Parliamentary questions

State Examinations

Michael Creed

858. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the number of students who have registered for the leaving certificate in 2022; the number of these students who sat their junior certificate in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2523/22]

Prescriptions Charges

Michael Creed

1653. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the requirement to renew prescriptions for long-term medical conditions every six months under the medical card and drug refund scheme; if he will consider extending this period for lifelong conditions such as asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1220/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Creed

1672. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if his Department, its medical advisors or NPHET have given consideration to T cell immunity in the context of Covid-19; the tests available for measuring the level of individual T cell immunity; the way in which this might assist with dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1300/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Michael Creed

1673. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the position regarding recognition and registration of UK qualifications by CORU; if he is satisfied that CORU has the required resources to complete these processes in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1301/22]

Pigmeat Sector

Michael Creed

1971. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he plans to assist the pig production sector given the collapse in prices and the significant increase in input costs; the discussions he has had with the sector in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1221/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

455. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that a decision will issue on a review in relation to a working family payment for a person (details supplied). [61851/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Michael Creed

810. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the reformed Common Agricultural Policy and in particular the draft CAP strategic plan will focus on the necessity for rewarding greenhouse gas efficiency and reductions on individual farms; the way such gains will be protected within the overall agricultural emissions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61993/21]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

243. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the level of pre-planning consultation that was carried out by her Department in respect of a planning application (details supplied); if this pre-planning consultation was conducted by permanent staff of the building unit in her Department or by agents acting on her behalf; if following this pre-planning consultation her Department was confident given the pre-planning consultation outcomes that planning permission would issue; the persons in the local authority her Department consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60997/21]

School Curriculum

Michael Creed

74. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will take steps in respect of a certificate of exemption from studying Irish for a student (details supplied). [60681/21]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

224. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if applications under the sports capital grant scheme will be announced before the end of 2021; the amount available for distribution as allocated in the estimates for 2021; if the decision has been taken to defer the allocations to 2022; if this will enable additional funding being available to the current tranche of applicants as announced in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59883/21]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Michael Creed

360. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will expedite a response to correspondence (details supplied) with regard to the issue of a PPSN reference number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59884/21]

Departmental Funding

Michael Creed

662. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider paying the balance outstanding on a farm partnership application in the case of persons (details provided) in circumstances in which the elder partner in the partnership died; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60107/21]

School Funding

Michael Creed

117. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the funding streams available for the running of primary schools; the dates in which these funds are forwarded to individual schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59326/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

124. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements available for a person who has class S self-employment contributions who is medically certified as currently unavailable for work due to a work related injury; the entitlements under the social welfare code for this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59293/21]

Health Services

Michael Creed

189. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 24 November 2021, if he has raised with HIQA the issue of the challenge facing health service providers including in particular disability services in reopening facilities given the difficulty in complying with HIQA standards particularly around staffing levels; his views on whether there are grounds for reconsidering these on an interim basis given that the alternative is a total denial of service which is causing severe difficulty in many individual service user cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59266/21]

Legislative Measures

Michael Creed

148. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consultations in respect of proposed legislation have taken place with relevant parties (details provided) as previously committed to. [58925/21]

Energy Conservation

Michael Creed

164. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when his Department will proceed with the introduction of low-cost loans to compliment the energy efficiency grant scheme; if there will be universal eligibility for this loan scheme; the level of subsidy envisaged on the interest rate; the timeline for the introduction of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58800/21]

Consular Services

Michael Creed

267. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance that can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58354/21]

International Bodies

Michael Creed

276. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he and his Department took to seek agreement on convening the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, Human Dimension Implementation Meeting; if he is attending the OSCE Ministerial Council on 2 and 3 December 2021 in Stockholm; if he will address this issue at that venue; the mechanism he plans to use to hold organisation member states to account for human rights commitments agreed through the organisation and other international agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58699/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

396. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has applied and is entitled to a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58700/21]

Social Insurance

Michael Creed

407. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can get a copy of their social insurance contributions with regard to determining eligibility for a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58926/21]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Creed

488. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice when her consideration of greater transparency in the Immigrant Investment Programme will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58927/21]

Brexit Supports

Michael Creed

756. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of take-up of the Brexit tie-up scheme in the fisheries sector; the financial support that will be available to domestic retailers who will be without supply in many instances due to the tie-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58701/21]

Social Insurance

Michael Creed

12. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the approach of her Department to facilitating those pensioners without full social insurance records to increase their retirement provision by enabling them to continue to make PRSI contributions past the State pension age as per commitments in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57407/21]

Social Insurance

Michael Creed

26. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of the most recent actuarial review of the social insurance fund; when the next review is planned; the sustainability and eligibility issuesit raises given the current level of PRSI contributions to the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57406/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

271. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy of her Department with regard to persons in receipt of the disability allowance whose payment is currently terminated if they study abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57676/21]

Health Services

Michael Creed

178. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if his Department has had negotiations with HIQA with regard to HIQA standards as they relate to staffing schedules in publicly-funded services and specifically with regard to current recruitment difficulties and current Covid-19-related recruitment difficulties and the possibility of relaxation of these standards by agreement in certain circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57678/21]

Energy Conservation

Michael Creed

184. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the grant aid available for schools to improve their energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56972/21]

School Facilities

Michael Creed

336. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the circumstances under which her Department funds new school halls in primary schools; if an application was received and considered from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56940/21]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

375. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if a site has been secured for a new school (details supplied) at a location in County Cork; the next steps to be taken with regard to provision of a school on this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57409/21]

State Examinations

Michael Creed

376. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if her Department is considering reforms of the leaving certificate for the future in view of the Covid-19 impact on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57410/21]

Departmental Data

Michael Creed

476. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if she will publish all details regarding the imminent investment programme for the past ten years including the individuals involved; the investment projects funded and all other relevant detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57405/21]

Foreshore Issues

Michael Creed

186. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of foreshore licence applications by Irish Water which have been received in the past 12 months; the time involved in processing of these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56710/21]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Michael Creed

187. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering legislative changes that would enable statutory bodies to proceed with planning applications for public infrastructure whilst simultaneously pursuing compulsory purchase orders on the lands to be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56711/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Creed

263. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there is a small cohort of persons who for underlying medical reasons are advised by their medical professionals not to take a Covid-19 vaccine; if this is accepted, the arrangements he considers appropriate to enable these persons to access areas for which an EU Digital COVID Certificate is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56454/21]

Driver Licences

Michael Creed

191. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the criteria applied by his Department with regard to the reciprocal recognition of international driving licences; the reason Ireland does not recognise driving licences from Bermuda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55820/21]

School Accommodation

Michael Creed

354. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received an application for additional classroom accommodation from a school (details supplied); if so, if she will outline the next steps by her Department in processing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55722/21]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

387. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a differentiation in the treatment of capital in which the capital has been accumulated through the compulsory purchase of lands by the State for the purposes of the means test for the State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55723/21]

Health Services

Michael Creed

643. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of neurology services across Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the designation of Cork University Hospital as the south west regional centre for neurology; his views on the current staffing levels at the hospital in this regard; his plans to bring the number of neurology nursing posts there up to the required level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56078/21]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

193. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the current position regarding an application for a stamp 1G visa by a person (details supplied) who has previously had a stamp 2 visa and has recently graduated and is seeking employment in the State under the third-level graduate programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54824/21]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

174. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a valid work permit application has been received in respect of a critical skills visa for a person (details supplied); the timeline for the processing of this application; and when the applicant company will be informed of the outcome. [54559/21]

Electricity Grid

Michael Creed

187. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the investment programme by EirGrid on improving the national grid; the way this investment is prioritised in connectivity for renewable energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54166/21]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

457. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department proposes to recover the alleged amount of overpayment of State pension (non-contributory) from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the options available to them in repaying the overpayment. [54005/21]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

465. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient insurance contributions for a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54167/21]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Creed

698. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the challenges being faced by the hunt and equine sector arising from their difficulty in getting insurance cover; the steps he proposes to take to address this challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54067/21]

Tax Exemptions

Michael Creed

255. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance the categories of income or property that are exempt from liability for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52105/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

591. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 12 October 2021 and 630 of 19 October 2021, the reason she refuses to outline the specific reason the claim for carer’s benefit was refused; if she will outline in detail the specific condition for eligibility that the applicant failed to meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52500/21]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Michael Creed

593. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a PPS number on application. [52509/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

600. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had their adult dependent allowance stopped. [52717/21]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

715. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if she will clarify the situation regarding persons who are presently here on a stamp 2 visa which facilitates their study and part-time work; if she will further clarify the situation upon their graduation from their studies and their entitlement to move to a stamp 1G visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52106/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

360. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers has considered the Joint Research Centre report on the farm to fork strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51812/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

361. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider grant aiding under TAMS the installation of PV panels on agricultural buildings similar to grant aid presently available for solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51813/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

164. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the carer’s allowance. [51538/21]

Tax Collection

Michael Creed

317. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the reason his Department’s website for motor tax online is not enabled to accept the online credit card payments system in line with its most recent banking security arrangements; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authority motor tax offices are not accepting payment by credit card over the telephone; if his further attention has been drawn to this leading to frustration for motorists attempting to renew their motor tax resulting in many unnecessary car journeys to motor tax offices for motor tax renewal; when will his Department resolve the outstanding issues with regard to the online payment arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50465/21]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

539. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the plans envisaged for the provision of ASD classes at a school (details supplied). [50387/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

627. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance and half rate carer’s allowance who are in receipt of the fuel allowance; the estimated cost of extending this entitlement to all recipients of the carer's allowance and the half-rate carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51049/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

630. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 12 October, the reason the claim for carer's benefit was refused. [51134/21]

Health Services

Michael Creed

773. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the appropriate next step he considers with regard to an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50656/21]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

139. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is provision within the social welfare code governing entitlement to State pension (contributory) whereby credits can be awarded in respect of persons who have been caring for their adult children with disabilities and who consequently were unable to take up paid employment opportunities outside the home and who now find themselves short of the requisite number of contributions for the pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50242/21]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

97. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if so, when it will be processed. [50056/21]

Energy Production

Michael Creed

103. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when micro-generated energy providers will be in a position to sell their surplus domestic generated energy to the national grid; if there is an EU Directive on this issue; if so, if Ireland is compliant with this regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50055/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

234. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of drawdown under TAMS of the grant aid for installation of solar panels; if a review has been carried out on the effectiveness of this initiative; if changes are envisaged to the eligibility and technical criteria involved with a view to increasing participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50054/21]

Departmental Priorities

Michael Creed

235. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the availability of green certificate courses during Covid-19 and the possible implications that a lack of these courses at that time is having or could have on prospective young farmers regarding their eligibility for the various benefits associated with the procurement of a certificate including the tax efficient transfer of family holdings; if he will further consider circumstances in which the Covid-19 pandemic impacted on the delivery of green certificate opportunities for a cohort who now by virtue of exceeding their 35th birthday may no longer be eligible for these tax incentives; the measures being taken or considered by his Department to facilitate this cohort of young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50057/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Creed

154. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the source of the €65 million additional spending for sporting organisations as announced recently by her Department; if this additional funding represents a transfer of funding from other subheads within her Department which are underspent in 2021; if so, the sections of her Department that have been underspending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49715/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

342. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was self-employed is entitled to the carer’s benefit in respect of the care provided for their infant child who has life-long disabilities. [49684/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Michael Creed

263. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the household income for a retired married couple with regard to eligibility for the fuel allowance; and the way bank savings are calculated in this regard. [48889/21]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

65. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 29 September 2021, if she will elaborate on the specific plans in place for the establishment of new special classes at each of the schools referred to; the current status with regard to the proposed building projects in each specific school; if ASD classrooms will be available in each school for September 2022 enrolments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48422/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Creed

133. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the details of the supports available from his Department over the past 18 months for taxi drivers that were impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular with regard to pandemic unemployment payments and taxi licensing costs and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47769/21]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

251. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is seeking an additional sports capital allocation in the forthcoming Budget for 2022; if consideration is being given to carrying over the remaining funds available under the sports capital grant scheme to 2022 and combining this with possible additional provision to be provided in Budget 2022 for distribution amongst the current applicants under the scheme given the large number of applications and the risk that otherwise applicants will receive an allocation insufficient to undertake their proposed works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48167/21]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

252. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications for sports capital grants remaining now that the allocations have been made for the equipment grants; the financial allocation available for this cohort; when allocations will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48168/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

459. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 28 September 2021, the number of students who are in receipt of disability allowance who lose this allowance by virtue of their studying abroad; if she is satisfied that this temporary relocation constitutes a non-compliance with the habitual residency requirement given that all such students still reside substantially in Ireland; the estimated cost of reversing the policy approach in this regard; if she will review the policy of her Department in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48166/21]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

137. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the position regarding ASD provision at post-primary schools (details supplied) in County Cork. [47068/21]

Census of Population

Michael Creed

191. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Taoiseach if a census of population will be conducted. [45115/21]

Tax Code

Michael Creed

282. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to publish the submissions received by his Department during the public consultation in the context of OECD proposals for a global minimum effective tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46078/21]

School Funding

Michael Creed

433. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received a proposal (details supplied); if her Department is in a position to provide funding for this proposed facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46026/21]

School Curriculum

Michael Creed

465. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education her role or that of school inspectors with regard to the procurement of a certificate of exemption from studying Irish; if such certificates can be procured retrospectively in circumstances in which the de facto situation for a number of years has been that the student involved has been informally exempt from studying Irish in their primary school and in cases in which this has in fact been documented in annual school reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46513/21]

School Curriculum

Michael Creed

466. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the process for securing a certificate of exemption from studying Irish at primary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46514/21]

School Staff

Michael Creed

479. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if her Department will facilitate additional flexibility with regard to the staffing schedule for schools that are dealing with particular fluctuations in the school-going population outside of the normal variations arising from circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46621/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Michael Creed

518. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who are in receipt of a disability allowance who post-leaving certificate take up college offers outside of this jurisdiction are entitled to continue to receive their disability allowance during their studies abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46669/21]

International Protection

Michael Creed

535. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when persons seeking international protection will be sent to a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the critical importance of schools in the integration of these children in local communities; if his attention has been further drawn to the 30 September 2021 deadline for schools which determines staff enrolment for the subsequent academic year and the difficulty which a significant influx of additional students after this deadline can cause; the arrangements which he can secure with the Department of Education to facilitate greater flexibility around the 30 September 2021 deadline in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46576/21]

Immigration Policy

Michael Creed

567. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider issuing flexible visa entry arrangements for persons (details supplied) in view of a significant investment in a tourism and history project by them. [46079/21]

Health Services

Michael Creed

639. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the progress being made with regard to supports for an association (details supplied) with regard to a lifelong pathway of care for those with Prader-Willi syndrome including access to appropriate respite service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46080/21]

Rural Recreation Policy

Michael Creed

356. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received the external review of the walks scheme administered by her Department; if this review has addressed the issue of the role of the rural recreational officer and the equity in resourcing these posts in certain areas due to the number of stakeholders participating and the vast geographical area covered; if in the context of this review, she will reconsider the administrative resources available to the groups participating particularly for the funding of rural recreational officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45837/21]

School Equipment

Michael Creed

100. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite an intervention by the school’s broadband service for a school (details supplied) given the poor broadband service currently available and the large number of pupils adversely affected by same; if the school is in the contract area for a national broadband contract; and if so, when a fibre broadband service will be delivered to the school. [45441/21]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

204. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an additional financial allocation will be provided to her Department given the number of applications received and the associated costs of projects submitted under the current round of the sports capital grants scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44325/21]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

206. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of sports capital grant applications received from County Cork under the current application round; the number and individual details of these applications that she has visited; when it is anticipated that allocations will be made under the current round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44326/21]

Legislative Measures

Michael Creed

532. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if all aspects of the Parole Act 2019 have been enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43204/21]

Legislative Measures

Michael Creed

535. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a brief outline of the changes consequent to the Parole Act 2019 and the particular way that this legislation impacts on eligibility for parole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43260/21]

Legislative Measures

Michael Creed

581. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he is contemplating legislation to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 which would allow the industrial cultivation of hemp by legislating for the THC level in line with European Parliament recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43202/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Michael Creed

762. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he is seeking to advance in the context of CAP reform to deal with a category of farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43259/21]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

495. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the temporary site for a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [41437/21]

Regulatory Bodies

Michael Creed

2671. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided in expediting a registration with CORU (details supplied). [38737/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

3364. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BEAM payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on correspondence which issued to the applicant in October 2019; his views on whether this target was fair and equitable for the applicant in view of further correspondence which issued to them on 28 May 2021; his further views on whether it is reasonable and fair to penalise the applicant in such circumstances in view of the latter correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39312/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

3385. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the operation of the TAMS five-year rule with regard to eligibility for grant aid for a second grant application under TAMS in circumstances in which the applicant would have previously benefited under TAMS 1; if this second application is impacted by the ranking in selection process applied to TAMS applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40093/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

263. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 878 of 15 June 2021, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their carer’s allowance. [38813/21]

Primary Medical Certificates

Michael Creed

378. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 11 May 2021, when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their primary medical certificate application. [32519/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael Creed

457. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will clarify the situation to the correspondent. [38839/21]

Medicinal Products

Michael Creed

422. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiations to have a drug (details supplied) approved for prescription here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31491/21]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

406. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the status of an SNA application and appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37305/21]

Public Sector Pay

Michael Creed

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