Parliamentary questions

Foster Care

Carol Nolan

127. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if paid leave entitlements are in place for persons who become foster parents while employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37148/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

159. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the restart plus grant is being paid; the number of applications received and approved to date; if there are delays in allocating funding for the grant to Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36305/20]

Schools Building Projects

Carol Nolan

543. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns about delays to the building work for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36936/20]

Schools Building Projects

Carol Nolan

544. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will prioritise works at a school (details supplied); the status of the efforts of her Department to attain permanent accommodation for the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36937/20]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Carol Nolan

545. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will extend proposals to reduce class sizes in DEIS senior schools to include DEIS band one junior and vertical schools such as a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36942/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

685. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is permissible under existing regulations for a shop or premises to display a "no mask, no service" sign with respect to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/20]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

703. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if private chartered physiotherapy and foot health clinics can provide services during the current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

763. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 4 November 2020, if expenses relating to consultant fees, scans, treatment and future medical expenses can be covered or reimbursed to front-line workers during their recovery from an illness contracted while working on the front line caring for patients with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36532/20]

LEADER Programmes

Carol Nolan

918. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no LEADER funding has been provided for LEADER projects in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36938/20]

LEADER Programmes

Carol Nolan

919. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no funding has been provided for the delivery and administration of the LEADER programme for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36939/20]

LEADER Programmes

Carol Nolan

920. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason no interim national rural development plan has been announced for 2021 to 2023 as provided for in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36940/20]

Local Development Companies

Carol Nolan

921. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allocating funding to a company (details supplied) in order that it can maintain existing levels of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36941/20]

National Broadband Plan

Carol Nolan

110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if he will prioritise midland counties, specifically counties Laois and Offaly, for the roll-out of the next tranche of rural broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35893/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Carol Nolan

164. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing the nursing home sector following the withdrawal of a major insurance provider to nursing homes that have fewer than 40 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35896/20]

Flood Prevention Measures

Carol Nolan

177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to address the two pinch points on the River Shannon at Shannon Grove and Derryholmes; if they will be prioritised under any emergency legislative provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35894/20]

Local Authority Rates

Carol Nolan

193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding aimed at compensating Offaly County Council for lost rates revenue following the closure of Shannonbridge and Lanesboro power plants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/20]

Hospital Services

Carol Nolan

327. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of the Midland Regional Hospital, Port Laoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35892/20]

Food Industry

Carol Nolan

370. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of work being carried out to establish the office of the national food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/20]

Medicinal Products

Carol Nolan

371. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the membership and minutes of the stakeholder forum convened to address the challenges facing the agricultural and livestock merchant sector with respect to EU regulations on the dispensing and prescribing of certain medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35898/20]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

372. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent analysis conducted by his Department on the contribution of the biosector to the net foreign earnings of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35899/20]

Food Wise 2025 Strategy

Carol Nolan

373. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Food Wise 2025 high-level implementation committee has engaged in a reassessment of the growth projections contained within the Food Wise 2025 strategy in view of the challenges raised by Brexit and Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35900/20]

Agrifood Sector

Carol Nolan

374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of exporters requiring certification for products being exported to the UK that have registered for access to the export IT system of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35901/20]

Animal Diseases

Carol Nolan

375. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of biosecurity practices that has taken place following the confirmation of two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N8 in the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35902/20]

Bus Éireann

Carol Nolan

256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the concerns raised by the recent decision by Bus Éireann to withdraw some of its services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/20]

Flood Risk Management

Carol Nolan

346. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the conveyancing of the River Shannon is still proceeding as agreed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/20]

Flood Risk Management

Carol Nolan

347. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if planning permission has been sought in respect of conveyancing of the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35296/20]

Flood Risk Management

Carol Nolan

348. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work on two pinch points along the River Shannon at Shannon Grove and Derryholmes will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35297/20]

Flood Risk Management

Carol Nolan

349. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood relief measures for Mountmellick, County Laois; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35298/20]

School Staff

Carol Nolan

429. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the attempts by school secretaries to improve their work, pay and pension conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34649/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is provision for healthcare workers that have had to temporarily leave employment to reclaim medical expenses incurred as a result of contracting Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33973/20]

Veterinary Medicines

Carol Nolan

25. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the measures he is taking to prevent the direct loss of up to 3,000 jobs in the agricultural merchants sector following EU plans to introduce new regulations in January 2022 that will prohibit agricultural merchants from prescribing certain medications and animal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33310/20]

Home Renovation Incentive Scheme

Carol Nolan

424. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the reintroduction and extension of the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32986/20]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

505. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the call of an organisation (details supplied) for a substantial increase in the business continuity fund for coach tourism to reflect the real and actual damage done to the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32983/20]

Commercial Rates

Carol Nolan

607. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will initiate a wide-ranging review of the current commercial rates regime and engage with stakeholders including an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32984/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

608. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with the calls of a charity (details supplied) for a €20 million rent arrears fund to be included in budget 2021 aimed at helping tenants facing a rent crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32985/20]

Educational Disadvantage

Carol Nolan

761. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a properly resourced taskforce to identify and implement measures that will support children and young persons in DEIS and non-DEIS schools to prevent further educational disadvantage as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32966/20]

Educational Disadvantage

Carol Nolan

762. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will expand on existing measures to address digital poverty, ensuring all low-income households have access to online teaching and pre-printed resources if required during the academic year as a result of Covid-19 safety measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32967/20]

School Textbooks

Carol Nolan

763. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the free school books pilot scheme to all non-fee paying primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32969/20]

Education Fees

Carol Nolan

764. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will conduct a review on the possibility of ending the voluntary contribution system in non-fee paying primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32970/20]

Capitation Grants

Carol Nolan

765. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education her plans to restore the capitation rates to 2010 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32971/20]

Disability Support Services

Carol Nolan

828. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures taken to support persons with disabilities who are on low incomes and will be financially challenged by recent increases in the carbon tax; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32975/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Carol Nolan

829. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will support calls for the wage subsidy scheme for persons with disabilities to be improved to boost employment opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32978/20]

Child Maintenance Payments

Carol Nolan

889. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the reform of the child maintenance system; if she will address key issues such as calculation, facilitation and enforcement guided by international best practice and in view of the findings of the Murphy review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32987/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Carol Nolan

890. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions she is taking to prioritise and protect supports for lone parents, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection’s Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32988/20]

Food Poverty

Carol Nolan

891. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address food poverty in children and to ensure that no child goes hungry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32989/20]

Social Welfare Schemes

Carol Nolan

892. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will continue to support the annual Social Inclusion Forum as an important means of promoting engagement between persons experiencing poverty and exclusion, the community and voluntary sector and Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32990/20]

Labour Activation Measures

Carol Nolan

893. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered supporting the introduction of returnships in partnership with employers to support women that have taken time out of work to raise their families or care for loved ones to re-enter the labour market through new education, training, and personal development programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32991/20]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Carol Nolan

894. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider equalising the income thresholds for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for one and two parent households and introduce tapering for the allowance to provide greater access to support with school costs for working poor households and to reduce poverty traps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32992/20]

Child Benefit

Carol Nolan

895. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making child benefit payable to families with children over the age of 18 enrolled in secondary school in recognition of the higher cost of education in the senior cycle and as a measure to prevent early school leaving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32993/20]

Special Educational Needs

Carol Nolan

951. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide funding to support Down's syndrome language development for young children aged three to six years of age in preschool. [32964/20]

Further and Higher Education

Carol Nolan

991. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that less than 5% of adults with Down's syndrome secure meaningful employment due to barriers in accessing further education; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/20]

Further and Higher Education

Carol Nolan

992. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is developing a strategy for re-engagement of learners unable to participate in further and higher education during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32968/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Carol Nolan

993. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the income thresholds and means test to qualify for the SUSI grant and increase the value of the maintenance grant levels to 2011 rates in recognition of the increase in the cost of living and loss of part-time work for students due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32972/20]

Student Assistance Fund

Carol Nolan

994. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider increasing the student assistance fund allocation by 20% to address the needs of students affected by Covid-19 income loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32973/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Carol Nolan

995. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will expand eligibility for the SUSI grant to part-time students studying in publicly funded further and higher education and training institutions to provide financial support to non-traditional, mature and part-time learners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32974/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

1287. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the 5 km travel limit for persons who live in rural areas in view of the unreasonable restrictions this will place on persons who reside in isolated or low-population density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32933/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

1293. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if additional funding has been assigned in budget 2021 to address the digital divide to ensure that persons with disabilities and other disadvantages are not left behind during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32976/20]

Disability Support Services

Carol Nolan

1294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if additional support will be provided for specialist training providers for persons with disabilities such as National Learning Network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32977/20]

Disability Support Services

Carol Nolan

1295. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to fully implementing the report on the role of voluntary organisations in the provision of public disability services and to providing sufficient funding to address pay inequality among section-39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32979/20]

Disability Support Services

Carol Nolan

1296. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is only one dedicated nurse, focused on those aged 0 to 18 years that specialises in Down syndrome; if he will provide investment for a dedicated specialist nurse in each of the nine CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/20]

Assisted Suicide

Carol Nolan

1297. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if personnel or section within his Department or the HSE have ever conducted an ethical review of the Groningen protocol which originated in the Netherlands and which permits the active euthanasia or physician assisted death of premature and severely ill newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/20]

Hospital Procedures

Carol Nolan

1298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the use of do not resuscitate orders within the health care system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Carol Nolan

1387. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the specific evidentiary basis for the restrictions on public worship; if he will reconsider permitting physical attendance at religious services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33499/20]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

1513. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32664/20]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

62. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on a pensions-related issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32195/20]

Ministerial Communications

Carol Nolan

244. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil Éireann votes on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30514/20]

Ministerial Communications

Carol Nolan

275. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil Éireann votes on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30513/20]

Motor Tax

Carol Nolan

59. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a case (details supplied) regarding a vintage car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29752/20]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Carol Nolan

136. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will seek increased funding for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, farm plan scheme in designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29583/20]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Carol Nolan

420. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department's efforts to progress reforms to the fair deal, nursing home support scheme specifically reforms that will provide for the inclusion of farm land leased to third parties, in line with other Government policy on inheritance under agricultural relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29623/20]

Primary Care Centres

Carol Nolan

473. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/20]

Disability Services Provision

Carol Nolan

503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to prioritise the full reopening of day care services for adults with an intellectual disability in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30051/20]

Agriculture Schemes

Carol Nolan

579. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of funding and payment plans for the continuation of schemes (details supplied). [29582/20]

Rural Development Programme

Carol Nolan

580. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek the maximum permissible level of national co-financing of 57% of the CAP Rural Development Programme post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29585/20]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme

Carol Nolan

581. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the commitment in the programme for Government for a new REPS-2 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29586/20]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

582. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide compensation for further losses during the transition period in view of Brexit uncertainty, the volatility of sterling and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic across all agricultural sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29587/20]

Brexit Supports

Carol Nolan

583. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to further strengthen the Brexit contingency fund announced in budget 2020 (details supplied) in order that these funds are supplemented in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29588/20]

Brexit Supports

Carol Nolan

584. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to support all sectors adversely affected by the Brexit outcome through the €5 billion EU Brexit adjustment reserve fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/20]

Forestry Sector

Carol Nolan

585. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if €4 million will be allocated to restore the farmer premium and the introduction of a harvesting plan grant to assist forest owners and a review of the ash dieback scheme to include an income compensation element; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29591/20]

Agriculture Industry

Carol Nolan

588. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to provide compensation for further losses during the transition period arising from Brexit uncertainty, sterling volatility and Covid-19 impact, across all agricultural sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29620/20]

Brexit Supports

Carol Nolan

589. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of measures he is taking to further strengthening the Brexit contingency fund announced in budget 2020, which allocated €110 million to agriculture in order that these funds are supplemented in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29621/20]

Walks Scheme

Carol Nolan

607. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will seek an increased allocation of €2 million for the walks scheme with an increase in the number of walks supported to 120; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29584/20]

Motorised Transport Grant

Carol Nolan

222. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to replace the motorised transport grant and provide an alternative transport support scheme to assist with costs for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28991/20]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients whoreceived care post termination of pregnancy in maternity hospitals from January 2019 to date; the number of those who were for medical abortions provided by general practitioner or community, family planning or sexual health clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28741/20]

Health Services

Carol Nolan

744. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to include data on all adverse outcomes specific to medication used in the provision of termination of pregnancy services in the annual national healthcare quality reporting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28742/20]

Asylum Seekers

Carol Nolan

234. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the funding provided to his Department to support the work of the dedicated separated children seeking asylum team in Tusla in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28073/20]

Garda Information and Communications Technology

Carol Nolan

254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the status of the measures taken by An Garda Síochána to upgrade the PULSE system to capture hate-related motivations for all incidents of crime and non-crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28002/20]

Asylum Seekers

Carol Nolan

256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of minors who have sought asylum after they arrived unannounced at ports or airports from 2011 to date; the ages of the applicants; the outcomes of such applications for asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28072/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Carol Nolan

265. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the three-day waiting period with respect to termination of pregnancy services remains in place; if there are no plans to amend or abolish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/20]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Carol Nolan

399. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of Departmental spending on the tuberculosis eradication initiatives in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of Departmental inspectors and staff assigned to tuberculosis testing and detection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27941/20]

Legislative Process

Carol Nolan

417. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an index of the submissions made to his Department with respect to the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/20]

Tax Avoidance

Carol Nolan

72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue of dividend arbitrage stock trading or cum-ex trading, which is an illegal tax evasion strategy, in the European Union; if his attention has been further drawn to such a practice here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27623/20]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the persons, Departments or organisations that will be involved in the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/20]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of commitments to introduce exclusion zones; if he has had further consultation with the Garda Commissioner on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27625/20]

Palliative Care Services

Carol Nolan

253. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department for the provision of adult and paediatric palliative care in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/20]

Assisted Suicide

Carol Nolan

254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider directing the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to investigate the ethical implications of assisted suicide, assisted dying and physician-assisted suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27627/20]

National Children's Hospital

Carol Nolan

255. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 1 January to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/20]

Animal Diseases

Carol Nolan

285. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of measures in place to detect and prevent the emergence of African swine fever in the pig sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27629/20]

Flood Prevention Measures

Carol Nolan

114. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department and bodies under his aegis are taking to address flooding along the River Shannon specifically in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Carol Nolan

260. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the reason employers in a catering business must demonstrate that turnover has fallen 30% before they receive a flat-rate subsidy under the employment wage support scheme. [26370/20]