Parliamentary questions

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3267. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of employing all mental health staff to bring the public service up to recommended staffing levels recommended in Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone. [41199/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism and other additional needs. [41200/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3269. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network. [41201/21]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

3270. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay. [41202/21]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

3271. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 500 consultants. [41203/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it will cost to maintain the pre-Covid19 levels of service provision across the health service in 2022 in view of demographic changes and inflation and Covid-19. [41204/21]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

3273. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50. [41205/21]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

3274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to abolish prescription charges. [41206/21]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

3275. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the DPS threshold to €50 and €100, respectively. [41207/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3276. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network. [41208/21]

Emergency Departments

Richard Boyd Barrett

3277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing accident and emergency charges. [41209/21]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reinstate the 2008 dental treatment services scheme. [41210/21]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available in each CHO; and the number of persons waiting for mental health beds. [41211/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost full year cost of permanently increasing and fully staffing and on a permanent basis the number of acute beds to get 85% occupancy in the hospital network. [41212/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of permanently increasing and fully staffing and on a permanent basis to bring the level of ICU beds to 560 in the hospital network. [41213/21]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

3282. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of the current levels of nursing home care provided through the public health system. [41214/21]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

3283. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of the subsidies paid to private nursing homes. [41215/21]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

3284. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of the fair deal scheme. [41216/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of subsidies paid to the private hospital network. [41217/21]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

3286. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of public health consultants in the employ of the public health service; and the estimated full year cost of employing them. [41219/21]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

3287. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of staffing all public health teams to the same level as in the public health service in Scotland. [41220/21]

Food Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

3288. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will work with a cafe (details supplied) to ensure that its entirely voluntary operations of receiving donations of food and distributing the food to homeless persons can continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41265/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

3382. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [39617/21]

Fishing Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

3386. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Belgian FMVs are allowed land fish in Ireland without weighing as part of the EU Commission approved control programme between Ireland and Belgium; if this agreement allows for fish to be landed at non-designated ports such as Dún Laoghaire; if so, the location this agreement is set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40101/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

3426. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of planting 125,000 hectares of foresting with a mixture of broad leaf and native species. [41194/21]

Agriculture Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

3427. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost of a basic income payment to full-time farmers engaged in agroecological or high nature value farming. [41195/21]

Agriculture Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

3428. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost of providing full-time farmers engaged in agroecological or high nature value farming with a basic income of €350 per week. [41196/21]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

446. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if toilax has been withdrawn for use in Ireland; if there is a supply issue given that it is essential in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33070/21]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [37715/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that windows which cannot be opened on long journey trains are in effect a sealed off unit from fresh air and that recirculating air via air conditioning does not have sufficient filtration systems to deal with Covid-19 as noted by the European Railways Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31571/21]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance scheme will be further extended to support private and voluntary nursing homes with additional costs due to Covid-19 (details supplied); if not, if he is considering replacement funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30786/21]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [37713/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the Covid-19 oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [37714/21]

National Maternity Hospital

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed update on the discussions with a group (details supplied) with regard to the ownership and management of the new national maternity hospital; if he has considered any other sites for this hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37722/21]

Military Aircraft

Richard Boyd Barrett

372. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has entered into an international agreement with the United Kingdom that allows the British Royal Air Force to enter Irish airspace and carry out military operations within Irish sovereign airspace and over the territory of the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37232/21]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

489. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services currently available for those who have hearing loss in particular but not exclusively, access to hearing aids and lip reading services; if there is a cost implication for the service user; the planned expansion of services for those with hearing loss; if he will address the lack of lip reader tutor training in order to increase the amount of lip reader tutors; the measures he is taking to increase the number of lip reading classes nationally and in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37402/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1199 of 15 June 2021, if the establishment of native woodlands on Bord na Móna bog will be included in the climate action afforestation targets of 8,000 hectares annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37236/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

601. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1200 of 15 June 2021, if Coillte felling licence requirements for 2021 were prioritised over private licences applications awaiting decisions from his Department since 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37237/21]

Immigration Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to include migrants who had residency prior to becoming undocumented regardless of time spent undocumented in the regularisation scheme for undocumented people in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36934/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [34840/21]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

132. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans in relation to persons who have received one dose of a vaccine (details supplied) but are only 30% protected against the Indian variant and are not due to receive their second dose for a number of weeks making them vulnerable to infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30441/21]

Hospital Appointments Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [34684/21]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. [34839/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

477. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if persons with Crohn’s disease who are on immunosuppressant drugs are considered to be vulnerable to Covid-19; the position of such persons in the vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29616/21]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if confirmation will be given to a school (details supplied) of the location of its temporary school in September 2021; if she will ensure that the temporary school will be in the catchment area of the school; the location of the permanent site; when the permanent site will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35267/21]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will work with a school (details supplied) to ensure the acquisition by her Department of a building for a specific ASD unit and as a school hall; if not, if confirmation will be given that the school will have an ASD unit and will be allowed to rent the building for same while a deal is worked out between her Department and the parish to purchase the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35266/21]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person in their 80s who has been in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and a qualified adult increase for nearly 20 years and whose spouse is the qualified adult and is also in their 80s has received a means text request from her Department; if this is a random review; if so, if the procedure will be reviewed that allows those over 80 to be randomly reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35265/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

168. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment whose payment is reduced to the €203 on 7 September 2021 or the subsequent two dates will be moved to jobseeker’s allowance rather than stay on the payment at the relevant rate; her views on the way this can be justified given the payment is not a jobseeker’s allowance payment but a payment for those whose incomes or jobs continue to be impacted by public health restrictions, such as taxi drivers, musicians and those in the entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35264/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Richard Boyd Barrett

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the VAT implications for a registered charity building an animal shelter as a new build; if exemptions are available on the VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35448/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the period of time a person can receive jobseeker’s benefit before they are means tested for jobseeker’s allowance temporarily until the job market and the economy has recovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35442/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

373. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of prisoners who have been vaccinated to date against Covid-19; the number vaccinated who are over 60 years of age; the number vaccinated who are medically vulnerable; the timescale for those who have not been vaccinated to receive a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28506/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [34682/21]

Anglo-Irish Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [34683/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a parent can travel to see their child who lives in the UK without needing to use up annual leave to quarantine for two weeks on their return or to have a need to pay for expensive PCR tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26800/21]

Central Statistics Office

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the Central Statistics Office with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [34841/21]

Technological Universities

Richard Boyd Barrett

403. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and the Higher Education Authority will assist and support Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology as the last remaining institute of technology to join the Technological University through a section 38 of the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34441/21]

Technological Universities

Richard Boyd Barrett

404. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a line item list of expenditure for funds awarded to Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology by the Higher Education Authority for exploring technological university designation; if this funding is to seek technological university designation under the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34442/21]

An Garda Síochána

Richard Boyd Barrett

419. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 5 May 2021, when the information requested will be provided by An Garda Síochána. [34551/21]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

490. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of workers who have been transferred without their knowledge from a section 39 status organisation to a section 56 status which has had consequences for those workers earnings and conditions; when and the way in which this change was made; if it is intended to ensure sufficient funding and resources are available for Tusla and section 56 workers to allow for the reversal of FEMPI era cuts that have applied to public sector and section 38 and 39 employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26738/21]

Health Service Executive

Richard Boyd Barrett

544. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the next date for a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27464/21]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the further measures he will take to address unaffordable rents, excessive rent increases and unfair evictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33884/21]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland plans to take against Israel following the continued bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33911/21]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports that will still be given to the councils that were previously in receipt of moneys from the equalisation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31407/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the high level of current expenditure in his Department via the housing assistance payment, the rental accommodation scheme and leasing needs to be replaced by capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/21]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date by his Department in its development of a well-being framework for Ireland. [31400/21]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the national economic recovery plan. [33399/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [33400/21]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

276. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if it may not be possible to carry out complete foetal anomaly scans in University Hospital Galway’s maternity services due to Covid 19 restrictions, the implications for foetal health care and maternal health care if such a critical scan is not being completed for pregnant patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/21]

National Risk Assessment

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment for 2021. [33398/21]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

225. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by abolishing the Special Assignee Relief Programme, which was introduced in 2014 to provide a tax reduction to high earning persons who locate to Ireland for work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33417/21]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

226. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from eliminating the refundable nature of the unused element of the research and development tax credit for corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33418/21]

Consular Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the consular support available to Irish passport holders in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32836/21]

Consular Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the discrimination of Palestinian Irish passport holders in Israeli airports and travelling through Israel to Gaza or the difficulties in getting out of Gaza to return to Ireland; the representations he has made on behalf of these Irish passport holders in order to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32846/21]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if statistical information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33057/21]

Travel Documents

Richard Boyd Barrett

489. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason the same visa free travel to Ireland afforded to Israeli citizens is not extended to Palestinian travellers given the need to end discrimination and mistreatment of Palestinians; if she will consider extending equal visa free travel to Palestinians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32844/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will examine if the vaccine roll-out will inadvertently vaccinate persons in the 50-59 age group faster than some persons in the priority group 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25516/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the measures he is taking to support the taxi industry and taxi drivers and assist its recovery following Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31410/21]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the lessons he has learned in the course of the pandemic with regard to maintaining staffing levels in key areas of the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it will next meet. [31399/21]

European Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [31405/21]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [29781/21]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [31398/21]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if it will be ensured that changes to the local property tax take into account the incomes of the homeowners in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31408/21]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to changes to the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31407/21]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the CSO with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [28374/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he is concerned especially during the current pandemic that windows which cannot be opened on long journey trains are in effect a sealed off unit from fresh air and that recirculating air via air conditioning does not have sufficient filtration systems to deal with covid-19 as noted by the European Railways Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31192/21]

National Asset Management Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason uncompleted houses (details supplied) would not be sold individually by NAMA to persons who are willing to complete the necessary work to make these houses habitable for their own use given that there are other houses in the estate that are completed with occupants who have a water connection and in view of the lack of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30703/21]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

586. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the approved housing bodies involved in the mortgage-to-rent initiative; the banks that are involved in the initiative; the way households are identified as suitable for inclusion in the initiative; the number of households nationally that are provided for by this scheme; the terms for tenants; the duration of the lease; the provisions for tenants to purchase back the property; the parameters by which tenants can remain in the home beyond the term of the lease; the provisions made for families of the chief earner in the event of their death or serious illness; the person that is financially responsible for the upkeep of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30769/21]

Departmental Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

927. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if another date will be arranged for a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30546/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1197. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any private land owners have been approved afforestation licences on the same land type now being proposed by his Department as suitable for afforestation on decommissioned Bord na Móna bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31228/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1198. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will be funding the environmental reports for the pilot scheme on industrial bog lands involving Bord na Móna and Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31229/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is experimenting on Bord na Móna decommissioned industrial bog lands to achieve afforestation targets instead of processing licence applications that are submitted to his Department by private land owners who are waiting inordinate lengths of time to obtain a licence to plant their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/21]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he advised his Department to focus on Coillte felling licences for 2021 which prioritised them over the ten private licences applications awaiting a decision from his Department since 2016 or the 28 applications awaiting a decision since 2017 or the 237 private licence applications awaiting decision from his Department since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31231/21]

Trade Agreements

Richard Boyd Barrett

82. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined possible implications for the climate goals of Ireland, especially targets committed to in the Paris Treaty as a result of Ireland endorsing the CETA trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1486/21]

Industrial Development

Richard Boyd Barrett

198. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the setting up by the IDA of operations in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/21]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when employee redundancy rights will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30268/21]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he envisages introducing a mandatory sick pay scheme before the end of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/21]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide for those on general employment permits to have at least the same rights as critical skills permits holders in the forthcoming employment permits Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30270/21]

Workplace Relations Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

202. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide for access to workplace relations bodies by undocumented workers (details supplied). [30271/21]