Parliamentary questions

Rail Network

Dara Calleary

224. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed a copy of the report by a person (details supplied) relating to the development of the western rail corridor; his views on the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43219/21]

Road Projects

Dara Calleary

225. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the status of the development of national road projects both for primary and secondary roads in County Mayo; and his plans for future developments of same. [43220/21]

Ports Policy

Dara Calleary

226. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the position in relation to rail freight access at Dublin Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/21]

Road Projects

Dara Calleary

227. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the status of the R312 in County Mayo; the funding that has been draw down by Mayo County Council in relation to same; and if a commitment will be given for the inclusion of additional resources for regional roads in the forthcoming review of the NDP. [43222/21]

Road Projects

Dara Calleary

232. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if additional allocations for roads investments in non-national roads will be made available to local authorities before the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43367/21]

Asylum Seekers

Dara Calleary

347. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans that are in place to assist asylum seekers to exit from Afghanistan, either directly or through a third country; if there will be an agreement of safe passage with the current Afghan government; and the documentation that needs to be provided. [43226/21]

General Practitioner Services

Dara Calleary

584. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are routinely being charged for blood tests in many general practitioner practices; if medical card holders should be charged for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43212/21]

Care Services

Dara Calleary

589. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans for establishing a commission on care as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; the process and timeline involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43265/21]

Care Services

Dara Calleary

590. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the implementation plan for funding the carer’s guarantee funding before the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43266/21]

Home Help Service

Dara Calleary

591. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to challenges in recruiting persons to fill home help hours as in persons to work these hours for persons allocated hours; and if he will engage with colleagues across Government in order to address this challenge. [43267/21]

Vaccination Programme

Dara Calleary

741. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines to vaccination sites around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/21]

Harbours and Piers

Dara Calleary

794. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of applications received from a local authority (details supplied) for piers and harbour funding in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43517/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

30. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42704/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

73. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42705/21]

Departmental Programmes

Dara Calleary

106. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application for inclusion on the safe routes to school scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/21]

Dublin Bus

Dara Calleary

145. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport his plans in his capacity as shareholder and the implementation date for a new pension plan for employees of Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42635/21]

Departmental Staff

Dara Calleary

147. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42716/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

209. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42706/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

248. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42712/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

284. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42715/21]

Water Supply

Dara Calleary

335. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of water allowances for both Irish Water and group water scheme consumers; if he is committed to restoring parity to the limits for each; his views on whether a 41% reduction in the allowance (details supplied) for equivalent households is unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42076/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

373. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42710/21]

Foreign Birth Registration

Dara Calleary

452. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the processing of foreign birth registration applications will recommence; if he will commit to assigning additional staff to the relevant Department section in view of the huge backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

459. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42707/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

488. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42702/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

617. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department and particularly to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42703/21]

Rural Schemes

Dara Calleary

680. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the implications of the six-year rule which was introduced in 2017 that will see participants forced off the rural social scheme in 2023; if she will reconsider this rule and allow these participants continue on the scheme; if not, the alternatives her Department is proposing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42021/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

717. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42714/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

776. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42701/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

849. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42708/21]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

915. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice if central funding is available for the continuation of existing text alert schemes; the details of the funding process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42509/21]

Legislative Programme

Dara Calleary

931. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the specific actions have been taken by her Department since the formation of this Government to reform the defamation laws; and her future plans in relation to same. [42689/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

932. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42711/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

1386. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42709/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

1583. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within his Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42700/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

1614. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department in particular to encourage remote working for those who live in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42713/21]

Inland Fisheries

Dara Calleary

58. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 13 July 2021, the procedures for reappointment to the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland; if public consultation is involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39556/21]

Tax Code

Dara Calleary

315. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the provisions or options that exist for a sibling who was also primary carer in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39814/21]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

732. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the procedures that should be followed when a local authority is assessing applications under the defective blocks scheme; the information that should be provided to an applicant who is deemed by that local authority to be an unsuccessful applicant; the appeals mechanism for such an applicant; his views on whether there is a need for independent input, that is, independent of the local authority who had made the original decision for the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40699/21]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

733. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it will be ensured that in the review of the defective blocks scheme there would be a requirement for the assessing local authority to conduct a physical site visit of each applicant home being assessed under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40700/21]

Health Service Executive

Dara Calleary

1547. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s efforts to rectify the lack of local HSE ophthalmic services for children in north County Mayo; the steps that have been taken to alleviate the long lists that are now developing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34151/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Dara Calleary

1587. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider offering free Covid-19 PCR tests for patients travelling to the UK for essential treatment; if he has had discussions with the HSE in relation to circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34370/21]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Dara Calleary

1626. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of capital developments at health facilities (details supplied) in County Mayo; the budget for each project and the amount of spend in 2020 and to date in 2021; the most up-to-date position in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34518/21]

Primary Care Centres

Dara Calleary

1732. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35212/21]

National Economic and Social Council

Dara Calleary

8. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach the status of the work of the National Economic and Social Council in 2021. [37704/21]

Departmental Offices

Dara Calleary

6. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach the status of work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [37702/21]

Cabinet Committees

Dara Calleary

14. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 is next due to meet. [37703/21]

General Practitioner Services

Dara Calleary

95. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a replacement general practitioner service for Kiltimagh, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37539/21]

Primary Care Centres

Dara Calleary

100. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the current status of primary care centre developments in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37540/21]

Inland Fisheries

Dara Calleary

211. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will restore the membership of the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland to its full membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37824/21]