DÁIL ÉIREANN
Dé Máirt, 6 Iúil, 2021 Tuesday, 6th July, 2021
CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS
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CEISTEANNA I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
Chun an Taoisigh: To the Taoiseach.
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [33146/21]
2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [33378/21]
3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. — Mick Barry. [34650/21]
4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34684/21]
5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. — Paul Murphy. [34687/21]
6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. — Bríd Smith. [34689/21]
7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination is next due to meet. — Dara Calleary. [34711/21]
8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36565/21]
9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work, role and staffing of the recently established social dialogue unit in his Department. — Alan Kelly. [33147/21]
10. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. — Bríd Smith. [33406/21]
11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue coordination unit of his Department. — Mary Lou McDonald. [34510/21]
12. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. — Mick Barry. [34651/21]
13. To ask the Taoiseach the details and remit of the recently established social dialogue unit in his Department. — Dara Calleary. [34712/21]
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14. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34839/21]
15. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. — Paul Murphy. [34842/21]
16. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36305/21]
17. To ask the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36566/21]
18. To ask the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will host its next dialogue; and the topic that will be discussed at the dialogue. — Neale Richmond. [34660/21]
19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit in his Department. — Dara Calleary. [34713/21]
20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [33500/21]
21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Mick Barry. [34652/21]
22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met. — Peadar Tóibín. [34693/21]
23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [34760/21]
24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34840/21]
25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Paul Murphy. [34843/21]
26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Bríd Smith. [34845/21]
27. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing is next due to meet. — Paul McAuliffe. [34994/21]
28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will meet next. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [36392/21]
29. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with housing will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36567/21]
30. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions at the recent European Council concerning EU relations with Russia. — Brendan Smith. [34647/21] 3037
31. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions at the recent European Council in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol. — Brendan Smith. [34648/21]
32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. — Neale Richmond. [34658/21]
33. 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]
34. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent European Council meeting. — Alan Kelly. [36197/21]
35. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council. — Seán Haughey. [36369/21]
36. 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]
37. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the Programme for Government. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36219/21]
38. 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]
39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. — Alan Kelly. [36198/21]
40. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36336/21]
41. 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]
42. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36303/21]
43. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with justice issues will next meet. — Mick Barry. [36304/21]
CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY
Chun an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige: To the Minister for Children, Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth.
44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative actions he plans to take in cases in which there is a question or doubt concerning a child’s guardianship status that their rights are ensured from the perspective of the best interests of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [36448/21]
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45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can guarantee that all children and young persons under the care of Tulsa are safe and do not have their personal data compromised in this period arising from ransomware. — Sean Sherlock. [36449/21]
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he requested his Departmental officials to conduct a review specifically into the continual discrimination of disadvantaged children through the under allocation of hours through the NCS programme given his comments made during Parliamentary Questions in May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [36216/21]
47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that the experiences of the 550 persons who gave evidence before the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes Confidential Committee are recognised and officially reflected. — Holly Cairns. [36297/21]
48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in relation to assessing the childcare needs of parents in County Cavan where service providers are indicating that they are no longer taking children under two-years of age due to the financial strain in meeting the Child Care Act 1991 early years services regulations 2016; the consideration that is being given in this regard to forward planning of places and or service the provision both at local level in County Cavan and national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36217/21]
CEISTEANNA EILE OTHER QUESTIONS
Chun an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige: To the Minister for Children, Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth.
49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his proposals to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector. — Matt Carthy. [36211/21]
50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the survey on income and costs for childcare sector being complied by Pobal to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [36208/21]
51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate steps he is taking to address the child safeguarding concerns raised in the Ombudsman for Children’s report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision. — Holly Cairns. [36288/21]
52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the decision not to implement the recommendations made within the McMahon Report on direct provision; the reason these recommendations were not implemented; if the recommendations of the Ombudsman for Children in the Safety and Welfare of Children report will be implemented before the new system of direct provision is in place; his views on the report by the Ombudsman for Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [35954/21]
53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he plans to take to fully address the devastating impacts that the national childcare scheme will have on the provision of care to disadvantaged children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [36034/21] 3039
54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the development and implementation of a national autism strategy. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36231/21]
55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarity will be given on the rights of mothers to access their own care or adoption file and the rights of siblings to information about each other in forthcoming birth information and tracing legislation. — Holly Cairns. [36285/21]
56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to advance an autism empowerment strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Cullinane. [35503/21]
57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to progress a thorough investigation of the grounds at the former Bessboro Mother and Baby Home, Cork. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36263/21]
58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to direct provision since January 2020; the number who left direct provision in that time; the arrangements being made to provide independent living units for all these residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [35624/21]
59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the plans for a women’s refuge in counties Cavan and Monaghan. — Niamh Smyth. [30190/21]
60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the commitments of the White Paper published in February 2021 in relation to ending direct provision; and the action that has been taken by his Department since then to progress this objective. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36230/21]
61. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in after-school care that are supported by schemes operated by his Department; and the distribution of these children between community facilities, private facilities, and public facilities such as schools. — Richard Bruton. [36204/21]
62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the number of reports received affecting the safety and well-being of children of all ages received during the lockdown period or since the beginning of the pandemic have been fully investigated to the satisfaction of the complainants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36213/21]
63. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in developing the concept of a childcare development agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36205/21]
64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 27 May 2020, if her Department has developed a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities implementation plan to coordinate the delivery of Ireland’s commitments to implementing the UNCRPD; if the plan has been published and is publicly accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30069/21]
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65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read the recent report on deaths in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36225/21]
66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on engagement with Travellers and their organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [36289/21]
67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has developed a data strategy that will support the collection and use of data to identify outcomes for persons with disabilities when accessing services and programmes in line with action 3D of the Mid-Term Review of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy; if not, the timeframe for when this will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30070/21]
68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the accommodation arrangements made for applicants for international protection in Galway city and county who are working as front-line workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [35625/21]
69. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 27 May 2021, the status of the strategic review by Tusla of emergency domestic violence accommodation nationwide; when the review will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36282/21]
70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the autism innovation strategy working group; the key priorities for the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [36345/21]
71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide playgrounds with accessible features for children with disabilities. — Holly Cairns. [36287/21]
72. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) since it withdrew from the National Childminding Action Plan. — Kathleen Funchion. [36210/21]
73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children taken into care are being accommodated in hotels in recent months; if this is a regular situation; the steps he plans to take to ensure children in such situations are provided with appropriate care and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36226/21]
74. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to publish the two reports his Department has commissioned into domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [36207/21]
75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be seeking additional core funding for family resource centres in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36294/21] 3041
76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the ratification process for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Optional Protocol. — Holly Cairns. [36286/21]
77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the establishment of a fund to support parents in sending children to summer camps. — Thomas Gould. [36253/21]
78. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements he has had with community childcare providers regarding the national childcare scheme detailing the concerns that have been highlighted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [36035/21]
79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Chair and authors of the Mother and Baby report since they made their report; if he is satisfied that the exclusion of the witness evidence from the main report was the correct approach; if the final report sufficiently addresses the issue of forced adoption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [36284/21]
80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the pilot vulnerability assessment scheme for international protection applicants has been implemented; the learnings his Department has gleaned from the pilot; when it is expected the standard implementation of vulnerability assessments will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [36292/21]
81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis on which records relating to health are being withheld from persons making data subject access requests in respect of records of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes held by his Department; his plans to ensure that such persons are provided with their health records in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36283/21]
82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the collaborative programmes that are being run between the Department for Education and his Department to promote and build greater tolerance of LGBTQI+ communities in view of the recent burning of a pride flag in the village of Ballon, County Carlow. — Kathleen Funchion. [36209/21]
83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the need for AIM workers to hold a level 5 ECCE qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [36206/21]
84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the research into the provision of domestic violence leave; if he expects to be able to advise to introduce the leave; the timeline in place concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [36291/21]
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which ongoing efforts continue to be made to augment services for the protection of children with particular reference to the need for early response and safe and secure placement in circumstances in which threatening issues have arisen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36214/21]
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86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on the implementation of the White Paper to End Direct Provision and replace it with a new international protection support service; the expected timeline of implementation going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [36290/21]
87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to support organisations wishing to establish new family resource centres; if a capital funding scheme to build new family resource centres will be put in place; the supports that can be offered in the interim to groups such as in the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36256/21]
88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the number of women in politics. — Thomas Gould. [36254/21]
CEISTEANNA LE hAGHAIDH FREAGRAÍ SCRÍOFA QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
Chun an Taoisigh: To the Taoiseach.
*89. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year. — Noel Grealish. [35941/21]
*90. To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36132/21]
*91. To ask the Taoiseach the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36150/21]
*92. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36168/21]
Chun an Tánaiste agus Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta: To the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
*93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation regarding possible redundancy entitlement for a seasonal worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Ring. [35807/21]
*94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to progress Ireland’s ratification of the International Labour Organisation Convention No.190 on Violence and Harassment in the Workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [35821/21] 3043
*95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35931/21]
*96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by the ODCE at the beginning of June 2021. — Sorca Clarke. [35975/21]
*97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to have a trade mission to Australia later in 2021. — Martin Browne. [36098/21]
*98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA client companies located here that originate from Japan. — Martin Browne. [36099/21]
*99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36122/21]
*100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36140/21]
*101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36158/21]
*102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of farm safety inspectors employed; the number of farm safety inspections in each of the past three years and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36266/21]
*103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of work by his Department in providing research and analysis support to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs in respect to the future needs of each of the highly successful biopharma, medtech, information and communications technology and foodtech manufacturing sectors in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36423/21]
*104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address and manage the digital transformation of Ireland’s manufacturing sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36424/21]
*105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a recent workplace fatality at a shipping company (details supplied) in Dublin Port which follows an earlier workplace fatality for which the same company pleaded guilty for failing to manage and conduct its undertaking and an investigation by the Health and Safety Authority concluded that all the appropriate safety measures were not in place at the time of the incident; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that further to this latest fatality, the company has refused to meet with its employees trade union representatives to discuss health and safety in their
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Chun an Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide: To the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
*106. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will issue guidance to all planning authorities that reflects the policy position which opposes the development of power generating facilities that use fracked gas as a fuel source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cathal Crowe. [36223/21]
*107. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans that are in place to expand the SEAI criteria for homes eligible for retrofitting in order to increase the number of those in fuel poverty under retrofitting programmes and to help achieve the target of 50,000 retrofits per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35795/21]
*108. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for homes that do not qualify for retrofitting under SEAI grants, the assessment costs are incurred by sustainable energy communities; his plans to remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35796/21]
*109. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to include those who cannot afford to pay for air source heat pumps to be included in the upcoming pilot heat loss index project for homeowners who fell into the 2.3-2.6 HLI category; the reasons these homeowners are not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35797/21]
*110. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those homeowners who were declined SEAI funding for retrofitting and are referred to the warmer homes scheme end up costing sustainable energy communities’ funding, staff time and other resources which are not compensated; if compensation will be provided for sustainable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35798/21]
*111. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that homeowners who do not qualify for an SEAI grant after waiting over 18 months have to start the cycle again when applying for the warmer homes scheme which currently has a minimum of a two year waiting list; the measures he will introduce to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35799/21]
*112. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the costs required to deliver on SEAI criteria on the homeowner before they apply for a SEAI retrofitting grant; if a cost optimal option will be provided that would standardise the SEAI category system into a single measure assessment rather than the four measures currently in place as part of the technical assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35800/21]
*113. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since 3045 negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35932/21]
*114. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to bring forward a public service obligation to secure the postal network. — Thomas Gould. [35959/21]
*115. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details and dates of the introduction of the single use plastics directive; if existing stocks of plastic utensils purchased before 3 July 2021 can be used by outlets until that existing stock has depleted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [35960/21]
*116. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost in 2022 if the budget for National Cyber Security Centre was tripled. — Sorca Clarke. [35976/21]
*117. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on issues raised by a local sustainable energy community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [35992/21]
*118. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding application for a SEAI insulation grant by a person (details supplied) which was first lodged on 18 November 2019; the reason for the delay in processing this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [36010/21]
*119. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the broadband issues of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [36040/21]
*120. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will advise on queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [36116/21]
*121. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36123/21]
*122. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36141/21]
*123. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36159/21]
*124. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by the State in purchasing carbon credits in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36265/21]
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*125. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that callers to the ESB networks general helpline are being advised to communicate by email and that it advises that there is a 21 day delay on emails being answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36269/21]
*126. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address an issue regarding the supply of fibre broadband to a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [36391/21]
*127. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that spouses of retired ESB workers are not entitled to pensions under the Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [36395/21]
*128. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of grant funding paid out under the warmer homes scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021 to homeowners in County Wexford; the amount paid for buildings which are not privately owned homes during the same period; the average waiting period for an application under the scheme; the reason for the increase in waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [36406/21]
*129. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the establishment of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; the members and objectives of the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [36444/21]
*130. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he consulted or will consider consulting the OPW to compile a register of State sites and assets that may be suitable for telecommunications infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [36445/21]
*131. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the implementation of the EU connectivity toolbox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [36446/21]
*132. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that there is proper collaboration between parties in the installation of microgeneration projects including the time taken for the ESB to install smart meters. — Seán Canney. [36534/21]
Chun an Aire Iompair: To the Minister for Transport.
*133. To ask the Minister for Transport the decision process involved in determining the allocation amounts in relation to the additional outdoor infrastructure fund; the reason partial allocation was not considered rather than either the full allocation or no allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick O’Donovan. [36403/21]
*134. To ask the Minister for Transport his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [36441/21]
*135. To ask the Minister for Transport if urgent consideration will be given to concerns in relation to delays in persons being issued with their first learner permit due to unacceptable delays 3047 in processing applications due to technical issues on the NDLS site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35767/21]
*136. To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposed M20 project will continue as planned given his recent comments that bypasses will be used in lieu of motorways. — Thomas Gould. [35781/21]
*137. To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be offered a theory test appointment. — Sean Sherlock. [35867/21]
*138. To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to increase public transport options for those who work after midnight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [35891/21]
*139. To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35943/21]
*140. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [35944/21]
*141. To ask the Minister for Transport the reasoning behind customers being unable to complete their car tax payment online by credit card due to a new financial regulation PSD2; if his attention has been drawn to the matter; his plans to rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [35952/21]
*142. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the IBT training for motorbikes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [35958/21]
*143. To ask the Minister for Transport when driving instructors will be given access to toilet facilities at RCA test centres as more of the population are being vaccinated and businesses are reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [36027/21]
*144. To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to fines being issued for those whose declared their vehicle off-road but it was not received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [36047/21]
*145. To ask the Minister for Transport when replacement lift work at Thurles train station will be completed; and the estimated cost of such work. — Martin Browne. [36095/21]
*146. To ask the Minister for Transport the virtual or in-person meetings he has had with his EU counterparts since his appointment in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [36096/21]
*147. To ask the Minister for Transport the dates he has spoken to the chairperson and or CEO of each State agency under the remit of his Department to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Martin Browne. [36097/21]
*148. To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the
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Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36134/21]
*149. To ask the Minister for Transport the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36152/21]
*150. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36170/21]
*151. To ask the Minister for Transport the current status of the A5 motorway project; and when the work is set to commence. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36238/21]
*152. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the six pilot community car schemes that were approved for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36240/21]
*153. To ask the Minister for Transport the rationale for plans to empower him to revoke a driving licence (details supplied) from a person seeking international protection under the Road Traffic Bill 2021; and the engagements he has had with the Courts Service and the Road Safety Authority in this regard. — Catherine Murphy. [36311/21]
*154. To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to past or present delays in the application of penalty points being put on driving licences; the cause of these delays; the number of these delays there has been in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the procedure and policy for such an instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [36409/21]
*155. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of a driver theory test for a person (details supplied). — Peter Burke. [36440/21]
*156. To ask the Minister for Transport his views on discrepancies between bus ticket prices on routes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [36443/21]
*157. To ask the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a date for a driver theory test to allow them to take up an employment opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36527/21]
Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance.
*158. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [36441/21]
*159. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention or the attention of the Revenue Commissioners has been drawn to instances in which persons in the construction sector are required to complete paperwork (details supplied) in order to secure work; if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of same and seek their views and or actions they will take 3049 arising from the information contained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [35818/21]
*160. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced by the tree surgery industry in accessing affordable insurance; the actions he has taken in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [35822/21]
*161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to restart the spend and save scheme again. — Sean Sherlock. [35832/21]
*162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to reduce the VAT on the music and entertainment industry in line with the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [35855/21]
*163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT rate on construction works from 13.5% to counteract the increases in costs experienced by first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [35856/21]
*164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former employees of NAMA who have left and become employees of property development companies; the person or body in relation to same; the companies they have or work for; if his Department or NAMA record such details; and the timeframe required between when a person is an employee of NAMA and when they then take up employment either directly or on contract with a property development company. — Peadar Tóibín. [35889/21]
*165. To ask the Minister for Finance if a full and unredacted list will be provided of all reform commitments entered into by the State in the National Plan of the Recovery and Resilience Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [35893/21]
*166. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax policy changes it is committed to in the National Plan of the Recovery and Resilience Fund recently submitted; the timeframe by which these commitments will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [35895/21]
*167. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the State will address the country specific recommendations as obligated to do in order to access the Recovery and Resilience Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [35897/21]
*168. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35933/21]
*169. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxpayers are still filing tax refunds in written form although they are not accepted by the Revenue Commissioners. if he will ensure that this is made clear to taxpayers in advance of receiving the form which is no longer received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [35953/21]
*170. To ask the Minister for Finance if all refunds in respect of overpayment of tax in 2014 and 2015 in the case of a person (details supplied) have now issued; if not, when they will issue; the reason for non-issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36018/21]
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*171. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of tax deductions on workers returning to their jobs having been on the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied). — Cathal Crowe. [36058/21]
*172. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2022 of removing the universal social charge for earnings up to €19,500. — Martin Browne. [36108/21]
*173. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department would deem it ethical, acceptable or best practice if advisers (details supplied) were to sit on the board of or be otherwise practically associated with a financial institution with the capacity and propensity to act on personal financial information received from the client in order to recoup outstanding but to all intents and purposes written off debt for the institution with a demand for same arriving immediately post-disclosure to the adviser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36112/21]
*174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36124/21]
*175. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36142/21]
*176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36160/21]
*177. To ask the Minister for Finance the institutions that are designated as publicly controlled market operators by the CSO as part of the official reporting of Ireland’s Government finance statistics and the excessive deficit procedure notification for Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [36202/21]
*178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide advice on a matter in relation to payments to support business owners over 66 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36203/21]
*179. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rules governing restricted access to pension funds until age 75 years even in the face of serious illness will be reviewed as part of the proposed Commission on Taxation and Welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36237/21]
*180. To ask the Minister for Finance if clerical officers who transferred from the Department of Agriculture in 2007 to the Revenue Commissioners will be considered for the allowance personal to holder which came into effect on 1 January 2003 given that all the clerical officers in the Revenue Commissioners are doing the very same job but anyone who transferred to the Revenue Commissioners after 2003 are on a reduced rate of pay of €100 weekly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [36327/21] 3051
*181. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans for electric and hybrid vehicles with regard to company tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [36384/21]
*182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issues outdoor activity and experiences operators are having in securing insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [36507/21]
Chun an Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe: To the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
*183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the roll-out of the EU Digital COVID Certificate; the speed with which Covid-19 testing results will be uploaded to the certificate; and the date on which passengers will be able to download the certificate for travel use (details supplied) ahead of 19 July 2021 when it will officially come into effect. — Kieran O’Donnell. [36366/21]
*184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is on schedule for delivering the EU Digital COVID Certificate for July 2021; the way it will be prioritised in delivering it to those who have been vaccinated with the most urgent need to travel; if it can be accessed by those who will be abroad who meet all the criteria and who are looking to return to Ireland without having to quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Carey. [35784/21]
*185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [35815/21]
*186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current policy regarding the use of lodges in the Phoenix Park; if each lodge has been refurbished; if each one is currently occupied in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [35918/21]
*187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the fitting of a submersible pump on the town side of the Bandon River at Dunmanway, County Cork; the status of a maintenance plan for the non-return valves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [35919/21]
*188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35938/21]
*189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW staff by job title working in the Rock of Cashel. — Martin Browne. [36101/21]
*190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36129/21]
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*191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36147/21]
*192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36165/21]
*193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the €7 million that has been allocated since December 2019 to alleviate constrictions to the flow of water in the Shannon Callows between Athlone and Meelick has not been spent; the reason there is still no plan; the reason no planning permissions have been sought; the further reason no applications for consents and planning permissions have been sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [36236/21]
*194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposal for a shared Government data services centre as per the Recovery and Resilience Fund will be publicly run and not contracted out to a private provider. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36239/21]
*195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current plans with regard to flood defences in Leenane, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [36465/21]
*196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of placing the Office of Government Procurement on a statutory footing in 2022. — Mairéad Farrell. [36468/21]
Chun an Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán: To the Minister for Tourism, Culture; Arts; Gaeltacht; Sport and Media.
*197. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount the Hunger Museum tour of Ireland cost the State. — Paul Murphy. [35769/21]
*198. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has gone without a full non- executive board of directors; if her attention has been drawn to any work to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [35782/21]
*199. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an mbeadh sí sásta cruinniú a ghairm le coiste (sonraí tugtha) agus chun a fhiafraí dí fosta cén tacaíocht airgid a bheidh ar fáil do na mná tí; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Thomas Pringle. [35814/21]
*200. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán soiléiriú a thabhairt ar úinéireacht an tsuímh atá ar Eastát Údarás na Gaeltachta, ar an Tulach, Baile na hAbhann, i gContae na Gaillimhe ina raibh, Fintrax, an comhlacht a díoladh ar €1.8 billiún le gairid; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Catherine Connolly. [35827/21] 3053
*201. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications for outdoor dining grants in each local authority; and the number of businesses that have received grants to date in tabular form. — Imelda Munster. [35883/21]
*202. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications received and the specific locations involved in each application from each local authority to Fáilte Ireland for the weatherproofing and outdoor dining infrastructure scheme in tabular form. — Imelda Munster. [35884/21]
*203. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the return to sport protocols for sports (details supplied); the reason for the removal of waste bins on golf courses and tennis courts; and the reason for the non-contact of participants with flagsticks in golf and other course equipment as part of the reopening of the sport. — Catherine Murphy. [35921/21]
*204. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if emergency funding is available to support a club (details supplied). — Thomas Gould. [35925/21]
*205. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of interest her Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35942/21]
*206. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received the 2020 annual report for the National Concert Hall, Screen Ireland and the Arts Council; and when same will be published. — Sorca Clarke. [35977/21]
*207. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the practice of Irish colleges charging administrative fees and retaining deposits of up to 30% in circumstances in which classes are cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions; if advice has been issued regarding the treatment of refunds and fees alongside grants provided by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [35986/21]
*208. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider proposals (details supplied) with regard to the live music industry. — Robert Troy. [36029/21]
*209. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if she will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36133/21]
*210. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to her Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36151/21]
*211. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of freedom of information requests refused by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester
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*212. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify the requirement for a valid licence agreement as per Criteria 6: Sharing of Facilities with Community and Clubs as part of the application process for the Large Scale Sports and Infrastructure Fund 2019 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [36325/21]
*213. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason live music has been banned; if she has considered reviewing the decision and providing additional supports for musicians and businesses in the music industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — David Cullinane. [36361/21]
*214. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 23 June 2021, if a list will be provided of each arrangement in place regarding the ownership and copyright of items of national cultural importance held in the national collections and by third-level institutions and private bodies in the State (details supplied) in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36462/21]
*215. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 23 June 2021, the details of the arrangement in place regarding ownership and copyright in the meaning of the arrangements referred to in her response specific to the Book of Kells; when this arrangement was entered into by Government; and the authority under which it was made. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36463/21]
*216. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 23 June 2021, the details of the process and bodies involved in deciding that an item is of national cultural importance and in entering and agreeing an arrangement regarding the ownership and copyright of items of national cultural importance held in the national collections and by third-level institutions and private bodies in the State, as referred to in her response. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36464/21]
*217. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocated to the Sound and Vision Fund in 2019 and 2020 from all sources that contribute to funding the scheme. — Imelda Munster. [36524/21]
*218. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 20 May 2021, the progress of her Department’s review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Gary Gannon. [36555/21]
Chun an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta: To the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
*219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when dredging will commence at Magheroarty Pier, Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal (details supplied); the reason the application has taken so long to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [36235/21] 3055
*220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he anticipates an improvement in terms of accessibility to all new build dwellings in order to facilitate in the widest way possible the needs of persons with disabilities in preference to retrospective provision of such facilities with obvious value for money benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36469/21]
*221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 24 June 2021, when the biodiversity citizens’ assembly will be established. — Jennifer Whitmore. [35430/21]
*222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority employees who availed of two weeks of parent’s benefit and leave which was topped up by employers; the number of employees who availed of the additional three weeks benefit and leave as of April 2021; if local authorities plan on topping up the benefit payment for employees for the additional weeks moving forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [35817/21]
*223. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an aighneacht dhá leathanach a rinne a Roinn chuig Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe maidir le hiarratas pleanála, uimhir thagartha 20/683, de chuid Údarás na Gaeltachta do Pháirc Mara sa Ghaeltacht, i gCill Chiaráin agus gan ach sé fhocal Gaeilge san aighneacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Catherine Connolly. [35826/21]
*224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing projects currently available and ready to go in respect of private or public sectors by county; the specific or particular obstacles to enabling such projects to proceed immediately in the event of there being a common problem; if the issue can be addressed in early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [35901/21]
*225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on his Department’s review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [35924/21]
*226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35936/21]
*227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of social housing income limits; and his views on whether a €5,000 difference between County Tipperary and neighbouring counties is having a serious impact on persons in County Tipperary. — Martin Browne. [35961/21]
*228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons successfully prosecuted under section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976 in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35972/21]
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*229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the safeguarding of the proposed natural heritage area at Loughlinstown Wood by officials in his Department; the plans for meetings with other officials from Departments, agencies or local government in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [35985/21]
*230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No, 341 of 11 May 2021, the date on which it was discovered that the file was missing; the date the file was found; the location in which the file was found; the person who found the file; if the Taoiseach or others in Government were informed of the missing file; and if An Garda Síochána was notified in relation to the missing file. — Paul Murphy. [36045/21]
*231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 15 June 2021, his views on the contents of the 9 February 2013 Report of the Independent Review of the Compulsory Acquisition of Land at Charlesland, County Wicklow by Wicklow County Council. — Paul Murphy. [36046/21]
*232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the Emergency Management and Fire and Public Safety Bill 2020. — Martin Browne. [36102/21]
*233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36127/21]
*234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36145/21]
*235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36163/21]
*236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide information on his Department’s review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide information on the need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36173/21]
*237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he plans to take to reduce the large number of vacant houses that could be put to use to house persons in need of housing; when the effects of these steps will be seen on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36191/21]
*238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36241/21] 3057
*239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding available to Kildare County Council to assist it in building a second bridge over the river Liffey at Newbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36267/21]
*240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the reform of Seanad Éireann. — Patricia Ryan. [36270/21]
*241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are restrictions on approved housing bodies who wish to sell homes owned by them for full, partial or nominal value to gift or otherwise transfer ownership of these homes to tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36275/21]
*242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made by each local authority pursuant to circular PL 03/2021 relating to progress on collection of the vacant site levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36277/21]
*243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amounts provided to local authorities for adaptation work on private houses for older persons and persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [36309/21]
*244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has received Cork County Council’s assessment of funding document; if he has taken on board the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat Buckley. [36368/21]
*245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider representation by a group (details supplied) on the steering committee that has been set up to advise on the roll-out of a redress scheme. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36370/21]
*246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the explicit inclusion of County Clare homeowners in all issues pertaining to the pyrite and MICA defective block remediation going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36373/21]
*247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the requirements his Department has placed on local authorities (details supplied) with respect to the advancement of the listed developments. — Eoin Ó Broin. [36380/21]
*248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he engaged with his Department’s appointees at board level of Ervia and or Gas Networks Ireland in relation to the engagement of a contractor (details supplied). — Catherine Murphy. [36381/21]
*249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding assigned to Wexford County Council that was returned to the Exchequer in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [36408/21]
*250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a rhododendron management plan for Wicklow National Park; if his attention has been drawn to the growing presence of this invasive species in this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [36456/21]
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*251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a submission received by his Department on 15 June 2021 from Clare County Council in relation to a proposed pilot waste water scheme for the village of Broadford, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Carey. [36518/21]
Chun an Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha: To the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
*252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date on which further information on the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be provided. — Kieran O’Donnell. [36366/21]
*253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the practice of requiring details regarding guardianship arrangements for parents applying for passports for their children; if the policy is applied in all cases; if there is a forum to which inconsistencies can be reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35768/21]
*254. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied) in north-west Syria; the steps his Department is taking to raise this issue with Syria, within the European Union and at the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [35847/21]
*255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of the human rights violations by the government of Saudi Arabia was raised during his meeting with the Saudi Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubier, in Riyadh on 16 June 2021; his views on whether the Saudi Government is in violation of Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and if he has contacted and discussed same with democratic Saudi political forces (details supplied). — Paul Murphy. [35853/21]
*256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will the reinstate the working holiday authorisation in view of the reopening of international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [35866/21]
*257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35934/21]
*258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in north-west Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [35983/21]
*259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of persons (details supplied) who are being detained in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [35984/21]
*260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied). — Eoin Ó Broin. [36011/21]
*261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if troops participating in the African Lion military exercises passed through Shannon Airport or Irish airspace before or after their military exercise. — Paul Murphy. [36110/21] 3059
*262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36125/21]
*263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36143/21]
*264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36161/21]
*265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to ensure the renewal of UN Security Council authorization for cross-border humanitarian operations from Turkey to north-west Syria; his plans to ensure humanitarian aid including the delivery of food, Covid-19 vaccines, critical medical supplies, shelter, clean water and sanitation continues to reach those in need in north-west Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [36413/21]
*266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [36432/21]
*267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [36435/21]
Chun an Aire Cosanta: To the Minister for Defence.
*268. To ask the Minister for Defence when training and courses for the Defence Forces will resume given Ireland’s current level status under the Living with Covid Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [29705/21]
*269. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35929/21]
*270. To ask the Minister for Defence if a worldwide recruitment campaign for a civilian consultant psychiatrist for the Defence Forces will occur. — Sorca Clarke. [35973/21]
*271. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian plumbers and electricians working in Finner Camp. — Sorca Clarke. [35974/21]
*272. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to become Air Corps pilots. — Martin Browne. [36100/21]
*273. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of
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Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36120/21]
*274. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36138/21]
*275. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36156/21]
*276. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of leases that exist for groups and entities operating from Columb Barracks, Mullingar. — Sorca Clarke. [36306/21]
Chun an Aire Oideachais: To the Minister for Education.
*277. To ask the Minister for Education if matters in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. — Robert Troy. [35780/21]
*278. To ask the Minister for Education if school transport support will be secured for a child (details supplied) and other students who attend the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [35785/21]
*279. To ask the Minister for Education the status of an application for additional school accommodation in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [35786/21]
*280. To ask the Minister for Education if she will provide the result of the exceptional review carried out on 22 April 2021 in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [35787/21]
*281. To ask the Minister for Education if her Department has put in place a Covid-19 response plan of the 2021-2022 academic year; the estimated cost of implementing such a Covid-19 response plan and any additional Covid-19 protection measures which may be required across all primary and secondary schools for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [35788/21]
*282. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 1 June 2021, regarding the position of a building project at a school (details supplied), if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the design and location of this building project which was submitted by the school has not yet been approved by her Department; the reason for the delays in approving the design and location submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [35808/21]
*283. To ask the Minister for Education if funding has been allocated to the relocation of a school (details supplied) to the Johnstown, Navan education campus; if so, when it is envisaged that construction may commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Guirke. [35828/21] 3061
*284. To ask the Minister for Education the status of a school (details supplied) moving to its permanent site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [35833/21]
*285. To ask the Minister for Education the status of a school (details supplied) moving to its permanent site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [35834/21]
*286. To ask the Minister for Education the status of a school development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [35842/21]
*287. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the problems being faced by the board of management of a school (details supplied) which has outgrown its temporary accommodation and which is designated by her Department as a regional solution to serve students of both Galway city and Oranmore school planning areas and beyond; if she can provide clarity for school management, staff and parents as to the area or location the school will be located in the medium and long-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [35854/21]
*288. To ask the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to ensuring that home tutors governed by the home tuition scheme will be afforded the right to pensionability for their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [35859/21]
*289. To ask the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to applying a different PRSI class to the emoluments paid to home tutors governed by the home tuition grant scheme due to the fact that these tutors are essentially employees of her Department and their current PRSI status puts them at a serious disadvantage as a result of their lack of eligibility for pensionable PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [35860/21]
*290. To ask the Minister for Education the funding that is available for a group to set up a summer camp for children with autism (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [35903/21]
*291. To ask the Minister for Education the amount of interest her Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35930/21]
*292. To ask the Minister for Education the reason for the changes made in information note TC 0016/2021 which allows a job-sharing teacher to provide substitute cover in their own school only. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35951/21]
*293. To ask the Minister for Education the number on a waiting list for admission by secondary school in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35978/21]
*294. To ask the Minister for Education the number of pupils with a disability attending second- level school in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35979/21]
*295. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos.170 of 21 January 2021 and 1014 of 21 April 2021, if as part the examination by her Department of the ex- gratia scheme for compensation for school victims of child sexual abuse (details supplied) she will consider opening a compensation scheme for school victims of child sexual abuse who did not previously initiate legal proceedings against the State and although they were grievously hurt while in loco parentis care by the State, they were not eligible for compensation under the ex-gratia
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*296. To ask the Minister for Education the stage of the process her Department is at in purchasing a site for use as an ASD unit and school hall for a school (details supplied); and the school year in which the first intake to the unit is envisaged. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [36009/21]
*297. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the information requested in Parliamentary Question Nos. 321 of 13 May 2021 and 350 of 25 May 2021. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36030/21]
*298. To ask the Minister for Education the progress made to date in providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the urgency of this project in view of the inadequate accommodation available at present to accommodate the numbers seeking to attend this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36049/21]
*299. To ask the Minister for Education the amount allocated in capitation grant funding to primary and secondary schools in 2021; and if this was Covid-19 and or non-Covid-19 spending. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36091/21]
*300. To ask the Minister for Education when refurbishment works on a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost of this project. — Martin Browne. [36103/21]
*301. To ask the Minister for Education when her Department will issue the 2020 leaving certificate result certificates (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36111/21]
*302. To ask the Minister for Education when the review of the DEIS scheme commenced; the progress made to date with this review; when decisions will be made on the future of this scheme; if other schools will be admitted to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36114/21]
*303. To ask the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) for extra school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36115/21]
*304. To ask the Minister for Education if she is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if she will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36121/21]
*305. To ask the Minister for Education the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to her Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36139/21]
*306. To ask the Minister for Education the number of freedom of information requests refused by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36157/21] 3063
*307. To ask the Minister for Education when she last met with an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [36186/21]
*308. To ask the Minister for Education the steps she has taken since October 2020 to address the concerns of an association (details supplied) regarding the new syllabus for agricultural science; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [36187/21]
*309. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to issues with the leaving certificate agricultural science syllabus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [36188/21]
*310. To ask the Minister for Education if an application will be approved for additional SNA support by a school (details supplied) in County Cork. — Michael Creed. [36220/21]
*311. To ask the Minister for Education the reason that Catholic schools are not considered to have the same ethos as educate together schools at the primary school level and are considered to have the same ethos at the post-primary school level for the purposes of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36224/21]
*312. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 22 June 2021, if she will confirm receipt of additional detail in respect of increased costs associated with a summer works approval scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Creed. [36249/21]
*313. To ask the Minister for Education the measures which can be taken to assist a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36251/21]
*314. To ask the Minister for Education if the further necessary funding will be allocated to enable a school (details supplied) to carry out essential works as part of the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [36278/21]
*315. To ask the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs children awaiting an assessment for home tuition sanction in the absence of a school place in each of the past five years; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of special educational needs children that applied and were accepted or refused for home tuition in each of the past five years; the number of children receiving home tuition of the 732 children currently sanctioned for same; the cost of such home tuition hours; the duration greater than three and six months, a year and two years of home tuition both in practice and sanctioned for same in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36321/21]
*316. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 June 2021, the number of the 1,488 applications for exceptional reviews received by the NCSE in which a site visit to the school was included in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [36357/21]
*317. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 June 2021, the number of the 716 unsuccessful exceptional reviews that have been appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [36358/21]
*318. To ask the Minister for Education if a list will be provided of schools in the south County Dublin area that will be providing July provision classes for students with special needs in 2021. — Chris Andrews. [36360/21]
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*319. To ask the Minister for Education the number of schools that have signed up for the enhanced summer July provision programme for children with additional educational needs between the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36386/21]
*320. To ask the Minister for Education the reason her Department did not announce the details of the July provision programme until mid-May impacting on the time for schools and parents’ ability to resource the programme fully; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet- Anne Wynne. [36387/21]
*321. To ask the Minister for Education the number of children that have accessed and attended July provision over the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36388/21]
*322. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the proposal of a review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if this will be a full legislative review; if it will update all of the provisions within the Act to better reflect the contemporary understanding of disability and best practice for inclusive education as outlined in the UNCRPD; and if the review will investigate the roadblocks to full enactment. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36389/21]
*323. To ask the Minister for Education if she will consider establishing a working roadmap to fully amend and implement the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 which will include appropriate resourcing and costings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36390/21]
*324. To ask the Minister for Education the number of persons who receive income under the home tuition grant scheme by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [36394/21]
*325. To ask the Minister for Education the reason the July provision has been withdrawn from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [36400/21]
*326. To ask the Minister for Education the position regarding the pre-emptive support plans in place for the next cohort of leaving certificate students in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36437/21]
*327. To ask the Minister for Education the status of public health supports available to both primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36438/21]
*328. To ask the Minister for Education the mental health supports available to both primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36439/21]
*329. To ask the Minister for Education if she has considered implementing a system through which students can loan books to siblings even though they have a once-off e-book code which requires purchasing a new physical book to obtain a new e-book code; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [36447/21]
*330. To ask the Minister for Education if she has consulted the Minister for Health following the recent NPHET recommendations; the preparations that are underway within her Department to address any potential impact that an increase in the Delta variant will have in educational settings; 3065 the measures that are now being considered to ensure the public health response to Covid- 19 is robust in these settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36457/21]
*331. To ask the Minister for Education if she has engaged with schools further to the recent NPHET recommendations to discuss preparations to address any potential impact that an increase in the Delta variant will have on educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36458/21]
*332. To ask the Minister for Education if a site has been purchased by or on behalf of her Department for the purpose of school provision in Trim, County Meath; if so, the plans and details of the proposed usage of any such site; her views on the capacity levels of second-level schools within Trim, particularly in relation to boys; and her views on current plans for a school (details supplied) which continues to operate from temporary accommodation. — Gary Gannon. [36554/21]
Chun an Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí: To the Minister for Social Protection.
*333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is drafting plans to tackle youth unemployment in County Wexford with specific focus on those not in education, employment or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [36404/21]
*334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents who availed of the original two weeks of parent’s benefit and leave; the number who then availed of the additional three weeks as of April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [35816/21]
*335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to receive treatment without incurring a charge payable to their treating dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [35848/21]
*336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of social protection payments made to a person (details supplied) to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [35857/21]
*337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 22 June 2021, the number of claims made for the blind pension in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of successful claims versus unsuccessful claims for each year; and the reason for same in tabular form. — Claire Kerrane. [35870/21]
*338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of jobs clubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [35898/21]
*339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a delay in issuing PPSNs to new born babies as in a case of a child (details supplied); and if cases will be fast tracked in cases in which there is a need to obtain a passport for essential travel. — Richard Bruton. [35905/21]
*340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for a carer’s allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied). — John McGuinness. [35920/21]
*341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for a carer’s allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied). — John McGuinness. [35923/21]
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*342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of interest her Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35940/21]
*343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 851 of 15 June 2021, the location of the monthly child benefit payments to the approximately 4,000 recipients who do not reside in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Ring. [35990/21]
*344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a birth certificate application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [36008/21]
*345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and children who received the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2020. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [36013/21]
*346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for the back to education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36020/21]
*347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 is not available for those who closed their Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment on or after 1 May 2021 given many businesses reopened in May and are excluded from the scheme due to the 1 June 2021 date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [36026/21]
*348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to introduce new work placement experience programmes for the unemployed (details supplied); if so, when it will be launched; the outlines of the schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [36028/21]
*349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occasions her Department has refused to process a request under freedom of information using section 15(1)(g) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and the number of persons that have applied since January 2014. — Catherine Murphy. [36033/21]
*350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the travel pass scheme can be extended to persons (details supplied) who have epilepsy and may not be able to drive due to the condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [36041/21]
*351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a situation in relation to difficulties with the pension of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [36042/21]
*352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is planned to look for tenders for a national employment service; the remit this service will have; the body providing the services at present that will be provided by the successful tenderer; if this tender will provide totally new services not being provided at present by the State, directly or indirectly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36048/21]
*353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of individual cases heard by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in the context of scope section appeals on an annual basis over 3067 the past ten years given that the Chief Appeals Officer has stated in the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands the appeals are heard with a number of cases attached to each one. — Paul Murphy. [36092/21]
*354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if she will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36131/21]
*355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to her Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36149/21]
*356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests refused by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36167/21]
*357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate employees of an airline (details supplied) to continue to receive jobseeker’s benefit when eligibility for this payment has been exhausted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [36177/21]
*358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if provisions were made to accommodate distance learning throughout the pandemic for those in receipt of social welfare payments; and if so, the number of courses available and or number of persons who registered and availed of these courses by county in tabular form. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36242/21]
*359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who has worked all their adult life can be denied their old age pension with notification that arrears will not apply in their case due to a debt to the Revenue Commissioners of under €1,700 on which a repayment arrangement has been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36322/21]
*360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social protection payments that have been denied due to debts to the Revenue Commissioners both with repayment arrangements and without arrangements in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36323/21]
*361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an application for carer’s allowance was submitted to her Department in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision will be made on the application. — Thomas Pringle. [36349/21]
*362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of which a review was requested on foot of updated documentation from their general practitioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36378/21]
*363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is considering additional measures or initiatives to help address the extremely high rate of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [36293/21]
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*364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to receive the pandemic unemployment payment retrospectively in cases in which a person did not claim the payment at the time despite being entitled to it; if so, the process for making a claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [36402/21]
*365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the job activation measures being considered by her Department in order to facilitate persons going back to work; the work she is focussing on to optimise the opportunity to transition persons from a position of unemployment over to the highly successful biopharma, medtech, information and communications technology and foodtech sectors in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36425/21]
*366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has had their pandemic unemployment payment withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36434/21]
*367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the Pathways to Work strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36436/21]
*368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual expenditure on the disability allowance for 2021; the estimated additional cost of increasing disability allowance payments by €5, €15 and €20, respectively for those currently in receipt of this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36450/21]
*369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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. [36451/21]
*370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to the disability awareness support scheme in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the additional cost of increasing funding to the scheme by 5%, 10% and 25%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36452/21]
*371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of introducing a total contribution approach to the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36453/21]
*372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the disability allowance by €10, €50 and €100, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36454/21]
*373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum period a person with a disability can spend with the EmployAbility service; the estimated additional cost of increasing the duration of participation with the EmployAbility service by one week, one month and three months, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [36455/21]
*374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the new working group to tackle the issue of food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [36516/21] 3069
*375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time for birth registration in the Civil Registration Office in the Lombard St. office; if there was a backlog before the HSE cyber-attack; if the office has caught up on this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Gary Gannon. [36556/21]
Chun an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige: To the Minister for Children, Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth.
*376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has not yet been fully enacted over five and a half years later; the definitive timeline for its enactment given the human rights implications of the anachronistic Lunacy Regulation Act 1871 which is still being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [36412/21]
*377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the reporting system in place since 2017 to record the deaths in direct provision settings; his further views on whether the omission of the cause of death on the records is cause for concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36512/21]
*378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will adopt the United Nations recommendation that transparency must be ensured with reference to the current fatality rate in direct provision centres and the concerns over the recording of these deaths; and if he will consider releasing the details again as per the previous recording system. — Violet- Anne Wynne. [36513/21]
*379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the survey on income and costs for childcare sector being complied by Pobal to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [35801/21]
*380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if services receive approximately 60% of their service income from parental fees and the remainder 40% excluding Covid-19 supports from the State in the latest Annual Early Years Survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [35802/21]
*381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policies and procedures Tusla has in place for the receipt of several retrospective complaints regarding the sexual abuse of minors who cannot name their alleged perpetrators but name the same hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [35846/21]
*382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35928/21]
*383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36119/21]
*384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect
P.T.O 3070 of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36137/21]
*385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36155/21]
*386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with special needs living in south-western areas of Dublin; the number of therapists working in the area to provide essential services for these children; his plans to ensure that these services which are crucial for the families of these children will resume to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [36175/21]
*387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made on the National Action Plan for Childminding; the representative bodies involved; the consequences of the decision by an organisation (details supplied) to withdraw from this process given the fact that it represents many childminders around the country who are critical for childcare for many thousands of parents and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Creed. [36218/21]
*388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to change the way in which data on deaths in direct provision are collected by State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gino Kenny. [36250/21]
*389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the lack of transparency around the number of persons who have died in direct provision; and if he will consider the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism recommendation that the recording system is amended as at present the cause of death is not recorded and official records since the inception of the system in 1999 are incomplete. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [36257/21]
*390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the timeline and objectives of the Anti-Racism Committee that he established several months ago; the status of its operations; and the way it will be used to inform policy in the future. — Violet- Anne Wynne. [36258/21]
*391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocation to parent and toddler group initiatives for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and the amount drawn down in 2020. — Kathleen Funchion. [36359/21]
*392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider changes in relation the use of policy or procedures in view of the recent study by UCC regarding the issues relating the use of voluntary care agreements (details supplied). — Patrick Costello. [36393/21]
*393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a report on the access to disability services for children in CHO5. — Johnny Mythen. [36407/21] 3071
*394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of employing an extra 50 aftercare workers. — Kathleen Funchion. [36442/21]
*395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he has plans to expand or improve facilities for children with particular reference to children at risk or potentially at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36470/21]
*396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which it is intended to develop an early response or alert system to address issues arising in respect of children at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36471/21]
*397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for a review of cases of children at risk brought to the attention of his Department during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36472/21]
*398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the need has arisen to develop and expand youth services with particular reference to issues that may have arisen during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36473/21]
*399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with youth representatives with a view to establishing the highest possible contact and dialogue in order to meet their requirements to an even greater extent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36474/21]
*400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the integration programmes available through his Department continue to be of direct assistance to the relevant cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36475/21]
*401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken or continues to take to address social and or economic disadvantage amongst the youth cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36476/21]
*402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of cases in respect of which satisfactory integration programmes have been initiated in each particular area throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36477/21]
*403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which equality issues continue to arise within his Department; the extent to which these issues are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36478/21]
*404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in foster or other care in State or private institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36479/21]
*405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which adequate reporting facilities are available in respect of children at risk; if the augmentation
P.T.O 3072 of such services is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36480/21]
*406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated fall in the number of ECCE places for September 2021; the indicative number of children who will commence and continue in ECCE in September 2021; the way this compares with 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36481/21]
*407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate counselling, support and rescue services remain available through his Department to meet the requirements of at-risk children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36482/21]
*408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to implement a system to record the number of deaths in all direct provision centres in keeping with the request by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. — Brian Stanley. [36557/21]
*409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were resident in direct provision centres in each of the years 2017 to 2020. — Brian Stanley. [36558/21]
Chun an Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta: To the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research; Innovation and Science.
*410. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered allowing students going on Erasmus in the 2021-2022 academic year to receive their Covid-19 vaccination in advance of their departure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [35831/21]
*411. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35935/21]
*412. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students particularly those pursuing part-time and evening courses will have the option to continue attending college remotely when classes resume for the new semester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [35947/21]
*413. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students with a disability who have progressed from second to third-level education in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35980/21]
*414. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of third-level students with a disability who have achieved HETAC level 7 or higher in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35981/21]
*415. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a SUSI payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [36019/21] 3073
*416. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36126/21]
*417. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36144/21]
*418. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36162/21]
*419. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason all universities do not have the same criteria for retirement under the Universities Act 1997. — Robert Troy. [36185/21]
*420. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) can amend their HEAR application to include their 2019 income rather than the 2020 income that was submitted with the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [36279/21]
*421. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the barrier SUSI grant applications and recipients are facing in accessing accommodation through the rent-a-room scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36319/21]
*422. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the situation whereby students who are previously classed as dependent and subsequently become independent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [36320/21]
*423. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the details of the student support scheme for asylum seekers for the academic year 2021-2022 will be published. — Thomas Gould. [36377/21]
*424. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding available for a masters student (details supplied) who is undertaking a 12 month course of study and whose SUSI grant only covers a nine month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [36383/21]
*425. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reskilling initiatives being considered in order to activate persons to transition from at-risk sectors and unemployment over to the highly successful biopharma, medtech, information and communications technology and foodtech sectors in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36426/21]
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*426. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of work by his Department in providing research and analysis support to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs in respect to the future needs of each of the highly successful biopharma, medtech, information and communications technology and foodtech manufacturing sectors in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36427/21]
*427. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the acceleration of the National Skills Strategy in Ireland in respect of the digital skills of the national workforce at entry, intermediary and advanced levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36429/21]
*428. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the acceleration of the National Skills Strategy in Ireland in respect of digital skills for persons in general in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36430/21]
*429. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the development of digital skills in the indigenous SME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Bruton. [36431/21]
*430. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) will be approved for SUSI support to undertake a course. — Robert Troy. [36433/21]
*431. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has consulted with the Minister for Health following the recent NPHET recommendations; the preparations that are underway within his Department to address any potential impact that an increase in the Delta variant will have in further and higher educational settings; the measures that are now being considered to ensure the public health response to Covid-19 is robust in these settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36459/21]
*432. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with further and higher education institutions further to the recent NPHET recommendations to discuss preparations for addressing any potential impact that an increase in the Delta variant will have on these settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Lou McDonald. [36460/21]
Chun an Aire Dlí agus Cirt: To the Minister for Justice.
*433. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of Ireland’s implementation of EU anti-money laundering rules; if the State is subject to any ongoing legal actions by the EU Commission regarding delays in implementation; the fines paid to date by Ireland in the past five years due to a failure to implement or delay in implementation of EU anti-money laundering legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [36515/21]
*434. To ask the Minister for Justice if communities (details supplied) can be considered for the new project aimed to promote pro-social use of vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [35793/21] 3075
*435. To ask the Minister for Justice the steps now being taken to progress the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [35841/21]
*436. To ask the Minister for Justice her plans to amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to provide local authorities with the option of making bye-laws that would allow responsible consumption of alcohol in public places, for example, parks, beaches, licensed parklets and outdoor seating in public areas while at the same time allow for the retention of a ban on drunkenness and drunk and disorderly behaviour in all public places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [35904/21]
*437. To ask the Minister for Justice her plans to extend the age limit to join An Garda Síochána past the current age limit of 35 years. — Robert Troy. [35916/21]
*438. To ask the Minister for Justice the amount of interest her Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35937/21]
*439. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of serious or fatal road traffic collisions that gardaí attended on the N4 in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35970/21]
*440. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who successfully completed protester removal courses in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Sorca Clarke. [35971/21]
*441. To ask the Minister for Justice her plans to implement a scheme such that lay litigants involved in court cases may recover their costs in circumstances in which their cases are successful, as is possible in the United Kingdom in view of the increasing prevalence of lay litigation in Irish courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [36039/21]
*442. To ask the Minister for Justice when she requested updates from the Policing Authority in relation to the cancelled 999 calls issues; the updates she has received; the dates they were received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pa Daly. [36043/21]
*443. To ask the Minister for Justice the communications she has received from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the cancelled 999 calls issues; the updates she has received from the Commissioner; the dates they were received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pa Daly. [36044/21]
*444. To ask the Minister for Justice the specific technical issues that were described to her and her officials by the Garda Commissioner on or about December 2020 with respect to computer aided dispatch system. — Catherine Murphy. [36051/21]
*445. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will provide the documentation or details of the explanation provided by the Garda Commissioner and his colleagues to her and her officials with respect to the technical issues relating to the Garda computer aided dispatch system in 2020 and which was also referred to at the public meeting of the Policing Authority in or around December 2020. — Catherine Murphy. [36052/21]
*446. To ask the Minister for Justice if she made any indirect and or direct contact with the Garda Commissioner in order to ensure any reference to the service failures and cancellation of
P.T.O 3076 category 1 999 emergency calls from the attention of the Policing Authority until the late Spring of 2021 (details supplied). — Catherine Murphy. [36053/21]
*447. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on work that has been completed and if she is in a position to give assurance that the 41 cases between 2013 and 2015 are in compliance with the positive obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights and section 7(1)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. — Catherine Murphy. [36054/21]
*448. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of incidents that have been reclassified to homicide from a non-fatal crime classification such as assault causing harm or a non-crime classification such as sudden death for each year from 2003 to 2020; and the reasons for reclassification. — Catherine Murphy. [36055/21]
*449. To ask the Minister for Justice the current status of the homicide investigation review team within An Garda Síochána. — Catherine Murphy. [36056/21]
*450. To ask the Minister for Justice the current status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). — Cathal Crowe. [36057/21]
*451. To ask the Minister for Justice the name of the company that supplies An Garda Síochána with flame resistance masks in each of the past three years in tabular form. — Martin Browne. [36104/21]
*452. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars, motorcycles and jeeps attached to Tipperary roads policing unit as of 30 June 2020 and 28 June 2021, in tabular form. — Martin Browne. [36105/21]
*453. To ask the Minister for Justice the current status of the Explosives Bill 2021. — Martin Browne. [36106/21]
*454. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Garda vans assigned to the Garda forensic collision investigation unit in each of the past three years in tabular form. — Martin Browne. [36107/21]
*455. To ask the Minister for Justice if she is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if she will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36128/21]
*456. To ask the Minister for Justice the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to her Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36146/21]
*457. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of freedom of information requests refused by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36164/21] 3077
*458. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of applications currently awaiting a first instance decision at the International Protection Office; and the median waiting time for a first instance decision for applicants not going through an accelerated process. — Thomas Gould. [36374/21]
*459. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of applications made since 1 January 2021 for a new residence document under the Withdrawal Agreement as family members of UK nationals; the number of Withdrawal Agreement cards issued; and the actions her Department has taken to make family members of UK nationals aware that they must exchange their residence permit before 31 December 2021. — Thomas Gould. [36376/21]
*460. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of speeding fines issued across County Wexford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the locations of the alleged speeding offences; and the time of day the alleged offences took place in each instance in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [36405/21]
*461. To ask the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); when the application will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [36483/21]
*462. To ask the Minister for Justice if consideration is being given to the recent submission by an organisation (details supplied) requesting a deferral of the deadline of December 2021 in relation to rights of way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [36484/21]
Chun an Aire Sláinte: To the Minister for Health.
*463. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner visit card can be considered for family carers who provide full-time care to family members but are not in receipt of carer’s allowance or carer’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [29277/21]
*464. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can supply an at home delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to a person (details supplied). — Paul Murphy. [29292/21]
*465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for the doctorate in counselling psychologists in training. — Joan Collins. [29293/21]
*466. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. — Peadar Tóibín. [29319/21]
*467. To ask the Minister for Health when kaftrio for CF patients who are 12 years of age and older will be approved for use here (details supplied). — Joan Collins. [29361/21]
*468. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders are liable to pay for blood tests carried out at their general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [29362/21]
*469. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine will be expedited for a person (details supplied). — Joan Collins. [29363/21]
*470. To ask the Minister for Health if optometrists will be issued a new contract with the HSE in order to provide enhanced public eye-care and cut excessive waiting times for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [29364/21]
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*471. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s IT systems have been the subject of ransomware or any other variation of cyber-attack from 1 January 2020 to date; if so, the number of such incidences that have occurred; the response made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [29575/21]
*472. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the important work on the issue of period poverty carried out by the youth advisory panel with the ombudsman for children; if he will acknowledge the indignity experienced by young people who cannot afford appropriate period products every month and the statement made by the UN Committee on Rights of the Child’s General comment No. 20 (2016) on implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence; if he will take steps to ensure that all public buildings including schools are equipped to provide free period products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [29579/21]
*473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason (detail supplies) has been waiting three months for a vaccination at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [29611/21]
*474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposal for a 24/7 community café for an area (details supplied) proposed under the Vision for Change Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [29612/21]
*475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a crisis centre for an area (details supplied) that is proposed under the Vision for Change Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [29613/21]
*476. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious increase in the use of nitrous oxide in a location (details supplied); the actions he will take to combat the use of nitrous oxide; the funding that will be made available to tackle the causes and consequences of nitrous oxide; if he will work with local groups and agencies including the local drugs and alcohol task forces, An Garda Síochána, youth services and schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [29614/21]
*477. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Crohn’s disease who are on immunosuppressant drugs are considered to be vulnerable to Covid-19; the position of such persons in the vaccine roll- out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [29616/21]
*478. To ask the Minister for Health when communions and confirmations will go ahead; the reason mass has been permitted but confirmations and communions have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denise Mitchell. [29618/21]
*479. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for a person (details supplied); the reason the referral has been withdrawn; and the plan in place for services going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [29619/21]
*480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for outpatient eye care treatment and inpatient eye care treatment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [29620/21]
*481. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to extend the temporary assistance scheme for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [29621/21] 3079
*482. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a service (details supplied) in County Louth; the engagement there has been between stakeholders and families of service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Imelda Munster. [29622/21]
*483. To ask the Minister for Health when the bowel screening programme will recommence at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [29623/21]
*484. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Irish citizens returning home after residing abroad who are fully vaccinated using a non EMA approved Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [29659/21]
*485. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [29660/21]
*486. To ask the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes will be extended beyond 30 June 2021; when nursing homes can expect a decision on the future of the scheme; if the current level of supports will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [29661/21]
*487. To ask the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29662/21]
*488. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans by the HSE to engage with an association (details supplied) to negotiate a new contract to provide enhanced public eye-care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29663/21]
*489. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each of the services (details supplied); the current situation of each; the future for the service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29664/21]
*490. To ask the Minister for Health f he is satisfied with the engagement between a service (details supplied) and an association in relation to the future care of current service users following the notice to withdraw services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29665/21]
*491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and the nature of the disclosures and or the occupations or area of work of the persons who made protected disclosures to his Department. — Peadar Tóibín. [29666/21]
*492. To ask the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes will be extended beyond 30 June 2021; when nursing homes can expect a decision on the future of the scheme; if the current level of supports will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [29686/21]
*493. To ask the Minister for Health if a letter of offer has been issued to either of the two applicants for the child psychologist post for CAMHS Wexford south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Verona Murphy. [29687/21]
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*494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [29688/21]
*495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). — Kathleen Funchion. [29689/21]
*496. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys returned unspent to the Exchequer from the HSE ophthalmic health budget per year between 2017-2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [29690/21]
*497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimated costing for the expansion of psychology teams by ten full-time psychologists specialising in adult services, ten full-time psychologists specialising in children and adolescent services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [29691/21]
*498. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [29692/21]
*499. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys returned unspent to the Exchequer from the HSE CAMHS budget per year between 2017-2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [29693/21]
*500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of day care centres; and when a centre (details supplied) will reopen. — Sean Sherlock. [29694/21]
*501. To ask the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited as committed to in 2018 as part of the Pregnancy Prevention Programme in relation to the risk associated with sodium valproate. — Patrick Costello. [29695/21]
*502. To ask the Minister for Health when an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate also known as epilim will take place given the commitment made to hold such an inquiry in October 2020 of which no progress has been made in the interim. — Patrick Costello. [29696/21]
*503. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 21 April 2021, if an error (details supplied) in relation to the case will be examined as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [29697/21]
*504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with a documented anaphylaxis to trometamol or to GBCAs should not receive a vaccine (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that persons who have been refused this vaccine due to anaphylaxis have been offered the same vaccine again; his views on whether that on refusal these persons are advised that they will go to the bottom of the list; and if he will provide clarification on the matter. — Eoin Ó Broin. [29698/21]
*505. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes beyond the current timeframe of June 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [29699/21]
*506. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements regarding mandatory hotel quarantine for Irish citizens returning to Ireland from Bahrain in summer 2021 who have been working and have 3081 been fully vaccinated there with a vaccine (details supplied) which has been WHO approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [29700/21]
*507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid 48-hour contact back tracing procedures that were carried out in April and May 2021; the number and variants of cases identified by this method in each month; the number of Covid 7-day contact back tracing procedures that were carried out in April 2021 and May 2021; the number and variants of cases identified by this method in each month; the number of Covid 14-day contact back tracing procedures that were carried out in the month of April and May 2021; and the number and variants of cases identified by this method in each month in tabular form. — Paul Murphy. [29701/21]
*508. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to deal with the likelihood of the spread of the Covid-19 Indian variant from Britain to and across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [29702/21]
*509. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects 80% of the adult population to have had a first dose of vaccines (details supplied); the proportion of persons who receive the different vaccines; when he expects 80% of the adult population to have had a second dose of the vaccines; the proportion of persons who receive the different vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [29703/21]
*510. To ask the Minister for Health if those Irish citizens who have received their vaccines in Northern Ireland or in the UK will be in a position to avail of the green cert vaccine passport for travel to other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [29704/21]
*511. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in processing medical card renewals in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [29736/21]
*512. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the establishment of the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29737/21]
*513. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the appointment of the four epilepsy nurse specialist posts to manage the patient safety requirements for women who are prescribed sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29738/21]
*514. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures regarding the prescribing and distribution sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29739/21]
*515. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently in place to support families who have been affected by the use of sodium valproate; and the details of his plans to expand support services. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29740/21]
*516. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make medical cannabis accessible through the medical cannabis access programme to persons with epilepsy and their clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [29741/21]
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*517. To ask the Minister for Health the current position on the installation of a permanent public MRI machine in Wexford General Hospital as committed to by the HSE in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [29742/21]
*518. To ask the Minister for Health if an allocation of funding for a permanent public MRI machine for Wexford General Hospital will be included in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [29743/21]
*519. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for an MRI scan in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [29744/21]
*520. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns will be addressed in relation to the removal of audiology services at Portlaoise Hospital which will cause considerable difficulties for existing service users; the measures he is taking to support the growth of audiology services and supports in counties Offaly and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [29745/21]
*521. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by a company (details supplied) targeting Irish mothers with email marketing weeks after they give birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [29769/21]
*522. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe of the publication of the disability capacity review; his views on the causation of the publication being delayed over such a protracted period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [29770/21]
*523. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate announced in November 2020 will be established. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [29787/21]
*524. To ask the Minister for Health when the four additional epilepsy specialist nursing posts approved in 2018 to help manage the mandatory safety checks for women prescribed sodium valproate will be filled. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [29788/21]
*525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures in relation to the distribution and prescribing of sodium valproate. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [29789/21]
*526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed to work in a centre (details supplied); the number available for appointments for those on the waiting list at the centre; if any of these therapists have been redeployed to other services in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [29790/21]
*527. To ask the Minister for Health if a CAMHS Cherry Orchard appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [29791/21]
*528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene and apply extensions to any lapsed or expired medical cards that were due for renewal recently until such time that the cyber- security issues have been resolved and the medical card system is back in operation to avoid any issues such as payments for general practitioner visits or prescriptions for those on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [29792/21] 3083
*529. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens who reside here but work in Northern Ireland and have been vaccinated as part of the system in Northern Ireland will be in a position to apply for an EU Covid-19 digital green certificate when it is introduced here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [29793/21]
*530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider waving current dining restriction for persons who are vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [29867/21]
*531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider harmonising and aligning the common travel area between the UK and Ireland once the number of vaccinated persons in the UK and Ireland get to an acceptable figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [29868/21]
*532. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [29869/21]
*533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes past 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [29870/21]
*534. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding HSE pest control and calls and emails to the agency going unanswered; if he has engaged with the agency on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [29871/21]
*535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [29872/21]
*536. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the vaccine roll-out for school-age students some of whom are scheduled to participate in the international Erasmus programme in August and September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [29873/21]
*537. To ask the Minister for Health the financial and non-financial supports that are provided to couples receiving IVF treatment from the State outside of the medical card or drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [29878/21]
*538. To ask the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance payment scheme will be extended for nursing homes until 31 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [29879/21]
*539. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer gene cell therapy for patients with certain conditions via the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [29908/21]
*540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay for an elderly person (details supplied) to have their request for their named chiropodist changed. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [29909/21]
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*541. To ask the Minister for Health if the restrictions for weddings will be relaxed in August 2021; and the number of guests who will be allowed to attend a wedding in August. — Kathleen Funchion. [29918/21]
*542. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a product which meets his Department’s clinical guidelines on the use of medical cannabis in epilepsy can be added to the medical cannabis access programme before it launches in order to make it accessible to persons with epilepsy and their clinicians (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Malcolm Noonan. [29923/21]
*543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the vaccination strategy team to consider offering a choice of an alternative secondary or primary dose of vaccination to those in the older age groups who already have received a vaccine (details supplied) but who are concerned regarding its efficacy and risks. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [29924/21]
*544. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to applying the vaccine bonus whereby a person is considered fully vaccinated four weeks after their first dose of a vaccine (details supplied) as part of the exemptions from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe O’Brien. [29925/21]
*545. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid out in TAPS funding to nursing homes since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic by county. — Peadar Tóibín. [29931/21]
*546. To ask the Minister for Health if the TAPS fund for nursing homes which is due to expire in June 2021, will be extended for a longer period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [29932/21]
*547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason numerous applications made by a nursing home (details supplied) for TAPS have been unsuccessful. — Peadar Tóibín. [29933/21]
*548. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the 16-week delay for those aged between 60 and 69 in getting their second dose of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [29934/21]
*549. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme for mental illness medications is extended only to persons under 16 years of age; and the supports available to persons over 16 years of age to pay for related medication. — Eoin Ó Broin. [29935/21]
*550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes beyond 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [29958/21]
*551. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spends each year using the storage facilities operated by a company (details supplied). — Brian Stanley. [29985/21]
*552. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals here that have a contract with a company (details supplied). — Brian Stanley. [29986/21]
*553. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures provided to patients who are covered under the general medical scheme for the treatment of heart valve disease; the proportion of such 3085 patients treated using transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [30245/21]
*554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private patients treated in public hospitals for heart valve disease; the proportion of patients treated using transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [30246/21]
*555. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have taken a position on the HIQA recommendation contained in its health technology assessment of trans catheter aortic valve implementation in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at low and intermediate risk of surgical complications published in November 2019; if these recommendations will be adopted and implemented; and if not, the rationale in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [30247/21]
*556. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that those who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the pandemrix vaccine will receive appropriate compensation without taking court cases. — Paul Murphy. [22869/21]
*557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a general practitioner service is provided in Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24. — Paul Murphy. [28317/21]
Chun an Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara: To the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
*558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences his Department will issue for July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [35791/21]
*559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure land eligibility inspectors follow correct procedures when carrying out inspections; the reason there are cases in which it is the inspector’s word against the farmer’s word; if measures will be put in place to prevent this happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [35792/21]
*560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if presumption of truth applies to farmers in inspections by his Department; if the word of an inspector supersedes that of the farmer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [35794/21]
*561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the feasibility study on wool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [35809/21]
*562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of afforestation licences in the past three years that were approved by his Department within a month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [35810/21]
*563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of afforestation licences that were approved by his Department within a month which did not progress to planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [35811/21]
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*564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Assistant Secretary of his Department (details supplied) indicated at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and the Marine on 27 May 2021 that a request by an organisation to become a member of the CAP Post-2020 Consultative Committee was still being considered, despite the Minister of State in his Department stating in a letter on 24 May 2021 that there was no need to broaden membership of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [35812/21]
*565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way forestry has been discussed or considered during recent CAP negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [35813/21]
*566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to conduct a needs analysis from the forest industry including forest owners for a frost reconstitution scheme following damage to young plantations by this uninsurable event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [35819/21]
*567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the afforestation grant and premium is not payable on areas of natural constraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [35820/21]
*568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline the CAP Consultative Committee is working to in completing the CAP Strategic Plan; the progress of the Committee to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [35823/21]
*569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the extent to which REAP applicants engage in the afforestation grant and forest premium scheme will be monitored by month during the pilot phase the next two years; if so, the details of same in tabular form; if a circular will be issued to the entire agricultural industry on a monthly basis in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [35824/21]
*570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the hectares of new afforestation necessary to deliver carbon neutrality to a normal dairy farm of 100 cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [35825/21]
*571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an outline will be provided of the post-2021 situation in relation to those GLAS participants who currently avail of the wild bird cover actions; the steps that must be taken in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [35830/21]
*572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a beef data and genomics programme payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [35917/21]
*573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of interest his Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35927/21]
*574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a PCS number by a company (details supplied). — Peter Fitzpatrick. [35945/21] 3087
*575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all veterinarians appointed to meat plants from his Department are compliant and or possess professional qualifications as detailed in EU Regulation 854/2004. — Catherine Murphy. [35955/21]
*576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he relies on advice (details supplied) given to the previous Minister on the appointment of veterinary inspectors as official veterinarians in meat plants. — Catherine Murphy. [35956/21]
*577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a protected disclosure made to his Department in 2018 (details supplied); if his Department accepted the disclosure at the time; and if his Department investigated the matters to a conclusion. — Catherine Murphy. [35957/21]
*578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and assist a farmer (details supplied) in County Tipperary whose herd is affected by TB; if his Department will accept a veterinary scan as proof that reactor cows and in-calf heifers identified as having TB were in calf; if the veterinary scan can also be used to determine the amount due to the farmer under the TB eradication scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [35987/21]
*579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the current guidelines for the TB eradication scheme in cases in which a heifer cow is identified as been in calf; if the current guidelines in which a veterinary inspectorate at the meat factory are required to carry out pregnancy checks at post mortem on reactor cows and in-calf heifers can be substituted with a scan from a qualified veterinarian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [35988/21]
*580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences currently awaiting decision in each county; the number of forest road licence applications currently awaiting decision in each county; the number of tree felling licence applications currently awaiting decision in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Stanton. [36012/21]
*581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of seizures by the investigations unit of his Department of a substance called release since 1 January 2018 to date in 2021; and the number of court proceedings that were initiated as a result of those seizures. — Catherine Murphy. [36021/21]
*582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of seizures by his Departmental investigations unit of a substance called dexedrine and or any substance containing methamphetamine since 1 January 2018 to date in 2021; and the number of court proceedings that were initiated as a result of those seizures. — Catherine Murphy. [36022/21]
*583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of seizures by his Departmental investigations unit of a substance called 4 fillies anabolic steroid since 1 January 2018 to date in 2021; and the number of court proceedings that were initiated as a result of those seizures. — Catherine Murphy. [36023/21]
*584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of seizures by his Departmental investigations unit of a substance called cartrophen since 1 January 2018 to date in 2021; and the number of court proceedings that were initiated as a result of those seizures. — Catherine Murphy. [36024/21]
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*585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances in which a member of his Departmental investigations unit has accompanied Irish Greyhound Board staff to search and inspect registered greyhound trainers and non-registered trainers facilities in the past four years to date. — Catherine Murphy. [36025/21]
*586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of fishing restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [36117/21]
*587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36118/21]
*588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36136/21]
*589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36154/21]
*590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department arrived at the target of 4,500 forestry licences for 2021; if this figure was formulated in conjunction with industry or other stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Collins. [36174/21]
*591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is of the view that forestry licensing output will increase for the second half of 2021 given that only 1,594 licences were issued up to 18 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Collins. [36176/21]
*592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the forestry licensing targets of his Department by licence type for July, August, September, October, November and December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Collins. [36178/21]
*593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the afforestation, roads and felling licensing output to date in 2021; the way this compares with licencing output to the same dates in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the percentage increase or decrease in output compared to those dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Collins. [36179/21]
*594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish an independent meat regulator with statutory powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patricia Ryan. [36268/21]
*595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend all TAMS 2 grants by three months to allow time for farmers to complete works that have been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [36312/21] 3089
*596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council 28-29 June 2021 regarding the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [36313/21]
*597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council 28-29 June 2021 regarding fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [36314/21]
*598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council 28-29 June 2021 regarding biological control agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [36315/21]
*599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council 28-29 June 2021 regarding setting a specific protection goal for honeybees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [36316/21]
*600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for an organisation (details supplied) that cares for greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [36317/21]
*601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the recommendation of the working group 4 within Project Woodland with respect to its recommendation that an independent review of the regulatory process takes place; if he plans to act on this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36353/21]
*602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his officials have had with the European Commission in relation to the forthcoming EU Forest Strategy; the information that has been received from the European Commission on the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36354/21]
*603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an analysis on job losses in the forestry and timber industry as a result of the licensing crisis; if so, if financial supports will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36355/21]
*604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of felling licences; the number of licences applied for in 2020 and to date in 2021; the processing metrics associated with the applications; the actions being implemented to speed-up processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [36356/21]
*605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 29 June 2021, if a person (details supplied) still holds their position. — Paul Murphy. [36365/21]
*606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the thorough examinations of each individual animal are conducted by tissue velocity imaging given scans are not accepted as proof of pregnancy by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [36401/21]
*607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on a Covid-19 temporary tie-up scheme application in respect of a fisherman (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36410/21]
P.T.O 3090
*608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2021 Covid-19 temporary tie-up scheme will be opened for applications; if the terms of the scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36411/21]
*609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a forestry application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36467/21]
*610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for conversion of possessory title to absolute submitted by legal representatives on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to the records branch of his Department in Cavan will be dealt with in view of the urgent need for the processing of this application to be finalised as it is impacting on the sale of a house; the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36533/21]
*611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry felling licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [36568/21]
Chun an Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail: To the Minister for Rural and Community Development.
*612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to share a draft copy of the new islands policy with those representing island communities to ensure a high level of consultation as part of the new policy; the stage the policy is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [35858/21]
*613. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to review the public participation network and local authority participation structures as part of the review set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [35868/21]
*614. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of interest her Department has been charged for savings or other funds on deposit in Irish banks since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [35939/21]
*615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if she will update them as a matter of priority. — Catherine Murphy. [36130/21]
*616. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to her Department. — Catherine Murphy. [36148/21]
*617. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of freedom of information requests refused by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester 3091 to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. — Catherine Murphy. [36166/21]
*618. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the pilot mountain access scheme to new areas in view of the fact that the original pilot areas were selected over ten years ago and that at time it was intended to extend the scheme to all mountain areas interested in it within a small number of years; the method by which new areas would be selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36184/21]
*619. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to open up a new module under the community services programme for applications from rural areas of low employment and falling population to try assist the redevelopment of these areas particularly on the tourist front; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36189/21]
*620. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to open up a new module under the community services programme for applications from rural areas of high unemployment, drugs misuse and deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [36190/21]
*621. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the consultation document on a review of measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland will be published; the number that relates to restricted breeds; if this includes the control of presa canario dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [36466/21]
*622. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a provision will be made for a minimum of three rural recreational officers for the walk schemes in west County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [36517/21]
CEISTEANNA, SEACHAS CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH, I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL DÉ CÉADAOIN, 7 IÚIL, 2021 QUESTIONS, OTHER THAN QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY, FOR ORAL ANSWER ON WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY, 2021
Chun an Taoisigh: To the Taoiseach.
1. 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]
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