Written answers

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Budget 2021
      64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the €50 million awarded in Budget 2021 to support the live entertainment sector. [33102/21]
    • Departmental Bodies
      65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the realignment of Fáilte Ireland in order that it becomes the parent supporting body for the hospitality...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of the Gaeltacht language planning process including Gaeltacht language planning areas and Gaeltacht...
    • Film Industry
      71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department is carrying out to encourage foreign production companies to hire a percentage of Irish actors when working...
    • Departmental Policies
      72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has assessed the long-term impact on local media of accelerated changes during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the take-up of the €50 million suite of supports for those working in the live entertainment sector; and if...
    • Sports Facilities
      76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available for a stadium (details supplied); and the details of funding provided by her Department to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that are in place to sustain the live music sector at present. [29842/21]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 28 April 2021, the status of the development of proposals by the oversight group for...
    • Departmental Funding
      80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to sporting clubs to host commemorative tournaments and events given the significance of the Decade of...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil freagra aici ar an gcinneadh a glacadh ag an Ard-Chúirt i gcás MacFhlannchadha v an tAire Talmhaíochta...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to lobby for an extension to employment supports for the tourism and hospitality sector post the reopening of the...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that are available to homeowners in Gaeltacht regions, that is, mná tí whose primary incomes are from...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar fhorbairt Choláiste Lurgan. [33302/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of tourism funding provided to County Monaghan in 2020; and the allocation for 2021. [33194/21]
    • Bóithre Gaeltachta
      87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an n-athosclófar Scéim na mBóithre Áise chun tacú le pobal na Gaeltachta feabhas a chur ar an mbonneagar...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on maintaining pandemic supports to those working in tourism, culture, arts, Gaeltacht and sports given that these...
    • Departmental Schemes
      89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to increasing the number of scholarships offered to students through Scéim na...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the outdoor enhancement scheme will be extended to gyms and health centres given the positive impact the outdoor dining...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis na 26 Limistéar Pleanála Teanga agus na 3 Bhaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta, cé mhéad Pleananna...
    • Departmental Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the allocation for sport capital grants in the context of the increased level of applications; and if she...
    • Budget 2021
      97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the €50 million awarded in Budget 2021 to support the live entertainment sector; and the details of the...
    • Arts Policy
      99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that are being taken to ensure affordable vacant spaces for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Industry
      100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged, met or corresponded with organisations (details supplied) in recent weeks; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a proposal (supplied supplied); if support will be provided to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Policy
      102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of efforts to support companies in the Irish circus, events and the live performance sector. [30230/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the guidelines and pathway in place for reopening sports grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33298/21]
    • Tourism Policy
      106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for eco-tourism infrastructure in rural areas. [33301/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when events (details supplied) will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33046/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to increase funding to grassroots and community sports clubs following 18 months in which clubs have been unable to...
    • Sports Organisations
      110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the formation of an all-island Irish soccer team. [33259/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the current guidelines permit organised running events such as an event (details supplied) or other club or charity fun runs;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the sports capital grant; the number of applications that were received for the Dún Laoghaire electoral area;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the proposed supports for artists and events staff including proposals for a universal basic income; and if she will...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bheidh leasaithe do Chéim na Tuarascála de Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019...
    • Tourism Promotion
      118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being considered to develop the Lee valley as a must-go destination for both the domestic and foreign tourism markets...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the use of rapid antigen testing at proposed live events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33221/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to introduce additional supports for travel agents and other tourism-related companies whose businesses are reliant...
    • Olympic Games
      121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of preparations for Irish athletes competing in the Olympic Games in Tokyo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht agus sinn leath bealaigh tríd an samhradh anois, an bhfuil aon dul chun cinn déanta aici ar an scéim cúitimh a...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to carry out a comprehensive reform as to the way the television licence fee and other Exchequer funding is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the trial events that will be taking place in the north-west of the country for the reopening post-Covid-19; and if she will make...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if specific funding will be provided to enhance and develop sport facilities in the inner-city area of Dublin. [33282/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps required by Monaghan County Council to secure funding under the large-scale sports infrastructure fund towards the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department and associated agencies have spent on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021. [32826/21]
    • Departmental Appointments
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are working towards enabling access to employment for persons from minority and or disadvantaged...
    • Departmental Policies
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the key policy achievements in his Department since 27 June 2020. [32831/21]
    • Climate Action Plan
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the current and capital costs involved with each action item in the interim climate action plan under the remit of his Department. [32833/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      136. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with national security last met; and when it is scheduled to meet next. [33127/21]
    • State Bodies
      137. To ask the Taoiseach the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged interest for...
    • Departmental Staff
      138. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Consumer Protection
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to Irish citizens involved in legal battles regarding the lease back scheme which saw many Irish...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland supported companies that are currently located within each county; the number of site visits that...
    • Departmental Funding
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to each local enterprise office in each of the past five years in tabular form. [32876/21]
    • Work Permits
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will add healthcare workers to the critical skills occupation list for employment permit applicants earning more...
    • Departmental Funding
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projects funded under the disruptive technologies innovation fund; the areas of research involved; the amounts awarded; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding measures to support the food production...
    • Work Permits
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to adding international heavy goods vehicle drivers to the skills shortage list; and if he will make...
    • State Bodies
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department...
    • Work Permits
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will advise on circumstances outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Enterprise Support Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the compensatory measure that will be put in place for a business (details supplied) following weather events in February 2021. [33395/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to update the Best Practice Guidelines on the Preparation of Waste Management Plans for Construction and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to community renewable projects for offshore wind developments. [33436/21]
    • Climate Action Plan
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of current and capital expenditure for each climate action in the Climate Action Plan. [32832/21]
    • Exploration Industry
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current holders of the oil and gas licences for the Barryroe oil and gas field off the Cork coast; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the position of director of the National Cyber Security Centre will only be advertised within Ireland or worldwide....
    • Energy Conservation
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes which have been retrofitted since January 2020 to date; and the number of homes that have received...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is appropriate for wind farm developments to hand the distribution of community funds to local...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of Vote 29 with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular form. [33275/21]
    • State Bodies
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there is no stand-alone retrofit grant for community groups akin to the better energy homes grant; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the breakdown of the cost of the just transition commissioner. [33327/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for national broadband roll-out in the area of Meentulla, Murroe, County Limerick; if his attention has...
    • Legislative Programme
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the European Electronic Communications Code legislation will be implemented into Irish law; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current approximate costs of a motorway from Cork to Limerick using the N20 corridor; the way in which this differs to costs...
    • Road Safety Authority
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 12 May 2021, if he will clarify the schedule 8 referred to and the location the recently...
    • Public Service Obligation
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the issue of the public service obligation at Kerry Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that are available for persons with special requirements taking the driver theory test; the supports available for persons...
    • Taxi Licences
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to amending the nine-year rule as it pertains to taxi replacement with electric vehicles given that many...
    • Bus Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to award further contracts for the operation of certain bus services in Dublin by way of a competitive public tendering...
    • Rail Network
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns in relation to persons with mobility issues who face discrimination by an inability to travel on Irish Rail...
    • Driver Test
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that dash cams cannot be used during driver tests. [32950/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to regional airports in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [33009/21]
    • Driver Test
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be given a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33023/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the National Transport Authority to increase bus route capacity in County Waterford in 2018, 2019,...
    • Driver Licences
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements that can be made for persons whose driver licences have been extended and whose new renewal date coincides with a period...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that are available to consumers who deferred flights due to Covid-19 in 2020 and now have made bookings before the proposed...
    • Local Authorities
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Cork County Council will receive €750 million in funding given the findings of major underfunding for the county and in view...
    • Driver Test
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements his Department is putting in place to facilitate driver theory tests in County Wexford; when a facility for theory tests...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of Vote 31 with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular form. [33274/21]
    • State Bodies
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that...
    • Bus Éireann
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann will be reconsidering its online pre-booking system in view of the fact that those with valid open returns and those...
    • Bus Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of providing one million additional passenger journeys on the LocalLink service in one year. [33335/21]
    • Public Transport
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the public transport fleet investment budget by 20%. [33336/21]
    • Road Network
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the road improvement and maintenance budget by 20%, excluding the cost of toll payments. [33337/21]
    • Departmental Budgets
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total budget for cycling and active travel in 2021. [33338/21]
    • Defibrillators Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of defibrillators at bus stations across the State in 2021. [33341/21]
    • Road Network
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the exemption of Dublin councils from the €10.5 million in funding for repair and improvement works for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce additional travel grants for those with limited mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33435/21]
    • Rail Network
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time Iarnród Éireann operated the quiet carriage initiative; the reason the initiative was phased out; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of the letter he and the Minister of State at his Department sent to the Taoiseach, the Minister for Health and...
    • Driver Test
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is planned to reintroduce the mobile driver theory test vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33471/21]
    • Aviation Industry
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of airlines his Department has engaged with and or written to in respect of the interim provision of the Donegal to Dublin air...
    • Driver Test
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of online driver theory tests; if more spaces can be made immediately available to help clear the growing backlog; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of workers employed by his Department, and in each office or agency, under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if matters raised by a person (details supplied) will receive a response in respect of the travel agent sector and the very serious cashflow crisis it will...
    • Insurance Industry
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a situation in which the owners of a listed thatched building, that comprises a pub and private residence, are having issues in securing building...
    • Pension Provisions
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by reducing the standard fund threshold for individual pension benefits from €2 million to €1.7...
    • Tax Avoidance
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised through the introduction of the interest limitation rule as per the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive for...
    • Budget 2021
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of measures carried over for 2022 as a result of budget 2021 measures; the way in which carryover is accounted for in the budgetary...
    • Tax Code
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in excise on diesel of five cent per litre; the expected cost of using the diesel rebate scheme to offset such an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to consider an extension of the employment wage subsidy scheme to 31 March 2022 and the continuation of the reduced rate of employers' PRSI relief...
    • Tax Collection
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons paying professional services withholding tax in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the overall amount of tax paid by way of the tax for each of those...
    • Departmental Schemes
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering amending the help-to-buy scheme to include the best four of the past five years of PAYE income given the impact of Covid-19 and the large...
    • Tax Code
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider relief on local property tax in cases in which 22.5% of the family home has been assigned to the HSE under the fair deal nursing homes...
    • Financial Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has legislative plans to ensure equal access to financial services and products for cancer survivors in view of circumstances in which cancer survivors,...
    • State Bodies
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department, or that receive funding from his Department, that have been charged...
    • Tax Reliefs
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by abolishing the Special Assignee Relief Programme, which was introduced in 2014 to provide a tax reduction to high...
    • Tax Credits
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from eliminating the refundable nature of the unused element of the research and development tax credit for...
    • Financial Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issues that arise in terms of the ability of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to investigate complaints...
    • Tax Code
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dog breeding establishments with tax registration numbers. [33438/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the living wage of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service workers currently earning below the living wage; and the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of bringing...
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of Deputies to €75,000, €80,000 and...
    • Civil Service
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of Civil Service Secretary General grade I, II and III, deputy...
    • Office of Public Works
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 17 November 2020, if he will provide an updated list of vacant properties in the same...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of educational workshops, training seminars, conferences, meetings or otherwise that the Office of Government Procurement has...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects Departmental permission for a development (details supplied) to be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Service
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the right a civil servant has to appeal the decision of the chief medical officer of the occupational health department in particular in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies by job title in the State Laboratory; and the estimated full-year cost of filling each vacant post in tabular...
    • Office of Public Works
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 11 November 2020, if the Office of Public Works was involved in renting office space from a...
    • State Bodies
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that...
    • Flood Risk Management
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made with removing pinch points from the River Shannon; when he expects the work to commence; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Clane Garda station in the context of improving public access to the premises and the plans to upgrade and-or modernise...
    • Flood Risk Management
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if €7 million allocated for the maintenance of the River Shannon and specifically the removal of pinch points and constrictions...
    • Departmental Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the current and capital costs associated with the creative climate action competitive fund. [33439/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date by which applicants to the sports capital grant 2021 can expect to receive a decision; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the application process for the live performance grant is still open to new applicants; if not, when was the closing date; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Covid-19 safety measures in relation to testing and monitoring which have to be abided by at trial live events; and if she...
    • Heritage Projects
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Burren trail will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32918/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered providing additional funding for the Fáilte Ireland Ireland-based inbound agents business continuity...
    • Departmental Schemes
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2021 sports capital programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33061/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason applications to the live performance support scheme from companies that host bingo are being rejected; and if she will...
    • State Bodies
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of her Department or that receive funding from her Department...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she has had with the Minister for Health given the current lifting of Covid-19 restrictions to ensure that the...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of funding available to local sports clubs to install and maintain defibrillators in the Cork north central area in...
    • Tourism Industry
      265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has assessed the impact of the tourism crisis on town centres and the problems they will face in the short and medium-term....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a review can be undertaken into the recent refusal of support for a company (details supplied) under the live performance...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Uimhir Cheist na Parlaiminte 59 ar an 28ú Aibreán 2021, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú i dtaobh...
    • Museum Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the National Museum of Ireland with a view to securing a permanent exhibition on the Great Hunger - An...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to assist in the promotion of the arts post-Covid-19 given the challenges...
    • Departmental Policies
      272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she has evaluated the totality of the losses suffered by the various sectors under the aegis of her Department...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she proposes to take to further alleviate the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism sector in the course of 2021; and if she...
    • Culture Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her ongoing plans to generate increased cultural activity notwithstanding the ongoing presence of Covid-19; and if she will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to assist in the provision of sporting and recreational facilities throughout Ireland with maximum...
    • Departmental Funding
      277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation her Department made to Fáilte Ireland in 2020 and 2021. [33575/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation for sports capital grants in 2020 and 2021; and if the grant programme is now open on an annual basis. [33578/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation her Department made to local authorities for the specific purpose of developing tourism in 2020 and 2021. [33579/21]
    • Departmental Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the disproportionality of the awards under the local live performance support scheme; and if...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authorities
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of local authority chief executive grades by 2%, 5%...
    • Land Issues
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which disputes have arisen in respect of boundaries which do not correspond to the area referred to therein and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include those who bought property after 31 January...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure on HAP for 2020 and to date in 2021; and the projected increase in funding for 2022 and 2023. [32888/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation and drawdown of housing adaptation grants in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the projected increase in funding...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the administrative costs of the National Parks and Wildlife Service head office in 2020. [32892/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active rental accommodation scheme tenancies currently in place. [32893/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority for rental property inspections to date in 2021; and the projected increase in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the processing of housing assistance payment applications; the steps he is...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the situation with regard to Ireland complying with its obligations under the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation (Regulation...
    • Defective Building Materials
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure homeowners (details supplied) in County Limerick with pyrite defective blocks are included in...
    • Local Authorities
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority can sell a portion of land zoned residential to a primary school to develop a children’s...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence (details supplied) and advise accordingly; if he will reply to same and provide a copy to...
    • Housing Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units his Department plans to build from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2026; the amount of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that houses in County Limerick are impacted by pyrite; if he will include County...
    • Departmental Schemes
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the HAP payments being paid on a weekly basis by family dynamics and county in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the revenue received under non-principal private residence charge introduced under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 as...
    • Housing Provision
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of a proposed development of 42 public housing units at a location (details supplied) being developed by a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the terms and conditions of the tenant purchase scheme to include income from the rural social scheme when...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 1 June 2021, the meaning of developer provided wastewater infrastructure in this...
    • Defective Building Materials
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of funding available for the rebuilding or restoration of a house effected by MICA or pyrite under the...
    • Departmental Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount per project made available and drawn down under the local infrastructure housing fund to date; the number of...
    • Vacant Properties
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 263, 264 and 265 of 13 May 2021, his plans to further encourage and incentivise the...
    • State Bodies
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his...
    • Planning Issues
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications which were granted by local authorities with enurement clauses attached that were appealed...
    • Departmental Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the marking scheme in respect of the community monuments fund scheme 2021; the reason Louth County Council only...
    • Departmental Budgets
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 8 of the Stability Programme Update 2021 that is designated for housing,...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing family hubs for families experiencing homelessness in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of expanding the housing element of the Housing First programme to fully meet existing need; and if he will...
    • Building Regulations
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff currently employed by the National Market Surveillance Office; the intended staff allocation for the...
    • Local Authorities
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of building control officers employed by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33409/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the housing adaption grant for people with a disability scheme and...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the referendum on the right to housing will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33424/21]
    • Housing Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the terms of reference for the Commission on Housing will be published; if the membership of the Commission will include...
    • Local Authorities
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons, families and children that have presented to Wexford County Council as homeless in each of the years...
    • Housing Policy
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the development of log cabins should form part of the overall housing stock; his plans to remove the...
    • Local Authorities
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on income thresholds for those wishing to apply for social housing; if consideration will be given to...
    • Departmental Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consular support available to Irish passport holders in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32836/21]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally to the Malaysian Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2021. [33092/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent developments internationally particularly with regard to Ethiopia and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; and if he...
    • United Nations
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will propose a call for a global ban on fracking at the United Nations General Assembly on climate mitigation, public health,...
    • EU Meetings
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when strengthening ties between the EU and Mexico was discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a statement...
    • United Nations
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will propose a call for a global ban on fracking at the United Nations General Assembly on climate mitigation, public health,...
    • State Bodies
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have...
    • Foreign Birth Registration (2 comments)
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the processing of foreign births registration applications has resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33375/21]
    • Gender Equality
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's vision and priorities for the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the...
  • Department of Defence
    • State Bodies
      344. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have...
    • Civil Defence
      345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to issue an award or medal, similar to that awarded to HSE National Ambulance Service personnel, as a small token to members...
    • Departmental Staff
      346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Examinations
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her attention was first drawn to an issue with regard to the marking down of leaving certificate students in oral exams. [32902/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the certificate in inclusive school support, the national training programme for SNAs by UCD, will be accredited. [32921/21]
    • School Transport
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school bus capacity will revert to 100% in view of current public health measures in relation to school bus transportation; the expected...
    • Schools Building Projects
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason plans for a new post-primary school in the Donaghmede, Howth, Dublin 13, Baldoyle and Stapolin school planning area have been deferred...
    • School Staff
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be granted small school status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32969/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation regarding an application for additional special needs assistant support by a school (details supplied); if she will support...
    • Child Abuse
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the cases of the abuse survivors of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32982/21]
    • Site Acquisitions
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent site for school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33018/21]
    • School Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided on an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33033/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if statistical information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33057/21]
    • School Equipment
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being considered to ease the financial burden on parents with regard to digital devices in primary and secondary schools,...
    • Education Policy
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations being given to closing the digital divide in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33065/21]
    • School Staff
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the supplementary panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33078/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that a freeze on the loss of teachers and SNA allocations is introduced for special schools to bring them into line with...
    • Departmental Communications
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has formally spoken to her EU counterparts since her appointment as Minister in tabular form. [33097/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the case of a child (details supplied) with complex needs who is having difficulties accessing a place in a...
    • School Enrolments
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is only accepting junior infants and not senior infants for September 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33135/21]
    • School Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of achieving pay equality for school secretaries. [33160/21]
    • School Equipment
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of installing an air monitor in every school classroom. [33166/21]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio at post-primary level by one point. [33169/21]
    • School Enrolments
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently 18 children who cannot secure a place in secondary school in Clondalkin; her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary and secondary school for the Finglas East area including Jamestown Road, McKee Avenue, Hampton Woods and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns being raised by some schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33263/21]
    • State Bodies
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of her Department or that receive funding from her Department that have been...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of Vote 26 for Education with headings and subheadings for 2020, in tabular form. [33351/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that is responsible for creating a school placement for children with autism as the support from Tusla only extends to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) and the points raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33381/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request her officials to investigate, review and assist in the case of a child (details supplied) in order to examine a mechanism to...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied) who has applied to the Teaching Council for recognition; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will announce the commencement of a project for a school (details supplied). [33390/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to awarding accreditation to those enrolled in the National Training Programme for SNAs: Certificate in Inclusive...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) will be contacted to receive permission for an Oireachtas Committee to engage...
    • Departmental Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a technical report from a school (details supplied) regarding additional costs involved in a summer works scheme; and if her...
    • National Council for Special Education
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the National Council for Special Education to complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes...
    • School Enrolments
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit a proposed new primary school (details supplied) to enrol senior infants from September 2021; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way a school that is not on the school building programme can access and commence planning work on accessing the school...
    • School Transport
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 16 June 2021, the efforts that will be made to ensure that no child will be left without school...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed and the reason for refusing a domiciliary care allocation for...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for PPS numbers in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of applications processed in that...
    • Pension Provisions
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the circumstances in relation to a non-contributory pension application by a person (details supplied) will be examined;...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) seeking access to transitional jobseeker's allowance to facilitate...
    • Public Services Card
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public services cards issued during January to May 2021; if extra staffing arrangements will be put in place to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the free travel pass scheme for persons with epilepsy; if she will consider the matter as...
    • Employment Support Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for current job clubs in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33058/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the three month time limit to submit applications for child benefit for newborns has been relaxed given the backlog due to...
    • Employment Support Services
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the work placement programme announced as part of the July jobs stimulus and again as part of the national economic...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseeker's payment reviews carried out each month since September 2020 to date in 2021; the results of the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a request to retain a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme will be facilitated with particular...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to persons with an incurable disease; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33212/21]
    • Pensions Reform
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the rules to qualify for the blind pension to enable those who are in receipt of the invalidity pension to...
    • State Bodies
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of her Department or that receive funding from her...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a social welfare payment other...
    • School Meals Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to provide lunch to children attending DEIS primary schools. [33367/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 922 of 15 June 2021, if eligibility for basic social welfare payment will be reviewed...
    • Pension Provisions
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of abolishing the means test for the blind pension. [33518/21]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €1 for children under the age of 12 and...
    • Freedom of Information
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will issue a response to a person (details supplied) regarding concerns in relation to the application to the freedom...
    • Departmental Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Carer's Leave
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if carer’s leave can be amended in order that there is an option to take it sporadically instead of one...
    • Child and Family Agency
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of workers in section 56 and 59 agencies that are earning below the living wage; and the estimated...
    • Childcare Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocation in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for county childcare committees by county; and the amount of this...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average staff turnover rate for full day services based on the data collected in the Pobal Early Years...
    • State Bodies
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make funds available to ensure the preservation of Ireland’s last Magdalene Laundry on Sean...
    • Departmental Staff
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an apprentice incentive scheme payment for two trainees they have employed; and if he...
    • Third Level Staff
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of public service third-level institutions senior administrator grade I...
    • Third Level Fees
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue (details supplied) will be examined in relation to a request for fees from students for trips that did not occur; and if he will make...
    • Third Level Costs
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Student Grants Appeals Board has no memorandum of association or formally agreed operating...
    • Further and Higher Education
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the target number for the Springboard+ course in 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32963/21]
    • Education Policy
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of support being developed to support students in accessing digital devices for educational purposes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of contracts that have not been honoured by industry partners in Science Foundation Ireland research centres; the value of unhonoured...
    • Departmental Budgets
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will publish the research and development budget 2020-2021; the estimated public spend for 2020, 2021 and 2022 on research...
    • Further and Higher Education
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of European credit transfer and accumulation system associated or acquired through each of the 10,158 places on 294 courses...
    • Early School Leavers
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity in each of the Youthreach services in County Waterford in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33118/21]
    • Research and Development
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent persons engaged in research and development each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places taken up in private colleges and public higher education institutes under springboard each year since 2011; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the FET and Solas programmes funded through the training people for employment budget line of the National Training Fund; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when phase 2, 4 and 6 off-the-job apprentice training will resume at full capacity in view of the fact that it is expected that third-level...
    • Departmental Policies
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to put in place an equivalence system for construction skills certification scheme qualifications for persons returning...
    • Further and Higher Education
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has issued an instruction to all education and training boards that international protection applicants will no longer be...
    • State Bodies
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been...
    • First Aid Training
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the rolling out of mandatory CPR training for third-level students on a piloted basis in selected third-level institutions;...
    • Research and Development
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any Irish university, centre of further education or scientific research is currently engaged in research involving the use of human embryos;...
    • Third Level Costs
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the institutional or other scholarships available including grants from research funders and financial assistance to aid students pursuing...
    • Departmental Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Data Protection
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the vetting processes in place for first-time house buyers to arrange viewings which asks...
    • Freedom of Speech
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department can protect the freedom of speech and at the same time protect against the use of such...
    • Control of Firearms
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of semi-automatic centre fire rifles that have been licensed by An Garda Síochána in each of the years...
    • Travel Documents
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the same visa free travel to Ireland afforded to Israeli citizens is not extended to Palestinian travellers given...
    • European Court of Justice
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when cases that fall within the parameters of the European Court of Justice Ruling in the Chenchooliah case will be progressed;...
    • Legislative Measures
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate to make stalking a crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32907/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order arrests in May 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [32924/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if steps can be taken to facilitate the regularisation of Brazilian persons resident in Ireland for many years who have sought...
    • International Protection
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family (details supplied) which has moved from the International Protections Appeals Tribunal to her...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of installing a minimum of two defibrillators in each Garda station that is open on a 24/7 basis. [33093/21]
    • Travel Documents
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the issuing of type C visas will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33107/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Waterford divisional drugs unit as of 30 June 2020 and 14 June 2021, in...
    • Immigration Status
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a case pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in the case...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of all Garda Síochána and Justice related Vote groups with headings and subheadings for 2021, in...
    • State Bodies
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of her Department or that receive funding from her...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of funding available for Garda stations to install defibrillators in the Cork north central area in 2021. [33339/21]
    • Residency Permits
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Residency Permits
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Reviews
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the interim report of the review of the Special Criminal Court; if she has received a copy; and the date on which...
    • Prison Service
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is clear access to data on the prevalence of hepatitis C amongst the prison population in Ireland; and if she will...
    • Legislative Process
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Parole Act 2019 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33457/21]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will address the extraordinary length of time it takes to arrange conveyancing given it is causing issues...
    • An Garda Síochána
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans regarding the redevelopment of the Garda station in east County Meath in view of the very serious reported assaults...
    • Departmental Staff
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his efforts to implement in full the EU digital green certificate here in order to facilitate international travel in summer 2021. [25327/21]
    • Health Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language and occupational therapy classes for children will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25663/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to allowing park run events in counties Roscommon and Longford to return; his plans to allow park runs and other sporting...
    • Medicinal Products
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the work being done with Dutch officials to resolve issues surrounding the GMP certificate of the prescription drug manufactured by a company (details...
    • Disability Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen across all areas of intervention in each CHO area since the commencement of the Progressing Disability Services Policy on 19 April...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide guidance as to when and the conditions under which the fairground industry may be permitted to reopen given the primarily...
    • Nursing Homes
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of a business asset regarding the reform of the fair deal scheme and the capping of financial contributions based on farm and business assets;...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital at St. Vincent’s Hospital especially in relation to issues regarding the management,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine if the vaccine roll-out will inadvertently vaccinate persons in the 50-59 age group faster than some persons in the priority group 4; and if...
    • Home Care Packages
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be provided to a person (details supplied). [25547/21]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25569/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25570/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to administer second doses of a vaccine (details supplied) for those already with the first dose after the contract with the company expires...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25582/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be made for those who have received the first shot of a Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied) prior to their 70th birthday but are due the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the long-term illness scheme has been updated since the introduction under the Health Act 1970; the number of additional conditions that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all vaccination centres that have been closed; and the sites of any future centres in the Dublin 7 and 15 area. [25600/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the date he plans to bring the nursing home support scheme (amendment) Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25613/21]
    • Hospital Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to directives underway in each hospital children’s ward in which parents who must stay overnight with their child for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the administration of vaccines by clinics and vaccination centres to identify cases of vaccination unreasonably given outside of the...
    • Health Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE have considered plans submitted by a society (details supplied) relating to a dedicated unit to treat and rehabilitate patients with...
    • Health Service Executive
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists that are currently working on a voluntary capacity within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity; if the review has been carried out; if the results of the review will be made...
    • Health Service Executive
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the current national pilot assistant psychology programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25624/21]
    • Primary Care Centres
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all primary care centres which have been opened in each year since 2011; the location of each; the number of general practitioners in each...
    • Hospital Admissions
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2020; the number of these patients that had diabetes; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent senior podiatrists and whole-time equivalent basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive in each the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments...
    • Vaccination Programme
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of flu vaccines that were administered to children in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25650/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if a child with a diagnosis of autism can be referred to CAMHS for mental health assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25651/21]
    • Disability Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when the disability network for children will be up and running in the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Fingal area who are awaiting an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25656/21]
    • Disability Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that will be transferred from the early intervention team and school age team into the disability network for children in Fingal when it...
    • Departmental Schemes
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in which a follow-up consultation is required with their surgeon under the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the reopening of amusement parks (details supplied) is not permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/21]
    • Medicinal Products
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines; the steps he has taken to help reduce the cost of medicines to the HSE and to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      579. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccination; the reason for the delay; the timeframe for vaccination; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the health service; the number of beds in wards; the number of beds in single room isolation; the estimated cost to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if there are ongoing legal actions against the State in relation to the effect of Government-imposed lockdowns upon cancer diagnoses. [25719/21]
    • Health Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed treatments or appointments for cancer treatment since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [25723/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all HSE statements regarding the review (details supplied) carried out in 2019 in relation CervicalCheck have been deleted from the HSE website;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a PCR test; the list of all laboratories processing PCR tests; the level of funds received by each laboratory to date for the processing of PCR...
    • Health Services Staff
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when the national pilot to establish the efficacy of the assistant psychologist grade as a paid grade will be completed; if the report will be published; and...
    • Health Service Executive
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists currently working in a voluntary, unpaid capacity within HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Strategies
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his Department has lead...
    • Social Media
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his...
    • Departmental Contracts
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and...
    • Medicinal Products
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the persons or bodies that oversee the purchasing and administration of puberty blockers to be utilised in gender transitions. [25841/21]
    • Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gender transitions recorded for persons under 18 years of age in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [25844/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE paid out in compensation for medical negligence in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [25845/21]
    • Departmental Budgets
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for medical compensation in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [25846/21]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on communications, public relations and advertising by his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [25847/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation needed to guarantee exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine on the basis of travel for a medical appointment. [25849/21]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Schemes
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional environmental actions on new afforestation projects on areas greater than 0.1 hectares normally completed under the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific funding allocated by his Department on research into carbon sequestration in agriculture and potential payments to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a maximum of 5% of farmer participants in GLAS afforested their land under the afforestation grant and premium scheme during the...
    • Fishing Industry
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to adjust the policy for allocating the mackerel quota given that the current 400 tonne quota for hook and line catch by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans of his Department regarding its recent decision on the amalgamation of herd numbers and the impact which this will have on...
    • Forestry Sector
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the practical experience that is required by an ecologist before they can start vetting forestry licence applications; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of farmers that afforested a part of their farm declined by 88% during the duration of GLAS, commencing in 2015 up to...
    • Food Safety
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the UK authorities are requesting Irish food exporters to the UK to comply with new and excessive regulations in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the REAP scheme for farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33060/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2021 related to Covid-19 measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered extending the GLAS scheme for existing participants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Strategies
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered revising the National Organic Strategy 2019-2025 to align it with the EU Organic Action Plan of March 2021; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 29 April 2021, if he will increase the rate of payment under TAMS to reflect the...
    • Forestry Sector
      638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for afforestation refused on ecological grounds since the commencement of the Forestry (Miscellaneous...
    • State Bodies
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department...
    • Agriculture Industry
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by an organisation on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33328/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33333/21]
    • Departmental Schemes
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the refusal of a REAP scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/21]
    • Food Promotion
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available from his Department or agencies under his remit to support local food festivals; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the refusal of a REAP scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33355/21]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has commenced a review of the funding scheme for local authority fishery harbours, with particular regard to the...
    • Animal Welfare
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the guilty verdict against a staff member of his Department accused of animal neglect and or being reckless...
    • Departmental Schemes
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers without Natura lands might be able to join the results based environment agri pilot scheme; if persons (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Burial Grounds
      653. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the guidelines or legislation governing planning permission for home burials; the fees associated with the planning application; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost of bringing the funding provided for the community services programme up to the current living wage. [32938/21]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      657. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the length of time funds are held in the dormant accounts fund before they can be used; and the amount in the reserve fund to date....
    • Departmental Programmes
      660. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full year cost if the budget for the social inclusion and community active programme increased by 5%; and if she will...
    • Greenways Provision
      661. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 2582 of 21 April 2021, if Louth County Council has submitted the revised scope for the Mell...
    • Departmental Schemes
      662. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local improvement schemes that are presently on the waiting list in each local authority; the value of such projects;...
    • State Bodies
      663. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of her Department or that receive funding from her Department...
    • Departmental Programmes
      664. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that is available to fund a playground at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less than...

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