Parliamentary questions

Health Services Provision

Cormac Devlin

994. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when normal services for development checks for infants and children will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16094/20]

Road Projects

Cormac Devlin

78. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to providing additional funding to local authorities as part of the July stimulus initiative to complete outstanding 30 km/h road projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

126. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is proposing to ensure persons using public transport wear face coverings and masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14393/20]

Value Added Tax

Cormac Devlin

179. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing the VAT rate on personal protective equipment to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14391/20]

Property Tax

Cormac Devlin

188. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to extend the 2020 local property tax collection date from 21 July to 18 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14540/20]

Departmental Staff

Cormac Devlin

247. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers and wildlife inspectors recruited by her Department in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14539/20]

Environmental Protection Enforcement

Cormac Devlin

316. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of tree preservation orders issued by the four Dublin local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14395/20]

Springboard Programme

Cormac Devlin

463. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the eligibility requirements for Springboard courses will be reviewed to allow persons enrol in more than one minor course simultaneously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14476/20]

Springboard Programme

Cormac Devlin

464. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be carried out of the Springboard system to ensure courses are delivering value money for the taxpayer and persons participating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14477/20]

Departmental Budgets

Cormac Devlin

532. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the youth employment support scheme increased by 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14538/20]

Garda Reserve

Cormac Devlin

656. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the Garda Reserve members as of 31 December 2019 that completed the minimum of 208 annual hours per year duty obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14537/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

834. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national guidelines governing the reopening of services for persons with disabilities in day and respite settings during the Covid-19 pandemic; when these guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14394/20]

National Debt

Cormac Devlin

81. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to refinance the outstanding obligations into long-term debt of the State in view of the historically low borrowing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/20]

Mortgage Lending

Cormac Devlin

82. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to assist applicants that were refused access to a mortgage on the basis they are in receipt of a Covid-19 pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/20]

English Language Training Organisations

Cormac Devlin

260. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to protect foreign language schools in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13680/20]

Special Educational Needs

Cormac Devlin

261. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the July provision; if it will be made mandatory for schools which cater for persons with special needs to provide the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13681/20]

EU Directives

Cormac Devlin

274. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive will be transposed here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13674/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

568. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if NPHET will be requested to consider preparing new guidelines for residential centres that allow for the differentiated risk level between nursing homes and social care homes during the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

569. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if regulations will be published that make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on public transport and in certain settings, such as hairdressers, in circumstances in which social distancing guidelines cannot be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Cormac Devlin

570. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated in order to provide a satisfactory resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/20]