Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

175. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the European Medicines Agency is assessing a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied) for validation; and if so, the status of any such process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30513/21]

Vaccination Programme

Jim O'Callaghan

176. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to reducing the time period between the two doses of a vaccine (details supplied) in order to facilitate persons in their 60s who are anxious to be fully vaccinated sooner than those of a younger cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/21]

Road Traffic Offences

Jim O'Callaghan

61. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if there are proposals to set up a portal for video evidence of traffic violations that would be available to gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35154/21]

Proposed Legislation

Jim O'Callaghan

288. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will address issues relating to assisted human reproduction (details supplied). [28207/21]

Brexit Issues

Jim O'Callaghan

119. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33702/21]

International Relations

Jim O'Callaghan

145. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any recent engagement with the United States Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33703/21]

Citizenship Applications

Jim O'Callaghan

494. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if steps can be taken to facilitate the regularisation of Brazilian persons resident in Ireland for many years who have sought Irish citizenship. [32948/21]

Legislative Process

Jim O'Callaghan

513. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the Parole Act 2019 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33457/21]

Public Expenditure Policy

Jim O'Callaghan

108. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public expenditure for 2021 is within profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32332/21]

Pension Provisions

Jim O'Callaghan

109. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to review the provisions of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. [32331/21]

Banking Sector

Jim O'Callaghan

86. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [31706/21]

Ministerial Meetings

Jim O'Callaghan

106. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [31705/21]

Tax Code

Jim O'Callaghan

370. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [31575/21]

Online Safety

Jim O'Callaghan

540. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [31724/21]

Online Safety

Jim O'Callaghan

541. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [31725/21]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

795. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [31573/21]

Equality Issues

Jim O'Callaghan

926. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [30518/21]

Water Safety

Jim O'Callaghan

1213. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked 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. [30499/21]

Proposed Legislation

Jim O'Callaghan

142. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review of the laws around defamation. [29965/21]

Departmental Reports

Jim O'Callaghan

175. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the report on familicide will be published. [29966/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

108. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if from 7 June 2021, pubs will be able to serve drinks outdoors without an obligation to serve food as well. [28786/21]

Pension Provisions

Jim O'Callaghan

119. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if the 1951 superannuation pension scheme for CIÉ workers is in compliance with minimum funding standard rules; if he plans to meet with CIÉ representatives to discuss the crisis in relation to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27809/21]

Pension Provisions

Jim O'Callaghan

120. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the reason that CIÉ excluded the non-union members from a vote on LCR22297 when the company confirmed that would not be the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/21]

Tax Code

Jim O'Callaghan

206. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the communication by the European Commission on business taxations published on 18 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28238/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jim O'Callaghan

376. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of visually impaired persons in receipt of the blind pension; and if consideration will be given to removing or amending the means test associated with the pension. [27569/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jim O'Callaghan

377. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the way a visually impaired person can exist and contribute in the State as an artist; and the way a visually impaired person can develop, grow and live as a professional artist here. [27570/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jim O'Callaghan

378. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of audits of visually impaired persons in receipt of the blind persons pension that were carried out in 2018 and 2019; and the reason these audits were necessary in circumstances in which all recipients of the pension have very limited financial means. [27571/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

493. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged under Part 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27802/21]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

494. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of successful convictions obtained for the offence of criminal damage in Garda J district in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27803/21]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

495. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of successful convictions obtained for the offence of violent disorder in Garda R district in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27804/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

496. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the domestic abuse intervention unit in the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, north as of 17 May 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27805/21]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

505. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacancies by job title in the Office of the State Pathologist; the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacant posts in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28184/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

506. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently on a panel waiting for recruitment into An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28185/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

507. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacancies by rank in the Garda band in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28186/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

508. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars attached to the Garda national immigration bureau that are aged over 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28187/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Jim O'Callaghan

346. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay with the Ballybofey-Stranorlar CCTV application which was supported by the Donegal joint policing committee in 2020. [27420/21]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Jim O'Callaghan

177. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the scoping exercise into the investigation of the death of a person (details supplied) will be completed and published.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26819/21]

Air Corps

Jim O'Callaghan

256. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the unredacted version of the Air Corps submission on the provision of military search and rescue service to the State of March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26019/21]

Air Corps

Jim O'Callaghan

257. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the recommendation or determination of the evaluation of the Air Corps submission on the provision of military search and rescue service to the State of March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26021/21]

Departmental Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

546. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a retired public servant (details supplied) was not allowed an increment during their employment as an executive officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26078/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

5. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence when the report on the review of mandatory retirement ages for Defence Forces officers will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

22. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that the Defence Forces cadets who were recently awarded the payment of military service allowance following a third party adjudication finding after their training was suspended in order to be deployed on contact tracing for the HSE will be paid in full, in keeping with the normal payment of this allowance as recommended by the adjudicator. [24896/21]

Pension Provisions

Jim O'Callaghan

190. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if it will be ensured that there will not be any changes to the CIÉ 1951 superannuation scheme in advance of the outcome of a High Court application made by the trustees of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Jim O'Callaghan

345. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which medical practitioners who assess disability benefit claims on behalf of her Department are appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25204/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Jim O'Callaghan

351. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to take steps to reform and amend the means test for the blind person's pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25373/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jim O'Callaghan

98. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a payment system (details supplied) being proposed by Ireland's main financial institutions; his views on whether it may affect competition within the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24821/21]

Housing Issues

Jim O'Callaghan

193. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps that can be taken to prevent management companies from imposing significant increases in management fees on residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24822/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

241. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when First Holy Communions will be permitted in churches under Covid-19 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24833/21]

A Vision for Change

Jim O'Callaghan

60. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the discussions between the European Union and the United Kingdom with regard to the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23941/21]

Historical Conflicts

Jim O'Callaghan

105. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the events that befell Armenia and the Armenian people in 1915 merit the description of genocide; his views on the statement issued by the President of the United States on 24 April 2021 in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23940/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

424. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 1 May 2021 or the latest date for which figures are available; the breakdown of all ranks across the three services; the gender breakdown of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24685/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

425. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces as of 1 May 2021 with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24686/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

426. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the involvement of the Permanent Defence Forces in the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the number of personnel involved; the locations in which they provided support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24687/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

427. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence if measures are being taken to bridge the gap of ten years between forced early retirement on age grounds in the Defence Forces and access to the State pension. [24688/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

428. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence his plans to extend the supplementary pension provision to post-2013 new entrants to give them the option of a lengthy career in the Defence Forces. [24689/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

429. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the Strengthening our Defence Forces high-level implementation plan. [24690/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

430. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the EU working time directive in relation to the Defence Forces. [24691/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Jim O'Callaghan

431. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence his plans for additional defence investment in strategic airlift, air intercept and airspace monitoring primary radar capability and cyber defence and intelligence. [24692/21]

Defence Forces

Jim O'Callaghan

432. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits to the Permanent Defence Force to date in 2021 with regard to all three services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/21]

Overseas Missions

Jim O'Callaghan

433. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24694/21]

European Defence Agency

Jim O'Callaghan

434. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the European Defence Agency projects which Ireland is currently involved in tabular form; and if he will provide an overview of the nature of the projects. [24695/21]

Departmental Funding

Jim O'Callaghan

561. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given to the request by an organisation (details supplied) for financial support in order to enable the work of the organisation with young persons to continue in the aftermath of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23644/21]

Departmental Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

646. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda band members that have been redeployed for the purposes of policing and enforcing Covid-19 guidelines. [24145/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

939. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to seek an extension in relation to those provisions of Part 3 of the Health Act 2020 that are due to expire in June 2021; the factors that will be reviewed prior to any decision to seek an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24699/21]

Brexit Issues

Jim O'Callaghan

235. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact of Brexit on companies from Northern Ireland applying for public works and Government contracts here. [23073/21]

Passport Services

Jim O'Callaghan

339. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the processing of non-urgent passport applications will recommence; the action his Department is taking to ensure that the backlog of applications resulting from the suspension of same will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22707/21]

Irish Sign Language

Jim O'Callaghan

365. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the reason Irish Sign Language has not yet been included in the post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/21]

School Funding

Jim O'Callaghan

381. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if funds will be provided to a school (details supplied) for the construction of an ASD classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22920/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

519. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the protections in place for children who are required to quarantine under section 38B of the Health Act 1947 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22666/21]

Vaccination Programme

Jim O'Callaghan

521. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when persons who do not wish to take a vaccine (details supplied) may be able to receive a different vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

522. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if it is necessary to seek a waiver of the trade and intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines in order to protect developing countries from the threat of Covid-19; if so, the steps taken to obtain this waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22677/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

19. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if no application for a rail order in respect of MetroLink will be made until such time as the feasibility study into the extension of the Metro to south-west areas of County Dublin has been completed. [22404/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

20. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland business case proposal should be considered in the implementation of the transport strategy when that strategy never contemplated a city centre terminus nor the possibility that such a terminus could be in place for decades. [22405/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

21. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland business case proposal should be considered in the implementation of the transport strategy when the clear outcome of the public consultation process was that there is currently no agreed southside solution to reach Sandyford, County Dublin. [22406/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

22. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the criteria used by the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to select Charlemont as the preferred MetroLink terminus. [22407/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

23. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the studies carried out by the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to substantiate the selection of Charlemont as the preferred MetroLink terminus location above other city centre locations such as St. Stephen’s Green or O’Connell Street. [22408/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

24. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed construction of a tunnel beyond a city centre terminus to Beechwood and the proposed construction of a station at Charlemont effectively preordains a future decision to proceed with the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s preferred route of a segregated aboveground metro route along the Luas green line to Sandyford, County Dublin. [22409/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

25. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the way in which expenditure on the partial construction of its preferred route of a city centre tunnel to Beechwood with a Charlemont station will be a valuable use of taxpayers’ money; and the way in which spending that money now will reduce the risk and cost of the ultimate Metro South project. [22410/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

26. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the estimated total costs of constructing MetroLink south beyond the two high profile city centre stations (details supplied). [22411/21]

Rail Network

Jim O'Callaghan

27. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the contractual arrangements in place between the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and a developer (details supplied) for the construction of the Charlemont station box; the capital cost of these works; when the developer is due to be refunded; the approval the NTA and TII have for incurring actual metro construction costs in advance of submitting the MetroLink business case and in advance of obtaining a railway order; if the NTA and TII requested the developer to apply for planning permission for the station box; the legal grounds on which the NTA and TII is of the view that a metro station box is not required to have planning permission granted as part of a railway order; and the legal grounds on which the NTA and TII is of the view that the Charlemont metro station box has obtained valid planning permission when it was included in the planning permission for an office development and it is not a requirement for or part of that office development. [22412/21]

Sports Facilities

Jim O'Callaghan

85. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions taken to obtain the view of young persons in increasing their participation in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/21]

Culture Policy

Jim O'Callaghan

123. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the cultural capital scheme 2019-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

150. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22193/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

151. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the sustaining enterprise fund; the number of jobs it has protected during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22194/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

152. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the COVID-19 credit guarantee scheme; the number of businesses that have availed of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22195/21]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Jim O'Callaghan

153. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the trading online voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22197/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

154. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the business continuity voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jim O'Callaghan

298. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the status of the operation of the debt warehousing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22196/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

334. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken to support the return of live performances and events in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21183/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

339. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a formal response has been delivered to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of a document that was furnished to her Department in October 2020. [21238/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

340. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she plans to permit the graduated return of antigen tested spectators to sport. [21239/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

341. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the UEFA European Football Championship games planned in June 2021 in Ireland will proceed with spectators' present. [21240/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

342. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken to ensure that the UEFA European Football Championship games planned for June 2021 in Ireland will proceed; and if it is planned to implement a report (details supplied) rapid Covid-19 testing to facilitate the attendance of spectators. [21241/21]

Northern Ireland

Jim O'Callaghan

505. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that have been taken to investigate the procurement of the rights of a book (details supplied) as was suggested in Dáil Éireann in December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21316/21]

Departmental Reviews

Jim O'Callaghan

536. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when the independent review into the 2020 leaving certificate calculated grades system will be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21142/21]

State Pensions

Jim O'Callaghan

639. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason former gardaí who worked in the public sector prior to April 1995 do not have entitlement to a State pension (contributory); her plans to change this rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21259/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Jim O'Callaghan

680. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the enterprise support grant; the number of grants that have been approved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22234/21]

Legislative Measures

Jim O'Callaghan

829. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken to change the law to ensure that persons responsible for killing spouses or civil partners do not benefit from the estates of the deceased person. [22114/21]

Firearms Licences

Jim O'Callaghan

830. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of silencers for firearms that are licensed in Ireland. [22115/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Jim O'Callaghan

872. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) on Covid-19 rapid testing in respect of the graduated return of spectators to sport. [21234/21]