Parliamentary questions

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the discussions between his Department, the NTA and a company (details supplied) in relation to the future of their services under the BusConnects programme, specifically the company's announced plans for expansion of the depot facilities in Dublin and the resulting loss of car park spaces for its staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 last met and will next meet. [47961/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met and will next meet. [47962/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [47963/21]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the six Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike to protest their administrative detention and imprisonment without charges or formal trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51389/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit. [50785/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [46801/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [50786/21]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the rationale for restricting the funding of mental health to below 6% of the health budget when the ask of mental health campaigners is to increase it up to 12% of the total health budget in line with the average across the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50799/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to clear the outpatient waiting lists; the timeline for so doing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50800/21]

Departmental Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

384. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that have sanction to run internal competitions for promotions; the number of internal competitions that were held by these Departments during the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of promotions that were appointed during the Covid-19 pandemic by Departments with their own sanction; if these competitions were audited or overseen by an independent body; when a processed audit of any Department with their own sanction to run competitions was last conducted; the way in which the transparency of the shortlisting process for these competitions is monitored; if the Government has faith that cronyism does not exist in Departments running competitions under their own sanction other than through the Public Appointments Service, PAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50358/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

433. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social welfare payments that are calculated for the purpose of the assessment for social housing; if he will provide details of the payments that are exempt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51041/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

435. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 20% discretionary HAP uplift can be applied to an ongoing tenancy in which a tenant has received a rent increase and cannot afford to pay any further top up to the landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50372/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

475. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that income is assessed for the purposes of social housing support, including details of income limits, allowances per child, payments that are included in calculation and if the working family payment is included for the purposes of the calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51039/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

476. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the income limit for a family of two parents and six children registered on the housing lists in Dublin to be eligible for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51040/21]

Asylum Seekers

Richard Boyd Barrett

695. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the assistance that can be provided in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50729/21]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address student poverty particularly poverty arising from extortionate costs of accommodation and the burden of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49872/21]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the multiple problems faced by trainee psychologists including the difficulty of supporting themselves thought their doctorates, the lack of availability of appropriate and funded placements for educational and counselling trainees, the cost of registering an MSc from abroad and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who received the fuel allowance while on the jobseeker’s allowance and continued to receive fuel allowance when they went on a community employment scheme will retain their fuel allowance when they transfer from a community employment scheme back onto the jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49995/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to extend the help to buy scheme to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49446/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

176. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to deal with the growing problem of persons on HAP receiving rent increases in cases in which their HAP payments remain fixed and they are required to make top-up payments but cannot afford them, particularly social welfare recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49399/21]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

474. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a grant or assistance is available to a medical card holder towards the cost of electricity for a COPD machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49128/21]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a new medical card can be applied for retrospectively for a medical bill in circumstances in which the person applied for the card within eight weeks of the treatment but did not receive the card until after eight weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49412/21]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her Department's role in the certification of section 481 film relief and in monitoring compliance with the quality employment and training conditions of that relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47960/21]

Budget 2022

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will support the demands by groups (details supplied) for the implementation of the universal basic income for those working in arts, music and entertainment and the other additional supports that they are requesting in advance of budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47959/21]

School Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

374. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will consider re-establishing the school library fund that was cut in 2008 in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47471/21]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of the breakdown between online and in-person learning that each of the higher education institutions are providing; the rationale for same; if he is providing guidelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47491/21]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

547. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a general practitioner allocated to them in view of the circumstances of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47467/21]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

559. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is an onus on the HSE to inform medical card patients that their doctor is retiring from treating medical card patients; if so, if the HSE plan to inform the patients of a doctor (details supplied) in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47509/21]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

628. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the community schemes or job initiatives available to persons with a disability or mental health issue such as schizophrenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/21]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

629. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is another general practitioner who accepts medical card patients in the Dún Laoghaire area, particularly for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47777/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with children and youth affairs will next meet. [45088/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality met last; and when it is next due to meet. [45089/21]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [46799/21]

Social Dialogue

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [46800/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [43763/21]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the method of calculating contributary pensions will change in 2022; if retirees who would achieve a better pension payment under the current averaging system will be allowed to continue having that criteria and method used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47011/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [43762/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [43761/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [45087/21]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider effective rent controls that will both reduce rents and maintain them at an affordable level in view of the failure of the rent pressure zones to make rents affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46414/21]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

146. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to make the long-promised changes to the income levels for eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46469/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

399. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the affordable housing in the area of Cherrywood, Dublin as a result of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, funding; the number of units, the size of units and whether they will be affordable purchase or affordable rental; the cost or rent in each case; when they are scheduled for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46831/21]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

400. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all Part Vs delivered over the past five years, by local authority including the cost to the local authority or approved housing body; if these units are being leased or bought; if they are being leased or bought by an approved housing body or local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46832/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

401. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the retrofitting programme for local authority housing by number of units to be retrofitted each year to 2030; the cost for each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46834/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

559. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will put in place measures that would see colleges refund students who are being forced to take lectures online given that vaccination rates amongst persons over 18 years of age are high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46618/21]

Budget 2022

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make the funds available in Budget 2022 to bring funding for education up to the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45646/21]

School Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will work with a school and an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that the pitches used by the college for generations are kept for use of the college, the local community and sports clubs into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45643/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the measures she is planning to take to ensure that spending is at least brought into line with the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP in view of the recent OECD report that ranks Ireland lowest in education spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45644/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

214. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the practical measures he will make to reward essential workers for the contribution they made to the fight against Covid-19; if these measures will include raising the minimum wage to €15 per hour, a four day working week, more public holidays and statutory holiday entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43776/21]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

262. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the funds will be made available in Budget 2022 to ensure that school secretaries receive a public sector pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45645/21]

Driver Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the way the exchange of a driver licence for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/21]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason a company (details supplied) is regularly cancelling scheduled services on the number 63 route between Dún Laoghaire and Carrickmines causing service users to arrive late for their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44565/21]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schemes in place as part of the job-share initiative or community schemes for persons with a disability or mental health issues; if there is no replacement, if he plans to introduce a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/21]

Third Level Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

446. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the options that are open to a student to appeal no offer from the CAO due to an error in the application process in cases in which the CAO claims that the exam number of the person was not entered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

488. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the process for an applicant for naturalisation who is short of the reckonable residency requirement due to their stamp 4 GNIB card renewal being delayed during Covid-19; if they can request her to grant residency due to special circumstances; if the applicant must have a live application in order to request same; if so, the way this can be achieved with the reckonable residency requirement falling short; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44641/21]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

513. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the exclusion of home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system; the way he plans to ensure the service will continue to be delivered in the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/21]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist report will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will call on the European Union to support a temporary TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics at the upcoming WTO meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43651/21]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

264. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer for exempting counselling and psychotherapy services from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43347/21]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

265. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer of extending tax relief to counselling and psychotherapy services as a qualifying health expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43348/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

313. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the affordable housing schemes referred to in the Housing for All policy document will commence and will be open for applications; when the criteria for eligibility will be available including the new local authority led affordable purchase scheme, the new first home affordable purchase share equity scheme, the cost rental scheme and the expanded local authority home loan scheme; when they are likely to be established in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

314. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new local authority led affordable purchase scheme, the new first home affordable purchase share equity scheme and the expanded local authority home loan scheme will be available to applicants who have previously been homeowners but have lost their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43342/21]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the social homes and the number of the affordable homes projected for each year and in total in the new Housing for All plan that will be sourced by means (details supplied); the projected annual and total cost for any housing being provided through these means in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43926/21]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

334. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current estimated average cost of directly built local authority or AHB public and affordable housing on publicly owned land, providing the estimated cost for one, two, three and four-bed housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/21]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of HAP and RAS leasing tenancies across all local authorities including long term leases by AHBs; the projected number of these for each of the years in the lifetime of the Housing for All plan; the annual cost for each year and in total for the lifetime of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43928/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

340. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures which can be taken by an applicant for a grant for housing adaptation that is needed due to the fact the applicant has recently been diagnosed with motor neuron disease and can no longer work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/21]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

405. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if advice will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43318/21]

Land Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

435. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene, if necessary, using compulsory purchase powers in relation to the situation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43929/21]

School Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

452. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding schools in the south County Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44071/21]

Employment Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

483. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will respond to the appeals of staff in local employment services to immediately halt the tendering out process currently under way and to establish a stakeholder forum which allows for meaningful engagement with all stakeholders in the sector with Government to establish the best way forward for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43925/21]

Childcare Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

499. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his advice for parents who are required by their employer to return to office-based work in cases in which they have no childcare given that the after-school service is currently not resuming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43293/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

500. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that because there is only one intake per year for the ECCE scheme some children can only avail of one year due to their birth date; his plans to return to two intakes per year to ensure an equitable system; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43297/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

528. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will work with Technological University Dublin and those due to graduate to help them provide, if possible, an in-person graduation ceremony within public health guidelines considering the graduation is due to be held in the week between 26 and 29 October 2021 after the date for lifting the final Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44053/21]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

554. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum applications from Afghanistan between 1997 and to date in 2021; the number given some form of international protection in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43669/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

601. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason level 2 contact tracers are not paid the same as level 1 staff; if the quota will be removed for phone calls per day with the understanding that some calls are difficult and take longer than others in order to remove the pressure that staff face doing this important job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

602. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the provision there is in legislation for persons who cannot get vaccinated for medical reasons in relation to the vaccine passport system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/21]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

604. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the public orthodontist in the orthodontic unit of St. Columcille's Hospital Loughlinstown, County Dublin is currently on sick leave; if so, the length of time they will be on leave; the provisions that have been made to replace and cover the position; if the orthodontist is still practising in their private clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43313/21]

Health Service Executive

Richard Boyd Barrett

605. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide comprehensive details from each national director and assistant national director in the HSE in relation to matters (details supplied) for the area of responsibility of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43315/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

608. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43330/21]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

720. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to grant an extension to a general practitioner (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43920/21]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

721. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners across the country who have been granted an extension by the HSE to allow them to continue to see GMS patients beyond the age of 72 years and continue to see those patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/21]

Hospital Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

722. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current permanent ICU bed capacity; the further plans there are to increase capacity given that the HSE recommended in 2009 an ICU capacity of 579 beds; if he aims to reach the number of beds recommended in 2009; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43922/21]

Hospital Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

723. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of achieving the ICU bed capacity fully staffed of 579 recommended by the HSE in 2009. [43923/21]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

724. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in public health across the country at each of the grades broken down by public health area; the plans to increase these numbers; the timescale for these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43924/21]

Land Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

870. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if there is an avenue to pursue for a private home owner whose neighbour's trees are growing out of control in circumstances in which the neighbours refuse to maintain the trees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41482/21]

Health and Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full year 2022 budget for Health and Safety Authority inspections. [41261/21]

Waste Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost of bringing waste collection services back into public ownership. [41191/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

159. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost in 2022 of subsidies for fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41192/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

160. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost in 2022 of subsidies for peat production. [41193/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

188. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the plans he has to show his appreciation for all front-line workers under his remit other than a clap on the back; if he is planning a bonus, gratuity payment for all those workers who have been struggling and worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic; if so, when this will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/21]

Road Signage

Richard Boyd Barrett

210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if there is signage on the M50 for Carrickmines retail park at the appropriate exit; if not, if he will consider this given the size of the park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39949/21]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full year cost of halving all public transport fares and for providing free public transport to all in full-time education. [41182/21]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

273. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full year cost of making all public transport free for all users. [41183/21]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels. [41184/21]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

275. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels and add 33%. [41185/21]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

276. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated annual yield for motor tax projected for 2022; the yield for the past five years; the way in which the monies were allocated; and his plans for allocation of the funds in 2021. [41186/21]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all public service vehicle renewal fees for licences issued in respect of taxis. [41187/21]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all renewal fees for taxi licences issued in respect of taxi drivers. [41188/21]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all suitability test fees for vehicles operating as taxis. [41189/21]