Written answers
Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Wind Energy Generation
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on windfarms; and if he will consider transitioning to off-shore windfarm developments from now on as is being...
- Climate Change Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the involvement his Department will have in future developments across Ireland to ensure they are sustainable and...
- Electricity Generation
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on expected electricity demand and supply for winter 2021 following recent Eirgrid amber...
- National Broadband Plan
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the implementation of the National Broadband Plan in Dún Laoghaire; the delays that are...
- National Economic and Social Council
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the publication of the NESC Report No. 154 Digital Inclusion in Ireland: Connectivity, Devices and...
- Natural Gas Imports
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he intends to take to ensure that no proposal for a LNG terminal will be developed in the State; and if he...
- Electricity Generation
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the commencement date of the feed-in tariff scheme for the national grid. [43479/21]
- Natural Gas Imports
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he requested the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to issue a Ministerial policy directive as per...
- Waste Management
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will place a levy on construction and demolition waste under the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy; and if...
- Data Centres
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated total energy use in 2021 for all operational data centres in Ireland; the estimated amount by which it is...
- National Broadband Plan
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the work underway in his Department to support the speed up the implementation of the National...
- Energy Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy of his Department with regard to the production and use of green hydrogen in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Data Centres
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the role played by data centres in relation to recent shortfalls in electricity availability; the...
- Energy Conservation
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall to some homes on scope of works being provided under the warmer homes...
- North-South Interconnector
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a review into the north-south interconnector. [43527/21]
- Climate Change Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the working group established to examine national end-of-waste applications backlog; and if he...
- Broadband Infrastructure
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the latest date by which it is expected that all premises private and business will have a fibre telecommunications...
- Telecommunications Services
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the unprecedented number of scam phone calls and texts that are being received by persons at present; the...
- Litter Pollution
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports for local authorities in terms of litter awareness and anti-dumping; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to date with the roll-out of offshore wind, wave and tidal renewable energy harnessing; the amount of...
- Fuel Quality
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to enforce the new standards for all domestic solid fuels which he plans to introduce across...
- Climate Change Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the changes he plans to make to current Government policy on climate action in light of the recent IPCC report; and if...
- Fuel Poverty
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the anticipated impact of the upcoming new solid fuel standards on persons on lower incomes; and if he will make a...
- National Broadband Plan
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and businesses connected to high-speed broadband in 2021 under the National Broadband Plan; the...
- Climate Change Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 1 June 2021, if he will provide an update on the engagement he has had to...
- National Broadband Plan
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the implementation of the National Broadband Plan is on schedule for 2021; if not, the measures which can be taken in...
- Energy Conservation
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for future iterations of the warmer homes, better energy communities and SEAI schemes due to the need to ramp...
- Post Office Network
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken in response to the findings of a report (details supplied) published in 2020 regarding the...
- Energy Conservation
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the take-up of retrofitting grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44145/21]
- Renewable Energy Generation
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 3 June 2021, his plans to introduce a minimum requirement in respect of the...
- Bord na Móna
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date of Bord na Móna’s large-scale peatlands restoration project; and if he will make a...
- Data Centres
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered regulations on the usage of energy by data centres in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Electricity Generation
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the feed-in tariff legislation will be in place to allow homes with micro-generation to sell excess electricity...
- Waste Management
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical...
- Climate Change Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on Ireland’s contributions to the international preparation for COP26 in November...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cycling Facilities
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new cycling infrastructure projects which have been approved in Fingal as of September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional funding to the National Transport Authority in order to increase the frequency of the LocalLink service in a...
- Road Projects
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding his Department has made available to facilitate the design and construction of relief roads around towns and villages, such as...
- Transport Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to take measures to accelerate the provision of active travel infrastructure as pandemic restrictions recede; and if he will...
- Rail Network
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the railway order application for MetroLink to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the future extensions to the Luas in Dublin. [44223/21]
- Transport Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the creation of safe walking and cycling space on rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44159/21]
- Driver Test
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with the RSA regarding the need to increase driving testing and theory testing capacity to clear the current...
- Local Authorities
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has held in relation to the directly elected mayor of Limerick regarding the provision of powers to the mayor in...
- Airport Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he and his Department intend to undertake to address the workplace relations concerns between the Irish Aviation Authority...
- Road Projects
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N26 in County Mayo; and if a commitment will be given for its inclusion in the forthcoming review of the NDP. [43217/21]
- Córas Iompair Éireann
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to sign the statutory instrument to allow for agreed pension entitlement changes to the CIÉ regular wages scheme; and if he...
- International Protection
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the work being carried out in relation to the issuing of driver licences to applicants for international protection, that...
- Aviation Industry
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to ensure better air connectivity to Ireland’s regions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in reducing the use of fossil fuels in the public transport fleet including the use of electric vehicles; the timeline for...
- Dublin Bus
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with Dublin Bus drivers or their trade unions in relation to the current industrial relations dispute at the...
- Airport Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with a company (details supplied) and all other employers at Cork Airport to ensure that no worker is laid off or...
- Electric Vehicles
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the implementation of regulations for escooters and ebikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44233/21]
- Road Network
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the public consultation process on a company (details supplied) proposal of the...
- Public Transport
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to phase out fossil fuel powered vehicles from the fleet operated by the public sector; and if he will make a...
- Cycling Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the delivery an updated national cycle manual in view of the letter received from 28 groups (details supplied); if the...
- Road Safety
101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review speed limits for rural and urban roads particularly in view of recent road fatalities; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in making the LocalLink service more accessible to persons with disabilities, including expanding the geographical and...
- Driver Test
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait times to complete a theory test and driving test at the Castlebar and Ballina NDLS centres, County Mayo; and the steps...
- Bus Services
104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the trial use of hydrogen powered buses in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43993/21]
- Rail Network
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the ongoing review of the Navan rail line will be completed; if he has received a cost estimation of reopening the rail line; the...
- Bus Services
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding and status of the initial introduction of phase one of BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to commission a feasibility study that would access the prospect of delivering rail infrastructure through County Monaghan....
- Transport Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the challenges in the bus and haulage sectors in terms of rising costs and difficulty to recruit...
- Road Safety
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to legislate for mandatory speed reduced school zones or slow zones in residential estates and built-up areas for...
- Dublin Airport Authority
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with front-line maintenance workers at Dublin Airport regarding attempts by the Dublin Airport Authority to...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 17 June 2021, the progress made in relation to the identification of suitable sites for park...
- Wind Energy Generation
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being made to ensure the urgent investment needed to prepare Rosslare Europort as the most strategically preferred port for the...
- Transport Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is improving rural transport services under the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025;...
- Fishing Industry
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had examined the role of his Department in the case of a person (details supplied); if he has had discussions with the Minister...
- Bus Éireann
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the decision to cease the 20 and x20 Bus Éireann route from Galway to Dublin in view of the importance of this...
- Electric Vehicles
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the introduction of legislation for the use of e-scooters and associated vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the advice sought and given on the safety measures and mitigations required for public transport workers and users in the return of...
- Greenways Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of the investment in greenway projects arising from the carbon tax fund of €4.5million that was...
- Driver Test
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will facilitate the recruitment of additional driving testers to address the existing backlog. [44065/21]
- Driver Licences
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will further extend the deadline for expiring learner driver permits due to the continuing effects on the service due to the...
- Public Transport
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 17 June 2021, his plans to commission a stand-alone feasibility study of light rail in Galway...
- National Development Plan
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the preparation of the NDP review and the inclusion for a commitment on the development of the western rail corridor within...
- Transport Policy
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals in place to address the personnel shortage in the HGV driving fraternity to ensure supply chains are not interrupted; and...
- Road Safety
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to carry out a review of the implementation of slow zones in accordance with Jake’s Law nationwide; if data has...
- Bus Services
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the LocalLink service throughout County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44147/21]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Functions
140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or the Minister of State in his Department have signed the employment regulation order for the security industry which provides...
- Company Registration
141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a series of queries (details supplied) in respect of the Companies Registration Office will receive a response; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a dedicated helpline and email address will be created for business owners in the hospitality industry to seek clarity on the...
- Legislative Measures
144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if ratification of the International Labour Organization, ILO, Convention C190 Violence and Harassment in the Workplace requires...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a new national energy efficiency action plan will be drafted to reduce energy use including behavioural and...
- Recycling Policy
146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report regarding the burning of soft plastic in Ireland;...
- Energy Conservation
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the design of the new energy efficiency obligation scheme which will operate from 2022 to 2030; the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 8 July 2021, the reason a detailed reply has not yet been received by this...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in achieving emission reduction targets in line with the Programme for Government whilst at the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in the programme to provide broadband of a high quality and high speed nationally with particular...
- Air Quality
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air quality is being protected; the degree to which the measures in place are achieving the desired...
- Waste Management
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in achieving targets as set out in the waste action plan for a circular economy with particular...
- Broadband Infrastructure
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of broadband connection points installed in County Kildare in the past 12 months to date; the number of...
- Renewable Energy Generation
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of Ireland’s electricity which is produced from renewable sources; if this is in line with...
- Waste Management
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in introducing a deposit and return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans as set out in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which meeting carbon reduction targets continues; if it is in line with or ahead of expectations; and if...
- Renewable Energy Generation
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to rely on onshore and off-shore wind-generated electricity over the next ten years; the...
- Climate Action Plan
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to meet climate change targets in conjunction with the protection of the...
- Telecommunications Services
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the quality of mobile telephone services can be improved nationwide in both urban and rural areas;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by...
- Broadband Infrastructure
165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to put an adequate broadband service in place for a school (details supplied). [44389/21]
- Waste Management
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the EPA report, Packing Waste in Ireland in 2019, that Ireland...
- Fuel Sales
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban the sale of imported peat briquettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44409/21]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Test
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the lack of driving test capacity particularly for young persons (details supplied). [44396/21]
- Aviation Industry
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on, and the position regarding, the state of the aviation sector since reopening for travel in July 2021; and if he will make a...
- Road Signage
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement there has been with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to ensure sufficient signage along the N22 bypass for the towns and...
- Ports Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the...
- Driver Test
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44265/21]
- Dublin Bus
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention was drawn to the decision by Dublin Bus to withdraw the airline service to Dublin Airport prior to the announcement by...
- Public Transport
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engineering assessment that was done on the extension of DART west to Kilcock; the findings of the assessment; the estimated cost of...
- Legislative Measures
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the introduction of legislation for the use of e-scooters and other such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regional Airports
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be provided to regional airports to build back routes and services following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will...
- Driver Test
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the case of a person (details supplied) and other similar cases wherein a person has failed to submit their certificate of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their...
- Electric Vehicles
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to make electric vehicle usage more affordable for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44162/21]
- Driver Test
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding persons who obtained their driving licence for buses and lorries since 2013 and who are required to carry out a...
- Road Safety
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have engaged with the Road Safety Authority or the National Roads Authority on measures to combat accidents given...
- Driver Test
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the backlog in driver theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44407/21]
- Road Network
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the non-national road network in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in the event of a...
- Driver Test
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a driving test date for a health professional (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the current requirements to qualify for a primary medical certificate; if he plans changes to the current criteria; if so, the details of those changes; and...
- Sports Organisations
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove fox hunts and an animal shooting organisation from the Revenue Commissioners list of sports bodies that have been granted tax exemption...
- Insurance Industry
194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing house insurance to homes along river courses throughout the State in ever growing numbers; his...
- Tax Reliefs
195. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost in 2022 of extending tax relief applicable to farmers under section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 with respect to the carbon tax...
- Departmental Data
196. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed remote working relief from the Revenue Commissioners in the most recent tax year for which data is available; the amount of...
- Health and Safety
197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their work have to come...
- Tax Credits
198. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 9 September 2021, the way the cash flow impact was estimated; and if it was calculated on the basis of the excess...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 9 September 2021, if there was any type of contract in place of any nature to maintain,...
- Office of Public Works
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the work programme under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; the works that are planned; the dates;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an additional financial allocation will be provided to her Department given the number of applications received and the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to children’s choirs (details supplied); and if she will...
- Sports Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of sports capital grant applications received from County Cork under the current application round; the number and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that all staff in her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit who, by necessity...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Policies
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a national policy by which a person must be resident in an area for a certain period of time before being allowed...
- Hare Coursing
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the rabbit haemorrhagic disease variant two, RHD2, exclusion zone specified in the 2021-2022 hare coursing licence...
- EU Directives
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether allowing wood pigeons to be shot for a 12-month period between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022 breaches the...
- Building Regulations
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the standards that have been set to avoid problems with pyrite or mica where the oversight takes place on material removed...
- Heritage Sites
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding and the status of the new national heritage plan, Heritage Ireland 2030. [44318/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who are now back working on-site in the Passport Office; the number who are still working from home; when he plans to...
- Visa Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there continues to be a stay on processing working holiday authorisation applications for Canadian persons wishing to travel to...
- International Relations
220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking to provide humanitarian and other relief to persons suffering as a result of the recent military coup in...
- Human Rights
221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assessment he has made of a recent independent report (details supplied) which found that the Democratic People’s Republic of...
- International Relations
222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assessment he has made of the growing trend of passing so-called anti-conversion laws in recent years in India, Bhutan, Nepal and...
- Ministerial Appointments
224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 9 September 2021, the expenses claimed and paid to a person (details supplied) in relation to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their...
- Northern Ireland
226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the unacceptable...
- Department of Defence
- Covid-19 Pandemic
227. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their work...
- Defence Forces
228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish a full independent investigation to determine the extent of sexual abuse, harassment and assault in the Defence Forces; and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis her Department has carried out into the possibility of re-evaluating the leaving certificate examination results in respect of...
- Schools Building Projects
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44240/21]
- Departmental Data
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the transition rates from post-primary to higher education figures will be published for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a...
- Site Acquisitions
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Patronage
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications for the establishment and patronage of the new post-primary school for an area (details suppled) will open; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school building project (details supplied) will proceed within the current framework; and if her Department anticipates requests for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce saliva testing in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44337/21]
- School Costs
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cost of a school bus ticket for a child (details supplied) can be covered by their medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all staff in her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit who by necessity of their work...
- National Council for Special Education
238. 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 Transport
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to increase school bus capacity in view of the difficulties that have occurred for many families in having school transport...
- Special Educational Needs
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve supports for children with special needs and to ensure that such supports are put in place in a timely manner and eliminate...
- Broadband Infrastructure
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to get a broadband connection for a school (details supplied). [44421/21]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been made for phenylketonuria; and the number of applications...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the decision to reduce or phase out the pandemic unemployment payment over...
- Social Welfare Appeals
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child benefit or family benefit application dating back to 2014 which is now under appeal with a request for an oral...
- State Pensions
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be undertaken of the social insurance record of a person (details supplied) with a view to awarding a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if with the partial but incomplete opening of the performing arts sector and the uncertainty in relation to the sector she...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons with enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19 that were transferred over to disability allowance after the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that all staff in her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit who, by...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Direct Provision System
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a transfer between direct provision centres will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [44254/21]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which it is expected to provide extra funding for early years education to include all the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit...
- Childcare Services
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposals he has to improve childcare provision under the national childcare scheme for children whose...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the ECCE scheme service providers regarding the need to ensure that children who are not...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Expenditure
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure under the Human Capital Initiative for each year for which it has been in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their work...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when apprenticeship off-the-job training will return to full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/21]
- Research Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of direct Government and indirect Government research capital funding received by each higher education institution since 2011; and if...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Wards of Court
261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to legislate for the adoption of family-friendly measures in the Office of Wards of Court for its dealings with...
- An Garda Síochána
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of her Department to address the delays in the Garda vetting process of those in the homecare sector;...
- Immigration Status
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department’s scheme to regularise undocumented migrants in Ireland will include persons who have been issued a...
- International Protection
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to create a renewable toleration status for persons who do not have permission to remain in the State but who are...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that all staff in her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit who, by...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
267. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and supports that are available to cover the cost of hearing aids for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44247/21]
- State Bodies
268. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 2566 and 2567 of 27 July 2021, the dates on which the working group to revise the drug and alcohol task forces handbook...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
269. To ask the Minister for Health the way consultants and surgeons triage a patient for surgery in relation to elective surgeries; and the location in which this is recorded. [44249/21]
- Hospital Admissions
271. To ask the Minister for Health the way consultants and surgeons communicate with the admissions office in relation to elective surgeries regarding patients and waiting lists changes. [44251/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
272. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person who is fully vaccinated needs to quarantine if travelling from Brazil; and if this requirement is subject to change. [44253/21]
- Suicide Incidence
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons, that is, age 16 or under, who have presented to hospitals with suicide attempts, self-harm or deliberate poisoning; the number...
- Suicide Prevention
274. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the connecting for life plan; and the details of the plan with a particular reference to CHO7. [44256/21]
- Suicide Incidence
275. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Garda surveillance project that will collate the real time suicide data; and the details of the project with particular reference to CHO7....
- Mental Health Policy
276. To ask the Minister for Health if a national director for mental health has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44258/21]
- Mental Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the national clinical care programme for dual diagnosis; and the location in which and when it will be rolled out. [44259/21]
- Eating Disorders
278. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of referrals, the number of assessments by gender and the breakdown of diagnosis in 2019 and 2020, for patients with eating disorders...
- Mental Health Policy
283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the requirement on those with lived experience of mental health challenges to work at least 15 hours a week when they wish to...
- Health Services
284. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to assist those patients who are affected by the many long-term effects of Covid-19; if he will ensure access to health...
- Health Service Executive
286. To ask the Minister for Health if the full range of supports and services required by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if a social worker will be appointed to their case to...
- Regulatory Bodies
287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA site inspections that were carried out to date in 2021 in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44294/21]
- Primary Medical Certificates
288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificates that have been applied for in 2020 and 2021; the number that were refused; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
289. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical exemption to the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied); his plans to address current...
- Medical Cards
290. To ask the Minister for Health if a person should be charged for a B12 injection when they are in procession of a full medical card, the person in question is being charged €20; and...
- Tobacco Control Measures
292. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to ensure that Ireland benefits from the inaugural Leadership Summit on Tobacco Control as it provides a clear opportunity...
- Disability Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a residential placement for a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve the situation; and when a...
- Health Service Executive
295. To ask the Minister for Health the amount each maternity hospital has paid for public relations advice each month since March 2020 to September 2021, in tabular form; the name of the...
- Covid-19 Tests
296. To ask the Minister for Health if saliva testing could be used as a public health screening tool in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44338/21]
- Health Strategies
299. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018; and the status of the review of same. [44344/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue Irish citizens who are resident in Northern Ireland and who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 by the NHS with an EU Digital COVID...
- Vaccination Programme
301. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake rate for the flu vaccine in winter 2020 in adults, children over 12 and children under 12 years of age; his plans to encourage increased vaccination...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their work have to come...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
304. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens can access public funding, either on a standard or exceptional basis for medical treatment outside of the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK; the...
- Health Services
305. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can identify the Irish surgeons who are available to fully and safely remove mesh implants; if the HSE will update its website accordingly;...
- Medical Qualifications
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare professionals who applied to have their professional qualifications recognised in this jurisdiction in 2020 and to date in 2021, by...
- Qualifications Recognition
308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare professionals whose application to have their professional qualifications recognised in this jurisdiction were unsuccessful 2020 and...
- National Maternity Hospital
309. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to media reports (details supplied) that the HSE's audit and risk committee will not sign off on the corporate structure...
- Vaccination Programme
310. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected to finalise arrangements for a Covid-19 vaccination booster programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44419/21]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Greyhound Industry
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of paid views registered on Greyhound Racing Ireland's pay-per-view online channel (details supplied) by week, track and...
- Horse Racing Industry
312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses injured and that died or were killed at Galway Racecourse to date in 2021; if an investigation will be carried...
- Question Heading for question(s) 313
313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct or indirect funding provided to an organisation and a publication (details supplied) in the past ten years up to September...
- Horse Racing Industry
314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will stop Horse Racing Ireland's major financial supports to foxhunting groups for point-to-point races of more than €10...
- Animal Diseases
315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of culled badgers that are tested for TB; the number of badger post-mortems for TB that have been carried out by county in...
- Departmental Staff
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of...
- Common Agricultural Policy
318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to reduce the administration costs of schemes under the new Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a...
- Inland Fisheries
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in relation to an incident in which farmed salmon were found in a river (details supplied); and if he will...
- Common Agricultural Policy
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to increase tillage production in the new Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that all staff in her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit who, by necessity of...
