DÁIL ÉIREANN Déardaoin, 22 Aibreán, 2021 Thursday, 22nd April, 2021 CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS 24 DÁIL ÉIREANN 1737 Déardaoin, 22 Aibreán, 2021 Thursday, 22nd April, 2021 CEISTEANNA LE hAGHAIDH FREAGRAÍ SCRÍOFA QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Chun an Tánaiste agus Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta: To the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. *1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if low interest loans will be made available through SBCI and Microfinance Ireland directly to the tourism and hospitality sector to assist them with reinvestment as part of a Covid-19 recovery strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [21034/21] *2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the return of click and collect options/for non-essential retail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [20867/21] *3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on classifying shops that exclusively sell underwear as essential retail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [20868/21] *4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the establishment of a taskforce for the Shannon estuary including north County Kerry as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [20884/21] *5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a service (details supplied) is considered an essential service under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Whitmore. [20928/21] *6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 March 2021, the supports provided by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department to Irish persons who purchased property as part of the French leaseback property scandal, particularly in view of the fact that these persons have been waiting for several years for the outcome of the French Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control investigation and many of them are facing serious financial difficulties and home repossessions as a result of the alleged fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [21006/21] *7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review redundancy legislation in relation to correspondence (details supplied). — John Lahart. [21025/21] *8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [21049/21] P.T.O 1738 Chun an Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide: To the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. *9. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [20870/21] *10. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the benefits he envisages for north County Kerry arising from the recent off-shore wind energy project announcement in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [20885/21] *11. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a broadband survey at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [20900/21] *12. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the stage the proposed geothermal energy Bill is at; the further length of time his Department plans to take in finalising the Bill; when the Bill will be produced in view of the fact that the geological survey of Ireland is fully complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [20981/21] *13. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [21050/21] *14. To ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when Hands Lane, Rush, County Dublin will be provided with fibre broadband given that a number of commitments have been made to provide the area with fibre broadband going back as far as 2016. — Louise O’Reilly. [21064/21] Chun an Aire Iompair: To the Minister for Transport. *15. To ask the Minister for Transport the financial support and business assistance available specifically to the corporate transport and travel sector given that most supports have been focused on the sectors involved in the tourism element of travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [21067/21] *16. To ask the Minister for Transport the systems in place to allow returning emigrants from countries with which Ireland does not have driver licence exchange agreements to drive here given the level 5 restrictions and their impact on services provided by the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [20882/21] *17. To ask the Minister for Transport if there are grants or reliefs available to potential purchasers of electric bikes similar to that offered to purchasers of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [20906/21] *18. To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the development and provision of funding of the Hazelhatch greenway; if additional funding will be made available for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Emer Higgins. [20923/21] 1739 *19. To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Israel has been removed from the list of countries required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 3.5 million plus Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem who come under the direct control of the Israeli Government have not been given access by Israel to the Covid-19 vaccine; his views on whether that by differentiating between Israelis and Palestinians this leads to further victimisation of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [20936/21] *20. To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the comments made by the head of the Irish Coast Guard (details supplied) with regard to the awarding of the search and rescue contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [20950/21] *21. To ask the Minister for Transport if he will extend expiry dates for initial basic training certificates of satisfactory completion for motorcyclists similar to the extensions previously provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darren O’Rourke. [20962/21] *22. To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Holly Cairns. [21062/21] Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance. *23. To ask the Minister for Finance if the timeframe for applicants to meet the conditions for the help-to-buy scheme will be extended by the number of weeks that construction was closed down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [21071/21] *24. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of capital gains tax relief on properties acquired between 7 December 2011 and 31 December 2014; the average amount of relief per person; the county or country in which the relief was granted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ged Nash. [20889/21] *25. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications granted for the help-to-buy scheme by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of applications by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 by dwellings which were purchased and built, respectively; and the average amount granted per application in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. — Duncan Smith. [20905/21] *26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the legislation which governs financial and corporate behaviour 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. [20927/21] *27. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided on a matter regarding the Covid restrictions support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [20929/21] *28. To ask the Minister for Finance if the prices of properties that have undergone full remediation under the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks have recovered to reflect remediation; and if his attention has been drawn to any policy retail banks have towards providing mortgages for properties that have undergone full remediation under the scheme. — Pearse Doherty. [21012/21] P.T.O 1740 *29. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the stay and spend relief is only applicable from October 2020 to April 2021 and not from July 2020 as was previously indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.