DÁIL ÉIREANN

Dé Céadaoin, 7 Iúil, 2021 Wednesday, 7th July, 2021

CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS

52 DÁIL ÉIREANN 3093 Dé Céadaoin, 7 Iúil, 2021 Wednesday, 7th July, 2021

CEISTEANNA I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Chun an Taoisigh: To the .

1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [33500/21]

2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Mick Barry. [34652/21]

3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met. — Peadar Tóibín. [34693/21]

4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [34760/21]

5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — . [34840/21]

6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Paul Murphy. [34843/21]

7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Bríd Smith. [34845/21]

8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing is next due to meet. — Paul McAuliffe. [34994/21]

9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will meet next. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [36392/21]

10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36567/21]

11. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions at the recent European Council concerning EU relations with Russia. — Brendan Smith. [34647/21]

12. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions at the recent European Council in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol. — Brendan Smith. [34648/21]

13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. — . [34658/21]

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14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting of 24 and 25 June 2021. — Mary Lou McDonald. [34761/21]

15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent European Council meeting. — Alan Kelly. [36197/21]

16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council. — Seán Haughey. [36369/21]

17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress towards implementing the Citizens’ Assemblies committed to in the Programme for Government. — Alan Kelly. [34836/21]

18. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the Programme for Government. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36219/21]

19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department on preparing a formal commemorative event for all those who lost their lives during the struggle for independence as recommended by the expert advisory group. — Alan Kelly. [34838/21]

20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. — Alan Kelly. [36198/21]

21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36336/21]

22. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the Covid-19 Oversight Group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36222/21]

23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36303/21]

24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with justice issues will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36304/21]

25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36335/21]

CEISTEANNA LE hAGHAIDH FREAGRAÍ SCRÍOFA QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Chun an Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide: To the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

*26. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to introduce a disability waste waiver to support those living with long-term incontinence for example; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [36569/21]

*27. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason only 30% of the strand 2 projects with respect to the delivery of the 47 projects of the National Just 3095

Transition Fund of €27.8 million have received their final offer from his Department despite it being almost 12 months since applications were made and six months since the announcement of successful projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36603/21]

*28. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason 70% of strand 2 projects as part of the National Just Transition Fund projects are not yet finalised and are not at contract stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [36604/21]

*29. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if concerns that a number of Just Transition projects in County Offaly have encountered difficulties in accessing match funding raising questions of the viability of these projects; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that without the secured match funding in place these projects cannot commence and that this is creating frustrations among the communities involved who were enthusiastic at the beginning of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [36605/21]

*30. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland’s Territorial Plan due to be submitted to Europe in September 2021 as a requirement for access to the EU Just Transition Fund for the period 2021-2027 will be submitted by that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [36606/21]

*31. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if concerns will be addressed that Offaly County Council is not in a position to provide direct funding to any Just Transition Fund project for match funding; the measures he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [36607/21]

*32. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a survey and a connection to broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36639/21]

*33. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a property (details supplied) can connect to fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36734/21]

*34. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the survey for fibre broadband will be undertaken for the townland of Gleneely, County Donegal; if itis planned to expedite this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36735/21]

*35. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when surveys will be completed and fibre broadband rolled out across County Donegal by townland and yearly quarter in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36736/21]

*36. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of all projects, associated funding and environmental assessments since 2016 to date in 2021 in connection with the SEAI subsea observatory offshore at An Spidéal, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36744/21]

*37. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any of the four cardinal markers installed at the SEAI Marine Institute’s 1/4 scale renewable energy offshore electricity generating station situated in Galway Bay have been altered and or replaced in the past

P.T.O 3096 seven months; the reason for the alteration to the south-east cardinal marker visible at the shoreline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36745/21]

*38. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 8 December 2020, the action taken further to the malfunction of the mooring system of an installation at the quarter scale test site located off the coast of An Spidéal on Galway Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36746/21]

*39. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount, source and purpose of all funding received by the SEAI since March 2016 to date in 2021 which relates to any part of the 1/4 scale offshore energy test site located on the nearshore of An Spidéal, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36747/21]

*40. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the operator, type, generation capacity, location and status of each power station or wind farm in Ireland with the potential to produce more than 10MW in tabular form; his plans to ensure that there is sufficient generation capacity for winter 2021 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36858/21]

Chun an Aire Iompair: To the Minister for Transport.

*41. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36615/21]

*42. To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding funding applications by Wicklow County Council in 2021 with respect to electric vehicle charging points; and if the number of applications and level of funding applied for in both successful and unsuccessful applications will be provided in tabular form. — . [36650/21]

*43. To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [36659/21]

*44. To ask the Minister for Transport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, the Irish Coast Guard and the Naval Service and search and rescue services in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36672/21]

*45. To ask the Minister for Transport if a response will issue to correspondence in relation to Irish Rail (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [36674/21]

*46. To ask the Minister for Transport if it is possible to renew a driver learner permit for a person (details supplied) whose driving test was cancelled due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36737/21]

*47. To ask the Minister for Transport if there is any impediment preventing insurance companies renewing employer’s car insurance policies for employees living in Northern Ireland that are employed in Ireland holding Northern Irish driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36738/21] 3097

*48. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of airline operators that have expressed an interest in the provision of the interim flight service for the Dublin to Donegal route; when he expects a decision will be made by his Department on the selected airline operator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36739/21]

*49. To ask the Minister for Transport if citizens who have been fully vaccinated with one of the approved vaccines in a jurisdiction outside of the EU, for example, in the United States of America will be eligible to apply for the EU Digital COVID Certificate upon return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe O’Brien. [36749/21]

Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance.

*50. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the high interest rates being charged by pillar banks in debt related repayment judgements; and if he has taken action to ensure that these interests are fair and do not add additional financial burden on those in debt repayment agreements with their banks. — Eoin Ó Broin. [36571/21]

*51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the collapse of a company (details supplied) and that many Irish persons have been affected by this collapse and have lost significant sums of money as a result; and the steps he will take to intervene in relation to same. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36617/21]

*52. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a public inquiry that has been called for in the UK over the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if his Department has examined a similar investigation in this jurisdiction. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36618/21]

*53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly in which an e-bike qualifies under the cycle to work scheme but an e-bike kit does not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36743/21]

Chun an Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe: To the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

*54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the proposed disposal of the former Garda station at Brosna, . — . [36585/21]

*55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when further information will be available on the future remote working policy for the public and Civil Service with particular reference to implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36644/21]

*56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 237 and 247 of 17 June 2021, his views on whether the Government having previously unilaterally reduced pay in this area must also by consequence have the entitlement to increase remuneration in this area; and if clarification will be provided in relation his previous reply in this context. — . [36664/21]

*57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a scheme (details supplied) will be supported in order to help businesses, local clubs and community organisations re-establish their

P.T.O 3098 customer base following the sustained closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36748/21]

Chun an Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán: To the Minister for Tourism, Culture; Arts; Gaeltacht; Sport and Media.

*58. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date for the return of events (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [30506/21]

*59. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is financial assistance available for a person (details supplied) to help with the costs of travelto a competition in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36584/21]

*60. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if indoor summer art camps for children taking place in local community centres are permitted at this time given the position concerning Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [36707/21]

Chun an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta: To the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

*61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way the equalisation fund will be applied; if there are plans to change the baselines; if so, the criteria; the way the self-fund element will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [36601/21]

*62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any local authorities have made the decision to top-up the additional three-weeks parent’s leave and benefit payment since their introduction in April 2021; if so, the authorities that have done so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36616/21]

*63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a directly elected mayor for Dublin; if this issue will be referred to a citizens’ assembly; when a plebiscite on this question will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [36705/21]

*64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the capital assistance scheme by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36712/21]

*65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that was allocated to the capital assistance scheme in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36713/21]

*66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated additional cost of ensuring that a minimum of 7.5% of social housing is built to universal design standards for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36714/21] 3099

*67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend the five years on planning permission that was issued in the past few years due to Covid-19 related delays due to construction being stopped due to restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [36741/21]

*68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a commitment will be given to ensure that a vote on a directly elected mayor in Galway takes place in 2024 at the same time as the next local elections is supported by Government given that Galway City Council has unanimously passed a motion calling for a plebiscite vote on whether or not to have a directly elected mayor in Galway. — . [36820/21]

Chun an Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha: To the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

*69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application for a passport by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [36683/21]

Chun an Aire Oideachais: To the Minister for Education.

*70. To ask the Minister for Education the funding that was allocated for assistive technologies for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively; the unmet need for assistive technologies in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 respectively; the additional funding needed to increase funding for assistive technologies by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36711/21]

*71. To ask the Minister for Education if it is envisaged that Covid-19 precautions in schools such as pods and staggered drop-off or collection times will remain in place in September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36570/21]

*72. To ask the Minister for Education if an application for summer works will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36583/21]

*73. To ask the Minister for Education the engagement she has had with the board of management of a school (details supplied) with a view to resolving its accommodation issues in the medium and longer term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36598/21]

*74. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a matter regarding accommodation at a school (details supplied); if clarity will be provided regarding the location for the promised, permanent 1,000-pupil secondary school; when it will be delivered and operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36599/21]

*75. To ask the Minister for Education if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) to obtain a post-primary free school travel pass who suffers from multiple medical conditions and who was issued the incorrect pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36614/21]

*76. To ask the Minister for Education if she has received a detailed response from a school (details supplied) in connection with its summer works grant outlining additional unforeseen costs

P.T.O 3100 to be incurred; and if her Department will be in a position to respond with an additional financial allocation. — Michael Creed. [36621/21]

*77. To ask the Minister for Education if the new school building for a school (details supplied) will include ASD classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [36646/21]

*78. To ask the Minister for Education if the new school development at a school (details supplied) will include ASD classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [36647/21]

*79. To ask the Minister for Education the measures she plans to take to respond to the lack of ASD classrooms in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [36648/21]

*80. To ask the Minister for Education if schools (details supplied) will be encouraged and or facilitated to set up ASD classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [36649/21]

*81. To ask the Minister for Education if two children with learning difficulties from the same family both in primary school are entitled to the same hours for the July provision, that is, ten hours each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [36715/21]

*82. To ask the Minister for Education if her Department has guidance and or a policy concerning the publication of shortlisting criteria for candidates who apply for teaching positions in public schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36740/21]

Chun an Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí: To the Minister for Social Protection.

*83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36627/21]

*84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the disability awareness support scheme by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36628/21]

*85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the employee retention grant scheme for employees who have acquired an illness, condition or impairment by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36629/21]

*86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the reasonable accommodation fund by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36630/21]

*87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a grant is available to assist a domestic violence service that is helping victims of domestic abuse to purchase CCTV cameras in order that victims can be safe in their own homes (details supplied); if there is funding which could be made available; if an official from her office will make contact with the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [36633/21] 3101

*88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the disruption which has occurred to the issuing of a certification of birth, PPS numbers and so on, for newly born children; the steps that are being taken to resolve the issues; and the provision that is being made in cases in which such certification is urgently needed. — . [36640/21]

*89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the provision of pensions to community employment supervisors; the timeline for the commencement of these pensions for supervisors who are approaching retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [36663/21]

*90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full review will take place into the application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36706/21]

*91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rural social scheme supervisors will be included in the proposal for a once-off gratuity to be paid on retirement to community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marian Harkin. [36721/21]

*92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36723/21]

Chun an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige: To the Minister for Children, Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth.

*93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for young adult writers with disabilities. — . [36596/21]

*94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding streams are available for a youth project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [36742/21]

*95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his Department’s expert group on a new funding model for childcare in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36785/21]

*96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the input he has had on the Economic Recovery Plan with regard to childcare during and after the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [36786/21]

*97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the public consultation process relative to the proposed national standards for children’s services; if he plans to have a separate standard for foster care similar to the 2003 document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [30595/21]

Chun an Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta: To the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research; Innovation and Science.

*98. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consistency will be shown in allocations for SUSI grants in order that no student has their grant

P.T.O 3102 downgraded midway through their degree while living in the same accommodation such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide a clear income disregard with regard to the special maintenance for pandemic unemployment payment earnings given that this can push some families just above the €24,000 threshold per year. — Paul Murphy. [36597/21]

*99. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 168 and 169 of 30 June 2021, the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the reckonable income threshold for entitlement to student universal support Ireland allowance in increments of 1% up to 10% in regard of 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% maintenance rates and simultaneously increasing the payment rates in increments of 1% up to 10%, in tabular form. — Mairéad Farrell. [36704/21]

*100. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of all members of the National Training Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36718/21]

*101. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36853/21]

*102. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures in place to provide added protection for those living in student-specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul McAuliffe. [36848/21]

*103. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place to assist universities in the construction of purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul McAuliffe. [36849/21]

*104. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount and share of the State expenditure on research and development spending in the area of cyber security since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30808/21]

*105. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science an bhfuil plé déanta aige riamh leis an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas mar gheall ar an dualgas atá acu faoi alt 4 den Acht Údarás um Ard-Oideachais, 1971, i leith athchóiriú na Gaeilge mar theanga náisiúnta; an bhfuil sé den tuairim go bhfuil an dualgas sin á chomhlíonadh acu; agus an bhfuil polasaí aige chun an dualgas sin a threisiú agus a chinntiú. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36779/21]

Chun an Aire Dlí agus Cirt: To the Minister for Justice.

*106. To ask the Minister for Justice if she has signed-off on the approval of the appointment of a person (details supplied) to positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [36602/21]

*107. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will consider revising the licensing laws to extend the opening hours of licensed premises such as public houses in order to mitigate the loss of earnings caused by restrictions on indoor services being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [36608/21] 3103

*108. To ask the Minister for Justice if the right of the family members of EU citizens under EU Directive 2004/38/EC to accompany an EU citizen exercising their free movement rights in Europe includes the right to accompany an EU citizen to Ireland, in this case the spouse of the EU citizen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [36634/21]

*109. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will examine the situation in cases of shared custody arrangements that permission is needed from the other parent if one wishes to bring their children to Northern Ireland recognising the freedoms granted by the Good Friday Agreement in respect to an open Border and the unnecessary difficulties this presents for families living in Border communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [36657/21]

*110. To ask the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36673/21]

*111. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the Garda Síochána review overseen by the Policing Authority into the cancelling of 999 calls; if she has received the conclusions of the review to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36750/21]

*112. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will consult with the Garda Commissioner to consider the introduction of a medal scheme for members of An Garda Síochána in recognition of their service during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [34293/21]

Chun an Aire Sláinte: To the Minister for Health.

*113. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement procedures performed throughout the State on a regional and hospital basis. — Alan Kelly. [30248/21]

*114. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to a child (details supplied) for a device. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30249/21]

*115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts currently operative and unfilled in north County Kildare; the length of time each post has been vacant; the process and length of recruitment for each; the date on which he expects these to be filled; the number of children currently waiting for psychological treatment in the area in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [30250/21]

*116. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to exempting those vaccinated with WHO approved vaccines from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30251/21]

*117. To ask the Minister for Health if fully vaccinated persons from the USA can visit Ireland without mandatory hotel quarantining once they have been vaccinated with an-EMA recognised vaccine and present with a negative PCR test carried out within the previous 72 hours on arrival. — Michael McNamara. [30252/21]

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*118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive their Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [30253/21]

*119. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to examine how Government can continue to support drugs and alcohol taskforces in identifying local need in communities and support targeted initiatives addressing drug and alcohol misuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30254/21]

*120. To ask the Minister for Health when University of Limerick Hospitals’ adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate the DAFNE (details supplied); and when DAFNE will be operational in University of Limerick Hospital for adults with type 1 diabetes. — . [30255/21]

*121. To ask the Minister for Health when the three whole-time equivalent dietitian posts announced in January 2021 will be recruited as part of winter plan and will commence their posts in University of Limerick Hospital adult diabetes services; and to outline the portion of the three whole time equivalent posts that are assigned to adult diabetes care in the acute services in Limerick, Ennis and diabetes clinics. — Niall Collins. [30256/21]

*122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years who are attending University of Limerick Hospital groups’ adult diabetes service who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition. — Niall Collins. [30257/21]

*123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment for the outpatients diabetes clinic in University of Limerick hospitals group; and the number waiting over 12, 24 months, 36 months, 4 years and over 5 years, respectively in tabular form. — Niall Collins. [30258/21]

*124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [30259/21]

*125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue (details supplied) in relation to Covid-19 regulations. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30260/21]

*126. To ask the Minister for Health when Portiuncula Hospital will take delivery of a new CT scanner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30261/21]

*127. To ask the Minister for Health when the contract will be signed for the new 50-bed ward block a Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [30262/21]

*128. To ask the Minister for Health the additional capital and capacity measures provided for in the HSE winter plan 2020-2021 to address the additional demands placed on the acute hospital system as a result of Covid-19; the planned completion date as set out in the plan for each project; the current estimated delivery time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [30263/21] 3105

*129. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a general practitioner for a rural town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [30264/21]

*130. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the nursing home sector regarding the temporary assistance payment scheme which has provided financial assistance to nursing homes for infection prevention control; the way his Department will fund this ongoing requirement after 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Creed. [30439/21]

*131. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine for those in cohort 7 such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and the way patients are referred for allocated slots for the vaccine. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [30440/21]

*132. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to persons who have received one dose of a vaccine (details supplied) but are only 30% protected against the Indian variant and are not due to receive their second dose for a number of weeks making them vulnerable to infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [30441/21]

*133. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to act on the recommendations of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response and commission an inquiry into the deaths that occurred in long-term residential nursing homes from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [30442/21]

*134. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered reducing the gap between the first and second doses of a vaccine (details supplied) to ensure recipients are protected against the B16172 variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30443/21]

*135. To ask the Minister for Health if those who require the vaccine for essential reasons such as travelling for education will be considered for vaccination outside of their age cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30444/21]

*136. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish an inquiry into the prescribing of sodium valproate also known as epilim particularly its effects for women of child-bearing age and children in utero; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30445/21]

*137. To ask the Minister for Health when four additional epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30446/21]

*138. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to cease the temporary assistance payment scheme (details supplied). — Joan Collins. [30447/21]

*139. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays for vaccination appointments at the vaccination centre Punchestown, County Kildare; the actions being taken to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30448/21]

*140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a referral to CAMHS in Cherry Orchard. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [30449/21]

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*141. To ask the Minister for Health if a mechanism will be introduced post-30 June 2021 in lieu of the temporary assistance payment scheme to support nursing homes in continuing to implement infection prevention measures. — Cathal Crowe. [30450/21]

*142. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the examination of the boarding out scheme in the context of the overall reform of older persons services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marian Harkin. [30451/21]

*143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays faced by cohort 7 in getting the Covid-19 vaccines; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [30452/21]

*144. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on national panels for psychologist staff grade posts have not been made aware of the new recruitment campaign and change in the panel process; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [30453/21]

*145. To ask the Minister for Health the potential of current and planned Covid-19 vaccines to vaccinate children under 15 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe O’Brien. [30454/21]

*146. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement and tendering process for homecare services within the HSE; when a person (details supplied) will receive clarification regarding the procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30455/21]

*147. To ask the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals’ adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate DAFNE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30456/21]

*148. To ask the Minister for Health when the DAFNE will be operational in University of Limerick Hospital for adults with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [30457/21]

*149. To ask the Minister for Health when the three whole-time equivalent dietitian posts announced in January 2021, will be recruited as part of a winter plan will commence their posts in University of Limerick Hospital adult diabetes services; the portion of the three whole-time equivalent posts that are assigned to adult diabetes care in the acute services in Limerick, Ennis and Nenagh diabetes clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [30458/21]

*150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University of Limerick Hospitals Groups’ adult diabetes service who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [30459/21]

*151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes waiting on a first appointment for the outpatients diabetes clinic in University of Limerick Hospitals group; and the number waiting over 12, 24, 36 months, over 4 and over 5 years, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [30460/21] 3107

*152. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to protect patients from adverse effects including stress in cases in which their debts for hospital charges are passed on to debt collectors; if he will consider removing these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [30461/21]

*153. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2018 Hospital Car Parking Review will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [30462/21]

*154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accelerate the administration of a second vaccine (details supplied) to the 60 to 70 age group who have to wait 12-weeks for their second vaccine given the low level of protection that one dose of the vaccine is providing against the newer variants of Covid-19 specifically the Indian and the Thai variants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cathal Crowe. [30463/21]

*155. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to further reducing the intervals between the first and second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30464/21]

*156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the 12-week gap between the first and second dose of a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kieran O’Donnell. [30465/21]

*157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the appointment of a dermatologist (details supplied) at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. — Peter Burke. [30466/21]

*158. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the 12-week gap in the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in the 60 to 70 age cohort needs to be revisited in view of the Indian variant and UK vaccination advice and the mathematical modelling on the variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [30467/21]

*159. To ask the Minister for Health if the granting of new protective helmets will be expedited for children (details supplied) with diagnoses of neurofibromatosis, ASD and epilepsy who are at risk of and experiencing drop injuries given that their current helmets are too small; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [30468/21]

*160. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 583 of 17 December 2020 and 646 of 3 February 2021, the reason that the HSE has refused to disclose the location of the 18 ambulatory care hubs; if his Department has been provided with locations for some or all of these hubs; if so, the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [30469/21]

*161. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration given to accepting a test to detect Covid-19 (details supplied) instead of standard PCR tests for the purposes of travel into and out of the country; the discussions that have taken place a EU level and with the airlines in relation to this matter in view of the imminent introduction of the digital certificate for travelling in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [30470/21]

*162. 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. — Michael Healy-Rae. [30471/21]

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*163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commencement of part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015; if the Director of the Decision Support Services completed and published the final code of practice; when the Act will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30472/21]

*164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme to include further supports for July, August and September 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30473/21]

*165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rare diseases currently identified in Ireland; the extent to which various medications are available, are approval-pending or awaiting reimbursement approval; the number of patients affected; the expected timescale to bring matters up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30474/21]

*166. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which his Department has examined the number of appliances currently available on the market to facilitate air purification, some with an ability to remove 100% of viruses; if these appliances can or have been examined with a view to determining their suitability for certain areas in hospitals, nursing homes or other indoor locations with a view to further curtailing the potential spread of Covid-19 or its variants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30475/21]

*167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether all teachers will be vaccinated by September 2021. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30504/21]

*168. To ask the Minister for Health when all teachers will be fully vaccinated. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30505/21]

*169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [30507/21]

*170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychosurgery procedures that were carried out by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30508/21]

*171. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for first and second dose vaccinations of cohort 7 people aged 16 to 64 at high risk (details supplied); when all first doses will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kieran O’Donnell. [30509/21]

*172. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Health Service App from the United Kingdom or a certificate as proof of full vaccination will be accepted here thus allowing persons from Britain with proof of double vaccination to travel freely to Ireland without having to face mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30510/21]

*173. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes will continue beyond June 2021 in view of the fact that the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel: Final Report requires the nursing home sector to implement considerablere source-intensive recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30511/21] 3109

*174. To ask the Minister for Health if persons travelling into the country from states on the mandatory hotel quarantine list will be provided with an exemption to mandatory hotel quarantine in cases in which they are fully vaccinated with a World Health Organisation approved vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30512/21]

*175. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Medicines Agency is assessing a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied) for validation; and if so, the status of any such process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30513/21]

*176. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to reducing the time period between the two doses of a vaccine (details supplied) in order to facilitate persons in their 60s who are anxious to be fully vaccinated sooner than those of a younger cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30514/21]

*177. To ask the Minister for Health when first holy communion and confirmation ceremonies will be allowed to take place in churches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [30515/21]

*178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the national immunisation advisory committee to review the interval between the administration of the first and the second dose of a vaccine (details supplied) given the arrival of the Indian variant to Ireland and the vulnerability of many of those who have received the first dose of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [30516/21]

*179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages that were provided in County in each of the years 2017 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [30589/21]

*180. To ask the Minister for Health if, under new guidelines, communions and confirmations will go ahead, particularly in smaller school with groups of 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [30590/21]

*181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [30591/21]

*182. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine to persons fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [30592/21]

*183. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to continue with the temporary assistance payment after 30 June 2021; if not, the measure that will be introduced to replace the scheme to ensure that no cliff edge will present in regard to Covid-19 supports for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [30593/21]

*184. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to return to indoor training for dance schools; if persons are allowed to return to gyms for individual training and to partake in sports in which multiple persons are using the same equipment and so on; the reason this is not the case in relation to dance classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Donnelly. [30594/21]

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*185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the recognition of a vaccine (details supplied) that if taken by a passenger would allow them to avoid mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [30596/21]

*186. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to case of home carers who have received one dose of a vaccine (details supplied) and have to wait 12-weeks for the second dose given that in many cases those they care for are now fully vaccinated; if their wait time will be expedited in view of variant concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [30597/21]

*187. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by therapy specialty, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and social workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30598/21]

*188. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated to recruit additional therapist posts in the HSEs children’s disability services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30599/21]

*189. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in therapist posts within the HSEs children’s disability services identified in the HSEs Capacity Review Report on Disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30600/21]

*190. To ask the Minister for Health when zolgensma gene therapy will be approved for reimbursement for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [30601/21]

*191. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to vaccinate those who could not avail of their vaccination slot through no fault of their own (details supplied); the steps they can take in order to obtain the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [30602/21]

*192. To ask the Minister for Health if he, in conjunction with the HSE will ensure that those undertaking doctorates in counselling, educational psychology and so on, are treated the same as their counterparts studying clinical psychology in terms of HSE stipends and funding (details supplied). — Cathal Crowe. [30603/21]

*193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that children are required to have PCR tests when coming from EU countries when non-essential travel reopens in July 2021 given that children cannot be vaccinated and the requirement for PCR tests will put the cost of a family holiday beyond the means of many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [30604/21]

*194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding will be made available to allow a facility (details supplied) to run a summer camp for children with special needs in , in summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [30610/21]

*195. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to long-term Covid patients (details supplied) having difficulties accessing treatment and experiencing difficulties 3111 with employers; if he and or the HSE are providing or plan to provide support and treatment for those battling long-term Covid infections; if so, the details of the support and treatment; if he has considered establishing a register of long-Covid patients and official recognition of long-Covid for the purposes of illness benefit claims and educating the general public and employers of the existence of this hidden illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [30627/21]

*196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [30628/21]

*197. To ask the Minister for Health if a pass-through dishwasher, a ventilation system and stainless steel cupboards will be replaced as a matter of urgency for catering staff at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare given that the cupboards in the kitchen area of the hospital are now falling apart due to water damage, which is obviously a health and safety issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [30629/21]

*198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [30648/21]

*199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of peri-menopausal services in the HSE including details of clinics available to support women in need of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [30649/21]

*200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the tandem insulin pump; if he will provide clarification on matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [30650/21]

*201. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for psychiatric hours available in County Cork has been reduced by the HSE recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [30651/21]

*202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed on whole-time equivalent terms in each of his Department’s twelve divisions on 1 June 2020 and 1 June 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30662/21]

*203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any meetings or engagements he or officials from his Department have had with representatives of the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2020 to date; the purpose of each meeting and engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30663/21]

*204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s 2021 output target to establish a nursing home expert panel and report with a view to developing a Bill to enhance the regulation and oversight of nursing homes, including increased enforcement powers and the establishment of a licensing framework for the professional home support providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30664/21]

*205. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently announced reforms to the nursing home support scheme include a distinction between land which is farmed versus land which is leased; if so, the different treatments that would apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30665/21]

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*206. To ask the Minister for Health if children of farmers who inherit land from a parent who has land and entitlements leased to a non-relative under the tax incentive scheme are to be afforded the same proposed three-year capping at 7.5% as other inheritors whose parents did not lease out land under the recently announced reforms to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30666/21]

*207. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 840 and 847 of 3 February 2021, the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [30667/21]

*208. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of a Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied) for the 12 to 15-year age bracket for those with underlying conditions. — Cathal Crowe. [30668/21]

*209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity in the rates of payment to private nursing homes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [30784/21]

*210. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change the assessment of the fair deal rate paid to private nursing homes from a by county basis to a care need basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [30785/21]

Chun an Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara: To the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

*211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the GLAS scheme for existing participants for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36586/21]

*212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected capital spend for marine projects for 2021; the projects that will be completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36665/21]

*213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget for Bord Iascaigh Mhara for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36666/21]

*214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget dedicated to fisheries in Bord Bia for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36668/21]

*215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36669/21]

*216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if handline mackerel caught inside an EU country’s baseline is not included in that country’s quota for that species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36671/21]

*217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the work currently ongoing on the cardinal markers at the Marine Institute’s offshore energy test site off An Spidéal, 3113

Contae na Gaillimhe; the details of the foreshore permit and the environmental assessments for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36867/21]

*218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount, source and purpose of all funding received by the Marine Institute since March 2017 to date in 2021 which relates to any part of the 1/4 scale offshore energy test site located on the nearshore of An Spidéal, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36869/21]

*219. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara soiléiriú a thabhairt maidir leis an ról atá ag Foras na Mara i measúnachtaí tionchair timpeallachta i leith forbairtí uisceshaothraithe mara; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Catherine Connolly. [36870/21]

CEISTEANNA, SEACHAS CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH, I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL DÉARDAOIN, 8 IÚIL, 2021 QUESTIONS, OTHER THAN QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY, FOR ORAL ANSWER ON THURSDAY, 8 JULY, 2021

Chun an Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta: To the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research; Innovation and Science.

1. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proactive steps his Department is taking to address university fees which are the highest in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36821/21]

2. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the Employment Control Framework and the increase of precarious work in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36804/21]

3. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that will be implemented to intensify co-operation on a North/South basis in the areas of further education and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [36830/21]

4. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of arrangements under the Third Country Researchers’ Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36847/21]

5. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the apprenticeship waiting lists; the number of apprentices who are waiting for off the job training; and the number who have been waiting for over a year. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36803/21]

6. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the role his Department played in the appointment of a person (details supplied) to a position. — Brian Stanley. [36551/21]

7. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he will take to ensure a greater regional aspect to the newly proposed national apprentice

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8. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress regarding implementation of the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive: Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [36845/21]

9. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the application for a technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [35501/21]

10. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he has had with third-level institutions to ensure that 2020-2021 first-year students who did not attend their courses due to distance learning will have the necessary supports in place to transition to on-campus learning for 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36800/21]

11. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there was a compliant appointment process for the appointment of a person (details supplied) to a position. — Brian Stanley. [36550/21]

12. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide greater clarity on the opening of further and higher education campuses in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [36775/21]

13. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the proposed SOLAS FET funding model of the future for the Youthreach programme will be funded based on the number of students completing the programme with QQI certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [36508/21]

14. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [36850/21]

15. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI qualification thresholds will be increased; the other initiatives he plans to assist students and their families meet the financial challenges of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36763/21]

16. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he has taken to ensure that the voice of persons with disabilities are heard in further and higher educational institutions by ensuring representation on university and college boards of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36832/21]

17. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to ensure that students in this jurisdiction looking to study outside of the CAO system are not disadvantaged by the late issuing of leaving certificate results in 2021; and the engagement he has had to ensure that students from Northern Ireland looking to study through CAO are similarly not disadvantaged. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36691/21] 3115

18. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress with the Connacht-Ulster Alliance following its application for a technological university; the likely timeline involved; if this can be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36833/21]

19. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for increasing university places which feed into the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Cullinane. [35502/21]

20. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, on the basis that one of Europe’s largest off-shore windfarms is planned for development off the Clare coast, he will give consideration to developing a centre of excellence for skills and training in the renewable energy sector in County Clare. — Cathal Crowe. [36589/21]

21. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the options being put in place by his Department to fund large-scale capital projects for education and training boards; if the eligibility for funding will include the construction of new headquarters buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36834/21]

22. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of the student contribution charge in 2022 for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36802/21]

23. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the protocols in place which would allow third-level institutions to canvass for and secure funding from private companies for the development of their facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [36761/21]

24. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the SUSI deduction for holiday earnings earned outside of term time up to a maximum of €4,500 is being applied to students who received the pandemic unemployment payment instead as their employment was interrupted by the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gary Gannon. [36828/21]

25. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made to date under the National Adult Literacy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [36855/21]

26. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the degree to which he is confident that adequate apprenticeships or retraining places remain available throughout 2021 and thereafter for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36764/21]

27. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his recent engagements in relation to a facility (details supplied); if he will provide clarity regarding the ongoing situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [36774/21]

28. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it will be ensured that students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment can have €4,500 disregarded in line with the normal treatment of payments for holiday work or the

P.T.O 3116 employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36660/21]

29. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the take-up of the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36857/21]

30. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta cén fáth nach bhfuil ról an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas i leith athchóiriú na Gaeilge mar theanga náisiúnta sonraithe in alt 4 den Acht Údarás um Ard-Oideachas, 1971, luaite sa scéim ghinearálta don Bhille nua Údarás um Ard-Oideachais; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige fáil réidh leis an dualgas reachtúil seo atá ag an Údarás um Ard-Oideachais, agus má tá, cén fáth. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36778/21]

31. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to raise the thresholds of eligibility and the grants for higher education grants under the SUSI scheme in view of the rapidly increasing cost of accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [35626/21]

32. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of SUSI and graduate entry medicine given students who currently wish to study graduate entry medicine face immense financial barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gary Gannon. [36829/21]

33. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the SUSI review and if consideration is being given to extending the scheme to part- time and postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gary Gannon. [36826/21]

34. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 23 June 2021, the amount of financial support provided by his Department and or the HEA to Dundalk Institute of Technology to assist in the purchase of the sports campus in 2014 which includes a building (details supplied); if conditions were attached to the provision of funds in terms of a requirement to return monies to the State in the event that the building would be sold by the institute in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36692/21]

35. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the provisions being made by his Department to introduce a sustainable funding model to address the funding deficit of the higher education sector in Ireland identified in the landmark Cassells report published in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Verona Murphy. [36822/21]

36. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the provisions his Department is making to provide additional third-level capacity for the expert professions needed to provide the proper healthcare services throughout the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Verona Murphy. [36824/21]

37. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the position of students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment and who now face cuts to their SUSI grant as a result of the additional reckonable income will be reviewed in 3117 view of the extraordinary difficulties faced by this cohort over the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36661/21]

38. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for the communication of the final report on the review of the student grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Verona Murphy. [36825/21]

39. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of a recently published report (details supplied) and in particular those recommendations related to making third-level education more affordable for mature students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36792/21]

40. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which his Department continues to coordinate opportunities to emphasise the sciences, innovation and research with a view to ensuring the maximum level of preparedness to graduates through such channels having particular regard to the needs in an ever increasingly competitive market place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36765/21]

41. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the situation in 2020 whereby many students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years were pushed out of their CAO course preference due to grade inflation; and the steps he has taken to ensure that these students are not disadvantaged in accessing third-level in 2021. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36690/21]

42. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the guarantee that can issue to third-level students that a decision on the return to face-to-face third- level teaching will issue before students have to financially commit to accommodation in order to avoid the uncertainty experienced at the beginning of the 2020-2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [36799/21]

43. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will still be eligible for SUSI grants. — Thomas Gould. [36790/21]

44. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of medicine and nursing places that have already been filled by those that deferred and or who sat their leaving certificate in November 2020; the number of additional nursing and medicine places that will be added for Irish and EU students in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36805/21]

45. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the substantial increase in on-campus accommodation costs for higher education institutes for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36801/21]

46. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to assess and address the literacy and numeracy levels in the adult population in this country. — . [36777/21]

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47. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices recruited in 2021 under the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme; the targets for the scheme for the remainder of 2021 and for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [36689/21]

48. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the progress report of the Technical University of the South-East; when the report is expected to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [36694/21]

49. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the advancement of the reforms of the SUSI grant; the expected date for any changes to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [36846/21]

50. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there was an increase in the number of students who received a reduction in their grant in 2020- 2021 compared to previous years; his views on whether this is due to including the pandemic unemployment payment as income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gary Gannon. [36827/21]

51. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of plans for third-level students to return to on-campus learning in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [36372/21]

52. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to develop the next national research and innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [36851/21]

53. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to offer new and additional courses at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest’s Ennis campus. — Cathal Crowe. [36590/21]

54. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the September 2021 reopening plans for third-level, further education, training and skills institutes and services; if the relevant institutions, staff, student and trainee representative bodies are involved in reopening plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [36693/21]

55. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is considering additional measures or initiatives to help recruit mature apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [36687/21]

56. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current and planned supports to improve access to further and higher education and training learners with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [36854/21]

57. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to remove the pandemic unemployment payment from the reckonable income calculations for the SUSI scheme in order that students who exceed the threshold for financial support as a result of having received the payment will not be disqualified from the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36791/21] 3119

58. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Plunket College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul McAuliffe. [36772/21]

59. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to provide extra places on apprenticeship schemes for the building trade; the steps he has taken to attract more persons to apply for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [35627/21]

60. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta an aontaíonn sé go bhfuil dualgas aige comhfhreagras trí Ghaeilge a fhreagairt as Gaeilge, de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, cén fáth nár chomhlíonaigh sé an dualgas sin sa bhfreagra a thug sé ar mo cheist parlaiminte uimhir 407 den 29 Meitheamh 2021, agus an bhfuil sé dáiríre faoi dualgais reachtúil i leith na Gaeilge in ainneoin go bhfuil sé ag baint an dualgas i leith na Gaeilge ón Údarás um Ard-Oideachas sa Bhille nua molta don eagras sin, de réir an Scéim Ghinearálta. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36780/21]

61. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the full integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick’s into the higher education system in the south-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [36842/21]

62. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to progress a third-level NUI campus on the northside of Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Gould. [36789/21]

63. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all of the necessary structures have now been put in place including the appointment of the board of management for the Munster Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [36703/21]

64. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Whitehall College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul McAuliffe. [36773/21]

65. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of plans for a full return to campus at the start of the 2021 academic year; the status of the use of antigen tests to enable this return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36856/21]

66. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the planned supports to integrate students back on campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [36843/21]

67. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the new apprenticeship programmes due to come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Flaherty. [36852/21]

68. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for continued engagement with Munster Technological University as it develops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36762/21]

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69. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there has been provision made for the third-level students who cannot for physiological reasons avail of the Covid-19 vaccine but wish to return to campus physically in the 2021-2022 college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36525/21]

70. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way the €3 million secured in 2020 to underpin well-being and mental health and student services in higher education institutions was spent; the way it was administered; and the services provided by this funding. — Mark Ward. [36509/21]

71. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department has taken to ensure the SUSI application process and in particular the area of family estrangement is more reflective of Irish society in 2021. — Sorca Clarke. [36776/21]

72. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the proposed technical university of the south east; the outcome of the review of the project by an international panel and proposed finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [36841/21]

73. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the provisions in place to ensure third-level students will return to on-campus in-person activities in September 2021 in view of the potential spread of the Covid-19 Delta strain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Verona Murphy. [36823/21]

74. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider establishing an engineering certification in the Ennis campus of Limerick Institute of Technology in order to provide qualified engineers which will be needed in the region in the close future with the development of green energy infrastructure such as green Atlantic at Moneypoint project. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36526/21]

75. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans and facilities including the range of courses and number of students and staff involved with the Ennis third-level campus of the Technological University of the Shannon; his views on the measures needed to ensure that Ennis will prosper as a university town; the regional assistance that will be needed to facilitate the new facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Carey. [36623/21]

76. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to further support digital online learning for students in further and higher education to enable their full participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [36844/21]

77. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proposals there are to develop opportunities for additional North/South co-operation in the provision of further education and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [36831/21]

78. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the Cassells report; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [36371/21] 3121

Chun an Aire Dlí agus Cirt: To the Minister for Justice.

79. To ask the Minister for Justice the proposals there are for further co-operation with the authorities in Northern Ireland in relation to the need to implement effective measures to deal with the scourge of illicit drugs on this island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [36818/21]

80. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Tipperary division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [36798/21]

81. To ask the Minister for Justice the extent to which improvements can be made in the processing of visas for employment here and the processing of applications for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36757/21]

82. To ask the Minister for Justice the reason the work of the Jury Reform Group has been stopped; the costs to date of the work of the group; if there are plans for reform in this area; if the group will deliver a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36702/21]

83. To ask the Minister for Justice her plans for the expansion of Garda CCTV in County Carlow to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [36767/21]

84. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry Garda districts of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [36795/21]

85. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will report on the progress being made on the implementation of A Policing Service for the Future plan with reference to County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Kieran O’Donnell. [36514/21]

86. To ask the Minister for Justice the initiatives that are being taken to address rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [36797/21]

87. To ask the Minister for Justice her views on the report by the Mental Health Commission (details supplied) that states the highest number of applications to involuntarily detain persons that came from An Garda Síochána; the training that is in place; the interaction her Department has had with the Department of Health on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [36578/21]

88. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the work of her Department in relation to the identification of unidentified bodies and linking this data with the missing persons database; and the progress her Department has made in its work referenced in a reply to a Topical Issue raised by this Deputy on 4 March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [36632/21]

89. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Garda superintendents who will be based in County Kerry for 2022. — Pa Daly. [36611/21]

90. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the new local partnership projects for community safety which were announced in November 2020; her plans for further resourcing and

P.T.O 3122 funding of the projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [36696/21]

91. To ask the Minister for Justice her plans for the expansion of CCTV to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [36576/21]

92. To ask the Minister for Justice if there are plans to restructure the community safety forums, the local policing forums and the joint policing committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [36511/21]

93. To ask the Minister for Justice the supports that are provided for prisoners, such as educational and employment supports; the number of prisoners availing of these supports in recent years; if there are plans to increase and expand the supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36552/21]

94. To ask the Minister for Justice when resumption and progression to decision on all naturalisation applications currently waitlisted when the return of original documentation is expected on these applications; the number of 2019 applications and the number of 2020 applications not yet concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [36796/21]

95. To ask the Minister for Justice the additional supports being provided for existing CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [36577/21]

96. To ask the Minister for Justice her views on comments by the Mental Health Commission on the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; if she will request a report from An Garda Síochána on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [36752/21]

97. To ask the Minister for Justice the details of any meetings or contact she has had with the Mental Health Commission on its concerns over the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Gino Kenny. [36754/21]

98. To ask the Minister for Justice the arrangements made for recommencing prison visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [35629/21]

99. To ask the Minister for Justice her plans to remove the period of residence requirements with regard to the forthcoming scheme to regularise undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36760/21]

100. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Roscommon- Longford division; the number of community Gardaí in the Westmeath division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Flaherty. [36816/21]

101. To ask the Minister for Justice the initiatives being taken to address knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [36768/21]

102. To ask the Minister for Justice the plans that are in place for the expansion of Garda CCTV in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry Garda districts of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [36794/21] 3123

103. To ask the Minister for Justice the communication her Department has had with the Garda Commissioner in respect of the unanswered 999 calls which were largely in relation to domestic violence reports; her views on whether this could potentially point to a significant attitude with respect to domestic abuse within An Garda Síochána; the assurances the Commissioner has offered with a view to remediation in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Shanahan. [36840/21]

104. To ask the Minister for Justice if she has considered demands from the family of a person (details supplied) for an independent inquiry into their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36701/21]

105. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the Statement of Strategy 2022-2024 for An Garda Síochána; if her attention has been drawn to plans to expand the Garda Information Services Centre in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36815/21]

106. To ask the Minister for Justice the nature of any investigation taking place into the cancellation of emergency calls by An Garda Síochána by her Department; the person or body that is undertaking the investigation; if such investigations will reveal the location and personnel involved in cancellation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36698/21]

107. To ask the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 3 June 2021, the status of the audit of the way responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is segmented across different State agencies; if she has received the final report to date; when the final report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36759/21]

108. To ask the Minister for Justice the initiatives being taken to provide greater supports to victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [36808/21]

109. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of complaints and allegations received by the Garda Ombudsman in each of the years 2017 to 2020 regarding members of An Garda Síochána. — Brian Stanley. [36813/21]

110. To ask the Minister for Justice the progress of the Gambling Control Bill. — Thomas Gould. [36787/21]

111. To ask the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to issues in relation to the progression of the regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants (details supplied); if her Department is working to address those concerns and challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [36695/21]

112. To ask the Minister for Justice her proposals to improve gambling regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [36769/21]

113. To ask the Minister for Justice the position in relation to the alarming cancellation of 999 calls; the actions taken in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [36770/21]

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114. To ask the Minister for Justice if additional measures will be implemented on a cross- Border basis to deal with the illicit trade in illegal drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [36819/21]

115. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will report on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Flaherty. [36817/21]

116. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations made by the interim parole board to the her since 1 February 2021; the number of these decided; the number of cases in which the recommendation of the board was not accepted or was amended, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [35628/21]

117. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of criminal investigations which were opened by the Garda Ombudsman against members of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2017 to 2020. — Brian Stanley. [36812/21]

118. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will report on progress made by the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36699/21]

119. To ask the Minister for Justice the Irish prisons that are providing a comprehensive hepatitis C and or infectious disease treatment programme within the prison facilities in view of the fact it is reported that up to 13% of the Irish prison population have hepatitis C; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [36679/21]

120. To ask the Minister for Justice the plans in place to ensure citizenship cases are processed in a speedy and efficient manner; if extra staff have been allocated to the Burgh Quay office; the plans in place for increased communication with applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36553/21]

121. To ask the Minister for Justice the most up-to-date position in relation to efforts to pardon a person (details supplied) who was wrongly hanged in 1895; if the continuation of the process initiated by the former Minister for Justice in order that they will be pardoned and closure can be given to their relatives will proceed; the timeline regarding the future process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36382/21]

122. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will report on the scheme to regularise undocumented migrants; the targets for the commencement of the scheme; the estimated number of persons to be regularised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [36299/21]

123. To ask the Minister for Justice the next stages for advancing Macroom’s new Garda station; if her Department has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [32466/21]

124. To ask the Minister for Justice the extent to which the strength of An Garda Síochána at present is sufficient to meet the policing requirements in all areas throughout the country both urban and rural; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36758/21]

125. To ask the Minister for Justice the actions that are being taken to ensure no cancellations occur of emergency calls to An Garda Síochána at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [36751/21] 3125

126. To ask the Minister for Justice if An Garda Síochána is suitably resourced, trained and equipped to implement the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020; if her attention has been drawn to reports that some Garda stations have advised they are not in a position to manage it yet; if a directive can be sent to the force in that regard to ensure the law is available to all who may need to rely on the protections within it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [36781/21]

127. To ask the Minister for Justice if a firearm and knife amnesty will be considered; if she has studied the success or otherwise of such initiatives in other jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36756/21]

128. To ask the Minister for Justice the impact the proposed changes and regularisation of the direct provision scheme will have on persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Shanahan. [36837/21]

129. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the implementation of recommendations contained within the Scoping Report into Community Safety and Wellbeing in Drogheda by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [36771/21]

130. To ask the Minister for Justice if the expungement of 607 sex-work convictions announced by her Department on 25 April 2021 has taken place. — Cathal Crowe. [36591/21]

131. To ask the Minister for Justice if she has been provided with any communications or interim reports in relation alleged Garda activity irregularities in Dunmore East, County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Shanahan. [36839/21]

132. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will consider reviewing the application fees for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; if consideration will be given to a weighted reduction in application fees for persons that have been resident in Ireland for significantly longer periods than the minimum eligibility requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36814/21]

133. To ask the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the cancellations of emergency calls by Garda divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Gino Kenny. [36753/21]

134. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Laois-Offaly division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [36809/21]

135. To ask the Minister for Justice her views on the transition from regional to operational responsibilities within the hierarchy of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pa Daly. [36612/21]

136. To ask the Minister for Justice the current position of the criminal legal aid scheme for barristers which has not been subject to pay restoration arising from the FEMPI cuts and has remained static or reversed over the past 20 years; the impact this is having and will continue to have on availability of counsel to both defend and prosecute cases; if parity with other professions which have seen pay restoration will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [36782/21]

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