Written answers
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Travel
33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to New York. [46661/21]
- National Asset Management Agency
39. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the timeframe for the NAMA Commission of Investigation has been extended. [46662/21]
- Cabinet Committees
59. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit will next meet. [48292/21]
- Departmental Contracts
60. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to date; if his Department...
- Census of Population
62. To ask the Taoiseach the measures being taken to support the CSO in efforts to digitalise the Census process. [51590/21]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Contracts
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1...
- Climate Change Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by his Department to sustain and grow the green economy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Insurance Industry
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 12 October 2021, if he will provide a schedule of the steps he has taken to reduce...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Solar Energy Guidelines
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding available for the solar electricity grant in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51335/21]
- Departmental Contracts
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding supports available to schools to purchase solar panels ahead of the new microgeneration scheme due to be...
- Climate Change Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual remuneration and expenses allowance per member of the Climate Change Advisory Council in tabular form. [51439/21]
- Departmental Functions
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to establish the necessary statistical capacity to track material flow in Ireland; and if he will...
- Economic and Social Research Institute
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute report entitled Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options,...
- National Broadband Plan
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a village (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland;if this has changed to the initial...
- Departmental Programmes
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected timeframe for the finalisation of proposals to guide the future direction and work programme of the Mobile...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an update will be provided on the reliability of supply chains in Ireland. [51591/21]
- Departmental Contracts
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January...
- Bus Services
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal for an electric bus in Killarney, County Kerry (details supplied); if there is a grant available to get the bus up...
- Rail Network
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans for the train station office in Sallins, County Kildare to be reopened and staffed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driver Test
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if priority will be given to students commuting to third-level due to unavailability of accommodation who have applied to sit the driving...
- Department of Finance
- Illicit Trade
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts being made to tackle the sale of cigarettes on the black market in view of rising costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51594/21]
- Departmental Contracts
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to date; if his...
- Tax Code
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will ensure e-cigarettes and other so-called risk products are taxed at the same rate as traditional cigarettes in the forthcoming review of...
- Customs and Excise
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland has remained an outlier to date in adopting legislation (details supplied); the reason the Revenue Commissioners and customs and excise...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if State supports are taken into account when assessing eligibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a two-tier stamp duty rate for land with a reduced rate applying to active farmers who work the land directly in order to increase output...
- Banking Sector
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that the Central Bank is using off balance sheet structures to help in...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Contracts
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January...
- Departmental Data
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the up-to-date Government research his Department holds on the use of carbon tax funds (details supplied);...
- Economic and Social Research Institute
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute report entitled Carbon Taxes, Poverty and Compensation Options 2020 cited by his...
- Horticulture Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if considerations have been given to plant nurseries in relation to carbon tax and the reuse of carbon by LPG generators; and if he will...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Contracts
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or any official from her Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1...
- Sport and Recreational Development
101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the announcement for the sports capital grant will be made. [51366/21]
- Tourism Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will seek a reversal of Fáilte Ireland’s decision to disband its food and drink team; and if she will make a...
- Arts Policy
103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the process by which such an exclusion was made in...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Environmental Impact Assessments
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the drainage and or reclamation of peatland systems in which more than two hectares of wetland habitat are affected fall...
- Housing Policy
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will temporarily suspend the limitations of usage on holiday homes in order to permit prospective tenants to reside in...
- Departmental Contracts
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from...
- Planning Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of planning applications which have been screened for appropriate assessments in the past 12 months; and if he...
- Legislative Measures
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the recently announced comprehensive review of planning legislation; the details on those that...
- Local Authorities
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an update will be provided on the Moorhead Report; and when the circular will be issued in relation to councillor's...
- Planning Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the completion of the updated guidelines for rural planning; the expected timeframe for publication; and if he...
- Housing Policy
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a detailed explanation of the off-balance sheet techniques used by him or his officials, as referred to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Contracts
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January...
- Human Rights
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the six Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike to protest their administrative detention and...
- Passport Services
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting list for passport applications for applicants resident in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to...
- Defence Forces
121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made in the appointment of a confidential contact person for survivors of abuse, harassment and bullying within the Defence Forces;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Bus Éireann
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to fact that Bus Éireann will not allow drivers over 70 years of age to drive (details supplied);; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 980 special education teacher positions announced in Budget 2022 will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51334/21]
- Departmental Contracts
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or any official from her Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to...
- School Transport
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special education transport grant will be paid to a person (details supplied). [51367/21]
- Education Policy
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if satisfactory arrangements ensuring the continued education of a person (details supplied) have been put in place notwithstanding the decision...
- School Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will sanction the redeployment of a person (details supplied) to a post in another school given that their career break between...
- Special Educational Needs
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional SNAs hired in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and to date in the 2021-2022 school year; the base figure at the end of the...
- School Enrolments
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school children by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51413/21]
- School Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school teachers by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51414/21]
- School Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the additional €18 million funding for DEIS in 2022; the number of extra primary and secondary schools that will be...
- School Staff
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that can be given to schools that are experiencing difficulty in obtaining substitute teachers; the plans in place to address this...
- Schools Building Projects
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new Educate Together primary school in Baldoyle has gone to tender; if she will provide the details on the development going forward; and...
- School Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school services and the availability of substitute...
- Special Educational Needs
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51575/21]
- School Transport
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to increase capacity on post-primary school buses in line with public transport given issues being experienced by working...
- School Staff
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to major difficulties being faced by primary school principals in sourcing substitute teachers; the way in which...
- School Curriculum
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update will be provided on the level of engagement with secondary school students with regard to consent, harassment and gender-based...
- School Admissions
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagements with the teaching unions and parents in relation to the shortage of school places in areas such as Dundalk, County Louth...
- State Examinations
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected in the near future to give clarity as to the structure leaving certificate students will be encountering in 2022...
- Education Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide further primary and post-primary schools in addition to increased provision within existing schools in an area given the...
- School Transport
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the review of the school transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51692/21]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review primary school class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51694/21]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or any official from her Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied)...
- Driver Licences
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is eligible for a training support grant to secure a heavy goods vehicle...
- Family Support Services
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [51425/21]
- Disability Services
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) with a diagnosis of albinism who is in receipt of a disability allowance but does not have the...
- Fuel Poverty
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [51464/21]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the 2021 carer’s support grant by a person in (details supplied) in...
- Disability Services
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that are in receipt of disablement benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51519/21]
- Pension Provisions
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full rate pensions approved on an annual basis which have been based on level of contributions (details...
- Social Welfare Schemes
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients who are currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be moved to standard...
- Fuel Poverty
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the benefit for 65 year old payment will be eligible to apply for the fuel allowance payment; if the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the benefit for 65 year old payment will receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the carer’s allowance. [51538/21]
- Social Welfare Benefits
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the telephone support allowance. [51576/21]
- Community Employment Schemes
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme placement can be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51642/21]
- Income Inequality
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons that have no income of their own due to the fact that they...
- Social Welfare Rates
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the €5 increase given to social welfare recipients; her views on whether it is acceptable...
- Social Welfare Benefits
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for an exceptional needs payment to assist with funeral expenses in each of the years 2018...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Contracts
172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details...
- Child and Family Agency
173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €183 million funding for his Department announced in Budget 2022 that will be used to...
- Childcare Services (1 comment)
175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the once-off measure costing €37 million will operate or be spent exclusively in 2022; if not, if it...
- Freedom of Information
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51641/21]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Contracts
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to...
- Further and Higher Education
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the publication of the next national access plan; if there are plans to incorporate the introduction of a designated staff...
- Third Level Education
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third-level students that applied for funding under the Student Assistance Fund in the past ten years in tabular form; the number...
- Further and Higher Education
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1302 of 27 July 2021, if he will provide details on the work plan of the NTF Advisory Group; and if he will...
- Third Level Education
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update will be provided with regard to engagement with third and higher-level students in relation to consent, harassment and gender-based...
- Research Funding
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of successful Irish applicants for ERC grant funding for each of the years 2012 to 2021, in tabular form; and the nature of those...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Service
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of Covid-19 prison visits will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51572/21]
- An Garda Síochána
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 704 and 705 of 29 September 2021, if she will provide an update on the Garda numbers by...
- Departmental Contracts
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or any official from her Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from...
- Prison Service
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters in relation to a prisoner (details supplied) who absconded from Loughlan House Prison,...
- An Garda Síochána
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost breakdown for each support service currently available to inmates within the Irish Prison Service. [51370/21]
- Domestic Violence
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to domestic violence support services in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [51373/21]
- Cybersecurity Policy
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided for the establishment of regional cybercrime hubs. [51374/21]
- Courts Service
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish her Department’s implementation plan to reform the civil justice system following recommendations...
- An Garda Síochána
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact structure and funding provided to the new community safety partnerships; and the way in which funding is allocated to...
- Naturalisation Applications
198. 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); when it...
- Immigration Status
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Data
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications, citizenship applications and domestic residence permission applications that have been...
- Courts Service
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resourcing available for the court liaison service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51573/21]
- Domestic Violence
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on efforts to tackle domestic violence in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she and or her officials were first informed by the Garda Commissioner in view of a statutory obligations...
- Protected Disclosures
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures she has received in respect of the cancellation of 999 calls in 2020 and to date in 2021....
- An Garda Síochána
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the audio recordings in respect of the cancellation of 999 calls and computer-aided despatch are being preserved and all...
- Immigration Policy
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 12 October 2021, the way in which her Department accommodates those impacted by...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51638/21]
- Hospital Procedures
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of terminations of pregnancy that were carried out in St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years from 2016 to 2020; the number of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
218. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a person (details supplied) receives medical attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51365/21]
- Hospital Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists based in University Hospital Limerick; if this complement of neurology nurse specialists based in University Hospital...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are currently waiting for diagnosis and treatment in the neurology department of University Hospital Limerick since January 2019 to...
- Ambulance Service
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public ambulances available in the Dublin area in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of service provision at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51410/21]
- Dental Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a dental appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a disability; his plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include this condition; his plans to introduce...
- Health Service Executive
225. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 14 July 2021, the reason the HSE is not funding counselling and educational doctoral courses in line with clinical...
- Health Services
226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including fibromyalgia as a specified condition under the long-term illness scheme; the reason it has not been recognised or included up...
- Vaccination Programme
227. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for residents of elderly care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51444/21]
- Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme will continue on an administrative basis beyond the end of 2021 pending the enactment of legislation; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [51470/21]
- Home Care Packages
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing home...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [51474/21]
- Mental Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [51478/21]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on a waiting list for scoliosis surgery; the current wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51481/21]
- Hospital Staff
243. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment of epilepsy nurse specialist posts as laid out in the pregnancy prevention programme is to be completed; and if he will make a statement...
- Mental Health Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive report on the mental health budget for 2021: the budget allocated; the way in which it was spent; the services it was spent...
- Budget 2022
252. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €24 million for new developments in Budget 2022 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51500/21]
- Mental Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on Sharing the Vision recommendations for Budget 2020 and 2021; the status of each recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Policy
255. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to update the National Positive Aging Strategy given that it has not been updated in over eight years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to recruit more neurology nurse specialists across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51522/21]
- Healthcare Policy
258. To ask the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be recognised as a disability and a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51524/21]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include chronic pain such as that suffered by persons with fibromyalgia as criteria to apply for the medical cannabis access programme; and if he...
- Budget 2022
262. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €6 million announced in Budget 2022 for the drugs strategy will go to the drug and alcohol task force drug projects; and if...
- Vaccination Programme
263. To ask the Minister for Health if the roll out of the HPV vaccine will be extended to all current male secondary school students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51541/21]
- Disability Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health when approved respite will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51542/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
265. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic outpatient appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have been made to ensure the staffing levels of Portrane Mental Health Hospital will be in place to accomplish full capacity in 2022; and if he...
- Care Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for HSE funding for long-term care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51580/21]
- Healthcare Policy
269. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken by his Department to support and expand clinical trials in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51597/21]
- Mental Health Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the commitment in Budget 2022 to provide two CAMHS hubs. [51599/21]
- Budget 2022
272. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the commitment in Budget 2022 to deliver enhancements in the areas of homecare packages and community beds; if he will define the term...
- Ambulance Service
273. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for capacity planning and reform within the National Ambulance Service. [51601/21]
- Public Procurement Contracts
278. To ask the Minister for Health if e-tenders for the supply of (details supplied) will be issued following the suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic; if so, the expected timeframe for the...
- Home Help Service
280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new statutory scheme on home support providing an update on each of the four CH0 sites that are due to test the reformed model of service...
- Home Care Packages
281. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe in which the strategic workforce advisory group considering the challenges to homecare will report with recommendations regarding the...
- Health Services Staff
283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the incentives and alternatives being considered to attract more workers into homecare; and the engagements he has had on the issue with...
- Home Care Packages
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons per CHO in tabular form from the establishment of the scheme who have availed of HSE funding to hire homecare support providers...
- Hospital Staff
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51639/21]
- Hospital Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can get a bed in Kenmare Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51643/21]
- Disability Services
287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children affected by delays and cuts in the children’s disability network teams in each Dublin postal district; and if he will make a...
- Budget 2022
288. To ask the Minister for Health the legal rationale underpinning the age limit of 17 to 25 years of age for those accessing free contraception as set out in the €31 million...
- Hospital Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51701/21]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Contracts
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1...
- Forestry Sector
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the afforestation scheme is classed as an environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51397/21]
- Departmental Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the management structure and reporting lines or line managers of the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Circulars
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date the attention of the Forest Service section of his Department was drawn to SI No. 293 of 2021, the details and implications...
- Greyhound Industry
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a requirement for a veterinarian to be present at all greyhound racetracks when greyhound trials are taking place; if...
- Legislative Measures
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a request from a person (details supplied) to extend the scope of the Animal Health and Welfare...
- Veterinary Services
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that farmers have adequate access to veterinary services and competitively priced veterinary medicinal products....
- Common Agricultural Policy
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that supports to a cohort of persons (details supplied) are included in the next CAP. [51448/21]
- Budget 2022
306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was no new support measures provided to suckler beef farmers in Budget 2022. [51451/21]
- Common Agricultural Policy
309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the redistributive measures he is proposing in the CAP Strategic Plan; and if he will bring this plan before the Houses of the...
- Budget 2022
310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding that will be made available to the agri-environmental scheme and agri-environmental measures in Budget 2022....
- Trade Agreements
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken at EU level to ensure that additional beef imports which would depress beef prices do not enter the single...
- Agriculture Industry
312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the future of the Beef Market Taskforce; and the consideration he has given to extending its remit in order to secure a...
- Common Agricultural Policy
313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he plans to bring forward to increase the number of recognised female farmers as part of the CAP Strategic Plan. [51458/21]
- Horticulture Sector
314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the findings of the working group established by his Department to examine the peat supply issue to the horticultural...
- Greyhound Industry
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured and killed at Irish greyhound tracks during races, official trials, unofficial trials and sales...
- Horticulture Sector
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with plant nurseries in relation to the reuse of carbon by LPG generators; the considerations made...
- Agriculture Industry
322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Food Vision 2030 target to increase tillage production will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Industry
323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Programme for Government commitment to review the role, structures, and strategic focus of State agencies in the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding programmes within her Department which are due to reopen for applications following announcements made through Budget...
- Departmental Contracts
325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she or any official from her Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1...
- Departmental Policies
326. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a six month progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 will be available...
- Departmental Programmes
328. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Questions No. 36 of 14 October 2021, the expected timeframe for the finalisation of proposals to guide the...
