Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

620. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the checks in place here on visitors from abroad to ensure they are self-isolating; the number of checks made each month since February 2020; and the number each month of successful checks and unsuccessful checks, that is, cases in which those carrying out the checks found the visitor had not fulfilled the guidance [16574/20]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the controls in place to ensure that the commission of investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will achieve its objective in a timely and cost-effective manner. [14716/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

61. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [15534/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16141/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

182. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the geographical units used regarding investment by his Department; and the transport co-ordination unit investment delivered in each of these geographical units for the past five years. [14962/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16140/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

318. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16134/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigation in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16138/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

378. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16143/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

448. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16136/20]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to implement the commitments made in the New Decade, New Approach agreement in Northern of Ireland and the commitments made by Ireland in relation to building and funding the A5 road and the expansion of the Magee campus in Derry. [15383/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

480. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16144/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16142/20]

Third Level Admissions

Peadar Tóibín

527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being made for applicants to the CAO for undergraduate medicine who completed the leaving certificate in previous years (details supplied); if there is a reduction in international students taking up course offers on undergraduate medicine programmes; if the places can be made available to EU applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14715/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Peadar Tóibín

589. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be provided for special needs assistants in circumstances in which school staff are required to adhere to the 1 m to 2 m social distancing rule but this is not feasible while providing personal care to students with special needs; if guidance will be provided on the way in which the spread of Covid-19 can be prevented in circumstances in which a special needs assistant provides personal care to more than one student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15196/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

684. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16133/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

807. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16139/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

851. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16132/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16137/20]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

1147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to replace the travel schemes ceased in 2013 due to incompatibility with the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018; if an alternative scheme is available; the status of the interdepartmental group requested to develop detailed proposals including eligibility criteria and administrative arrangements; the number of times the group met; when the last meeting took place; the outcome of the group; the findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15384/20]

Health Information and Quality Authority

Peadar Tóibín

1150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an investigation will be undertaken into the death of an elderly person in a nursing home (details supplied); if so, if the adequacy of the response of the State agencies will be included in the investigation; and if private nursing homes will be included in the health service [15392/20]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

1194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the proposed transport support scheme that is due to replace the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant, which both ceased to exist in February 2013; when the scheme will be finalised; if he plans to work with the Departments of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Transport, Tourism and Sport to finalise the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/20]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

1195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of active pathologists in light of the fact that there has been a shortage of pathologists in some regions, with post-mortem procedures taking up to five days in some counties; if there was planning for an increased demand on pathologists due to Covid-19; if there is provision for increased counselling and bereavement services for families due to secondary trauma arising from deaths due to Covid-19 and the delay in carrying out post-mortems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

1322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16135/20]

Sports Funding

Peadar Tóibín

94. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direction organisations (details supplied) received with regard to the spending of their 2020 budget; if this direction has been made from his Department or Sports Ireland; the details of the distribution of high performance funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sports; if his attention has been drawn to the fact the organisation will have no chef de mission for the remainder of 2020; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact there is no plan for a chef de mission in the future. [13932/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

708. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there is a full and independent investigation into the alleged illegal abortion that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 (details supplied); the reason the medical reports for the abortions that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 are still termed as draft; if he will meet with the family in question; and if the breaches of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that occurred in March 2019 will be included in his report on abortion services on 30 June 2020. [13933/20]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

714. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the closures of mental health facilities by county in the past 20 years; and the amount returned from mental health budgets by county to the HSE since 2010. [13944/20]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

1. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to date by category; the purpose for which the funding was spent in each case; and the beneficiaries in each case. [12844/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Peadar Tóibín

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the planned location for a permanent school premises (details supplied); the capacity it is planned to increase the school to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12794/20]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

173. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to private school bus operators that have suffered a loss of income as result of Covid-19 and that will not be able to resume services, leaving up to 90,000 students without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/20]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service

Peadar Tóibín

287. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of the backlog in processing EU treaty rights reviews; the number of persons on the list for review; if the INIS is operating at full capacity in relation to processing these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12833/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

503. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if children awaiting hospital procedures that had surgery cancelled due to Covid-19 and have turned 16 years of age during this period will still be treated under the child health services and maintain their position on the waiting list such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/20]

Sex Offenders Notification Requirements

Peadar Tóibín

313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the responsibility An Garda Síochána has to persons, communities and neighbourhood watch schemes with regard to sharing information pertaining to convicted sex offenders who are living within their communities; and the information that should be shared to ease concern, worry and frustration within communities. [11922/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

421. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the location of each facility that was procured by his Department, the HSE or another State organisation in 2020 for Covid-19-related purposes; the size of each in terms of area and rooms; the length of each contract; the cost of each; the purpose of each; and the volume of use that it has had in each month of 2020 to date [11857/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

436. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if patients were moved to St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin, from the long-stay psychiatric accommodation on the grounds of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown during the Covid-19 crisis; the number of these patients that lost their lives in March, April, May and June 2020 to date; the category of patients that were moved; the reason they were moved; the location they were moved to; the age and clinical profile of each; the number of patients that died; and the cause of death in each case. [11921/20]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

759. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children referred to Tusla each month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [11931/20]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

760. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on the at-risk register of Tusla; and the number of visits carried out by social workers to children on the at-risk register during each month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [11932/20]

Arts Funding

Peadar Tóibín

936. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent to date on the Galway 2020 project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11925/20]

Arts Funding

Peadar Tóibín

937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will release to this Deputy documents (details supplied) of which her Department is in possession. [11926/20]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills when Safe Pass training courses provided through SOLAS are due to restart (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/20]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Peadar Tóibín

336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications submitted from counties Cavan and Monaghan for funding under the CCTV community scheme; the date of receipt of each application; the number of applications approved to date; the date of approval of each; the funding drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/20]

Naturalisation Applications

Peadar Tóibín

369. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional specific details will be provided on the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) still to be processed; the way in which he plans to address the issue of the inordinate length of time taken to process applications in his Department compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11208/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which normal visits can be expected to resume between family and residents in view of the HIQA report to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response of nursing home residents suffering with loneliness and isolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/20]

Health Screening Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date for the re-opening of cervical and breast screening cancer services in view of the fact that other non-essential services and businesses are now able to resume while patients awaiting life-saving health procedures have been left waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will review the reopening date for the cinema industry; if the reopening of the sector will be brought forward in line with the industry in other European countries and Northern Ireland by allowing cinemas to adopt the measures already presented to his Department to meet the necessary challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11075/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

847. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment by his Department in the delivery of public transport services in each county in each of the past five years other than by national transport companies. [10971/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

848. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport coordination unit investment by his Department delivered in each county in each of the past five years. [10972/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

866. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed cuts to a service (details supplied) will cease and the budget increased to reflect the level of need in County Meath. [11154/20]

Architectural Heritage

Peadar Tóibín

1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will recommend to the planning authority that a structure (details supplied) be added to the register of protected structures. [11153/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

328. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/20]