DÁIL ÉIREANN

Dé Máirt, 15 Meitheamh, 2021 Tuesday, 15th June, 2021

CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS

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CEISTEANNA I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Chun an Taoisigh: To the .

1. To ask the Taoiseach if legacy issues were discussed during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson. — Brendan Smith. [27628/21]

2. To ask the Taoiseach if the need to implement in full the Stormont House Agreement was discussed during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson. — Brendan Smith. [27629/21]

3. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister with regard to the impact of Brexit, the Northern Ireland Protocol and the degree to which all parties have seen possibilities for resolution of outstanding issues arising from Brexit . — Bernard J. Durkan. [27952/21]

4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Prime Minister. — . [29458/21]

5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. — Alan Kelly. [29457/21]

6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. — . [29781/21]

7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. — Paul Murphy. [29784/21]

8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. — Bríd Smith. [29786/21]

9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. — . [31557/21]

10. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2020 will be published. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31802/21]

11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education last met; and when it will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [27895/21]

12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education last met; and when it will next meet. — . [29413/21]

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13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [29519/21]

14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [29602/21]

15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31398/21]

16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. — Paul Murphy. [31401/21]

17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education last met; and when it will next meet. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31791/21]

18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with education will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31828/21]

19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 last met; and when it will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [27893/21]

20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 last met; and when the next meeting is planned. — . [29524/21]

21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [29520/21]

22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 will next meet. — Cian O’Callaghan. [30926/21]

23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health last met; and when it will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [27894/21]

24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health last met; and when the next meeting is planned. — Cathal Crowe. [29522/21]

25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health last met; and when it will next meet. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31399/21]

26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health last met; and when it will next meet. — Paul Murphy. [31402/21]

27. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31800/21]

28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent EU Council meeting. — . [29414/21]

29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council. — Alan Kelly. [29775/21] 2541

30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31801/21]

31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. — Bríd Smith. [31403/21]

32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31405/21]

33. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when it will next meet. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [29463/21]

34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when the next meeting is planned. — Cathal Crowe. [29523/21]

35. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [29604/21]

36. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [30928/21]

37. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when it will next meet. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31792/21]

38. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. — Bríd Smith. [31404/21]

39. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. — Paul Murphy. [31406/21]

40. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the National Security Committee chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. — Mary Lou McDonald. [29521/21]

41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the membership of the National Security Committee; and when it last met. — Alan Kelly. [29776/21]

42. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the National Risk Assessment for 2021. — Alan Kelly. [29777/21]

43. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of plans for a well-being framework for Ireland. — Alan Kelly. [30930/21]

44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date by his Department in its development of a well-being framework for Ireland. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31400/21]

45. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in preparing the National Economic Recovery Plan. — Alan Kelly. [32052/21]

46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [31501/21]

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47. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the First Minister and First Minister Designate of Northern Ireland. — Neale Richmond. [31659/21]

48. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31826/21]

49. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. — Alan Kelly. [32049/21]

50. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will meet next. — Jennifer Whitmore. [31558/21]

CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY

Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance.

51. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the agreement reached by the G7 and outlined in its communiqué published on 5 June 2021 regarding international tax reform in particular the introduction of a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% for each country; the way it will operate; the impact on the State, its revenues and inward investment offering over medium and long-term horizons; his views on this position; his negotiating objective in relation to same in negotiations at OECD level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31854/21]

52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the possibility of giving the Revenue Commissioners responsibility for collection of the vacant site levy given compliance with this levy is exceptionally low (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32046/21]

53. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the agreement reached by the G7 and outlined in its communiqué published on 5 June 2021 regarding international tax reform in particular, the reallocation of profits and taxing rights for multinationals with profits margins above 10 %; the way it will operate if implemented; the multinationals that will be included and excluded; the OECD members that will benefit most in terms of revenue raised as a percentage of their GDP; the OECD members that will benefit least; the impact of the agreement on the State in terms of revenue and its inward investment offering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31855/21]

54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he has had with the European Commission and its latest country specific recommendations under the European semester process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31782/21]

CEISTEANNA EILE OTHER QUESTIONS

Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance.

55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent paper published by the ESRI on 3 June 2021 which argues for an increase in State borrowing to increase Irish housing supply; his views on its findings; and if he will alter the fiscal policy in order to double the level of capital investment in public housing in budget 2022. — Louise O’Reilly. [31795/21] 2543

56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential impact on Ireland’s corporation tax rate in view of the agreement concluded at the recent meeting of the G7 countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31595/21]

57. To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses have seen their credit scores reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic; the potential impact this could have on their ability to borrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31790/21]

58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of forward purchase agreements that had been made prior to the passing of the Financial Resolution on 19 May 2021 providing for a 10% stamp duty measure on the bulk purchase of homes such that the residential units under such agreements will not be subject to the measure when they are completed; the number of such units; the number of such forward purchase agreements that have been made since the passage of the Financial Resolution on 19 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31812/21]

59. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to explore ways and means to offset any negativity arising from Brexit with reference to banking and financial services here; if specific issues have arisen which might need corrective attention in the short and medium- term; if Ireland as an EU and euro state member can expect to flourish in the context of banking and financial services in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31741/21]

60. To ask the Minister for Finance if a viability test will be applied to all childcare providers seeking Covid-19-related employment wage supports until the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [28455/21]

61. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to enable credit unions to become involved in financing housing projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [31796/21]

62. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net contribution Ireland will make to EU funds in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31513/21]

63. To ask the Minister for Finance if it will be ensured that changes to the local property tax take into account the incomes of the homeowners in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31408/21]

64. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives he is undertaking to boost credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [31764/21]

65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Clare and Galway currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cathal Crowe. [31771/21]

66. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that businesses are seeing large increases in insurance premia for attempting to claim business interruption support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31789/21]

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67. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to make insurance premia more affordable by limiting the large profits in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31780/21]

68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Eurogroup members all regard taxation as a matter of national competence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [31774/21]

69. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that insurance premia are successfully reduced for motorists, businesses and other users in line with the revision of guidelines for personal injury awards; if his attention has being drawn to increases in premia for SMEs; the measures being taken to ensure that the benefits to changes in claims playouts are being passed onto customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31756/21]

70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the current tax exemptions for real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31783/21]

71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Carlow and Wexford currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Murnane O’Connor. [31763/21]

72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of settlements that have been made to the Revenue Commissioners by companies or employers due to bogus self-employment and unpaid PRSI in each of the years 2015 to 2020. — Brian Stanley. [31499/21]

73. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent-to-buy scheme will continue after 2021. — . [31752/21]

74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the corporation tax rate is retained (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [24215/21]

75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing to provide cover to persons with fully managed type 1 diabetes. — Thomas Gould. [31799/21]

76. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of access to capital in the site acquisition and housing construction market; the places in which bottlenecks exist; if he is satisfied with the financial instruments now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. —. [31585/21]

77. To ask the Minister for Finance if a public banking forum will be developed by the Government. — Peadar Tóibín. [22908/21]

78. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects a potential 15% universal corporation tax as agreed at the recent G7 meeting to impact on Ireland’s position as an attractive foreign direct investment location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31740/21] 2545

79. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of persons in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the schemes in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc MacSharry. [31703/21]

80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cork and Kerry currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county that were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [31793/21]

81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath and Louth currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [31695/21]

82. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent ESRI report (details supplied); his further views on whether given the expected strong post-Covid-19 performance of the Irish economy and the likely continued low cost of sovereign debt, that the adoption of a consistently negative Government primary balance can be pursued under a prudent and sustainable set of conditions which would be specifically for capital expenditure purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31609/21]

83. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate in the form of dividend withholding tax paid by Irish real estate funds as a proportion of operating and pre-tax profits respectively in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; if he will consider increasing the rate of dividend withholding tax while removing exemptions for corporation tax and capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31810/21]

84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions recently with a bank (details supplied) in relation to its decision to withdraw from the market and with another bank in relation to its plan to close 88 branches here given the concern of employees and customers on the resulting loss of banking competition here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [31696/21]

85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of inspections of bogus self-employment carried out by the Revenue Commissioners excluding the construction sector in each of the years 2015 to 2020. — Brian Stanley. [31500/21]

86. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will be taking to boost banking competition nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [31706/21]

87. To ask the Minister for Finance if married couples are facing added difficulties in applying for mortgages from the main pillar banks as a result of the criteria used to calculate couples income; if such criteria are the bank’s own or derives from the Central Bank guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31804/21]

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88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Kilkenny and Waterford currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of persons in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the schemes in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [31701/21]

89. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on and response to the recent G7 agreement on corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc MacSharry. [31704/21]

90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that while EU fiscal rules limit Government deficits to 3% of GDP and a debt of 60% of Ireland’s GDP, the 2020 budget deficit here was 6%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [20479/21]

91. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent IFAC report (details supplied) which states that the Government has failed to deliver on its commitment to publish a credible medium- term strategy in terms of the SPU 2021; his further views on the view that the recent SPU is based on poorly founded medium-term spending forecasts and does not incorporate major policy commitments referenced in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31608/21]

92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Limerick currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in May 2021; the number in County Limerick that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the schemes in County Limerick over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [31699/21]

93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the engagements he has had with the European Commission, Eurogroup ministers and other EU governments in relation to implementing a minimum corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31781/21]

94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the impact for households of the changes to the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31777/21]

95. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Flaherty. [31767/21]

96. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address aggressive tax planning as part the Government’s priority reform commitments made under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan; the way this will impact on the bottom line of the Exchequer and on budget forecasts; his views on a recent IFAC report which states the loss to the Exchequer due to international changes in corporation tax rules could be €3.5 billion; if he plans to instruct his Department to provide an updated forecast report on the potential loss to the Exchequer due to international changes 2547 in corporation tax rules and the options for replacing these tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31607/21]

97. To ask the Minister for Finance the increases there have been in the purchase of State prize bonds in each of the past three years; the monetary amounts that have been invested in these bonds for each of the years; the interest the State generated with these funds in the period; the amount that was given in prize money in each of these years; if the number of prizes has changed during this timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [31755/21]

98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to engage with representatives of the major banks that are either pulling out of the Irish market or restructuring their high street presence with regard to the vacant units they are leaving in towns and villages; if he will support the repurposing of these units as community hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31734/21]

99. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding making the save and spend scheme more dynamic to enable a greater level of take-up in order to stimulate the tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31630/21]

100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Tipperary currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in the county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in County Tipperary over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31761/21]

101. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of not charging any USC on the first €13,000 of assessable income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31514/21]

102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in receipt of the payment on the same date inn May 2021; the number of persons in County Dublin that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; and the expenditure on the schemes in the county over that time. — . [31806/21]

103. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the economic impact of increasing corporation tax to 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31775/21]

104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of developments in which all or a portion of units in that development are subject to forward purchase private rented sector sales that have been funded through Home Building Finance Ireland since it came into operation; the value of the funding; the number of units in each development that are subject to forward purchase PRS sales; the rental price of each or any of those units that will or have been subsequently made available to rent; the average rental price; and his views on whether these issues were not addressed in the recent Home Building Finance Ireland review published by his Department on 10 May 2021. — Pearse Doherty. [31811/21]

105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Mayo currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in the county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in the county that

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106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his attendance at the recent G7 finance ministers meeting in London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [31705/21]

107. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to changes to the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31407/21]

108. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations his Department is making in conjunction with business stakeholders and representatives on the impact on businesses of possible changes in the global corporation tax environment; the meetings he has had with business stakeholders and representatives regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [30160/21]

109. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will be taking to support businesses as they reopen in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [31776/21]

110. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of progress to implement the Programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of insurance and increase competition in the market. — Cormac Devlin. [31807/21]

111. To ask the Minister for Finance the further economic supports he is providing for businesses as they reopen following Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31766/21]

112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the use of the €2.5 billion allocated to Ireland under the SURE instrument operated by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31594/21]

113. To ask the Minister for Finance his policy in relation to increasing flood insurance coverage and the provision of risk equalisation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cathal Crowe. [31772/21]

114. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the business resumption support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Flaherty. [31768/21]

115. To ask the Minister for Finance the examinations his Department is undertaking regarding the proposal by the International Monetary Fund of a solidarity tax on those companies which accumulated wealth during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [20151/21]

116. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the global corporation tax reform proposals as discussed at the G7 meeting he attended as President of the Eurogroup; the implications for Ireland if an agreement along the lines of that proposal are ultimately adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31606/21] 2549

117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to reconfigure the disabled drivers and passengers’ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [31773/21]

118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the impact assessment on the changes to taxation charged to so-called cuckoo funds in particular the impact on affordability of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31778/21]

119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the establishment of a forum on banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [31702/21]

120. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Kildare and Wicklow currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the schemes in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31697/21]

121. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his engagement with the insurance sector specifically related to individuals and businesses that are unable to get flood protection cover despite the completion of OPW flood defences to protect the location of their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [20056/21]

122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the measures his Department is taking under the action plan on insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31762/21]

123. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent ESRI report (details supplied); his further views on whether the recurrent tax levied on wealth and assets could raise substantial amounts of revenue; his plans to conduct an analysis into the additional revenue which could be raised for the Exchequer through targeted growth-friendly wealth taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31610/21]

124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the policy statement published by the Financial Conduct Authority on 28 May 2021 to end the practice of dual pricing in the insurance market; if his Department has consulted the Financial Conduct Authority, Central Bank or the insurance industry on the details of this policy statement and its impact on insurers operating in both the Irish and British markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31814/21]

125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that lending institutions take account of existing tenants’ ability to meet current rental costs when assessing their mortgage applications given that couples are being denied mortgage applications for sums whose monthly repayments work out much lower than their current rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31805/21]

126. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with insurance companies in relation to reducing premia for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [31770/21]

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127. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the legislation governing financial and corporate behaviour here is fit for purpose; if not, the changes he plans to make; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [31700/21]

128. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to corporation tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31698/21]

129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to protect jobs and services in the banking sector; the engagement he has had with bank management and trade unions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31779/21]

130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Offaly currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in the county who were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in the county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [31765/21]

131. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) in particular the proposal to pursue a consistently negative Government primary balance under a prudent and sustainable set of conditions with a view to doubling the existing capital investment in State-provided housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31784/21]

132. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no recourse for complaint regarding decisions taken by the nominations committee of a credit union. — Thomas Gould. [31798/21]

133. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reforms which would exempt green capital expenditure in order to address the climate emergency given the review by the EU Commission of the fiscal rules are set to reopen. — Mairéad Farrell. [31885/21]

CEISTEANNA LE hAGHAIDH FREAGRAÍ SCRÍOFA QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Chun an Taoisigh: To the Taoiseach.

*134. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date. — . [30873/21]

*135. To ask the Taoiseach the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; and if so, the details of such costs. — Carol Nolan. [30890/21]

*136. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020. — . [31291/21] 2551

*137. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020. — Holly Cairns. [31309/21]

*138. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the CSO with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [28374/21]

*139. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the CSO with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. — Paul Murphy. [28376/21]

*140. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on engagements he has had with the CSO with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. — Cian O’Callaghan. [29708/21]

*141. To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that his endorsement of several planning applications submitted and yet to be submitted to Dublin City Council by a developer (details supplied) in a press statement issued by the developer on the 1 June 2021 and uploaded onto the company’s website is appropriate in the context of the planning process. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31929/21]

Chun an Tánaiste agus Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta: To the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

*142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a bank (details supplied) will be contacted to remind it of its obligations under TUPE legislation. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [30559/21]

*143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the temporary changes to redundancy rules during the Covid-19 emergency period in view of the ongoing reopening of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe O’Brien. [30675/21]

*144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to open a new office in Vancouver, Canada. — Darren O’Rourke. [30715/21]

*145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the transfer of undertakings obligation on employers will apply to the proposed closure and transfer of business by a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [30805/21]

*146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which the review of Economic Migration – Review of the Occupational Lists being undertaken by his Department will be completed and published; his plans to enhance the occupational lists to include physiotherapists in view of the fact that there is a shortfall of physiotherapists, particularly in private physiotherapy practices which is contributing to lengthening waiting lists for treatment as highlighted in the submission to his Department by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will include a provision in order to recruit physiotherapists from outside the EU. — Catherine Murphy. [30819/21]

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*147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a report by organisations (details supplied) concerning employment conditions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30843/21]

*148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30863/21]

*149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30880/21]

*150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small businesses who are struggling to reopen in the weeks ahead with a turnover of less than €50,000 and who are not eligible for the business grants available due to their size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30906/21]

*151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if restrictions on time limits for dining will be altered as the Covid-19 vaccination process moves forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30916/21]

*152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review by his Department of the casual and occasional trading licensing legislation commenced; if this review has been completed; if so, if the outcome of the review has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31090/21]

*153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Tipperary. — Martin Browne. [31135/21]

*154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unannounced inspections by the Workplace Relations Commission of fishing vessels eligible for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that have taken place in the past 12 months; the number of instances of non-compliance that were detected on these inspections; the categories of non-compliance that were detected; the consequences for the vessel owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31188/21]

*155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress the Workplace Relations Commission has made into its enquiries regarding the report made to it by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the employment of three Egyptian nationals outside the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers on the FV Ellie Adhamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31189/21]

*156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Louth. — . [31201/21] 2553

*157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Meath. — Imelda Munster. [31202/21]

*158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 2 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Kerry. — . [31203/21]

*159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Workplace Relations Commission investigation into the employment of four persons (details supplied) outside the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA migrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31227/21]

*160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the WRC investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Clare. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [31236/21]

*161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31281/21]

*162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31299/21]

*163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of Vote 32 for enterprise, trade and employment with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [31385/21]

*164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of Vote 32 for business, enterprise and innovation with headings and subheadings for 2020, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [31386/21]

*165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, if a breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Wexford will be provided. — . [31445/21]

*166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31447/21]

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*167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches in County Limerick. — . [31560/21]

*168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects that the high-level working group on collective bargaining will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31837/21]

*169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department supports persons with disabilities to access the mainstream job market. — Paul Murphy. [31868/21]

*170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meaning of the term ventilation in the context of his Department’s recently published Work Safety Protocol that was drafted in conjunction with the HSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31869/21]

*171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31874/21]

*172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation for a person who is currently in the country and does not have a work permit at present but would like to apply for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [32075/21]

Chun an Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide: To the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

*173. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date by which the micro-generation support scheme will go live; the dates for interim stages to go live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pa Daly. [30550/21]

*174. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagement he has had with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to ensure that all persons at the end of their current utility contracts are contacted by the contracted utility company with options available to them to ensure that any charge hikes being applied at the end of these contracts could be avoided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [30606/21]

*175. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a fibre connection will be available for Coachford Village, County Cork and more specifically a location (details supplied) given that homes in this area are not in the intervention area for National Broadband Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [30607/21]

*176. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of submissions made to the public consultation on the Climate Conversation - Climate Action Plan 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30655/21]

*177. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the implications for Ireland of the recent cyber-attack on a pipeline system (details supplied) that resulted in a state 2555 of emergency in the United States of America from Florida to Virginia; the actions that have been taken to protect Ireland’s imported gas supply that comes from Britain through an interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [30773/21]

*178. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is an emergency response plan to deal with a potential cyber-attack on an interconnector (details supplied) which supplies Ireland’s imported gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [30774/21]

*179. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has evaluated the loss of a day’s gas supply to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [30775/21]

*180. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way he plans to deal with the growing energy needs of data centres with Eirgrid’s generation capacity statement of 2020 to 2029 projection that demand from data centres could account for 27% of all demand in Ireland by 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [30776/21]

*181. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of plans to make Ireland a leader in hydrogen storage; and the estimated cost of a hydrogen 50MW hydrolyser. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30811/21]

*182. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of responses to the public consultation on the microgeneration support scheme. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30812/21]

*183. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the costed breakdown of the supports, that is, seed funding, technical capacity, through RESS and otherwise for the development of community renewable energy projects. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30815/21]

*184. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the National Broadband Ireland broadband hub (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [30816/21]

*185. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes on the waiting list for the warmer homes scheme; and the number of households by the qualifying social welfare payment. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30827/21]

*186. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a line by line breakdown will be provided of the current and capital expenditure of the renewable energy support scheme communities and the renewable electricity support scheme communities; and the associated outputs from those programmes. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30828/21]

*187. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of item demand generation-national retrofit; and the breakdown of the current and capital expenditure. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30829/21]

*188. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the de-risking a low-cost residential retrofit loan scheme; and the proposed eligibility criteria for beneficiaries. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30830/21]

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*189. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered making low-cost loans available to families that wish to retrofit their homes. — . [30850/21]

*190. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30864/21]

*191. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30881/21]

*192. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount granted and or drawn down in the context of the additional €5 million fund established to tackle littering by each local authority in tabular form; the heading under which each application was made (details supplied). — Catherine Murphy. [30913/21]

*193. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount granted to each local authority in respect of anti-littering, clean-up and recycling initiatives in the past five years to date in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30914/21]

*194. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if approval will be given for the unit price for the export of solar units to the national grid in relation to the young farmers initiative for the installation of solar photo voltaic panels to promote green energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [31003/21]

*195. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target set for the number of premises passed and available for connection in County Mayo in 2021 under the National Broadband Plan; the number of premises passed and available for connection in 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31124/21]

*196. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the launch of an updated SEAI retrofit scheme. — . [31222/21]

*197. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding a request by a union (details supplied) for funding for An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31238/21]

*198. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes retrofitted in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form on each retrofitting programme; the spend to date on each scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31256/21]

*199. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31282/21] 2557

*200. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31300/21]

*201. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 12 May 2021, the way his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31323/21]

*202. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 12 May 2021, the amount allocated to each local authority from the €5 million additional funding for litter prevention and cleaning announced on 5 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31324/21]

*203. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in Cork city and county; the number of premises in Cork city and county that are now connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31325/21]

*204. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures being taken to improve the traceability of stolen scrap metal with particular reference to catalytic converters; if businesses have alerted his office in relation to being offered such items as catalytic converters for purchase; if there has been an increase in those alerts recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [31427/21]

*205. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will include areas such as Rathmichael, Old Connaught, Bride’s Glen, Ballycorus and Shankill in the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [31442/21]

*206. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the value of the levy per tonne paid on farm plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31453/21]

*207. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the tonnage the levy paid on farm plastics is paid on from 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31454/21]

*208. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the last tender was agreed for farm plastic collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31455/21]

*209. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the last tender for farm plastic collection was open for competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31456/21]

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*210. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Departments represented on the interdepartmental committee which oversees the implementation of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024; and the grade of the officials who represent each Department on the committee in tabular form. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31463/21]

*211. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a representative of the local community be appointed by him with immediate effect to replace the previous representative whose term expired on 2 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [31563/21]

*212. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the formal review process that is examining a premises (details supplied) in County Galway for reclassification from blue to amber on the high speed broadband map; when this process is due to be completed; the length of time after this process is completed a connection to the network will be available to these residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [31565/21]

*213. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31875/21]

*214. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding currently contained in the Climate Action Fund; the projects that received funding from the fund to date in 2021; the amount of funding each received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31902/21]

*215. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding currently contained in the National Oil Reserves Agency Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31903/21]

*216. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the €5 million fund allocated to litter prevention (details supplied); the way this funding can be drawn down by local authorities; and if he will report on the level of funding that is remaining in this fund. — Steven Matthews. [31958/21]

*217. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fishing licences issued in County Wexford in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [31994/21]

*218. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding the €3 million fund allocated to anti-illegal dumping measures (details supplied); the way this funding can be drawn down by local authorities; and if he will report on the level of funding that is remaining in this fund. — Steven Matthews. [32017/21]

Chun an Aire Iompair: To the Minister for Transport.

*219. To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to continue with the fully civilianised search and rescue services provided by a civilian helicopter operator (details supplied). — Paul Murphy. [30493/21] 2559

*220. To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to any issue preventing an Irish citizen holding an Irish road transport management CPC and resident in Northern Ireland from being nominated as a transport manager on Irish road transport operator licences in companies within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30530/21]

*221. To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to ensure physical distancing and the wearing of face coverings on public transport, buses, trams and trains given there are many reports of lack of enforcement on public transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [30556/21]

*222. To ask the Minister for Transport if online CPC courses will be offered for HGV drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30656/21]

*223. To ask the Minister for Transport the current wait time for a practical driver test; the measures that are being taken to reduce the wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [30660/21]

*224. To ask the Minister for Transport the deadline for the submission of safety improvement works 2022. — Thomas Gould. [30680/21]

*225. To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to renovate and improve the pedestrian walkway along the train line that goes above Lough Atalia in Galway city; if he has engaged with the owners of the lands in relation to this area; and the status of the route in the context of creating a greenway along this corridor. — Catherine Murphy. [30688/21]

*226. To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to provide an extension to the expiry date of driver licences beyond the current cut-off date of June 2021; his views on whether an extension for learner permits due to expire in 2021 is particularly necessary given the significant driver lesson and test backlog due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30690/21]

*227. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that used each of Iarnród Éireann intercity routes and commuter routes in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30719/21]

*228. To ask the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to recruit undercover security personnel on its services. — Darren O’Rourke. [30720/21]

*229. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will approve the installation of additional rapid e-car chargers throughout County Meath. — Darren O’Rourke. [30721/21]

*230. To ask the Minister for Transport when the post of chairperson of Cork Port Authority will be filled. — Darren O’Rourke. [30722/21]

*231. To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the penalty to release vehicles seized under the Road Traffic Act 2016 was doubled based on 2019 figures. — Darren O’Rourke. [30723/21]

*232. To ask the Minister for Transport the amount Iarnród Éireann spent on improving the quality of audio announcements on the DART in each of the years of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; if all announcement systems on the DART are currently in full working order; and the

P.T.O 2560 frequency with which the audio announcement system is tested to ensure full working order. — Catherine Murphy. [30746/21]

*233. To ask the Minister for Transport the amount Iarnród Éireann has received from advertisement boards within its stations in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30747/21]

*234. To ask the Minister for Transport if the European Commission has procured €2.6 billion worth of antigen tests for aviation (details supplied); if Ireland will receive an allocation of same; if so, the amount; when the test will be made available; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [30764/21]

*235. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applicants currently awaiting a driver theory test in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [30766/21]

*236. To ask the Minister for Transport if measures will be taken to address the issue of cyclists who continue to use footpaths in locations in which segregated cycle lanes have been provided in view of the danger such activity poses for pedestrians and those with mobility impairments. — Róisín Shortall. [30782/21]

*237. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers on Bus Éireann route 424 in both directions in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [30803/21]

*238. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers on Bus Éireann Route 419 in both directions in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [30804/21]

*239. To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30875/21]

*240. To ask the Minister for Transport the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30892/21]

*241. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the upgrading the Ballybrophy and Roscrea to Limerick railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30893/21]

*242. To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to bridge the funding gaps between two CIÉ group pension schemes, the regular wages scheme and the salaried employees or 1951 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30905/21]

*243. To ask the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) can book a date for their driver test in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [30922/21]

*244. To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to include persons with a registered disability as an essential worker for the practical driver test to help ensure that they can 2561 be included in the workforce and not isolated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [31004/21]

*245. To ask the Minister for Transport if the level of funding awarded to Tipperary County Council will be increased ahead of the next three year roads works programme in order to assist the Council’s roads development to promptly improve the road network which has been ranked as 29th out of 31 local authorities by the National Oversight and Audit Commission for road condition. — Mattie McGrath. [30932/21]

*246. To ask the Minister for Transport the specific details regarding the rules and regulations for the election of members of the Approved Driving Instructors Stakeholders Forum; the personnel allocated with the responsibility of calling the elections; the criteria for elections and for candidates; the rules regarding the timeline for announcing and running elections to the forum; and when the next election is due to take place. — Louise O’Reilly. [31021/21]

*247. To ask the Minister for Transport if he is considering measures to assist the restart of aviation and international travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [31091/21]

*248. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of unannounced inspections by the Marine Survey Office of fishing vessels eligible for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that have taken place in the past 12 months; the number of instances of non-compliance that were detected on these inspections; the categories of non-compliance that were detected; the consequences for the vessel owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31186/21]

*249. To ask the Minister for Transport the progress the Marine Survey Office has made into its enquiries into various maritime compliance matters pertaining to the FV Ellie Adhamh following reports made to the Office by an organisation (details supplied) in the aftermath of the vessel’s sinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31187/21]

*250. To ask the Minister for Transport the Government plans to recognise the Covid-19 travel certificates for entry into the State that have been issued by non-EU states in the Schengen zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31190/21]

*251. To ask the Minister for Transport if he is concerned especially during the current pandemic that windows which cannot be opened on long journey trains are in effect a sealed off unit from fresh air and that recirculating air via air conditioning does not have sufficient filtration systems to deal with covid-19 as noted by the European Railways Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31192/21]

*252. To ask the Minister for Transport the annual breakdown of the value of US military use of Shannon Airport to the airport since 2000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [31233/21]

*253. To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take to prioritise essential services staff for theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard O’Donoghue. [31240/21]

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*254. To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making the bus, train fleet and bus and train stations wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31255/21]

*255. To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31293/21]

*256. To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31311/21]

*257. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will carry out a review of the blanket application of the speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour in place on all regional and local roads; if there are plans to transfer the power to reduce speed limits on particular sections of non-national roads to the local authority in order to make roads safer near residential and commercial areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [31337/21]

*258. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a driver test; the waiting times for a test in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [31338/21]

*259. To ask the Minister for Transport the driver test wait time for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [31339/21]

*260. To ask the Minister for Transport if a reader will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with dyslexia who is scheduled to sit their driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31341/21]

*261. To ask the Minister for Transport if a driver test will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31342/21]

*262. To ask the Minister for Transport the frequency of driver tests in County Donegal since the reopening of the driving centres; the planned frequency for the coming six months per centre, per day in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31343/21]

*263. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been allocated with an appointment for the driver theory test in August 2021 given that they had a confirmed test date in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31369/21]

*264. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been allocated an appointment for the driver theory test in August 2021 given that 2563 they had a confirmed test date in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [31375/21]

*265. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been allocated with an appointment for the driver theory test in September 2021 given that they had a confirmed test date in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [31376/21]

*266. To ask the Minister for Transport if an issue in relation to the online theory test by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31378/21]

*267. To ask the Minister for Transport the preparations that have been carried out to prepare for the use of the digital green certificates to allow ease of travel for those wishing to travel abroad in summer 2021; if those who are fully vaccinated will be able to travel without any restrictions or quarantine imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31443/21]

*268. To ask the Minister for Transport when Irish Rail will carry out the remedial works urgently required at Lacken Drive, the Railway Bridge and O’Loughlin Road, Kilkenny; if the matter will be expedited given the extensive health and safety issues that have arisen over the past 18 months along the adjoining pedestrian walkway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [31467/21]

*269. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons currently waiting to take a driver theory test in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [31547/21]

*270. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will address concerns in relation to the delays affecting persons waiting to take a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [31548/21]

*271. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of works at R263 Fintra Bridge, Killybegs, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe McHugh. [31555/21]

*272. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the National Transport Authority report into the Navan rail line; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31556/21]

*273. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the driver theory test centre in Ennis, County Clare is only open three days per week as opposed to five days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [31604/21]

*274. To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [31633/21]

*275. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a change of licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31634/21]

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*276. To ask the Minister for Transport when the Bus Éireann national routes will be allowed increased capacity on buses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [31642/21]

*277. To ask the Minister for Transport if he and or the NTA have conducted a review of traffic flow and or volume on Bray main street and side streets in the context of the BusConnects project; if his attention has been drawn to chronic traffic congestion in the town; his plans to address same in advance of the BusConnects project; and if additional bus lanes will be installed in the town in view of the fact that they are currently fragmented. — Catherine Murphy. [31689/21]

*278. To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the opening hours of the driver theory test centre in Ennis, County Clare; the reason the RSA has made provision to open the driver theory test office for just three days a week given the long waiting lists for this service; if he will take steps with the RSA to ensure that urgent provision is made to provide in-person driver theory tests in Ennis for at least five days a week given the delays; if he will give consideration to insisting that the RSA opens this office for six days a week in order to ensure that backlogs are cleared as soon as possible in view of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions on 8 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31710/21]

*279. To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a price discrepancy being quoted in the cost of the M20 by him and that being quoted by the engineering team. — Thomas Gould. [31733/21]

*280. To ask the Minister for Transport the efforts Ireland is making to ensure that member states adopt a uniform approach of accepting a negative PCR test result 72 hours before arrival and 48 hours in the case of rapid antigen tests for inbound EU travel under the digital green certificate system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31735/21]

*281. To ask the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann is cancelling or has cancelled the weekly route servicing Whitegate, County Clare; if so, the replacement service being put in place to facilitate residents in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [31749/21]

*282. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of a driver licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31830/21]

*283. To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated additional Exchequer funding that will have to be provided to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus in each year to help them achieve a 50% reduction in their carbon emissions by 2030 as outlined recently in their respective plans; if this funding has already been committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31842/21]

*284. To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to support the taxi sector specifically in 2020 and 2021, by each initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31843/21]

*285. To ask the Minister for Transport the budget allocated to the public charge point scheme in 2021; the spend on the scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of charge points constructed in each county under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31844/21] 2565

*286. To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to instances in which airline companies recruit trainee pilots for flight time while grounding rostered contract and directly employed pilots; and if he has engaged with his European and UK counterparts in respect of this practice. — Catherine Murphy. [31847/21]

*287. To ask the Minister for Transport the role he envisages rapid antigen testing playing in respect of Ireland’s implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31861/21]

*288. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish and or supply this Deputy with a copy of the preliminary business case in respect of the MetroLink to south west County Dublin; if he and or the NTA have considered running MetroLink to south west County Dublin beyond Knocklyon; and if he will provide a schedule of transfer and or terminus stations within Dublin city in respect of the project. — Catherine Murphy. [31972/21]

*289. To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driver test in each test centre area by age in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31981/21]

*290. To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a transport police pilot on public transport. — Sean Sherlock. [31982/21]

*291. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will sanction the introduction of the Leap card technology and fares for the Mallow-Cork railway commuter service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [31983/21]

*292. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of NFT ticketing for bus services in the Cork area. — Sean Sherlock. [31984/21]

*293. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a bus route has changed in recent months (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [31985/21]

*294. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of a bus shelter that was to be provided in 2020 (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [31986/21]

*295. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of a bus shelter that was to be provided in 2019 (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [31987/21]

*296. To ask the Minister for Transport if a person must relinquish their UK driver licence in order to receive an Irish driver licence from the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [32009/21]

*297. To ask the Minister for Transport if a person must carry out a driver test in Ireland in order to be in possession of both an Irish and UK driver licence following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [32010/21]

*298. To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be assigned a date for a driver test. — Sean Sherlock. [32015/21]

*299. To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered declaring Belarusian airspace a no-fly zone for Irish aircraft given recent events. — RobertTroy. [32024/21]

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*300. To ask the Minister for Transport if it is expected that those drivers over the age of 70 who availed of an extension to their driver licences without submitting a medical certificate will be required to justify that extension with a medical certificate in the coming months. — Sean Sherlock. [32053/21]

*301. To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will consider adjusting the essential worker and non-essential worker criteria for driver tests in order to speed up clearing the backlog of tests before the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [32070/21]

*302. To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made by the National Transport Authority in establishing a formal engagement process with key disability representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32106/21]

*303. To ask the Minister for Transport the disability representative groups involved in the planning and procurement process for transport and infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32107/21]

*304. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a version of Dublin Bus’s free travel assistance scheme for customers over 18 years of age with a disability in all counties annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32108/21]

*305. To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32109/21]

*306. To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure that all train and DART stations are staffed to assist persons with disabilities board and alight from trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32110/21]

*307. To ask the Minister for Transport when the requirement for disabled persons to give four hours or any advance notice of their intention to use the DART will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32111/21]

*308. To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure that all public transport services offer functioning, correct audible announcements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32112/21]

*309. To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure that all public transport services and transport authorities and bodies under his remit have disability users groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32113/21]

*310. To ask the Minister for Transport when the Bus Éireann mobility scooter policy will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32114/21]

*311. To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which traffic management, road and bridge realignment are in hand or proposed to address the long-time traffic management issues in Celbridge, County Kildare with particular reference to the need to ensure public support for such proposals; if a time schedule has been identified for the expenditure of the funding already proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32117/21] 2567

*312. To ask the Minister for Transport when funding allocated for the purpose of traffic management, inner versus outer relief road at Naas, County Kildare is likely to materialise given the urgency on the need for traffic management and the strong public support for one proposal over the outer relief road; if he plans to engage with the local authority in this regard in early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32118/21]

Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance.

*313. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which deliberations and agreements at the G7 Summit are likely to impact on Ireland. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31786/21]

*314. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of the Revenue Commissioners taking responsibility for collecting data on vacant homes in respect of the length of vacancy and the level of a potential levy; when he expects to be able to implement such a levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32076/21]

*315. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the parameters for the criteria that qualify a business as a start up for the purposes of receiving the employment wage subsidy scheme which is currently capped at 37 weeks trading in 2019 for eligibility in 2020 recognising that a business takes at least one year to establish itself such as a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [30497/21]

*316. To ask the Minister for Finance if car insurance providers are entitled to discriminate in the provision of insurance policies based on age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30528/21]

*317. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of an association (details supplied) that the future viability of the plans to operate services of a bank from post offices is in serious doubt; if he plans to issue a statement requesting the bank to pause any branch closures until businesses have had an opportunity to reopen and adjust after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30549/21]

*318. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is preferable for small businesses, communities and customers if Bank of Ireland pauses its decision on the closure of 88 branches until businesses have had an opportunities to reopen and adjust to the changing circumstances after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and if he will contact Bank of Ireland to that effect. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [30558/21]

*319. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30567/21]

*320. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for undergraduate courses in public higher institutes of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30568/21]

*321. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for undergraduate courses in private colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30569/21]

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*322. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for undergraduate courses in higher education institutes abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30570/21]

*323. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for postgraduate courses in public higher education institutes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30571/21]

*324. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for postgraduate courses in private colleges here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30572/21]

*325. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for postgraduate courses in higher education institutes abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30573/21]

*326. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for undergraduate and postgraduate courses respectively, in higher education institutes in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30574/21]

*327. To ask the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of the transactions NAMA has had historically with companies (details supplied); the value of same; the breakdown by the asset type involved in each transaction, that is, land, completed buildings and part completed buildings and sites with and without planning and or zoning; and the locations of same. — Catherine Murphy. [30577/21]

*328. To ask the Minister for Finance the end dates of the terms of office of each of the chief executive officers or equivalent in each of the public bodies or publicly funded bodies under his aegis; if there will be a publicly open competition to fill these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30584/21]

*329. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the application of the 5% VAT rate on all period products here (details supplied); if Ireland is maximising the use of the lower VAT rate; the details of submissions made by Ireland in relation to the VAT review; if the submission included period products; and his position in relation to same. — . [30622/21]

*330. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate and arrangements for counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [30636/21]

*331. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims for a benefit under the Israel- Ireland double taxation agreement in each of the past five years; the number that required further investigation; the number that were rejected; the number that were rejected in particular due to the fact that the company, person or income to be taxed was based in illegally occupied territories to which the treaty does not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [30658/21]

*332. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 17 April 2018, if he has sought the alteration of the EU VAT Directive to allow for the removal of VAT charges on the rental of disability aids especially during an interim period in cases in which a disabled person is awaiting the delivery or installation of a purchased disability aid which are exempted from VAT. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [30676/21] 2569

*333. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason uncompleted houses (details supplied) would not be sold individually by NAMA to persons who are willing to complete the necessary work to make these houses habitable for their own use given that there are other houses in the estate that are completed with occupants who have a water connection and in view of the lack of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [30703/21]

*334. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was collected through the sale of dogs in each year for the past five years. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30710/21]

*335. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of two additional backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. — Darren O’Rourke. [30724/21]

*336. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the United States Secretary of the Treasury since their appointment; and if so, the nature of those engagements. — Catherine Murphy. [30741/21]

*337. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional supports will be provided to small traders who rely on imports from outside the EU in view of the decision to apply VAT on items imported from outside the EU valued under €22 from 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30763/21]

*338. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will continue to be made available to childcare providers without the income reduction requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30770/21]

*339. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dog breeding establishments with tax registration numbers. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30809/21]

*340. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue lost through the black market sale of dogs. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30810/21]

*341. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30865/21]

*342. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30882/21]

*343. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to increasing the local property tax on holiday homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30925/21]

*344. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30984/21]

*345. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the qualifying research and development activity that is eligible to count towards the research and development tax credit that is carried out in the State; the percentage that is carried out elsewhere in the European Economic Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30985/21]

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*346. To ask the Minister for Finance if regional and development activities carried out in Northern Ireland is eligible to count towards the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30986/21]

*347. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of the knowledge development box; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30987/21]

*348. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact criteria of the business resumption support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [30991/21]

*349. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 2 June 2021, if he will address an issue in which a person (details supplied) in County Clare cannot get access to a copy of their own data from a bank for the relevant period from 1 March 2020 to 3 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [31084/21]

*350. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the reintroduction of capital gains tax exemptions in certain circumstances (details supplied); his views on whether such a scheme would benefit rural economies and assist such persons to meet financial implications of medical and care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [31087/21]

*351. To ask the Minister for Finance if a parent who is fully financially supporting their child who resides outside of the EU can claim tax relief on their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [31096/21]

*352. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated in capital gains tax from the disposal of cryptocurrency assets in 2018, 2019 and 2020; his views regarding the paying and filing of capital gains tax from the disposal of cryptocurrency assets, particularly a cryptocurrency (details supplied) for 2021; and if the Revenue Commissioners are monitoring same. — Pearse Doherty. [31122/21]

*353. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on the employment wage subsidy scheme are still not being allowed to draw down their mortgages; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [31123/21]

*354. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to eliminate dual pricing in the insurance industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31193/21]

*355. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the restart grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [31196/21]

*356. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered altering the fact that barristers must pay VAT at 23% for their professional fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31259/21]

*357. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Climate Action Plan contains no proposal to allow disabled drivers who avail of the drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme to claim back the costs of running an electric car when fossil fuel costs are refundable under the same scheme; if he will undertake to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31265/21] 2571

*358. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31283/21]

*359. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31301/21]

*360. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent article by the Economic Social and Research Institute (details supplied); if the recommendations have been considered by his Department in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage considering the proposed significant increase in provision of housing; and if he will makea statement on the matter. — . [31379/21]

*361. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider the recommendations outlined in a recent article by the Economic Social and Research Institute (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Francis Noel Duffy. [31380/21]

*362. To ask the Minister for Finance if the interest penalty for tax warehousing for self- employed persons will be deferred until 2022. — Louise O’Reilly. [31383/21]

*363. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the 9% tax on hospitality to the end of September 2022 rather than the beginning of the same month (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31452/21]

*364. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation rates that are applied in the case of compensation being paid to a landowner for a compulsory purchase order being made against the owner’s property for the purpose of upgrading a public road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31460/21]

*365. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a company (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31475/21]

*366. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the agreement reached at the recent meeting of the G7 regarding international tax reform with regard to corporate taxation with particular reference to agreement reached regarding the reallocation of corporate profits based on location of sales and a minimum corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31540/21]

*367. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the agreement reached regarding corporate tax reform at the recent meeting of the G7; if not, if he supports the principle of a minimum corporate tax rate; if so, the level or rate at which the minimum corporate tax rate should be set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31541/21]

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*368. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on both corporation tax receipts and inward investment over a medium-term horizon of an implementation of a global minimum corporate tax rate in the form agreed at the recent meeting of the G7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31542/21]

*369. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on both corporation tax receipts and inward investment over a medium-term horizon of an implementation of the reallocation of corporate tax receipts on the basis of sales location in the form agreed at the recent meeting of the G7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31543/21]

*370. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to reports that the Irish affiliate of a company (details supplied) paid no tax in 2020 on profits of €260 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [31575/21]

*371. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners view cohabiting couples as two individual single persons even those who have children together given that for the purpose of payments to families, the Department of Social Protection recognise cohabiting couples as a family unit (details supplied). — Paul Murphy. [31576/21]

*372. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the finding from a recent report (details supplied) which states that restricting some of the less well targeted, tax expenditure reliefs and exemptions that apply to taxes such as CGT and CAT could not only contribute to raising significant sums of tax revenue but could also result in a simpler, more efficient tax system; his plans to examine such reliefs in order to put Exchequer funding on a sustainable footing, especially in view of the proposed international changes on corporation taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31612/21]

*373. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the finding from a recent report (details supplied) that eliminating some of the fossil-fuel tax reliefs could generate a significant amount of revenue while simultaneously promoting a cleaner environment; his plans to examine the elimination of such fossil-fuel tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31613/21]

*374. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently reported comments of the Chief Executive of the NTMA who stated that short to medium term environment for debt refinancing will be benign; his further views on the recent comments from the President of the European Central Bank that strong policy support will continue to provide a bridge over the pandemic and well into the economic recovery (details supplied); the status of his stated a proposed deficit reduction framework and a medium-term fiscal target in the forthcoming Summer Economic Statement in view of favourable borrowing conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31614/21]

*375. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 25 May 2021, if consideration will be given to deregistering a vehicle given that the vehicle in question was never taxed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31616/21]

*376. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of consultation there is into Ireland’s tax treaty policy given that a statement is due on same by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31692/21] 2573

*377. To ask the Minister for Finance the work of his Department to ensure appropriate competition in the financial services market for consumers given the recent decisions of commercial banks regarding their futures in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31693/21]

*378. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the financial supports that will be made available to assist pubs that do not serve food to reopen; the way publicans can apply for this funding; when the funding will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31694/21]

*379. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lending agency can refuse a person a loan based on their age. — Thomas Gould. [31817/21]

*380. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 21 April 2021, if the proposal with regard to the addition at European Council level of the words by the use of secondary markets to Ireland’s 2018 country specific recommendations was made by Ireland; if not, the way that Ireland voted on the amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31818/21]

*381. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reform of the EU Fiscal Rules Stability and Growth Pact as they currently stand; if he will be making a submission to the Commission’s public consultation which is reopening in the second half of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mairéad Farrell. [20512/21]

*382. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with both the construction industry and underwriters regarding professional indemnity insurance for construction professions and construction-related professions with particular reference to fire safety concerns and the withdrawal of underwriters from the market; the action he as Chair of the Sub-Group on Insurance Reform or that sub-group itself has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [30175/21]

*383. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid recovery support scheme will continue past September 2021 where necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [30181/21]

*384. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in Cork city and county receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of persons in County Kerry currently receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county that were receiving support under the scheme on the same date in May 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [31611/21]

*385. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by increasing the corporate tax rate from 12.5% to 15%, 16%, 17% and 17.5%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31825/21]

*386. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the restrictions on credit unions regarding the amount a customer can have on deposit; the purpose of the restrictions; and if this will be permanent. — Brian Stanley. [31839/21]

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*387. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to phase out the help-to-buy scheme which is due to come to an end in December 2021; the engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31864/21]

*388. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a vacant residential property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31865/21]

*389. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 13 May 2021, the status of the promised review of the disabled drivers scheme; the person or body carrying out the review; the terms of reference of the review; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31866/21]

*390. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31876/21]

*391. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is at the discretion of insurance brokers to charge a fee to clients for an insurance quote as opposed to paying the brokers fee themselves; if the option for brokers to continue to pay their own brokers fee and provide quotes to clients free of charge is still in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31959/21]

*392. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised through the betting tax levy in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Chris Andrews. [31965/21]

*393. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of the bike- to- work-scheme for 2020 and to date in 2021. — Sean Sherlock. [31974/21]

*394. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which non-compliant properties for property tax can become compliant; the financial penalties involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [32064/21]

*395. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated risks to Ireland’s economy if the global corporate tax rate is raised to 15% as proposed by the G7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [32065/21]

*396. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which inflationary tendencies have been detected in the economy; if specific action is required in response to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32077/21]

*397. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects Ireland’s economic forecast to be affected by international development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32079/21]

*398. To ask the Minister for Finance if international taxation proposals are likely to impact on the economy and its future prospects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32080/21] 2575

*399. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Eurozone countries are likely to be affected by indications to increase interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32081/21]

*400. To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU and Eurozone countries in particular remain committed to ensuring that taxation remains within the responsibility of national governments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32082/21]

*401. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied that the budget for 2021 continues to be adequate to meet contingencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32083/21]

*402. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the economic fundamentals remain stable and in accordance with best practice internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32084/21]

*403. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains confident that adequate provision has been made or is in course thereof to offset any negative impact from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32085/21]

*404. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which insurance costs for public liability and all other forms of insurance have become affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32086/21]

*405. To ask the Minister for Finance if the steps he has taken remain adequate to offset the effects of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32087/21]

*406. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that lenders continue to engage with borrowers who have fallen into arrears for reasons outside of their control; if amicable resolutions continue to be found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32088/21]

*407. To ask the Minister for Finance when Irish home borrowers can borrow at similar interest rates to that available throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32089/21]

*408. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the single market rules apply in relation to interest rates charged throughout the European Union and their applicability to all countries including Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32090/21]

*409. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to monitor changes to the availability of credit throughout Europe; the extent to which Irish banks continue to lend to the various sectors of the economy which now requires a particular level of growth in order to offset any negative influences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32091/21]

*410. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department has identified negative issues arising from Brexit; the availability of action to address such issues in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32092/21]

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*411. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the future prospects for Ireland’s economy with particular reference to the need for competitiveness in national and international markets; his plans for corrective measures in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32093/21]

*412. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the reopening of the economy is in line with previous expectations with particular reference to the maximisation of opportunities through small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32094/21]

*413. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department has identified potential inflationary tendencies likely to impact on the economy in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32095/21]

*414. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department continues to monitor activities in the manufacturing and services sectors and thereby identifying potential strength and weakness and any remedial action as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32096/21]

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

*415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which inflation has affected the construction sector; the actions needed in response to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32078/21]

*416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that many employees in the civil service are having with their employers regarding flexitime while remote working; the measures he plans implementing to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [30494/21]

*417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) has sought and been given a letter of consent from the State in relation to the inclusion of buildings and lands belonging to the State in O’Connell Street including the O’Connell Street Garda station and the An Gúm building in the planning application by the company; the terms agreed or sought by the State from the private developer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [30495/21]

*418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the OPW to extend the opening hours of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham which currently close each evening at 6.30pm, despite public health advice that it is safe for persons to socialise outdoors. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [30560/21]

*419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the major projects that have been delayed; the planning matters that resulted in the delay; the amount unspent as a result in tabular form per note A.5 in the 2019 Annual Accounts of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30576/21]

*420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the end dates of the terms of office of each of the chief executive officers or equivalent in each of the public bodies under his aegis or 2577 of the ESRI and IPA as publicly funded bodies; if there will be a publicly open competition to fill these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30583/21]

*421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each of the agencies under his aegis and the publicly funded agencies of the ESRI and the IPA have included transport and travel in their annual reports to the SEAI in relation to public sector energy efficiency performance in relation to their 2020 energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30585/21]

*422. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each of the agencies under his aegis and the publicly funded bodies of the ESRI and the IPA that have as of the 2020 Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance, not yet reached 15% for their 2020 target, have an energy performance plan, an energy performance budget, an energy performance advisor and have fully engaged with the SEAI; if his Department has a role with regard to energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30586/21]

*423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is encumbered in public sector energy reductions due to the array of older and heritage buildings in it’s portfolio; if additional resources or arrangements are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30587/21]

*424. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the Garda stations that are currently being refurbished by the OPW; the nature of the works being carried out at each station; and when each refurbishment project will be completed. — Catherine Murphy. [30756/21]

*425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or any of the bodies under his aegis or the publicly funded bodies of the IPA and the ESRI have persons employed in roles (details supplied) for any section of the community identified for protection under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30820/21]

*426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, the bodies under his aegis or the publicly funded bodies of his Department are covered by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; if so, if they have a Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty Implementation Plan; the stage of the three step approach for implementing the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Plan each of the bodies is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30821/21]

*427. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any of the bodies under his aegis or any of the publicly funded bodies under his Department that are covered by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 have since enactment of the Act, been invited by the Equality Commission to carry out a review or prepare and implement an action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30822/21]

*428. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to resurface and widen the cycle lane on North Road in the Phoenix Park taking into account the recent works that have been carried out on the road. — Mary Lou McDonald. [30834/21]

*429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30870/21]

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*430. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30887/21]

*431. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Programme for Government commitment to allocate €1.5 billion over next ten years to an agri-environment scheme REPS-2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30900/21]

*432. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the statements by Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach on 2 June 2021 that there is no head of the civil service; if there is a person in charge of the civil service; if so, the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc MacSharry. [30940/21]

*433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details and costs of the structural repairs carried out on the banks of the River Maine in County Kerry in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30943/21]

*434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given in conjunction with the OPW to allowing a park (details supplied) to be kept open 24-hours a day during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Chris Andrews. [30951/21]

*435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if secretarial assistants are currently employed by the Houses of the Oireachtas; the number that have applied for incremental credit; the number of total years of past experience that have been disregarded under the policy of disregarding three years per application; the estimated cost to add the disregarded years to credit for the pay scale both in arrears to the start of the current Oireachtas term; and the increase in the weekly wage bill. — Patrick Costello. [30979/21]

*436. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work his Department has undertaken to implement the youth mental health pathfinder project in terms of administrative, budgetary, governance and legal arrangements with the Department of Health to ensure a robust and workable model for the pathfinder unit is developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [30999/21]

*437. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if TDs are exempt from Freedom of Information charges. — Thomas Gould. [31001/21]

*438. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has requested under article 25(3) of the regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility to redact information relating to the National Recovery Plan; if so, the nature of such redactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [31020/21]

*439. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the final report as part of the Phoenix Park transport and mobility options study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [31129/21] 2579

*440. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the opening of the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 from 6:30pm for the summer season. — Patrick Costello. [31130/21]

*441. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the general operatives will be appointed to Kennedy Park, New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [31200/21]

*442. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31288/21]

*443. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31306/21]

*444. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full schedule of works to be undertaken at Navan Garda station; the overall budget for the project; the estimated completion date; and the business case and the schedule of meetings in which the project was discussed by the OPW with the Garda estates management team. — Catherine Murphy. [31366/21]

*445. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full schedule of works to be undertaken at Slane Garda station; the overall budget for this project; the estimated completion date; the business case and the schedule of meetings in which the project was discussed by the OPW with the Garda estates management team; and if Garda officers that could be housed at Navan Garda station operate from Sallins, County Kildare. — Catherine Murphy. [31367/21]

*446. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31423/21]

*447. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if bins located in St. Stephen’s Green and Iveagh Gardens are solar compactors; his views on reports that they are currently full in advance of a busy bank holiday weekend; if there are plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31426/21]

*448. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to employ an additional 50 social workers. — . [31656/21]

*449. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to recruit an additional ten administrative support staff for social workers. — Kathleen Funchion. [31657/21]

*450. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision has been made in the National Development Plan for the full cost of making homes in counties Donegal and Mayo safe

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*451. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy his Department will adopt for employees who opt out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31945/21]

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

*452. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a sports capital grant application by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [30480/21]

*453. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to introduce a universal basic income pilot for artists as recommended by the Arts Recovery Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [30548/21]

*454. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of clubs that availed of the Covid-19 small club grant; the amount of funds drawn down as a part of this grant programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Chris Andrews. [30565/21]

*455. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial supports that were availed of in 2019 by organisers of underage sport summer camps; the financial support in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Chris Andrews. [30566/21]

*456. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she plans to allow the return of live music performances. — Paul Murphy. [30691/21]

*457. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the State agencies under the remit of her Department that have provided her Department with copies of their 2020 annual report and 2020 audited financial statements in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30759/21]

*458. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the circus sector can reopen following the most recent announcement on Resilience and Recovery: The Path Ahead; if there has been engagement with the circus sector considering the public health emphasis on larger event spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [30778/21]

*459. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has given consideration to the setting-up of working groups or a communications forum on cultural and entertainment renewal as has been done in other countries (details supplied); if sectoral engagement is taking place on the reopening of society; if she will consider including an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [30779/21]

*460. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence 2581 from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30874/21]

*461. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30891/21]

*462. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to a report by a company (details supplied); and if she will pilot a universal basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audio-visual and live performance and events sectors which has been recommended by The Arts Recovery Task Force and instructed by The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future which commits to a universal basic income in the lifetime of this Government. — Paul Murphy. [30903/21]

*463. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will urgently implement the universal basic income for the arts sector given the decimation of the arts sector as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [30911/21]

*464. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason outdoor swimming classes are prohibited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [30982/21]

*465. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a timeline in place for the introduction of the pilot universal basic income for the arts and culture industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marian Harkin. [30983/21]

*466. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €270,063,000 current expenditure on arts and culture programmes outlined in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31024/21]

*467. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €60,732,000 capital expenditure on arts and culture programmes outlined in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31025/21]

*468. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas reatha €58,782,000, arna leagan amach i mBuiséad 2021, atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de atá le caitheamh faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíltear a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31026/21]

*469. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas caipitil €19,224,000, arna leagan amach i mBuiséad 2021, atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31027/21]

*470. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €270,063,000 current expenditure on arts and culture programmes outlined in Budget 2021 that consisted of once-off expenditure to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic; and the baseline

P.T.O 2582 expenditure figure once Covid-19 contingency-specific allocations are excluded. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31028/21]

*471. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €60,732,000 capital expenditure on arts and culture programmes outlined in Budget 2021 that consisted of once-off expenditure to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic; and the baseline expenditure figure once Covid-19 contingency-specific allocations are excluded.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31029/21]

*472. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas reatha €58,782,000, arna leagan amach i mBuiséad 2021, ar chaiteachas aon uaire é chun dul i ngleic le paindéim Covid-19, agus cad é an caiteachas bonnlíne nuair a chuirtear as an áireamh leithdháiltí a bhaineann go sonrach le teagmhais i leith Covid-19. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31030/21]

*473. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas caipitil €19,224,000, arna leagan amach i mBuiséád 2021, a bhaineann le caiteachas aon-uaire chun dul i ngleic le paindéim Covid-19, agus cad é an figiúr caiteachais bonnlíne nuair a chuirtear as an áireamh leithdháiltí a bhaineann go sonrach le teagmhais i leith Covid-19. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31031/21]

*474. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €130 million expenditure allocation to the Arts Council outlined in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31032/21]

*475. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €50 million expenditure allocation to live entertainment supports outlined in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31033/21]

*476. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €50 million allocated to live entertainment supports in Budget 2021 was a once-off Covid-19 contingency allocation for 2021 only; and if this allocation is independent of Covid-19 specific funding and to be understood as a new element of her Department’s core funding allocation for arts and culture. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31034/21]

*477. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €50 million allocated to the Arts Council in Budget 2021 was a once-off Covid-19 contingency allocation for 2021 only; and if this allocation is independent of Covid-19 specific funding and to be understood as a new element of her Department’s core funding allocation to the Arts Council. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31035/21]

*478. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €9 million increase in funding allocated to the audio-visual industry in Budget 2021 was a once-off Covid-19 contingency allocation for 2021 only; and if this allocation is independent of Covid-19 specific funding and to be understood as a new element of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation to the audio-visual industry. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31036/21]

*479. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €9 million increase in expenditure allocation to the audio-visual industry outlined in Budget 2583

2021 has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31037/21]

*480. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €11 million increase in funding allocated to the national cultural institutions in Budget 2021 was a once-off Covid-19 contingency allocation for 2021 only; and if this allocation is independent of Covid-19 specific funding and to be understood as a new element of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation to the national cultural institutions. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31038/21]

*481. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €11 million increase in expenditure allocation to the national cultural institutions outlined in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31039/21]

*482. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €9 million increase in funding allocated to Screen Ireland in Budget 2021 was a once-off Covid-19 contingency allocation for 2021 only; and if this allocation is independent of Covid-19 specific funding and to be understood as a new element of the Department’s baseline core funding allocation to Screen Ireland. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31040/21]

*483. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €11 million increase in expenditure allocation to Screen Ireland outlined in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the amount due to be spent by 31 December 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over into 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31041/21]

*484. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there has been a corresponding saving of €8 million made at RTÉ to match the €8 million allocated to the National Symphony Orchestra now that its funding is being transferred to the National Concert Hall; if funding of the National Symphony Orchestra is currently the responsibility of RTÉ or the National Concert Hall; and when the transfer is expected to be completed. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31042/21]

*485. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas breise €8 milliún a fógraíodh d’Údarás na Gaeltachta i mBuiséad 2021 atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31043/21]

*486. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an raibh an caiteachas breise €8 milliún a fógraíodh d’Údarás na Gaeltachta i mBuiséad 2021 ina chaiteachas aon uaire chun dul i ngleic le teagmhais i leith Covid-19, agus ar chuige sin amháin é, nó an bhfuil an leithdháileadh sin neamhspleách ar mhaoiniú a bhaineann go sonrach le Covid-19 agus an bhfuil sé le tuiscint mar ghné nua de bhun-leithdháileadh maoiniúcháin bonnlíne na Roinne ar an Údarás. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31044/21]

*487. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas breise €2.4 milliún a fógraíodh mar scéim tacaíochta don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht i mBuiséád 2021 atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31045/21]

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*488. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an raibh an caiteachas breise €2.4 milliún a fógraíodh don scéim tacaíochta don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht i mBuiséad 2021 ina chaiteachas aon uaire chun dul i ngleic teagmhais i leith Covid-19, agus ar chuige sin amháin é, nó an bhfuil an leithdháileadh sin neamhspleách ar mhaoiniú a bhaineann go sonrach le Covid-19 agus an bhfuil sé le tuiscint mar ghné nua de bhun-leithdháileadh maoiniúcháin bonnlíne na Roinne ar an nGaeilge agus ar an nGaeltacht. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31046/21]

*489. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas breise €1.8 milliún a fógraíodh don Fhoras Teanga i mBuiséad 2021 atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31047/21]

*490. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an raibh an caiteachas breise €1.8 milliún a fógraíodh don Fhoras Teanga i mBuiséad 2021 ina chaiteachas aon uaire chun dul i ngleic le teagmhais i leith Covid-19, agus ar chuige sin amháin é, nó an bhfuil an leithdháileadh sin neamhspleách ar mhaoiniú a bhaineann go sonrach le Covid-19 agus an bhfuil sé le tuiscint mar ghné nua de bhun-leithdháileadh maoiniúcháin bonnlíne na Roinne ar an bhForas Teanga. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31048/21]

*491. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an raibh an caiteachas breise €1.3 milliún a fógraíodh don phleanáil teanga i mBuiséad 2021 ina chaiteachas aon uaire chun dul i ngleic le teagmhais i leith Covid-19, agus ar chuige sin amháin é, nó an bhfuil an leithdháileadh sin neamhspleách ar mhaoiniú a bhaineann go sonrach le Covid-19 agus an bhfuil sé le tuiscint mar ghné nua de bhun-leithdháileadh maoiniúcháin bonnlíne na Roinne ar an bpleanáil teanga. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31049/21]

*492. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an raibh an caiteachas breise €3.5 milliún a fógraíodh do TG4 i mBuiséad 2021 ina chaiteachas aon uaire chun dul i ngleic le teagmhais i leith Covid-19, agus ar chuige sin amháin é, nó an bhfuil an leithdháileadh sin neamhspleách ar mhaoiniú a bhaineann go sonrach le Covid-19 agus an bhfuil sé le tuiscint mar ghné nua de bhun-leithdháileadh maoiniúcháin bonnlíne na Roinne ar TG4. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31050/21]

*493. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas reatha €17,530,000, arna leagan amach d’Údarás na Gaeltachta i mBuiséad 2021, atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31051/21]

*494. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas caipitil €14,454,000, arna leagan amach d’Údarás na Gaeltachta i mBuiséad 2021, atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31052/21]

*495. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad den chaiteachas €15,162,000, arna leagan amach do Chomhoibriú Thuaidh/Theas i mBuiséad 2021 faoin maoiniú Gaeltachta, atá caite go dtí seo, cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a chaithfear faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, agus cé mhéad de a shíleann sí a thabharfar anonn go dtí 2022. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31053/21] 2585

*496. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown by heading (details supplied) of the additional Covid-19 funding provided in the Budget 2021; the amount of that funding that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount that will not be spent by the end of 2021, in tabular form. — Imelda Munster. [31060/21]

*497. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of headings (details supplied) of the additional Brexit funding provided in the Budget 2021; the amount of that funding that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount that will not be spent by the end of 2021. — Imelda Munster. [31061/21]

*498. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of headings (details supplied) of the additional core funding provided in Budget 2021; and the amount of funding that was allocated, spent and carried over. — Imelda Munster. [31062/21]

*499. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total allocation for her Department in 2021 broken down under the headings Core, Brexit and Covid-19 funding; the amount of that funding that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the funding that will be carried over to 2022, in tabular form. — Imelda Munster. [31063/21]

*500. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the additional allocation that has been made to her Department under the Economic Recovery Plan announced on 1 June 2021; and if she will provide an itemised breakdown detailing the additional funding allocated to each area or project under her Department’s remit under the plan.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Imelda Munster. [31064/21]

*501. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an itemised breakdown of monies allocated to her Department including the amounts allocated, spent and carried over in each of the years 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Imelda Munster. [31065/21]

*502. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there has been a correspondence saving of €8 million allocated to the National Symphony Orchestra now that its funding is being transferred to the National Concert Hall; if funding of the National Symphony Orchestra is currently the responsibility of RTÉ or the National Concert Hall; and when the transfer is expected to be completed. — Imelda Munster. [31066/21]

*503. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €3.5million announced for TG4 in Budget 2021 is a once-off spend as a result of Covid-19; and if it is independent of Covid-19 funding and should be taken as part of the core funding from her Department for TG4. — Imelda Munster. [31067/21]

*504. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the current expenditure allocated to her Department in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the expected amount to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31068/21]

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*505. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the capital expenditure allocated to her Department in Budget 2021 that has been spent to date; the expected amount to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31069/21]

*506. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €55 million announced in Budget 2021 for the business support scheme is a once-off Covid-19 payment for 2021; if it can be understood to be a new component of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation; the amount of it that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31070/21]

*507. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €5 million announced in Budget 2021 for tourism product development is a once-off Covid-19 payment for 2021; if it can be understood to be a new component of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation; the amount of it that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31071/21]

*508. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €36 million announced in Budget 2021 for Sport Ireland is a once-off Covid-19 payment for 2021; if it can be understood to be a new component of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation; the amount of it that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31072/21]

*509. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €7 million announced in Budget 2021 for large-scale sports infrastructure is a once-off Covid-19 payment for 2021; if it can be understood to be a new component of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation; the amount of it that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31073/21]

*510. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €2 million announced in Budget 2021 for major sporting events is a once-off Covid-19 payment for 2021; if it can be understood to be a new component of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation; the amount of it that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31074/21]

*511. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional €2 million announced in Budget 2021 for the broadcasting fund is a once-off Covid-19 payment for 2021; if it can be understood to be a new component of her Department’s baseline core funding allocation; the amount of it that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount expected to be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31075/21]

*512. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation that was made to the sound and vision fund in Budget 2021; the amount of same spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31076/21] 2587

*513. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation that was made to TG4 in Budget 2021; the amount of same spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31077/21]

*514. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation that was made to RTÉ in Budget 2021; the amount of same spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31078/21]

*515. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of core, Covid-19 and Brexit funding her Department has received for 2021; and the additional funding her Department has received under the Economic Recovery Plan announced on 1 June 2021. — Imelda Munster. [31079/21]

*516. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the Covid-19 business supports under her remit; the allocation provided for each scheme; the amount that has been spent to date; the amount expected to be spent by the end of 2021; and the amount that will be carried over to 2022. — Imelda Munster. [31080/21]

*517. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation in Budget 2021 for Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. — Imelda Munster. [31081/21]

*518. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount her Department allocated for sports capital grants in 2021; and if the grant is available on an annual basis. — Imelda Munster. [31082/21]

*519. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the distinction between the roles of the Arts Council and Culture Ireland; the relationship between the two agencies; and the reason it was thought necessary to establish Culture Ireland separately to the Arts Council rather than have the Arts Council fulfil its role. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31099/21]

*520. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the distinction between the roles of the Arts Council and Creative Ireland; the relationship between the two agencies; and the reason it was thought necessary to establish Creative Ireland separately to the Arts Council rather than have the Arts Council fulfil its role. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31100/21]

*521. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the procedure, mechanisms and supports the State or State agencies provide to cities or local areas bidding for and hosting the European Capital of Culture in cases in which the host city is assigned to Ireland. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31101/21]

*522. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount paid to Fáilte Ireland in administration for administration of the Covid-19 grant funding that it was responsible for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31131/21]

*523. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will investigate the case of drive in concerts and performances that operate in open air venues with car access only; if they are permitted to operate from 7 July 2021; and the date set for the return of drive in films under public health guidelines. — Steven Matthews. [31205/21]

*524. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a

P.T.O 2588 statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31292/21]

*525. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31310/21]

*526. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will implement the pilot universal basic income programme for the arts contained in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [31349/21]

*527. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if supports are available to a local community organisation (details supplied) now or going forward to assist it in progressing its charity event; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [31370/21]

*528. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when indoor dance competitions will be given a date for when they can recommence. — Chris Andrews. [31444/21]

*529. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to ensure Fáilte Ireland is supporting the private coach tourism industry with financial packages and stimuli considering this is an essential component of the Irish tourism industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31450/21]

*530. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether Fáilte Ireland is doing enough to support the private coach tourism industry here considering the challenges facing this vital component of the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31451/21]

*531. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current supports and grants available to a business (details supplied); the consideration that has been given to future supports and grants in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [31458/21]

*532. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the permissibility of live music at weddings; the steps she is taking to ensure that live music can resume in a safe manner as soon as possible; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31477/21]

*533. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to pilot a universal basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audio-visual and live performance and events sector given the sector has been hit severely by Covid-19 restrictions. — Robert Troy. [31497/21] 2589

*534. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a decision will be made on the proposed increase in the pensions-in-payment RTÉ superannuation scheme; the steps he is taking to expedite this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [31587/21]

*535. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the increase application to the sports capital grant scheme will be considered in the allocation of such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31636/21]

*536. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way the increase application to the sports capital grant scheme will be considered in the selection of projects; if a large project will receive a minimal amount; if a few projects will receive the necessary funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31637/21]

*537. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has considered promoting Ireland as a destination for EU school trips post-Brexit given that it will be more difficult for students and schools to travel to the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31690/21]

*538. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Government has any plans to introduce a differentiation between cinema and drive-in cinemas in Covid-19 regulations and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31691/21]

*539. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of grants or scholarships available through her Department to assist students in third-level education studying the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [31708/21]

*540. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the general scheme of the online safety and media regulation Bill does not include a statutory mechanism for persons to make complaints in respect of harmful online content and age inappropriate online content. — Jim O’Callaghan. [31724/21]

*541. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which a person who is the victim of harmful online content and age inappropriate online content can avail of a remedy; and if the only remedy available to that person to vindicate their statutory right is to institute proceedings before the courts. — Jim O’Callaghan. [31725/21]

*542. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports her Department has made available for persons working in the live entertainment sector who despite not being allowed fully return to work will see their pandemic unemployment payment cut which will create additional hardship for those who have already through no fault of their own not being able to work for over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [31738/21]

*543. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the protocol for organisations that wish to organise outdoor cultural and sports events for August 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [31754/21]

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*544. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [31829/21]

*545. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31882/21]

*546. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has considered altering the music and entertainment business assistance scheme to cover an average turnover of the previous three years of artists as opposed to just one year given the tumultuous nature of the events industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [32005/21]

*547. To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which the cultural and sporting events selected to run as pilot events were selected; the selection criteria; the reason there was no application process for similar venues that are ready and prepared to run such events to apply to be considered as pilot events; the reason no venues outside of the main population centres, main event centres were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32058/21]

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

*548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report on harvesting on Irish bogs will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31459/21]

*549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the impact that a delay to the issuing of forestry licensing is having on timber prices for the construction sector; the communication he has had to date with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to potential impacts on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Stanton. [30489/21]

*550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to an analysis published in the media (details supplied); if his Department has carried out any similar analysis or study; if so, the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Stanton. [30492/21]

*551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a 35-year State property lease pursuant to the State Property Act 1954 (as amended) will issue to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30498/21]

*552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is easy access to persons to discuss the Rebuilding Ireland loan scheme given concerns that the phone numbers sometimes only refers clients to a chat function and the online calculator does not always work. — Richard Bruton. [30500/21] 2591

*553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional funding to the Residential Tenancies Board to allow it to recruit additional adjudicators and mediators in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [30519/21]

*554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider fast tracking the housing assistance payment scheme in local authorities in which there is a backlog of over 20 weeks for receiving the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [30552/21]

*555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are obligated to maintain a mandatory minimum setback distance for the construction of wind turbines near residential homes; if such setback distances are within the discretion of local authorities; if he will support a mandatory two kilometre buffer zone between homes and wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30562/21]

*556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are obligated to maintain a mandatory minimum setback distance for the construction of wind turbines near EU designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30563/21]

*557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review by his Department of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines, specifically those aspects dealing with sound or noise, visual amenity setback distances, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30564/21]

*558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason recommendations outlined in completed engineers’ reports on the IS465 register at stage one of applications and submissions on behalf of persons affected by MICA to the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks have been rejected; the number of applications which have been made; the number which have been successful; the number of applications which have been rejected; the grounds on which they have been rejected; and the number of the rejections which were common to one engineers’ office. — Peadar Tóibín. [30578/21]

*559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there appears to be a trend in the applications for redress to the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks which shows that some engineers on the IS465 register have been more successful in passing stage one of the application process than others on the IS465 register list when applying for redress on behalf of clients whose properties have been affected by the MICA issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [30579/21]

*560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has taken into consideration or conducted a study to determine or examine the costs associated with making an application or submission for redress to the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks in County Donegal. — Peadar Tóibín. [30580/21]

*561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a centre (details supplied) which is leased by Donegal County Council will undergo a health and safety inspection

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*562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the owners of properties in County Donegal which have suffered damage due to the MICA issue will be offered a health and safety inspection and or emergency accommodation if necessary while they are awaiting redress through the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks in County Donegal. — Peadar Tóibín. [30582/21]

*563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered daily testing of bathing sites in circumstances in which there has been recurrent sewage and pollution issues such as in Kilkee, County Clare. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30614/21]

*564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the inclusion and integration of County Clare into the defective block scheme available elsewhere on the west coast. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30617/21]

*565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to reconcile the low HAP thresholds in County Clare with the increasing rents in the region such as in the case of a person (details supplied). — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30619/21]

*566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the inspections of houses that are in a contractual agreement with a local authority have been resumed such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30620/21]

*567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social housing supports that are in place for a person who had to leave the family home due to domestic violence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [30621/21]

*568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider placing a conservation order on the former home of Thomas Clarke at 31 Richmond Avenue, Dublin given that it is a building of national importance. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [30631/21]

*569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount due to each local authority in respect of arrears which are currently due from residential tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [30640/21]

*570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a copy of the briefing notes and recommendations provided to him by his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service towards informing his view on the implementation of the Wild Birds Derogations for the period 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022 will be made available. — Duncan Smith. [30641/21]

*571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that the annual State wide derogation declaration that he signed on 30 April 2021 is compliant with the EU Birds Directive; and if so, if he will provide the legal advice that he relied upon. — Duncan Smith. [30642/21]

*572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to amend the legislation regarding the standard for testing of concrete blocks used by National Standards Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30643/21] 2593

*573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the way that non-conforming products are removed from the market place by the National Standards Authority of Ireland; if he plans to amend the powers of the Authority to ensure that defective products do not end up on the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30644/21]

*574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to water services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30672/21]

*575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the defective block scheme specific to counties Mayo and Donegal; and if consideration will be given to co-operation with the SEAI to ensure that windows and doors that need replacing are energy efficient and affordable for the impacted homeowners. — Joe O’Brien. [30687/21]

*576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [30689/21]

*577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made in respect of the review of guidelines governing the erection of wind turbines in particular, the restrictions which apply with regard to their distance from the nearest dwelling house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [30701/21]

*578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to local authorities in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 to deal with the issue of dereliction in tabular form. — Thomas Gould. [30704/21]

*579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time equivalent derelict sites inspectors by local authority in tabular form. — Thomas Gould. [30705/21]

*580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the levies applied by each local authority on derelict sites in 2020, in tabular form. — Thomas Gould. [30706/21]

*581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a legislative requirement for a site to have been on the derelict sites register for two years before it can be compulsorily purchased. — Thomas Gould. [30707/21]

*582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided in 2019 and 2020, respectively for the compulsory purchase of sites by local authority in tabular form. — Thomas Gould. [30708/21]

*583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has given approval to a society (details supplied) for the purchase of 13 houses at Laurelville, Mill Road, Corbally, County Clare. — Cathal Crowe. [30711/21]

*584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the income limit for social housing by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [30767/21]

P.T.O 2594

*585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant residential properties in County Wexford on the vacant homes register in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [30768/21]

*586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the approved housing bodies involved in the mortgage-to-rent initiative; the banks that are involved in the initiative; the way households are identified as suitable for inclusion in the initiative; the number of households nationally that are provided for by this scheme; the terms for tenants; the duration of the lease; the provisions for tenants to purchase back the property; the parameters by which tenants can remain in the home beyond the term of the lease; the provisions made for families of the chief earner in the event of their death or serious illness; the person that is financially responsible for the upkeep of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [30769/21]

*587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the local authority decarbonisation zones; and the list of zones selected. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30814/21]

*588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the upcoming fourth anniversary of the authorship of the report A Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council by a person (details supplied) will be published. — Patrick Costello. [30824/21]

*589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30868/21]

*590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30885/21]

*591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual local authority income and expenditure for the period 2008 to 2019 for the rental accommodation scheme, housing assistance payment, acquisition and new builds in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30907/21]

*592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the 2019 annual financial report for local authorities will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30908/21]

*593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units provided by local authorities in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30909/21]

*594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the costs included in housing and building in local authority financial reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30910/21]

*595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way the working family payment is seen as temporary income which does not demonstrate ability to repay a mortgage but is not disregarded and not assessable for social housing eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [30923/21] 2595

*596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of unsold affordable homes being used for social housing by local authority; the annual cost of servicing the loans on these properties by each local authority; the cost to date of servicing these loans by local authority; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of these properties; and his plans to assist local authorities meet these debt obligations in tabular form. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30950/21]

*597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants on the social housing list for each local authority area by qualifying house type need, that is, 1, 2, 3 and 4 bed plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30978/21]

*598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if legislation in respect of strategic housing developments will not be reintroduced following the expiration of said legislation on 31 December 2021 as outlined by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport to Dáil Éireann on 20 May 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31058/21]

*599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos.794 and 796 of 21 April 2021 and 342 of 11 May 2021, if he stands over 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 given further developments (details supplied). — Paul Murphy. [31088/21]

*600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1946 of 6 September 20219, when the internal working group to consider a long-term strategy for unsold affordable dwellings will report and an update will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [31092/21]

*601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of NPWS works for areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [31093/21]

*602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a matter in relation to the shared equity scheme (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [31183/21]

*603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to improve the MICA redress scheme in cases in which a person with a large mortgage and whose home is damaged and uninsurable deems the scheme insufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [31245/21]

*604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to the National Biodiversity Data Centre in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31251/21]

*605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the data held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre is owned by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31252/21]

*606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed at the National Biodiversity Data Centre by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31253/21]

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*607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a resolution of the 2008 Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in a case (details supplied) is expected; the reason there has not been a public consultation held on the substitute consent application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [31261/21]

*608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on the review by his Department 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 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. — Réada Cronin. [31276/21]

*609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31286/21]

*610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31304/21]

*611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on reducing the voting age for local and European elections to 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31329/21]

*612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and a 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 stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; and when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas. — Catherine Murphy. [31377/21]

*613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a copy of the briefing notes and any recommendations provided to him by his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service towards informing his opinion as declared and signed by him for the implementation of the wild birds derogations for the period 1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021. — Louise O’Reilly. [31384/21]

*614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has consulted with the Health and Safety Authority to establish its role in liaising with Donegal County Council or Mayo County Council on the safety of families living in private or public homes affected by MICA or pyrite defective concrete blocks. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [31415/21] 2597

*615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review will be completed of the submission received from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal in April 2021 and act on its proposals. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [31416/21]

*616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations that are currently in place to ensure that manufacturers here do not allow deleterious minerals such as pyrite or MICA to be present in the constituent aggregate of concrete blocks; the person or body that is responsible for enforcing these regulations; and if he is satisfied that they are enforcing same. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [31417/21]

*617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details with regard to woodland management plans (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [31428/21]

*618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 17 November 2020, if a strict time limit will be applied on financial institutions to complete mortgage to rent applications given some applicants have been waiting three years for a decision from their mortgage provider as in the case of persons (details supplied); if he will take steps in relation to the case to avoid further distress and worry to the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [31429/21]

*619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an audit will be carried out of all public and private buildings in counties Donegal and Mayo that could be affected with MICA; if so, if it will be ensured that the cost of the engineering survey is not a barrier to families being able to apply for redress; if it will be ensured that redress will be 100% of the cost to fix the damage done to buildings; if an investigation will be carried out of the way MICA contaminated building materials were not checked for contamination; if the reason building regulations were not enforced will be investigated; if the reason the firm at the heart of the supply of the MICA contaminated building materials is still supplying material to Donegal County Council will be investigated; if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [31464/21]

*620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is planned to reform the way central Government supports local government as a result of the decision to allow local authorities to retain 100% of the revenue from the local property tax; if the new funding mechanism for local authorities will contain open, fair and transparent measures to allocate funding to those authorities that will need funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31472/21]

*621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be seeking extra funding to fund local authorities in 2022 in view of the recent decisions on the retention by local authorities to the full amount of the local property tax they collect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31473/21]

*622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for the publication of the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31527/21]

*623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the capital assistance scheme by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31528/21]

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*624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of additional housing units that would be delivered if the funding to the capital assistance scheme was increased by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31529/21]

*625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31530/21]

*626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the mobility aids grant scheme by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31531/21]

*627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a dealing in the Land Registry (details supplied) will be processed in view of the fact that this dealing is ongoing for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — . [31544/21]

*628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the regulations for outdoor dining (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [31559/21]

*629. 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 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. — James Lawless. [31753/21]

*630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of the local authority mortgage protection insurance scheme through the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the way it compares to the average cost of mortgage protection insurance in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31760/21]

*631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31878/21]

*632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the working group on rural planning guidelines in his Department; and when revised guidance on the issue of rural planning will be provided to local authorities that are currently revising their development plans. — Eoin Ó Broin. [31961/21]

*633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Cork Event Centre; and when he last meet the local authority responsible for same. — Sean Sherlock. [31988/21]

*634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant land bank sites in ownership by each local authority, in tabular form; and the location of each land bank. — Sean Sherlock. [31989/21] 2599

*635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications submitted and approved, respectively by quarter and month to Wexford local authority in 2020 and to date in 2021 in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [31998/21]

*636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on the homeless housing list in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [32001/21]

*637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases active in County Wexford in each year from 2009 to 2020 inclusive and to date in 2021; the annual cost of each lease type for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [32002/21]

*638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review will be published for the 2016 tenant incremental purchase scheme. — Mairéad Farrell. [32026/21]

*639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which a public authority housing programme is expected to deliver affordable housing throughout north County Kildare; if a special effort will be made to ensure an accelerated programme in this regard within the shortest possible timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32101/21]

*640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on plans for reform of Seanad Éireann. — Alan Kelly. [30931/21]

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

*641. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his priorities for the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [31964/21]

*642. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his priorities for the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum; if Ireland will make a policy commitment on comprehensive sexuality education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [31967/21]

*643. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his priorities for the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum; if Ireland will make a commitment to adopt a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32104/21]

*644. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the foreign births register will reopen; the length of time it will take to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [30503/21]

*645. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport for a minor (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30523/21]

*646. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the conditions for a person (details supplied) who is fully vaccinated and is travelling to Scotland on 19 July 2021 to visit family. — Robert Troy. [30524/21]

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*647. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations he has made to countries in which vaccines (details supplied) or other non-EMA approved vaccines have been administered to Irish citizens. — Pa Daly. [30529/21]

*648. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports in the backlog waiting to be issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [30605/21]

*649. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if any Irish foreign aid to either other countries, charities or international bodies has been appropriated by terrorist organisations or foreign governments between 2015 and 2020; and if so, the details of same. — Peadar Tóibín. [30678/21]

*650. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he raised the illegal detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied) and the alleged genocide of the Uighur Muslims by the CCP with the Chinese Foreign Minister; and if so, the details of same. — Peadar Tóibín. [30679/21]

*651. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister to date in 2021. — Darren O’Rourke. [30737/21]

*652. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to upgrade the Irish Honorary Consul in Cancun, Mexico to a consulate general office. — Catherine Murphy. [30744/21]

*653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Osaka, Japan. — Catherine Murphy. [30745/21]

*654. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current timeframe for all backlogged applications for passports to be cleared; the emergency procedures in place for persons who must undertake travel to other countries but are affected by the current delays in passport applications processing and also delays in the registration of births as a result of the cyber-attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [30856/21]

*655. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30866/21]

*656. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30883/21]

*657. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria for travelling to and from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [30924/21]

*658. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make provisions for parents to apply for passports for their children who are unregistered and without a birth certificate deeming them unable to apply for a passport due to the ongoing HSE hacking issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Patrick Costello. [30952/21]

*659. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30970/21] 2601

*660. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the processing of foreign births will resume given the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30971/21]

*661. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria for urgent applications to the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30972/21]

*662. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised abuses of human rights in Morocco in the context of the opening of an Embassy in Morocco including the ongoing annexation of Western Sahara, the rights of the LGBTQ community and the Berber people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31191/21]

*663. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31284/21]

*664. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31302/21]

*665. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when it is intended that that Passport Express services will resume; if his attention has been drawn to the serious impact the delay in resuming this service is having on passport applicants who are required to submit documentation in support of their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31319/21]

*666. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [31321/21]

*667. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 277, 278, 279, 280 and 281 of 3 June 2021, if no European Council decision is required to approve Israel association with the Horizon Europe Regulation once negotiations are concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31439/21]

*668. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way persons (details supplied) can acquire a passport in order to travel for essential reasons with their newly born child given the current situation in relation to registering births and delays in accessing passport and so on; the course of action the couple can take in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31468/21]

*669. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government plans to begin proceedings at the European Union for the suspension of the free trade agreement signed by the EU and Colombia in view of the serious and ongoing human rights violations in the context the national strike in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [31580/21]

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*670. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the arrangements being made to enable Irish passport holders who are resident in Northern Ireland to avail of the proposed EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [31688/21]

*671. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to extend the validity of signatures already witnessed for passports at the passport office specifically in relation to children past the current six months in certain situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [31709/21]

*672. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of an Irish resident who must travel to the UK for an essential purpose and who is fully vaccinated; if such a person must have a PCR test prior to travel and return; if such a person will be required to quarantine in a hotel or at home; if so, the period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31715/21]

*673. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts his Department is making to ensure that member states adopt a uniform approach of accepting a negative PCR test result 72 hours before arrival and 48 hours in the case of rapid antigen tests for inbound EU travel under the digital green certificate system and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31736/21]

*674. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the election of Syria as a new member of the World Health Organisation executive board given the current nature and purported crimes of the Syrian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [31836/21]

*675. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [31849/21]

*676. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application for a passport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Danny Healy-Rae. [31863/21]

*677. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31877/21]

*678. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Ireland’s engagement and role in the US administration formed expert working groups with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and the United Kingdom to determine the best way to safely restart travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31915/21]

*679. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the State’s national commitments at the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum will include policy and funding commitments on the establishment of the State-funded contraception scheme, including an allocation in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [31960/21]

*680. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) given that the application was received by the Passport Office on 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Ring. [31973/21]

*681. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify the sanctions that will be imposed on the Belarusian Government given recent events. — Robert Troy. [32025/21] 2603

*682. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policy and funding commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights that will be made at the forthcoming generation equality forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [32059/21]

Chun an Aire Cosanta: To the Minister for Defence.

*683. To ask the Minister for Defence if Fort Shannon, County Kerry is still in the charge of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [30478/21]

*684. To ask the Minister for Defence when the contract for the replacement of LÉ Eithne will be put out to tender. — Darren O’Rourke. [30728/21]

*685. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces plan to run advertisement campaigns in the print media and national television stations to attract new recruits into the Defence Forces. — Catherine Murphy. [30757/21]

*686. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by job title in the Defence Forces medical corps; and when each vacancy will be filled in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30758/21]

*687. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the statements made by an organisation (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on 25 May 2021 that due to shortages of personnel in the Naval Service some naval vessels do not have sufficient crews to go to sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30838/21]

*688. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the statements made by an organisation (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on 25 May 2021 that the Army is having significant difficulties with the retention of personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30839/21]

*689. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the cross-border healthcare initiative which is due to finish in December 2021; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sorca Clarke. [30849/21]

*690. To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30861/21]

*691. To ask the Minister for Defence the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30878/21]

*692. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 1 June 2021, if he will respond to the question regarding whether a national strategy for military mobility is being produced and whether it will be presented to the PESCO military mobility project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30969/21]

*693. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 25 May 2021, if figures will be provided for the remaining troop rotations to UNTSO, MINURSO, MONUSCO, EUTM, KFOR, EU-BiH and UNNY. — . [31057/21]

P.T.O 2604

*694. To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31279/21]

*695. To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31297/21]

*696. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the statements made by an organisation (details supplied) to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on 25 May 2021 that there is a shortage of specialist technicians within the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31327/21]

*697. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31873/21]

Chun an Aire Oideachais: To the Minister for Education.

*698. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the possible challenges facing leaving certificate students in accessing entry to universities outside of Ireland and the UK arising from the later than the usual date of issuing of leaving certificate results; the plans she has in place to ensure that concerned students will not be affected by the late issuing of their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [31687/21]

*699. To ask the Minister for Education if school transportation will be approved for a student (details supplied). — Pa Daly. [31912/21]

*700. To ask the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that the second-level schools in the Midleton and Carrigtwohill school planning area will be able to cater for the demand for first-year school places in September 2022 given that all schools have increased their numbers in recent years and are at capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — David Stanton. [30476/21]

*701. To ask the Minister for Education the number of pupils that the forward planning unit of her Department envisages will apply for a second-level school place in the Midleton and Carrigtwohill school planning area in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — David Stanton. [30477/21]

*702. To ask the Minister for Education if the school libraries grant will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [30479/21]

*703. To ask the Minister for Education if she will audit all school textbooks to ensure inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families from preschool onwards; the way in which she will carry this out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [30482/21] 2605

*704. To ask the Minister for Education her views on whether access to books and reading is important for young children particularly those who might not have other means to access a wide variety of books; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2009 the Government ceased giving Irish primary schools grants for buying library books; if grants to purchase library books for use by students will be reintroduced to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [30517/21]

*705. To ask the Minister for Education if she will investigate the possibility of restoring the grant that was cut in 2009 which enabled primary schools to buy books for their libraries. — Carol Nolan. [30527/21]

*706. To ask the Minister for Education when construction will commence on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30536/21]

*707. To ask the Minister for Education the number of home school community liaison officers currently employed; the number of schools they work in; and the current cost of employing these officers. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30538/21]

*708. To ask the Minister for Education the number of special education teachers employed in schools; and the cost of employing these teachers. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30539/21]

*709. To ask the Minister for Education the steps that have been taken towards providing an autism unit and special class in a school (details supplied); when the unit will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30542/21]

*710. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); if the school will be ready by the beginning of August 2021 in order to prepare for students returning on 26 August 2021; and the steps she will take to ensure that the school will be ready by that date. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30551/21]

*711. To ask the Minister for Education the projected enrolments at primary and secondary level for the 2021-2022 academic year. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30555/21]

*712. To ask the Minister for Education if school transport support will be secured for a child (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [30557/21]

*713. To ask the Minister for Education the status of school secretaries and caretakers pay conditions and salaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Joe McHugh. [30608/21]

*714. To ask the Minister for Education the plans in place for the leaving certificate 2022; if the exam will consist of a combination of accredited grades and modified papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [30623/21]

*715. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the library book capitation grant for primary schools; if she will consider reinstating the scheme as part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cormac Devlin. [30633/21]

*716. To ask the Minister for Education the details on the arrangements in relation to the contingency arrangements for a school (details supplied) to be located in interim accommodation at a college site from August 2021 for a maximum of one academic year which were announced

P.T.O 2606 on 26 May 2021; the way in which she plans to ensure that the school has their own permanent accommodation within the year outlined; and the contingency plans that are in place if planning permissions are delayed or refused. — Paul Murphy. [30671/21]

*717. To ask the Minister for Education if she will reinstate funding to primary schools to purchase library books that was cut in Budget 2008. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30673/21]

*718. To ask the Minister for Education the additional two areas in which the school inclusion model is being piloted in 2021; and if there are plans to extend the scheme for the 2021-2022 academic year. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30685/21]

*719. To ask the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of same. — Darren O’Rourke. [30725/21]

*720. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the loss of six jobs in a school (details supplied) following a National Council for Special Education review; if the impact of such a significant loss will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [30740/21]

*721. To ask the Minister for Education if the summer provision is available to childcare providers and preschool students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30771/21]

*722. To ask the Minister for Education if she will reinstate the school library grant to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [30831/21]

*723. To ask the Minister for Education the cost of reinstating the grant for primary schools to buy library books which ceased in 2009, annually; her views on reinstating the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30840/21]

*724. To ask the Minister for Education if a primary school (details supplied) will be provided with the full-time SNA and SET support required for the students with special needs in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30841/21]

*725. To ask the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to provide pay parity between teachers who qualified pre-2011 and post-2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30842/21]

*726. To ask the Minister for Education the status of progress being made with the new school buildings for a school (details supplied). — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [30852/21]

*727. To ask the Minister for Education the status of progress being made with the new school building for a school (details supplied). — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [30853/21]

*728. To ask the Minister for Education the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30862/21]

*729. To ask the Minister for Education the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30879/21] 2607

*730. To ask the Minister for Education if there is a mechanism through which the State can assist parents with fees in circumstances (details supplied). — John Lahart. [30894/21]

*731. To ask the Minister for Education further to the Government’s approval for the July provision for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, if she will consider overturning the decision for children with autism who prior to Covid-19 pandemic would have been in receipt of two weeks July provision at home and two weeks at school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [30904/21]

*732. To ask the Minister for Education the details of the requirements for teachers to wear masks in a primary school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [30944/21]

*733. To ask the Minister for Education the exemptions for teachers not to have to wear masks in a primary school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [30945/21]

*734. To ask the Minister for Education the appeal process for teachers who have medical evidence prohibiting them from wearing masks in cases in which this has been overruled by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mark Ward. [30946/21]

*735. To ask the Minister for Education if she and her officials will intervene in cases in which teachers who previously qualified with the HDip are now returning to teaching and being asked to complete Droichead in order to register with the Teaching Council (details supplied). — Cathal Crowe. [30949/21]

*736. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) will lose all access to green space through planned works; if she has considered another location for the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30981/21]

*737. To ask the Minister for Education if a precise timeframe for when schools that were categorised as number 10 in the order of priority under the summer works scheme can expect final approval and funding for their projects to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [30992/21]

*738. To ask the Minister for Education the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [30995/21]

*739. To ask the Minister for Education the pathway in education for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [31005/21]

*740. To ask the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to reinstating the schools library grant which was abolished in Budget 2008 given the support would be of enormous benefit to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [31086/21]

*741. To ask the Minister for Education the reason the leaving certificate results date has been announced as 3 September 2021 and not in August 2021 as per usual (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [31117/21]

P.T.O 2608

*742. To ask the Minister for Education the changes planned in terms of the new recognition of overseas teaching qualifications. — Richard Bruton. [31126/21]

*743. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the struggle to get a school placement for a student (details supplied); and if her Department can guarantee a school placement for them. — Paul Murphy. [31133/21]

*744. To ask the Minister for Education the alterative that has been set up to allow a person (details supplied) to sit all the leaving certificate examinations in 2021 if they have a seizure before or during the exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Chris Andrews. [31134/21]

*745. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost per annum to restore the grant given to primary schools to purchase library books which was cut in Budget 2008. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31137/21]

*746. To ask the Minister for Education the annual budget for information technology equipment for both primary and secondary schools; the number of devices purchased from this per annum by category; and the estimated cost of increasing same by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31138/21]

*747. To ask the Minister for Education the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31139/21]

*748. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost per annum to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and post-primary schools by one point and five points, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31140/21]

*749. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost per annum to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools to 20:1. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31141/21]

*750. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated number of additional classrooms required to facilitate the reduction of the pupil-teacher ratio by one point. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31142/21]

*751. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated number of additional classrooms required to facilitate a pupil-teacher ratio of 20:1. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31143/21]

*752. To ask the Minister for Education the average cost per additional classroom provided at primary and post-primary level. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31144/21]

*753. To ask the Minister for Education the annual capitation amounts to primary and post- primary schools since 2008. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31145/21]

*754. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring there is one home school community liaison teacher for each school that currently has none; and the estimated cost of one for every three and five schools, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31146/21]

*755. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of increasing funding for book rental schemes both in primary and secondary schools by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31147/21] 2609

*756. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring the running of a schoolbook scheme that is entirely free to parents. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31148/21]

*757. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of developing a seed capital scheme for expanding the schoolbook scheme into new schools. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31149/21]

*758. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing free school transport to each child availing of the school transport scheme in 2021. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31150/21]

*759. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools by one point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31151/21]

*760. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost to designate an additional 10 schools as DEIS band 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31152/21]

*761. To ask the Minister for Education the number of schools nationally that do not have a canteen. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31153/21]

*762. To ask the Minister for Education the number of schools participating in the school meals programme that do not have a canteen. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31154/21]

*763. To ask the Minister for Education the average cost of building a canteen for a school. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31155/21]

*764. To ask the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools that do not have a canteen. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31156/21]

*765. To ask the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools that do not have cooking facilities. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31157/21]

*766. To ask the Minister for Education the number of additional special educational teachers that have been hired this academic year; and the number of additional special educational teachers that will be hired for the 2021-2022 academic year. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31158/21]

*767. To ask the Minister for Education the number of additional SNAs that have been hired this academic year; and the number of additional SNAs that will be hired for the 2021-2022 academic year. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31159/21]

*768. To ask the Minister for Education the number of additional SNAs that have been hired since budget day in October 2020. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31160/21]

*769. To ask the Minister for Education if all of the funding provided for in Budget 2021 for the hiring of additional SNAs has been utilised since that announcement. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31161/21]

*770. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of changing all teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with special classes to administrative status. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31162/21]

P.T.O 2610

*771. To ask the Minister for Education the number of teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with one special class; and the number of teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with two or more special classes. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31163/21]

*772. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of changing all teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with two or more special classes to administrative status. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31164/21]

*773. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of changing teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with one special class to a job share leadership arrangement. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31165/21]

*774. To ask the Minister for Education if she will provide information on the ownership of the former site of a school (details supplied) and whether she has information for plans for its future use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [31195/21]

*775. To ask the Minister for Education if she will reconsider the decision to publish the leaving certificate results on 3 September 2021 and publish them in mid-August to allow students to avail of course offers from colleges particularly those who have chosen to study abroad who face missing out on their courses due to the late publication of their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Chris Andrews. [31237/21]

*776. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to ensure students with conditional university offers can receive their leaving certificate results before the outlined date of 3 September 2021 in recognition of different administrative timeframes of universities overseas and to ensure students can access their chosen university courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [31250/21]

*777. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing 1,000 additional places in the school transport system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31254/21]

*778. To ask the Minister for Education if she will consider reasonable accommodations for students who have an epileptic seizure immediately before or during a State exam allowing them to resit the exam within the same exam cycle or before such a time that the CAO offers issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [31269/21]

*779. To ask the Minister for Education if a teacher transferring from one Gaelscoil to another Gaelscoil via the temporary reassignment scheme is entitled to continue to receive a teaching through Irish allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cathal Crowe. [31275/21]

*780. To ask the Minister for Education the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31280/21]

*781. To ask the Minister for Education the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more 2611 accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31298/21]

*782. To ask the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) can be provided with information on the outcome of their appeal for their child to be provided with school transport. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31322/21]

*783. To ask the Minister for Education if it will be ensured that a person with special needs (details supplied) is provided with an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31328/21]

*784. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to make provision in the context of Covid-19 for online learning in exceptional cases of children living with vulnerable family members as recommended by the Ombudsman for Children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [31340/21]

*785. To ask the Minister for Education if home-based July provision will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31344/21]

*786. To ask the Minister for Education the number of places available under the school transport scheme in the academic year 2020-2021; and the share of capacity under the scheme operated by Bus Éireann. — Neasa Hourigan. [31347/21]

*787. To ask the Minister for Education the funding allocated to the school transport scheme for hygiene measures in the academic year 2020-2021; the amount allocated to and drawn down by Bus Éireann; the amount allocated to and drawn down by private operators; her plans for excess funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [31348/21]

*788. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 in today’s terms in a similar timeframe adjusting for inflation and accounting for the €397 million figure over five years outlined within the NCSE 2006 implementation report (details supplied). — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31418/21]

*789. To ask the Minister for Education if date for the issuing of the leaving certificate results (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31420/21]

*790. To ask the Minister for Education when she will approve the tender for a school (details supplied) which was first initiated in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [31431/21]

*791. To ask the Minister for Education when the design team will be appointed for the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [31432/21]

*792. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 cost in today’s terms in a similar timeframe adjusting for inflation and accounting for the €397 million figure over five years outlined within

P.T.O 2612 the NCSE 2006 implementation report on page 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31441/21]

*793. To ask the Minister for Education if she will allow for reasonable accommodation in cases in which students who experience a medical emergency immediately before or during an examination and are unable to complete their examination to give them the opportunity to sit the examination anew within the same examination cycle or before such time as the CAO offers issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31469/21]

*794. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated additional cost of increasing funding for the school-based summer July provision programme of education for children with complex needs by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31536/21]

*795. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated amount the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will cost to fully implement in today’s terms adjusting for inflation and accounting for the €397 million figure outlined within the NCSE 2006 implementation report on page 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [31573/21]

*796. To ask the Minister for Education the progress regarding the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31590/21]

*797. To ask the Minister for Education if the qualifying conditions for the school transport scheme will be reviewed to reduce the current radius of 4.8 kilometres as the qualification distance for the scheme; when the scheme was last reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [31605/21]

*798. To ask the Minister for Education the number of post-primary schools currently using their gym facilities to accommodate students given Covid-19 social distancing; and the number of post-primary schools that are providing physical education as a leaving certificate subject of the schools that are doing so. — Robert Troy. [31615/21]

*799. To ask the Minister for Education if her Department will adhere strictly to the staffing ratios announced for DEIS schools given the extra difficulties faced by such schools during recent Covid-19 crisis; if a school (details supplied) will face the loss of a teacher in the new term; the grounds for appeal and deadlines for receipt of such appeals to the relevant authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31625/21]

*800. To ask the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) is set to lose one teacher and five SNAs from its allocation for the 2021-2022 school year; if this decision has been placed under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [31627/21]

*801. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the proposed tender for a campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [31641/21]

*802. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost to restore the school completion programme to 2010 levels. — Kathleen Funchion. [31671/21]

*803. To ask the Minister for Education if her Department has conducted a valuation for the land at Harold’s Cross bought by her Department from the Irish Greyhound Board; the value of the land 2613 at present; the value of the land when it was bought from the Board; and if more was paid for the land than its worth at the time of purchase. — Paul Murphy. [31673/21]

*804. To ask the Minister for Education the number of hours per week of physical education class should secondary school children participate in under the curriculums for junior cycle and senior cycle level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [31686/21]

*805. To ask the Minister for Education if an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) who cannot find a place in a special school for their child will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31716/21]

*806. To ask the Minister for Education if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [31722/21]

*807. To ask the Minister for Education the progress to date in respect of the provision of replacement new school facilities at a school (details supplied); the next stages in the process with a view to acceleration of project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31742/21]

*808. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 13 January 2021, the extent to which the various projects referred to therein have progressed in the intervening period to date; her expectations in respect of the early progress of each project in the future having particular regard to the ongoing demographics of the area and the likely pressure for school places now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31743/21]

*809. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 13 January 2021, the extent to which the various projects referred to therein have progressed in the intervening period to date; her expectations in respect of the early progress of each project in the future having particular regard to the ongoing demographics of the area and the likely pressure for school places now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31744/21]

*810. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 13 January 2021, the extent to which the various projects referred to therein have progressed in the intervening period to date; her expectations in respect of the early progress of each project in the future having particular regard to the ongoing demographics of the area and the likely pressure for school places now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31745/21]

*811. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 13 January 2021, the extent to which the project referred to therein has progressed in the intervening period to date; her expectations in respect of the project in the future having particular regard to the ongoing demographics of the area and the likely pressure for school places now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31746/21]

*812. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 13 January 2021, the extent to which the various projects referred to therein have progressed in the intervening period to date; her expectations in respect of the early progress of each project in the future having particular regard to the ongoing demographics of the area and the likely pressure for school places

P.T.O 2614 now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31747/21]

*813. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 13 January 2021, the extent to which the various projects referred to therein have progressed in the intervening period to date; her expectations in respect of the early progress of each project in the future having particular regard to the ongoing demographics of the area and the likely pressure for school places now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31748/21]

*814. To ask the Minister for Education the reason Irish sign language has not been included as a curricular subject (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31785/21]

*815. To ask the Minister for Education the estimated cost of abolishing school transport fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31840/21]

*816. To ask the Minister for Education the amount in fares collected in the school bus transport system in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [31841/21]

*817. To ask the Minister for Education if she will intervene to ensure that students in Northern Ireland are not disadvantaged from accessing third-level places here due to the delay in leaving certificate results in 2021 given that the UCAS offers will be released a number of weeks before the CAO; if she has met with her counterpart in Northern Ireland to discuss this; and the ongoing engagement between the two jurisdictions on this issue. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31900/21]

*818. To ask the Minister for Education the number of expulsions that have been recorded from special schools in each of the past five years by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [31909/21]

*819. To ask the Minister for Education the arrangements her Department has in place to assist the seamless transfer of a child expelled from a special needs school to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [31910/21]

*820. To ask the Minister for Education her views on whether it is acceptable that a teenage child with severe ID, ASD and a genetic disorder has been without a school place for over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [31911/21]

*821. To ask the Minister for Education if alternative arrangements are being put in place for leaving certificate students who miss exams due to a positive test for Covid-19; and the way the ten days of self-isolation are counted. — Willie O’Dea. [31913/21]

*822. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 18 May 2021, when the NCSE policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools will be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31950/21]

*823. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to provide each school in the country with a dedicated reading unit; the analysis carried out by her Department into the costs of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31951/21] 2615

*824. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to provide each school planning area in the country with at least one reading unit or reading school; the analysis carried out by her Department into the costs of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31952/21]

*825. To ask the Minister for Education the details of the analysis her Department has carried out into the adequacy of supports at primary school level for children with severe dyslexia particularly in schools that do not have a reading unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31953/21]

*826. To ask the Minister for Education the primary schools in each county that have a dedicated reading unit in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31954/21]

*827. To ask the Minister for Education the details of each reading school in the country by county and by school planning area; the student number capacity of each of these schools in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31955/21]

*828. To ask the Minister for Education if her Department has examined permitting primary school teachers to transfer panel rights between counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31968/21]

*829. To ask the Minister for Education the status of admissions for the recently announced additional needs school in Cork; the number that applied for a place; the number of applications approved; and the cost of transport provisions allocated for the students in the 2021-2022 academic year. — Sean Sherlock. [31976/21]

*830. To ask the Minister for Education if a constructions date has been identified for a project (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [31977/21]

*831. To ask the Minister for Education if a construction date has been identified for a project (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [31978/21]

*832. To ask the Minister for Education the number of applications received by her Department in each administrative area for school transport for the coming academic school year; the number of applications approved; and the number of applications disallowed in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31979/21]

*833. To ask the Minister for Education the number of Irish Sign Language trained teachers currently working in schools controlled by her Department. — Sean Sherlock. [31980/21]

*834. To ask the Minister for Education the number of children in County Wexford who failed to complete the junior certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [31997/21]

*835. To ask the Minister for Education if she will permit a school (details supplied) to enrol additional pupils given that it has the spare capacity to undertake same; if she has received a request from the school to permit the enrolling of more pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32016/21]

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*836. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 15 December 2020, the status of the capital appraisal process; the estimated timelines for completion (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [32018/21]

*837. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the developing post application by a school (details supplied) for an additional mainstream post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cathal Crowe. [32027/21]

*838. To ask the Minister for Education if an application for a SENO in-class assessment has been considered for children (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [32055/21]

*839. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the establishment of permanent premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [32060/21]

*840. To ask the Minister for Education if she will address the serious concerns raised by a school (details supplied) in respect of implementing the recommendations as stated in a report; if the appropriate supports will be urgently put in place in order to meet the recommendation in the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32066/21]

*841. To ask the Minister for Education the details of the eligibility criteria for availing of school transport with particular emphasis on concessionary transport pupils who have to wait until the second week in August 2021 to find out whether they have a seat or not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [32068/21]

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

*842. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the birth certificate application of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31421/21]

*843. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have availed of Abhaile vouchers by county; the categories in which the applications were made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [31549/21]

*844. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on criticism by an organisation (details supplied) of Government plans for regional employment service which seeks to replace existing jobs clubs and local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32105/21]

*845. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding streams available for a family and community resource centre to purchase land adjacent to its property for expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [30522/21]

*846. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding provided for the school meals programme for the 2020-2021 academic year. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [30540/21]

*847. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for persons who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and had their payments ceased as a result of reaching 66 years of age; if consideration has been given to allowing recipients of the State pension 2617

(contributory) to receive the pandemic unemployment payment in circumstances in which their employment continues to be affected as a result of public health guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [30588/21]

*848. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the uptake and funding rates of the disability awareness support scheme between 2017 and 2021, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [30609/21]

*849. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will advertise grants for HGV and bus driver lessons as part of the back to work scheme given the pressing need to get drivers trained up for the transport and haulage industries due to shortages of drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [30616/21]

*850. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s application by a person (details supplied) who is providing full-time care for both their parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [30659/21]

*851. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in receipt of monthly child benefit payments per county in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Ring. [30695/21]

*852. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 28 April 2021, her plans to defer the 13-week requalification period in respect of persons on partial capacity benefit until after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions in view of the financial difficulties endured by many as a result of the pandemic; the analysis her Department has carried out into the financial cost of such a deferral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [30698/21]

*853. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in the moderate, severe and profound categories of illness who have started their 13-week requalification period for the partial capacity benefit in each of the months from March 2020 to May 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [30699/21]

*854. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who successfully transferred from partial capacity benefit to supplementary welfare allowance or another social welfare payment for the duration of their 13-week partial capacity benefit requalification period in each of the months from March 2020 to May 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [30700/21]

*855. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider automatically extending the free travel scheme to persons who lose their driving licence due to a diagnosis of epilepsy or breakthrough seizures; if she will consider making the scheme a standalone scheme in order that persons who are diagnosed with epilepsy or breakthrough seizures but who do not meet the requirements for a qualifying payment such as disability allowance or invalidity pension can apply directly for a free travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [30714/21]

*856. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the maternity benefit from 26-weeks to 29-weeks. — Darren O’Rourke. [30726/21]

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*857. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff by grade working in the household benefits section; and the number of vacancies by grade within the section. — Darren O’Rourke. [30727/21]

*858. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of advocates by six, 10 and 25 staff respectively, in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30742/21]

*859. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €75, €150 and €225 respectively, in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30743/21]

*860. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the State of providing a free travel pass to persons that lose their licence due to a diagnosis of epilepsy or breakthrough seizures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30772/21]

*861. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will allow an individual grievance, conversation or mediation regarding an unsolved pensions issue ongoing for 25 years in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [30818/21]

*862. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households eligible for schemes (details supplied) effective from 1 August 2018. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30826/21]

*863. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the implementation of the universal basic income pilot committed to as part of the request to the Low Pay Commission to examine universal basic income committed to under the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [30832/21]

*864. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on allowing schools (details supplied) with registered charitable status, participate in the Tús scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30844/21]

*865. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of social welfare payments for April, May and June and to date in 2021; and the number in receipt of each social welfare payment in tabular form. — Claire Kerrane. [30858/21]

*866. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30872/21]

*867. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30889/21]

*868. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the back to education allowance for each year for which data is available; if this cost covers fees and or the student contribution charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30989/21] 2619

*869. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of parent’s leave and benefit by month in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Claire Kerrane. [31085/21]

*870. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the artists pilot scheme for social protection has been developed since 2017; the number of artists who have been recipients under the scheme each year since it was established; the cost of the scheme each year since it was established; and her plans to extend the programme. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [31098/21]

*871. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families that receive child benefit payments; and the number of children these are in respect of. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31166/21]

*872. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one- off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in September 2021. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31167/21]

*873. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme budget by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively; and the estimated cost of extending the programme budget to include provision for breakfast in addition to lunch. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31168/21]

*874. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children availing of free hot school meals; the cost of same; and the cost per child and school of delivering same. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31169/21]

*875. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing hot free school meals to all children currently availing of free school meals. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31170/21]

*876. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing free hot school meals to all children attending DEIS schools. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31171/21]

*877. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a community employment placement will be extended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [31199/21]

*878. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the full rate of carer’s allowance. — Michael Creed. [31207/21]

*879. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31218/21]

*880. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review by her Department of the functioning of the IRIS application; if she will consider keeping the on-demand element open on an interim basis whilst the review is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pa Daly. [31226/21]

*881. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department can withhold personal data for up to seven years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [31234/21]

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*882. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there can be a grace period of reopening for business owners who are on the pandemic unemployment payment and are taking tentative steps to rebuild their business model to reflect this time such as in the case of a person (details supplied). — Violet-Anne Wynne. [31235/21]

*883. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding parent’s leave benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31263/21]

*884. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider eligibility for the free travel scheme for persons who are disqualified from driving due to epileptic or breakthrough seizures in order that they can maintain their independence and continue in work or in education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [31267/21]

*885. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a training fund of up to €1,000 is available for persons in receipt of jobseeker’s payment but is not available for participants of JobPath who can only avail of job related training on a discretionary case by case basis such as in the case of a person (details supplied). — Violet-Anne Wynne. [31274/21]

*886. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31290/21]

*887. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31308/21]

*888. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to arrears of a contributory pension. — Michael Creed. [31368/21]

*889. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the threshold for earned income in order to qualify for deserted wife’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [31381/21]

*890. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the existing level threshold for earnings to qualify for the deserted wife’s benefit was last reviewed; if she plans to review the threshold limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [31382/21]

*891. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Covid-19 supports will remain in place for certain sectors beyond September 2021; and her views on whether certain employment such as wedding bands will not be able to take up full employment again on the lifting of restrictions and will have to wait for bookings to start coming in. — Robert Troy. [31396/21] 2621

*892. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the carer’s benefit allocation of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31419/21]

*893. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees who are on secondment from her Department to other organisations; the number of these who are in receipt of a higher duty allowance; the number of staff who were previously seconded and subsequently returned to work in her Department on a lower grade than their secondment position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31424/21]

*894. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the amount spent on the grants for employers to retain employees with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31434/21]

*895. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of extending current supports which encourage and incentivise employers to hire and retain a person with a disability such as the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities and the grants for employers to retain employees with disabilities to allow self-employed persons with a disability apply for these supports to hire and retain themselves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31435/21]

*896. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of permitting self- employed persons with a disability to apply for and the grants for employers to retain employees with disabilities and the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities for themselves as if they were an employee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31436/21]

*897. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of permitting self- employed persons with a disability to be considered as an employee for the purpose of accessing the grants for employers to retain employees with disabilities and the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities to hire and retain themselves as if they were employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31437/21]

*898. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department has in place to address concerns of seconded local employment scheme and community employment scheme employees with regard to their employment particularly in relation pension allowances and unpensioned portions of salary which constitute core pay; if direct engagement and mediation is in place to address pension-related concerns in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [31507/21]

*899. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the EmployAbility Service by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31525/21]

*900. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of increasing the funding to the walk peer programme to extend the service to each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31526/21]

*901. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the disregard which now applies to disability allowance recipients who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD will be extended to students who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships

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*902. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of extending the disregard which applies to disability allowance recipients who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD to students in receipt of the blind pension who have been granted bursaries, stipends or scholarships towards completing a PhD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31533/21]

*903. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31545/21]

*904. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31546/21]

*905. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make the form for the benefit payment for 65-year olds available to download and print rather than on request only. — Sean Sherlock. [31554/21]

*906. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department recognises cohabiting couples as a family unit and therefore pay them full amount for the main would be earner with an allowance for an adult dependent, and if applicable, their children, not as two individual single persons both receiving the full rate for a single adult given that for taxation purposes cohabiting couples are viewed as two individual single persons even those who have children together. — Paul Murphy. [31578/21]

*907. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the full details of the plans of her Department which propose to introduce a new service in January 2022 to replace the existing EmployAbility service model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [31591/21]

*908. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of artists that have qualified to date for State supports under the various Covid-19 pandemic support schemes; the full breakdown of those qualifying by heading; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — . [31602/21]

*909. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if all documentation has now been received; when the application will be concluded with a view to the granting of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31632/21]

*910. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the back to work enterprise allowance or any other scheme or payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31643/21]

*911. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of referrals to each job club by location in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Claire Kerrane. [31644/21]

*912. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to extend maternity leave by 52 weeks. — Kathleen Funchion. [31655/21] 2623

*913. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons accessing employment services through INTREO in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date 2021, in tabular form. — Claire Kerrane. [31661/21]

*914. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Pathways to Work strategy 2021-2024 will be launched; if further information on the announced work placement experience programme will be included in the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [31662/21]

*915. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing six weeks of parental benefit which would be the same rate as maternity benefit but which could be taken by either parent or shared between the two at the end of the period of maternity leave. — Kathleen Funchion. [31664/21]

*916. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity, paternity and adoptive benefit by €10 per week. — Kathleen Funchion. [31666/21]

*917. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be an extension for those on community employment schemes beyond 2 July 2021 after receiving little or no training due to the Covid-19 pandemic. — Sean Sherlock. [31838/21]

*918. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which persons contracted to airline companies that are rostered to pilot but are only paid when flying may access the pandemic unemployment payment or other financial supports while grounded for prolonged periods of time due to public health guidelines. — Catherine Murphy. [31846/21]

*919. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of job coaches employed in regard to the use of job coaches for disabled jobseekers as a way of improving access to the labour market; the cost for the relevant Department or State agency to recruit a job coach; and the amount allocated for her Department to spend on job coaches. — Paul Murphy. [31867/21]

*920. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31881/21]

*921. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements her Department has made to facilitate and enable parents of newborn children access children’s allowance payments given that the recent cyber-attack has meant parents cannot register child births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [31892/21]

*922. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a basic social welfare payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31898/21]

*923. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the over 65s benefit payment (details supplied); and if previous contributions from other years will be taken into account. — Sean Sherlock. [31962/21]

*924. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a carer’s allowance payment in County Wexford; and the breakdown of the number in each of the past five years in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [32000/21]

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*925. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [32036/21]

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

*926. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce an amendment to the Equal Status Act 2000 and the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic disadvantage as provided for in the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 introduced by Fianna Fáil. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30518/21]

*927. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if another date will be arranged for a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [30546/21]

*928. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if officials in his Department have requested that a company (details supplied) contact service providers in disadvantaged areas; the methodology of the engagement by his Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [30553/21]

*929. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the freephone support service for those in direct provision is provided by a service (details supplied) using Departmental funding; if he plans for his Department to take over this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [30554/21]

*930. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department has been impacted by the ransomware attack on the Department of Health; and if he will provide a list of the files and a description of the type of files which were due to be transferred from the Department of Health to his Department but have not yet been transferred. — Peadar Tóibín. [30561/21]

*931. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to change the definition of a family to allow for the recognition cohabiting couples as a family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30626/21]

*932. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the foster care allowance for children up to 23 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [30639/21]

*933. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the recipients of the playing outside grant for early learning and care and school-aged childcare services by county in tabular form; the amounts allocated to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30653/21]

*934. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the recipients of the €450,000 allocated to the local authorities play and recreation grant fund for the refurbishment and development of playgrounds and play areas by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30654/21] 2625

*935. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a commission into the expansion of the provision of personal assistance services to persons with disabilities following the unanimous passing of a motion of 19 November 2019 (details supplied); the status of this process; if there has been a commission into the way to introduce personal assistance services; the stage of reporting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30682/21]

*936. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered the appointment of a health and social care officer to work horizontally between the Department of Health and his Department in line with the recommendation of an association (details supplied). — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30686/21]

*937. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way childcare providers can access the funding allocated under Annual Capital Programme 2021 of his Department to assist services complete any outstanding fire safety works required to obtain a fire safety certificate; if the programme is still open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30693/21]

*938. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made in relation to the provision of part-time and wrap around childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [30713/21]

*939. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the foster care allowance by €10 per week per child aged under 12 years and by €20 per week per child aged over 12 years. — Catherine Murphy. [30755/21]

*940. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the scope of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 to include the bodies under his aegis or the publicly funded bodies of the IPA and the ESRI that are not covered by the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [30823/21]

*941. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way funding accompanying the summer of play initiative can be accessed. — Sorca Clarke. [30845/21]

*942. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation by county of funding for the summer of play initiative in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sorca Clarke. [30846/21]

*943. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which local authorities can access funding accompanying the summer of play initiative. — Sorca Clarke. [30847/21]

*944. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation by county of funding for the summer of play initiative in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sorca Clarke. [30848/21]

*945. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30860/21]

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*946. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30877/21]

*947. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of youth organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated by organisation in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [30942/21]

*948. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to childcare providers that are unable to provide full hours service due to the pod system; if the pod system will be maintained when workers return to the office and the demand for childcare increases; when he expects the pod system to be phased out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30975/21]

*949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 5 May 2021, the status of the preparation of the legislation to end the practice of conversion therapy given the commitment for same in the Programme for Government; when the legislative proposal will be finalised and brought forward; the status of the work of the research subgroup of the inclusion strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31002/21]

*950. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 641 and 642 of 24 February 2021, if the correspondence between him and or his Department and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and the Commission of Investigation can now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31118/21]

*951. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all correspondence between him and or his Department and the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31119/21]

*952. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to the provision of youth services; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31172/21]

*953. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2020 and 2021 on the UBU your place, your space programme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31173/21]

*954. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on the youth services grant scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31174/21]

*955. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on the local youth club grant scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31175/21] 2627

*956. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on youth information centres; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31176/21]

*957. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on the targeted youth funding scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31177/21]

*958. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated to Tusla for youth counselling services in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31178/21]

*959. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to youth services from the dormant accounts fund; the services and programmes in receipt of this funding in 2019 and 2020; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31179/21]

*960. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated to Tusla for family resource centres in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31180/21]

*961. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to national youth organisations; the organisations allocated funding; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31181/21]

*962. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to youth capital projects; and the amount of the allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31194/21]

*963. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to youth services to mitigate Covid-19 and its impact. — Kathleen Funchion. [31266/21]

*964. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31278/21]

*965. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public

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*966. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all direct provision accommodation centres; the number of persons resident in each centre; the number of those that are under 18 years of age; the number that remain in the centre as they cannot secure accommodation elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31331/21]

*967. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams for a youth work project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31346/21]

*968. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to the temporary wage subsidy childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31350/21]

*969. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to the childcare services reopening grants; and the amount of this allocation was drawn down to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31351/21]

*970. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to early years sector; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31352/21]

*971. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to ECCE service providers at the 70% rate; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31353/21]

*972. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to ECCE service providers at 100% rate; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31354/21]

*973. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated in 2020 and 2021 to national childcare scheme to mitigate the impact of Covid-19; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31355/21]

*974. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated in 2020 and 2021 to community childcare subvention plus to mitigate the impact of Covid-19; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31356/21]

*975. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated in 2020 and 2021 to access and inclusion model to mitigate the impact of Covid-19; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31357/21] 2629

*976. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to the Covid-19 support payment in 2021; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2021. — Kathleen Funchion. [31358/21]

*977. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of State spending and parental spending in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 on early learning care and school-aged care in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31359/21]

*978. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to early learning care; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31360/21]

*979. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to school-aged care; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31361/21]

*980. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to the national childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31362/21]

*981. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to afterschool provision within the national childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31363/21]

*982. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to the access and inclusion model; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31364/21]

*983. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to the training and employment childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31365/21]

*984. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure childminders are represented in any decision making group on the future of childminding in Ireland and on recommendations for the childminding role profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [31422/21]

*985. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the post of director of ICT in Tusla has been filled continuously since 2017; the dates on which positions (details supplied) were advertised and filled; the number of staff these managers have; the number of data breaches in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Réada Cronin. [31448/21]

*986. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration was given to subsidising broadband connectivity for parents of young children availing of the recently announced Tusla online e-learning course given the huge demand from parents for online supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [31457/21]

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*987. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received an application for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [31466/21]

*988. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be fully implemented; when the decision support service will be established; the reason that this Act has not been fully commenced six years after enactment; the timeline for commencing each section of the Act not already commenced; the sections involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31476/21]

*989. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a once-off bridging grant of €2 million to an organisation (details supplied) to assist it to provide essential services to its members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [31509/21]

*990. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Ireland will proceed to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the reason for the long delay. — Eoin Ó Broin. [31510/21]

*991. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals by public health nurses for sponsorship under the national childcare scheme by month from May 2020 to May 2021, in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31618/21]

*992. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of public health nurse referrals for sponsorship under the national childcare scheme which have been made since May 2020, by CHO area in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31619/21]

*993. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of non-public health nurse referrals for sponsorship under the national childcare scheme by category and month from May 2020 to May 2021, in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31620/21]

*994. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children availing of the universal subsidy and the income-assessed subsidy under the national childcare scheme by age in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31621/21]

*995. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of children qualified for the old CCS and CCSP schemes under band A, band AJ, band B and band D by age in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [31622/21]

*996. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2020 on the once-off reopening support payment for providers funded by his Department opening between 29 June and early September 2020; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020. — Kathleen Funchion. [31646/21]

*997. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2020 on the once-off Covid-19 capital grant for providers funded by his Department opening between 29 June 2020 and early September 2020; and the amount of this allocation that was spent in 2020. — Kathleen Funchion. [31647/21] 2631

*998. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost of increasing the learner fund to allow all childcare workers currently holding level 5 qualifications to progress to level 6. — Kathleen Funchion. [31650/21]

*999. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost of increasing the learner fund to a level which would allow 50% of childcare workers currently holding level 6 qualifications to progress to level 7. — Kathleen Funchion. [31651/21]

*1000. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost of the roll-out of Aistear across the early years sector. — Kathleen Funchion. [31652/21]

*1001. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost of the roll-out of Aistear across the childminding sector. — Kathleen Funchion. [31653/21]

*1002. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the subsidy under the affordable childcare scheme from €20 to €100 per child per week. — Kathleen Funchion. [31663/21]

*1003. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost if the State were to provide by way of direct payment to childcare providers the money necessary to fund sector wide pay increases of the living wage amount of €12.30 per hour for current level 5 childcare staff working in the sector. — Kathleen Funchion. [31667/21]

*1004. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing funding for the access inclusion model by 15%. — Kathleen Funchion. [31668/21]

*1005. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the higher and lower capitation grants by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and €10 per week for the ECCE scheme in 2022 assuming it is introduced in September of the year and the full year cost. — Kathleen Funchion. [31669/21]

*1006. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost in 2022 of increasing the universal minimum subsidy across the affordable childcare scheme, assuming the minimum targeted subsidy is increased so as never to be below the universal subsidy, in 50 cent intervals up to an additional €4.50 reaching €5.00, assuming a start date of September; the estimated cost for a full year; and the estimated number of children who would benefit. — Kathleen Funchion. [31670/21]

*1007. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of the reinstatement of the Childminding Advisory Service. — Kathleen Funchion. [31672/21]

*1008. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in funding allocated under Vote 40 in the Revised Estimate for Budget 2021 for programme A: Children and Family Support expenditure, including current, capita and total voted expenditure in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31674/21]

*1009. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in funding allocated under Vote 40 in the Revised Estimate for budget 2021 for programme B:

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Sectoral programmes for Children and Young People expenditure, including current, capita and total voted expenditure in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31675/21]

*1010. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in funding allocated under Vote 40 in the Revised Estimate for budget 2021 for programme C: Policy and Legislative Programme expenditure, including current, capita and total voted expenditure in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31676/21]

*1011. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in funding allocated under Vote 40 in the Revised Estimate for budget 2021 for programme D: An equal and inclusive society expenditure, including current, capita and total voted expenditure in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31677/21]

*1012. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in funding allocated under Vote 40 in the Revised Estimate for budget 2021 for programme E: A Fair and efficient support system for international protection seekers expenditure, including current, capita and total voted expenditure in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [31678/21]

*1013. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken by Tusla to put a service level agreement in place with a service provider (details supplied); the rationale for a service level agreement not being in place in the first instance upon engaging the service provider; and if this shortcoming was brought to his attention or that of his predecessor. — Catherine Murphy. [31723/21]

*1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of expenditure spent on advertising the public notice entitled Mother and Baby Home Records published on his Department’s website on 27 May 2021 (details supplied). — Kathleen Funchion. [31726/21]

*1015. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will launch an advertising campaign explaining the way to make a subject access request to his Department. — Kathleen Funchion. [31727/21]

*1016. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department and the Commission on advertising the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation outside Ireland. — Kathleen Funchion. [31728/21]

*1017. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department and the Commission on advertising the Investigation Committee of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. — Kathleen Funchion. [31729/21]

*1018. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department and the Commission on advertising the Confidential Committee of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. — Kathleen Funchion. [31730/21]

*1019. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on advertising for the consultation process on the development of the restorative recognition scheme. — Kathleen Funchion. [31731/21] 2633

*1020. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on advertising to consult adopted persons, survivors, natural mothers and relatives on the general scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021. — Kathleen Funchion. [31732/21]

*1021. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will publish legislative proposals for paid leave relating to domestic violence as agreed on 8 December 2020. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31845/21]

*1022. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost if the State was to provide the funding necessary to fund the sector such as pay increases to the living wage of €12.30 per hour for the current level 5 childcare staff working in the sector by way of direct payment to childcare providers. — Kathleen Funchion. [31905/21]

*1023. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if staff salaries represent 70% of the cost of the childcare sector; his views on whether this is 70% of providers costs; and if not, if it is 70% of all costs including costs that are covered by the State funding. — Kathleen Funchion. [31907/21]

*1024. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown including ECCE pay and ECCE non-pay, AIMS and so on of the €334.500 million provided for ECCE and AIM preschool in line B.3 of the revised estimate for 2021. — Kathleen Funchion. [31908/21]

*1025. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2021 to the asylum and migration integration fund; the amount spent to date; and the breakdown of the allocation of this expenditure to date. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [32013/21]

*1026. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for his Department to develop an awareness campaign promoting the benefits of employing disabled persons to employers, the wider community and disabled persons themselves; if such a consideration has been given; and if there is an indication as to the potential cost. — Joe Flaherty. [32032/21]

*1027. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department were to develop an awareness campaign promoting the benefits of employing disabled persons to would be employers, if there would be opportunities for persons with disabilities and disabled persons organisations to co-produce or feed into such a campaign. — Joe Flaherty. [32033/21]

*1028. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on matters raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their concerns on the future viability of private childminding services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32074/21]

*1029. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which community-based crèches exist by county and with particular reference to north County Kildare; the future proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32097/21]

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*1030. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which community-based crèches operate throughout the country; the extent of the need to provide for further services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32098/21]

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

*1031. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the institutional or other scholarships available including grants from research funders to students in third-level education studying the Irish language. — Ruairí Ó Murchú. [31707/21]

*1032. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if as part of the SUSI review process, he will consider extending the fee grant to the four approved institutions in Northern Ireland as is currently the case for postgraduate studies; the estimated cost to the State for extending SUSI in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30575/21]

*1033. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase driver courses for HGV drivers and bus drivers in County Tipperary by providing more spaces for training at the ETB centre in Archerstown, Thurles given the pressing need to get drivers trained up for the transport and haulage industries due to shortages of drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [30615/21]

*1034. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the high cost of third-level fees here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [30661/21]

*1035. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pandemic unemployment payment is not included in the income disregard for the SUSI grant payment; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [30696/21]

*1036. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) to help with their third-level education. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [30702/21]

*1037. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing 100% SUSI adjacent rate from €1,215 to €1,340 and non-adjacent rate from €3,025 to €3,325. — Darren O’Rourke. [30718/21]

*1038. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the pandemic unemployment payment will not be taken into account when assessing a student’s eligibility for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [30738/21]

*1039. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the buildings that were purchased by University College Dublin or from 2015 to 2020; the cost per building; and the current status of each building. — Catherine Murphy. [30754/21]

*1040. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department or the Department of Education have carried out a review of technological 2635 university funding models as recommended by the TURN report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30777/21]

*1041. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has plans to promote specialised training such as the certified special events professional managed by an association (details supplied) or the Covid-19 training suite for the events industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [30780/21]

*1042. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30867/21]

*1043. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30884/21]

*1044. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is anticipated that students in third-level education will be able to return to on-campus learning from September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [30895/21]

*1045. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 1 June 2021, if 27,755 persons engaged in research and development or 16,609 persons employed as researchers corresponds to the target of 40,000 research personnel in enterprise set in Innovation 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30933/21]

*1046. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of exempting GEM from the progression criteria of SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30934/21]

*1047. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of annual new enrolments on research masters and PhD courses for the most recent year available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30935/21]

*1048. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made towards the target set in Innovation 2020 to establishing a successor to the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30936/21]

*1049. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of springboard+ courses provide each year; the breakdown between public and private education providers for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30988/21]

*1050. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of staff and students who will have been vaccinated in further and higher education institutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30996/21]

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*1051. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students studying pre-law in further education in each of the years since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30997/21]

*1052. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who move from pre-law in further education to a degree law course in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [30998/21]

*1053. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he will take to ensure workers who need to resit or sit the safe pass course can be do as soon as possible given the serious waiting lists that exist; if courses will be delivered using applications (details supplied) in order to alleviate the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [31019/21]

*1054. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the investment account of the national training fund; the way it is held; if investments are made using the funds within the investment account; the income or loss accruing from the manner in which it is held or the investments made in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31083/21]

*1055. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the soaring cost in obtaining a valid Solas Safepass card and the issue of accessing training which has led to a decline in workers holding this essential pass; if he will consider allowing highly qualified health and safety practitioners to deliver this essential training; and if he will further consider a change in the criteria to include them as certified trainers. — Kathleen Funchion. [31089/21]

*1056. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he has had with the Minister for Social Protection with regard to reports that many pandemic unemployment payment recipients particularly in cases in which they are married to or cohabiting with another person on a social welfare payment are ineligible for the SUSI grant due to earning in excess of the current income threshold; his plans to increase the income threshold to facilitate PUP recipients in accessing SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31204/21]

*1057. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial support available for students facing difficulty with accessing graduate-entry medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [31239/21]

*1058. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding a review of GMIT appointments raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard O’Donoghue. [31241/21]

*1059. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31285/21] 2637

*1060. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31303/21]

*1061. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if action is being taken to help clear the backlog of construction Safepass course applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [31438/21]

*1062. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost in 2021 if the student contribution charge was reduced by €100, €200, €500, €1,000 and €3,000, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway- Walsh. [31440/21]

*1063. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will expedite a reply to correspondence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [31498/21]

*1064. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who accessed the fund for students with disabilities over the past three years by educational institution; the average amount provided to each student; the estimated cost of increasing the fund by 5%, 10% and 25% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31534/21]

*1065. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending the fund for students with disabilities to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pauline Tully. [31535/21]

*1066. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the current backlog will be addressed in the SOLAS administered apprenticeship program as in the case of a person (details supplied); the plans in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [31572/21]

*1067. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the CAO to ensure that the HPAT results are released before the CAO course change option is closed or alternatively that the course change option is extended to at least 48 hours after the HPAT results are released. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31635/21]

*1068. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Solas is no longer running the apprenticeship course in the craft of floor and wall tiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [31684/21]

*1069. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost per undergraduate nursing student and medical student under Vote 45; the average full

P.T.O 2638 economic costing of a nursing and medical student per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31717/21]

*1070. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the most up-to-date fee levels and recurrent grant allocation model weightings for different types of provision; the process through which fees and recurrent grant allocation model weightings are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31718/21]

*1071. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average fee level in institutes of technology, technological universities and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31719/21]

*1072. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a list will be provided of all the examples of top-slicing that has been taken from existing core grants rather than additional funding since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31720/21]

*1073. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grant allocation for higher education in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31721/21]

*1074. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide each expenditure item in the national training fund in tabular form; the anticipated date of completion of the funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31820/21]

*1075. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there will be any change to the 60/40 split of the HEI allocation as a result of emerging technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31821/21]

*1076. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of the total grant allocation for higher education estimated to go on research and which is counted towards public research and development spend; the details of the way this estimation is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31822/21]

*1077. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 11 May 2021, the anticipated year of completion or inclusion within the overall block grant allocation of all items currently funded from the top-slice allocation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31823/21]

*1078. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 11 May 2021, the difference between his Department’s directed top slice and the strategic systems top slice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31824/21]

*1079. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if higher education related expenditure from the national training fund is subsequently counted within the overall block grant allocation to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31831/21] 2639

*1080. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expenditure on SUSI each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31832/21]

*1081. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if graduate entry medical students were exempt from the progression criteria in SUSI fees waiver application and could access funding as if it was their first undergraduate course. — Rose Conway- Walsh. [31833/21]

*1082. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total allocated capital investment since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [31834/21]

*1083. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending access to the fund for students with disabilities to all 26 further education and training programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway- Walsh. [31835/21]

*1084. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-EU students who enrolled in higher education in each of the past two years. — Sean Sherlock. [31895/21]

*1085. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider revising the residency rules governing eligibility for the SUSI grant which prevents Irish citizens returning from non-EU countries from receiving the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [31896/21]

*1086. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 24 February 2021, if he will provide assurances that the delay in issuing of the 2021 leaving certificate results will not disadvantage students in Northern Ireland from accessing third-level places here; if he has met with his counterparts in Northern Ireland to discuss this; and the ongoing engagement between the two jurisdictions on this issue. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [31899/21]

*1087. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the City of Dublin Education and Training Board has unilaterally decided to withdraw VTOS and BTEI courses from a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Lou McDonald. [31966/21]

*1088. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to reverse the decision to include the pandemic unemployment payment in SUSI grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [32011/21]

*1089. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students who are going on Erasmus or study abroad programmes for the upcoming academic year will be provided with a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [32012/21]

*1090. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the refusal by the to refund or partially reimburse postgraduate students for an international trip advertised as part of their masters’

P.T.O 2640 degree programme which was replaced by an online workshop due to Covid-19 restrictions; the engagement he has had with the over 100 students in this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [32014/21]

*1091. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for payment structures to higher education institutes in circumstances in which institutions decide to opt for blended or whole-time online delivery of programmes; if a whole-time online or blended programme will result in a reduced payment by the Higher Education Authority to the individual higher education institutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [32029/21]

*1092. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a matter in relation to the calculation of SUSI grants to include the pandemic unemployment payment for 2020 (details supplied). — Brendan Griffin. [32037/21]

*1093. To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is currently completing a plumbing apprenticeship since March 2020 which was a nine month on the job training block followed by a three month college attendance under Solas to complete phase 1 college attendance will return in order for a person to complete phase 1 and move to phase 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [32063/21]

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

*1094. To ask the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 25 May 2021, if special consideration can be given to the health circumstances of an applicant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30520/21]

*1095. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied); if she will arrange for them to receive a citizenship application reference number; if she will expedite the return of their passport; if she will prioritise the application given its exceptional nature; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [30521/21]

*1096. To ask the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed for a person (details supplied) to regularise their status, whose stamp is now expired and who has been living in Ireland for nine years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30526/21]

*1097. To ask the Minister for Justice when she expects prison visits to resume as part of the exit from level 5 of the Living with Covid-19 Plan. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30543/21]

*1098. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the Programme for Government commitment to review the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30544/21]

*1099. To ask the Minister for Justice if it is acknowledged that an applicant (details supplied) will be unable to provide requested documentation for 2015-2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30547/21]

*1100. To ask the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the current system of admissions to Ennis courthouse there is no update system in place and persons are waiting for extended times at the entrance to the courthouse in all weathers for their case to be called; and if she will consider introducing a text alert system to inform those whose cases are being 2641 heard in order that they can make their way to the courthouse rather than wait outside for extended periods of time. — Violet-Anne Wynne. [30613/21]

*1101. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons released from prison in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. — Peadar Tóibín. [30624/21]

*1102. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons released from prison here in each month since January 2018. — Peadar Tóibín. [30625/21]

*1103. To ask the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30645/21]

*1104. To ask the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to issues raised at the meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice regarding discussions in relation to GDPR and data protection; the work her officials are undertaking in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30646/21]

*1105. To ask the Minister for Justice if she plans to bring forward further legislation relating to the Data Protection Commission and Commissioner; the work her officials are undertaking in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [30647/21]

*1106. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of convictions or fines and the number of court appearances respectively, resulting from equine seizures in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Thomas Gould. [30674/21]

*1107. To ask the Minister for Justice the reason the fees imposed on personal applicants in relation to probate applications is far greater than the amount which solicitors are charged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Paul Phelan. [30677/21]

*1108. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the work of the interdepartmental group chaired by her Department to examine misuse of vehicles, namely scramblers and quad bikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Francis Noel Duffy. [30692/21]

*1109. To ask the Minister for Justice if she has considered amending the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to allow for children to receive Irish citizenship in cases in which their parents had applied for Irish citizenship at the time of their birth but the application had not been processed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neale Richmond. [30697/21]

*1110. To ask the Minister for Justice the amount spent on purchasing mountain bikes for An Garda Síochána in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30729/21]

*1111. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of staff nationally involved in investigation material on mobile phones, computers and so on, relating to child sexual offences; and the qualifications needed for such work. — Darren O’Rourke. [30730/21]

*1112. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to Meath roads policing unit as of 1 June 2020 and 1 June 2021, in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30731/21]

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*1113. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of civilian cyber-security experts employed by An Garda Síochána currently attached to Garda national cyber-crime bureau in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30732/21]

*1114. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of civilians holding the position of property and exhibits manager within An Garda Síochána; the Garda stations in which the civilians employed as such are based; and if appropriate training has been provided. — Darren O’Rourke. [30733/21]

*1115. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of full-time forensic speech analysts working in An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30734/21]

*1116. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons convicted of burglary in the Trim area in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30735/21]

*1117. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of drugs seizures in cases in which the monetary value of the drugs was in excess of €1 million in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Darren O’Rourke. [30736/21]

*1118. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will provide a schedule of companies that supplied An Garda Síochána with ballistic helmets and ballistic shields in each of the past four years. — Catherine Murphy. [30748/21]

*1119. To ask the Minister for Justice the date on which in-person training courses for gardaí will resume in both the Garda Headquarters and the Garda Training College. — Catherine Murphy. [30749/21]

*1120. To ask the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of fully sworn gardaí from 14,535 to 16,000 between now and the end of 2022. — Catherine Murphy. [30750/21]

*1121. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of recorded arrests associated with Operation Soteria to date in Dublin north division. — Catherine Murphy. [30751/21]

*1122. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the street crime unit in Store Street Garda station as of 31 May 2021. — Catherine Murphy. [30752/21]

*1123. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons sentenced to 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5 years for possession of a knife in a public place without lawful authority in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30753/21]

*1124. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Garda community officers for each district in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [30765/21]

*1125. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will consider introducing the relevant legislation to regulate the process of purchasing a home or property with particular reference to ensuring the buyer is as professionally represented as the seller by way of agent resulting in an equality of arms thus helping to avoid situations in which the prices increases more than necessary due to the lack of regulation in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [30783/21] 2643

*1126. To ask the Minister for Justice the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30869/21]

*1127. To ask the Minister for Justice the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30886/21]

*1128. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Garda vetting applications on which a decision has yet to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30941/21]

*1129. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons released from Irish prisons in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. — Peadar Tóibín. [30973/21]

*1130. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons released from Irish prisons in each month since January 2020. — Peadar Tóibín. [30974/21]

*1131. To ask the Minister for Justice when the processing of short stay C visas will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [30990/21]

*1132. To ask the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position with the proposed community based CCTV systems nationwide; if the GDPR issues have been addressed; if she will be announcing a new scheme; if not, if the current scheme will be readvertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [30993/21]

*1133. To ask the Minister for Justice if grant funding is available for a community wishing to install CCTV community-based schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [30994/21]

*1134. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31125/21]

*1135. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of non-EEA migrant fishers that are currently enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme; the number of renewals of atypical work permits that have been applied for in the past 12 months; the number of fishing vessels that have non-EEA migrants employed under the scheme; the number of fishing vessel owners that currently have non- EEA migrants in their employment as part of the atypical work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31184/21]

*1136. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31198/21]

*1137. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations made under section 21(3) of the International Protection Act 2015 to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31242/21]

*1138. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of return orders issued under section 51A of the International Protection Act 2015 (as amended) in total and individually to the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [31243/21]

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*1139. To ask the Minister for Justice the office in her Department that can be contacted by a person who is experiencing delays in the security clearance element of their application to join the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [31257/21]

*1140. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of arrests, prosecutions and convictions for the theft of catalytic converters or for handling stolen catalytic converters that have taken place in 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of these figures if possible by count and the details of the rising number of thefts of these items. — Martin Browne. [31260/21]

*1141. To ask the Minister for Justice the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31287/21]

*1142. To ask the Minister for Justice the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31305/21]

*1143. To ask the Minister for Justice the offences relating to online abuse and harassment which are currently legislated for; the offences she plans to legislate for; her engagement with support organisations on these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31330/21]

*1144. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork west division; and the number of gardaí in the same divisions. — Holly Cairns. [31332/21]

*1145. To ask the Minister for Justice the process by which a sporting organisation can apply for a licence to enable it to fundraise in all counties by means of an online raffle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [31345/21]

*1146. To ask the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215 and 224 of 26 May 2021, if she will request the Irish Prison Authority to refer a person (details supplied) to the chief medical officer in order to progress their request to be reassigned to non-prisoner facing work duties in view of the fact that the person has engaged extensively and cooperated with the Irish Prison Service. — Catherine Murphy. [31425/21]

*1147. To ask the Minister for Justice if public sector employees are being transferred as staff members to An Garda Síochána without agreement; if they will be transferred without the same employment terms and conditions that they had in the public sector; if they will be balloted to determine if they accept or approve of this staff transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31461/21]

*1148. To ask the Minister for Justice the amounts paid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the Personal Insolvency Arrangement 2645

Review Legal Aid Service since its inception to date in 2021; the details of these payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and person; the amounts that have been incurred but are unpaid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review Legal Aid Service since its inception to date in 2021; the details of these liabilities; the companies and persons to which they are owed and or outstanding and which are subject to objection and or challenge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [31462/21]

*1149. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations made to her by the Parole Board in 2021; the number in which she accepted the recommendations of the Board; the number in which they were amended or rejected; the reason in the cases in which they were amended or rejected for doing so; the number still awaiting decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [31474/21]

*1150. To ask the Minister for Justice if a South African citizen with residency in the UK can enter Ireland for holidays without the requirement of a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [31524/21]

*1151. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed at Laytown Garda station in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31550/21]

*1152. To ask the Minister for Justice when a review of the Garda divisional boundaries pertaining to south County Louth and east County Meath will be completed. — Ged Nash. [31551/21]

*1153. To ask the Minister for Justice the position regarding the review of the compulsory retirement age for members of An Garda Síochána; when an announcement on same will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31574/21]

*1154. To ask the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the legal system involving personal insolvency arrangements was on the brink of collapse due to cases being regularly delayed due to too much work being taken on by individual practitioners. — Catherine Murphy. [31592/21]

*1155. To ask the Minister for Justice the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to date in determining any application pending in their name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [31649/21]

*1156. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31879/21]

*1157. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of non-EU student visas issued in 2019 and 2020; the average length of time it has taken to process these visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [31897/21]

*1158. To ask the Minister for Justice if she plans to support the restoration of birthright citizenship in Ireland against the wishes of the Irish electorate who voted overwhelmingly in favour of restricting birthright citizenship in the 2004 referendum. — Willie O’Dea. [31930/21]

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*1159. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of burglaries reported to An Garda Síochána in County Wexford by Garda district in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. — Johnny Mythen. [31996/21]

*1160. To ask the Minister for Justice if her Department is on track to give 6,500 citizenship applicants the opportunity to complete their Irish citizenship by the end of June 2021. — Sean Sherlock. [32020/21]

*1161. To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Irish citizenship applicants who are currently waiting longer than 12 months for a decision on their application. — Sean Sherlock. [32021/21]

*1162. To ask the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for citizenship applications to date in 2021. — Sean Sherlock. [32022/21]

*1163. To ask the Minister for Justice the status of the processing of working visas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [32048/21]

*1164. To ask the Minister for Justice the reason legal aid is not available to persons taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights, particularly in view of the fact that the Court may refuse a litigant leave to represent themselves in front of the Court and given that Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights provides a right to legal aid to those who lack sufficient resources in so far as this is necessary to ensure effective access to justice; her plans to prescribe the European Court of Human Rights as a court under which legal aid may be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [32054/21]

*1165. To ask the Minister for Justice if she will provide the name of the independent company that has been appointed to carry out an independent review of the operations of the voluntary mess committees in Irish prisons; the cost of this review; and the expected completion time of same. — Catherine Murphy. [32102/21]

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

*1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact that a delay to the issuing of forestry licensing is having on timber prices for the construction sector; the communication he has had to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to potential impacts on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Stanton. [30488/21]

*1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a felling licence will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [30525/21]

*1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of pillar 1 funds in 2020 in bands (details supplied) per county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30531/21]

*1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that would see their income increase under full convergence of pillar 1 payments by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30532/21] 2647

*1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of CAP pillar 1 recipients; the amount paid in pillar 1 funds by county in tabular form in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30533/21]

*1171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pillar 1 CAP payments per county in 2020; the amount that would have distributed per county in 2020 if there had been full convergence of pillar 1 payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30534/21]

*1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that would be paid per hectare if 25% of pillar 1 was set aside for eco-schemes if full convergence was introduced and a maximum payment of €60,000 were in place; the amount if 10, 15, 20 and 25%, respectively of pillar 1 was set aside as an additional redistributive payment to be paid in a linear manner on the first 30 hectares, the resulting transfer by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30535/21]

*1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recent letter issued to a group (details supplied) refusing it a position on the CAP consultative committee has since been superseded by the update by the assistant secretary of his Department to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 27 May 2021 that there is still a decision to be made on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [30632/21]

*1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the impending requirement that all fish species landed here are weighed at the pier or harbour may be in contravention of EU sanitary requirements in relation to cold chain integrity for chilled or frozen foods; if he will consult with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and Bord Iascaigh Mhara in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. [30652/21]

*1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an afforestation application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Canney. [30657/21]

*1176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the dog microchip figures for 2020. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30709/21]

*1177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Exchequer funding allocated to Horse Racing Ireland covers the salaries of persons (details supplied); and if not if their salaries are met by non-Exchequer funding. — Darren O’Rourke. [30716/21]

*1178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Exchequer funding allocated to Greyhound Racing Ireland covers the salaries of persons (details supplied); and if not if their salaries are met by non-Exchequer funding. — Darren O’Rourke. [30717/21]

*1179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact an association (details supplied) has taken a complaint to the EU against his Department alleging non-enforcement of regulation (EU) 2019/787 with regard to a lack of enforcement of spirits provenance regulations resulting in multiple incidences of false provenance information being provided on products that fall under a protected geographical indication designation; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [30739/21]

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*1180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State agencies under the remit of his Department that have provided copies of their 2020 annual report and 2020 financial statements to his Department in tabular form. — Catherine Murphy. [30760/21]

*1181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the dog control unit should move to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Matt Carthy. [30781/21]

*1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the costs of the proposed joint venture between Coillte and ESB, that is, action 50 of the interim climate actions. — Eoin Ó Broin. [30813/21]

*1183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30836/21]

*1184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualifying criteria for a farm, company or other entity to receive CAP related payments; the maximum limit a person or entity can receive in such payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [30837/21]

*1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30859/21]

*1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30876/21]

*1187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to ensure a sensible design and pragmatic implementation of good agricultural environmental conditions and cross-compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30896/21]

*1188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether CAP reforms must not adversely impact production capability of Irish farms and that Irish farms must not be restricted by enhanced conditionality or additional cross-compliance measures. — Carol Nolan. [30897/21]

*1189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal for a minimum economic output metric to be used in defining a genuine farmer in circumstances in which this metric will be based on sales or output per hectare with a differentiated rate depending on ANC designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30898/21]

*1190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal for funds generated from redefining genuine farmers to be earmarked for young farmers to encourage generational renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30899/21]

*1191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is taking to minimise the impact of eco-schemes on each farmer’s basic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30901/21] 2649

*1192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to realise the commitment to maximise national co-financing of CAP pillar 2 schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30902/21]

*1193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current contracts pertaining to non-EEA migrant fishers working under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA migrants that are currently held in its central depository unit; the number of renewed contracts that have been submitted to his Department in the past year; the number of fishing vessel owners that are represented among the current contracts; the number of vessels that have non-EEA migrants working upon them as can be discerned from the current contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [31185/21]

*1194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 June 2021, the membership of the inter-agency gorse fire group; the number of times the group has met in tabular form; if any reports were produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [31206/21]

*1195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 June 2021 (details supplied), if he will outline the basis for the inter-agency gorse fire group being disbanded; if he proposes a similar group to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [31208/21]

*1196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 2 June 2021, if he plans to conduct an up-to-date report on deer management in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [31217/21]

*1197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any private land owners have been approved afforestation licences on the same land type now being proposed by his Department as suitable for afforestation on decommissioned Bord na Móna bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31228/21]

*1198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will be funding the environmental reports for the pilot scheme on industrial bog lands involving Bord na Móna and Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31229/21]

*1199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is experimenting on Bord na Móna decommissioned industrial bog lands to achieve afforestation targets instead of processing licence applications that are submitted to his Department by private land owners who are waiting inordinate lengths of time to obtain a licence to plant their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31230/21]

*1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he advised his Department to focus on Coillte felling licences for 2021 which prioritised them over the ten private licences applications awaiting a decision from his Department since 2016 or the 28 applications awaiting a decision since 2017 or the 237 private licence applications awaiting decision from his Department since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [31231/21]

*1201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile

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*1202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31295/21]

*1203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that have been taking place to develop an aligned border operating model process between the EU and UK governments when new rules come into effect on 1 October 2021; if the level of coordination between vets signing health export certificates in Ireland and import vets in the UK are tobe enhanced for the benefit of Irish exporters moving products of animal origin; if clarity onthe official border operating model will be provided by 15 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [31372/21]

*1204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stages of production and loading operations at which vets must be present at businesses under the new border operating model for export health certificate sign off on products of animal origin; and the progress being made on ensuring that adequate resources, that is, number of veterinary officers and administrative officers are in place to support the delivery of the operating model for businesses with 24/6 operations. — Martin Browne. [31373/21]

*1205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the potential difficulties that export health certificate sign off by veterinarians at businesses with 24/6 operations may have for the ability of those businesses to maintain the smooth and regular shipping of their products; his views on whether the introduction of the high-level border operating model for products of animal origin will disrupt and hold up export pathways for these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Browne. [31374/21]

*1206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an appeal mechanism in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [31629/21]

*1207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions between Horse Racing Ireland, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board and the various pony racing organisations on the provision of funding specifically for the support and development of horse and pony racing; the dates of meetings held between all three stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [31648/21]

*1208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31872/21]

*1209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to commitments to support horse and pony racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32028/21] 2651

*1210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on requests by a representative organisation (details supplied) to ensure that the new CAP insulates smaller and medium sized farmers from convergence cuts and that it includes a system that allocates more support for the first 40 hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [32103/21]

Chun an Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail: To the Minister for Rural and Community Development.

*1211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of proposed opening dates in respect of National Broadband Ireland broadband connection points; and if she will include the date each connection point is due to open and the location. — Catherine Murphy. [31992/21]

*1212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to each local authority to promote National Broadband Ireland broadband connection points; if she is satisfied that each local authority is adequately resourced for the undertaking; and if her attention has been drawn to difficulties in identifying connection points by end users. — Catherine Murphy. [31993/21]

*1213. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the traditional nationwide water safety weeks can proceed in order to ensure that children nationwide continue to learn water safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [30499/21]

*1214. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it will be ensured that the minimum daily service is amended from two to four crossings per day regarding the tender for Clare Island ferry services; if the tender will be amended in consultation with Clare Island residents to ensure the needs of the community are met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [30541/21]

*1215. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30871/21]

*1216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [30888/21]

*1217. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposed pilot scheme to turn rural pubs into remote working hub as outlined in Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; when the pilot will commence; the way businesses can apply to become part of the pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [31017/21]

*1218. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31289/21]

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*1219. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [31307/21]

*1220. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if tidy towns grant funding can be awarded to groups (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [31320/21]

*1221. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an investigation (details supplied) underway within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Claire Kerrane. [31449/21]

*1222. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the eligibility criteria for the 2021 town and village renewal scheme has been considered and taken into account for the funding of towns with populations above 10,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [31848/21]

*1223. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. — Róisín Shortall. [31880/21]

*1224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide grants to local authorities for the provision of library services to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Neasa Hourigan. [31893/21]

*1225. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the unsuccessful properties in County Wexford that were proposed for inclusion in the landmark rural regeneration projects funding programme; the reason they were not selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Johnny Mythen. [31999/21]

*1226. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the reintroduction of development officers for communities and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Christopher O’Sullivan. [32069/21]

CEISTEANNA, SEACHAS CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH, I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL DÉ CÉADAOIN, 16 MEITHEAMH, 2021 QUESTIONS, OTHER THAN QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY, FOR ORAL ANSWER ON WEDNESDAY, 16 JUNE, 2021

Chun an Taoisigh: To the Taoiseach.

1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe last met; and when it will next meet. — Alan Kelly. [32050/21]

2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with the CSO regarding the rescheduling of the Census. — Alan Kelly. [32051/21]

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