligible...
- Health and Safety Authority
21. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he is satisfied that the Health and Safety Authority has the necessary enforcement powers to ensure business premises are safe....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
22. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if manufacturing industries will be allowed to continue to operate if Ireland goes to level 5 restrictions as some of these...
- Employment Rights
23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the position of non-essential workers travelling from a number of different counties, including across the Border who wish to work...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes which have been connected with fibre broadband since National Broadband Ireland took control of the...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Eir will undertake the necessary upgrades to the local cabinet point in the Knapton, York Road area in Dún...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person who has availed of the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme can reapply; and if he will make a statement...
- Recycling Data
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if waste management companies provide information on the percentage of green domestic waste which is eventually...
- Electric Vehicles
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric charging points in County Wexford; the location of same; his plans for further roll out of...
- Climate Change Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy activities he envisages will be included in the new definition of emissions in the proposed climate action...
- Post Office Network
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) on the post office network; if his attention has...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the OPW will provide an update on construction of a bridge over the Dodder linking Bushy Park and Rathfarnham; and if plans have been...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31796/20]
- Driver Test
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for a first driver test by centre; the measures he is taking to address the delays; and if he will make a statement on...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 9 September 2020, the status of the review; when the review will be published; and if he will...
- Railway Stations
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen closed railway stations on existing lines that are operational and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31878/20]
- Driver Test
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver instructors are considered essential workers under level 4 of the Plan for Living with Covid-19; if driver tests can take place...
- Road Projects
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to progress a project (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32062/20]
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if track bookmakers can qualify for supports under the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31802/20]
- Tax Code
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if self-employed workers will be eligible for the warehousing of tax announced in budget 2021. [31990/20]
- Value Added Tax
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the status of the planned changes to the retail export scheme including changes to the spending threshold; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Coverage
48. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure the availability of life insurance for persons in situations in which due to a change in policy by a provider, older persons are unable to...
- State Claims Agency
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State Claims Agency has carried out an assessment of the effectiveness of the operation of the panels of barristers maintained by the State Claims...
- Primary Medical Certificates
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if legal issues have arisen following a court case in respect of primary medical certificates; his plans to rectify the issue in a timely way in order that...
- Mortgage Lending
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is engaging with banks regarding the issue that mortgage approvals are being delayed in which an applicant’s employer is in receipt of the EWSS...
- Value Added Tax
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of business and industry that the reduced VAT rate of 9% will apply to from 1 November 2020. [31855/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify certain details regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [31896/20]
- Banking Sector
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with a bank (details supplied) to prevent job losses and a loss of competition to the banking market here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees of public bodies qualify as e-workers for payments of up to €3.20 per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32033/20]
- State Aid
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the European Commission’s decision to appeal the ruling of the EU General Court of the European Union on Ireland and tax paid by an...
- Brexit Preparations
68. To ask the Minister for Finance his engagement with the Central Bank in relation to Brexit preparedness based on the likelihood of a no-deal scenario; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the situation in respect of civil and public servants who must work from home due to Covid-19 restrictions and their ability to...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ring-fence seized funds and the proceeds of seized goods for investment in drug treatment or youth diversion programmes; and...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group of musicians can continue to do an online session from home in circumstances in which it is their sole income in view of...
- Sports Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the special Covid-19 grants will be paid by Sport Ireland; the amount and value of the grants; and if she will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme
75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding sports capital grants; when she expects to be able to announce a new round of same; and the amount that will...
- Arts Centres
76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason sexually explicit, graphic and inappropriate content such as (details supplied) is part of the programme for children at...
- Arts Funding
78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been allocated for dance schools following the announcement of Budget 2021; and if she will make a statement...
- Arts Council
81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the increase to baseline core funding for the Arts Council separate from specific Covid-19 contingency funding for 2021. [31982/20]
- Departmental Funding
82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding announced in budget 2021 for her Department which is to be made available or spent before 31 December 2020....
- National Cultural Institutions
83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €11 million additional funding for the national cultural institutions will be distributed. [31984/20]
- Audiovisual Sector
84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €9 million additional funding for the audiovisual sector will be distributed. [31985/20]
- National Cultural Institutions
85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a cost associated with the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall as outlined in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there remains unallocated Covid-19 contingency funding from her Department which could be used in the event of a worsening...
- Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth an bhfuil gearradh siar déanta ar chaiteachas caipitil sa Bhuiséad in earnáil na Gaeltachta....
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá i gceist san airgead breise atá fógartha sa Bhuiséad le haghaidh na Straitéise 20 Bliain don...
- Foras na Gaeilge
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad airgid sa bhreis a bheidh Foras na Gaeilge ag fáil sa €1.77 milliún atá fógartha don...
- Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nár thug sí na €4.1 mhilliún a bhí de dhíth ar TG4 dar le hÚdarás...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the restart plus grant will be extended to bed and breakfast operators that have deferred their opening until 2021; and if she...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [31816/20]
- Social and Affordable Housing
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation of serviced sites fund by project for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; the amount allocated and drawn down; the...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord gives notice to vacate to a tenant in a rental accommodation scheme contract, if the local authority is...
- Homeless Persons Supports
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts he has made in respect of the 15% homeless persons in rural Ireland reported by a charity (details supplied) in...
- Housing Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing delivery taskforce meetings he has held since taking office; the dates on which these meetings were...
- Traveller Accommodation
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation funding drawn down by each local authority to date in 2020, in tabular form. [31918/20]
- Home Loan Scheme
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications; and the number approved and drawn down in each quarter of 2020. [31919/20]
- Public Consultation Process
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the organisations that made submissions to the public consultation on the general scheme of the water...
- Homeless Persons Supports
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Covid-19 related homeless services expenditure in 2020 by each local authority that will be reimbursed; when...
- Defective Building Materials
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a number of homes in County Clare which have been adversely impacted by defective building...
- Local Authority Leases
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are permitted to obtain specific information (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Covid-19 Pandemic
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for a colour coded common travel agreement within the EU in relation to foreign travel during Covid-19; and if he will make a...
- Middle East
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent reports of the demolition of Palestinian homes in Masafer Yatta on the West Bank that had been...
- Departmental Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional staff from his Department and other Departments and State organisations that will be based in the Irish UN office...
- Brexit Preparations
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have been held with the UK and Welsh Governments with regard to the Brexit preparedness of ports such as Holyhead,...
- Human Rights
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the engagement with the Chinese Government in relation to the treatment of the Uighurs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the European Commission’s article seven actions against Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32044/20]
- Northern Ireland
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person in the case of an Irish passport holder from Northern Ireland, living in Ireland who wishes for all their official...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Veterans
126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to award medals of honour to the seven surviving members of the siege of Jadotville; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Defence Forces Personnel
127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force members currently carrying out contact tracing duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32059/20]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employment terms and conditions for school bus escorts will be reviewed to allow for entitlement to sick leave and school holidays; and if she...
- School Staff
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 9 September 2020, her previous response in regard to the loss of teachers this year following the...
- DEIS Scheme
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a person (details supplied) in relation to DEIS 1 schools and budget announcements; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Transport
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place to review the school bus transport scheme in view of the serious difficulties that arise with the scheme each year...
- School Textbooks
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the book grant by €4 per pupil at primary level and by €7.50 per pupil at post-primary...
- Summer Works Scheme
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application for summer works by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the application will be...
- Special Educational Needs
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that a school (details supplied) has sufficient special needs support in view of the enrolment of additional students with...
- School Transport
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made eligible for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31859/20]
- School Funding
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the significant drop in fundraising support for schools as a result of Covid-19; the specific measures...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparations she has put in place to allow students to continue to access education via online portals should schools be forced to close for...
- Emergency Works Scheme
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Emergency Works Scheme appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) will be decided and an answer sent to the management of the...
- DEIS Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to concerns raised by a union (details supplied) and school principals regarding the need to extend the planned...
- State Examinations
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an analysis of the make-up of the student population whose teacher marks were adjusted as part of the standardisation...
- Schools Building Projects
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the progression of a school build for a school (details supplied) other than Covid-19; and if she will make a...
- School Staff
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the position in a school (details supplied) and the increased risks the school faces losing a teacher due to...
- Schools Building Projects
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school builds that are in the various stages of planning and build process in tabular form; and her views on the extent Covid-19...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools in the Dublin area are operating without satisfactory levels of PPE; and if she...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on the pandemic unemployment benefit is entitled to take up a full-time study as an undergraduate; and if she...
- One-Parent Family Payment
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parents that will benefit from the removal of the income threshold to OPFA; the estimated costings for the...
- Child Benefit
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a child benefit claim will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31853/20]
- Jobseeker's Benefit
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the time limits will be extended for jobseeker’s benefit payment for those who need it in view of the increased...
- Community Employment Schemes
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place for community employment scheme employees to work from home during level 3 and 4 restrictions; and if...
- Jobseeker's Benefit
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the qualifying criteria for a person returning here to work who needs to have their PRSI contributions made in the United...
- Parent's Benefit
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increased parents benefit as introduced in budget 2021 can be availed of by those who had children in 2020 in view of...
- Living Alone Allowance
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for the living alone allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Carer's Allowance
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement payments being paid at present. [31921/20]
- Disability Allowance
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31964/20]
- State Pension (Contributory)
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a previous application for a contributory pension based on self-employment and partnership contributions in the...
- Community Employment Schemes
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to provide community employment supervisors access to pensions in line with the 2008 Labour Court...
- Back to Education Allowance
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reduce the qualifying period on social welfare in order to receive the back to education payment from...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Parental Leave
166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when it is planned that parental leave will be extended to five weeks; if the legislation that is required to introduce it will be...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children who are home schooled can leave their county for educational purposes such as nature walks, educational trips and so on; and if...
- Domestic Violence Services
169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence sector in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will advise on the approach to records from mother and baby homes; the proposed archival of same; the issues that arose from this...
- Direct Provision System
171. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain has been granted for the most recent...
- Domestic Violence Services
172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in 2020; the average length of...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who appeared before the Confidential Committee of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. [31943/20]
- Child Detention Centres
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied that Oberstown Children Detention Campus is implementing and adhering to the best Covid-19 practices; the procedures in...
- Childcare Services
196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions that are available to assist frontline workers with childcare needs during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Universal Support Ireland
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the documents that would suffice regarding Article 21(3)(b) of the student grant scheme 2020 to prove estrangement in the case of persons...
- Third Level Institutions
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans to close the business school at the GMIT Mayo campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being put in place to hold online courses for apprentices in lieu of the 12 week courses in colleges normally attended by them,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €167 million announced as Covid-19 related expenditure in Budget 2021 is separate and in addition to the €168 million...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills His plans to pay €3,000 per employer as part of the apprenticeships incentivisation scheme; if the target is 4,000 additional...
- Third Level Institutions
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if universities in Northern Ireland are able to offer courses through the CAO system; his views on whether the inclusion of institutes of higher...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to put supports in place for nursing and other medical students that have been forced to give up work for a number...
- Third Level Institutions
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 14 October 2020, if Dublin Technical University currently holds no debt; if he plans to create a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons eligible for the once-off €50 million Covid-19 fund; if agriculture colleges (details supplied) are included; and if he will...
- Student Accommodation
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements he has had with University College Dublin in relation to providing Covid-19 compliant accommodation to students on campus; and if...
- Science Foundation Ireland
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements he has had with Science Foundation Ireland in relation to its participation in the Department of Foreign Affair's’ Ireland...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be provided to students to assist them with online and blended learning in which difficulties arise due to inadequate...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Multi-Unit Developments
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the powers of homeowners and management companies under the provisions of the Multi-Unit...
- Legislative Programme
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to take Committee Stage of the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 as agreed following the PMB motion of 29...
- Legal Aid Service
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of barristers by both junior and senior counsel who were on the Legal Aid Board’s barrister panels in each of...
- English Language Training Organisations
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for issuing a circular (details supplied) instructing face-to-face learning in international language schools; if...
- Prisoner Releases
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was scheduled for release back into society on 24 September 2020 when they were still...
- Crime Data
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions processed in the State for membership of terrorist organisations in each of the years 2015 to 2019...
- Legal Aid Service
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay in the payment of criminal legal aid fees to solicitors and barristers in some of the District...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
220. To ask the Minister for Health his views on and the position regarding the enforcement of the behaviour of customers, for example, mask wearing and social distancing; and his views on...
- Primary Care Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the community healthcare organisation quality improvement plan including the defined actions to improve maternity care and the timeframe for...
- Dental Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no provision of general anaesthetic services for small children accessing dental health services in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish information in relation to the terms and conditions of persons employed as contact tracers including the rates of pay, the length of the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment in Temple Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31782/20]
- Health Services Staff
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists recruited by the HSE for CHO area 5 in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; if there are plans to roll...
- Hospital Facilities
226. To ask the Minister for Health the additional theatre capacity that was provided in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form [31813/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
227. To ask the Minister for Health if couples that do not cohabit and live across boundary lines can visit each other during level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a resource centre (details supplied) has not received an increase in funding since 2010; and if he will...
- Disability Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a case on compassionate grounds of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment of needs as they are require intervention and...
- Health Services Access
230. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which adult and paediatric audiology services and speech therapy services will resume; and the number of waiting lists as of 15 October 2020 for...
- Homeless Persons Supports
231. To ask the Minister for Health the budget that was allocated to Clare County Council for homeless services in 2019; and if this entire budget was spent in 2019. [31861/20]
- Disability Services Data
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapy appointments provided per year and county for children with a disability under the age of 16 over a five-year period from 2015 to...
- Alcohol Treatment Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced within Budget 2020 with...
- Medicinal Products
236. To ask the Minister for Health if prescription drugs ramilo for blood pressure and stugeron for vertigo are covered on a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31884/20]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
237. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he or his predecessor has not published an independent review of the charge rate negotiation system that was presented in May 2019; if he will...
- Health Services Funding
238. To ask the Minister for Health the process of a new capital project in health from end to end, that is, from design to planning to procurement to build; if he will identify the different...
- Nursing Staff
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of ending unpaid placements for student nurses and midwives in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
242. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 459 of 15 September 2020, 133 of 7 October 2020 and 174 of 14 October 2020, if his Department will provide a sample...
- Alcohol Treatment Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced in Budget 2021; and if he will...
- Medical Cards
244. To ask the Minister for Health when the threshold for medical cards will be raised as committed to in budget 2020 in order that persons can apply for same [31942/20]
- Hospital Appointments Status
245. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment already in place for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be brought forward in view of the urgency of their case [31966/20]
- Disability Services Data
246. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of pay for personal assistants in each CHO area who work with disabled persons to ensure they live independent lives [31971/20]
- Medicinal Products
249. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set targets for increasing the use of generics medicine within the medicines market here; if so, the targets; the extent to which Ireland...
- Disability Services Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a residential placement considering that they are already on the HSE’s list for emergency residential...
- Vaccination Programme
253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay with the distribution of the flu vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31998/20]
- Hospital Data
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU units by public hospital in tabular form; the details of ICU surge capacity available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32031/20]
- Covid-19 Tests
256. To ask the Minister for Health if provision is made to prioritise Covid-19 testing for healthcare workers and their immediate family members in circumstances in which it is deemed necessary;...
- Home Care Packages
257. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital bed including accessories can be provided for homecare in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
258. To ask the Minister for Health his views on human connection and if it is a basic human need; and if so, the way that this affects individuals living alone. [32072/20]
- Disability Services Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention services will resume for children with Down's syndrome (details supplied) [32076/20]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishing Industry
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31849/20]
- Young Farmers Scheme
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons eligible for the young farmers scheme in 2020; the percentage variance from 2019 to 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new date will issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31883/20]
- Harbours and Piers
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available from his Department for the restoration and maintenance of piers; the process for applying for funding; and if...
- Basic Payment Scheme
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if those that made a simple error on their BPS 2020 applications (details supplied) will be allowed to be included for payment; and...
- Forestry Sector
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Appeals Committee has now set up multiple divisions to hear appeals; if not, when it will do so; and if he will make...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- LEADER Programmes
271. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Leader programme will provide for new applications in 2021. [31832/20]
