Parliamentary questions

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

489. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of forestry projects which are captured within the 15 km buffer zone radius and screened in for appropriate assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34115/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

490. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licence applications to his Department in June 2019 before the buffer zone was increased to 15 km; the number of forestry licence applications currently with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34116/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

491. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department prior to increasing the buffer zone radius to 15 km and to ensure the necessary resources were in place to minimise adverse effects on the forestry industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

492. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the approach by his Department to introduce a 15 km buffer zone radius on all forestry projects compares to procedures in Northern Ireland and Scotland in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

493. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are grants available for a person who is beekeeping and has three and a half acres to use for biodiversity for wildflowers for bee pollination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34126/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

305. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who will gain under full convergence; the number of farmers who will lose under full convergence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33790/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

306. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers by farm size who are gaining under convergence and the number losing under convergence within parameters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33791/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

307. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers by stocking density who are gaining under convergence and the number of farmers losing under convergence within parameters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33792/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

308. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a breakdown will be provided of the gains under full convergence by number of farmers who will gain within parameters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33793/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

309. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a breakdown will be provided of the losses under full convergence by number of farmers who will lose within parameters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33794/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

310. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a breakdown will be provided of the number of farmers whose current payment is less than €15,000, BPS and greening that will lose under full convergence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33795/21]

Housing Provision

Jackie Cahill

299. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units his Department plans to build from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2026; the amount of investment the State will make in these units in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32991/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

301. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the HAP payments being paid on a weekly basis by family dynamics and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33014/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

624. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the practical experience that is required by an ecologist before they can start vetting forestry licence applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32995/21]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

59. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if a driver theory test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32143/21]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

60. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the plans of the Road Safety Authority to recommence the process of offering cancelled appointments to those applying for driver theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32144/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

168. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person in ownership of a property worth €120,000 other than their home has no means to appeal a decision in relation to the fuel allowance; if she plans to introduce amendments to the relevant legislation and guidelines in order to avoid unfair situations like this arising (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32286/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

169. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has means to appeal a decision in relation to the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32287/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

100. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Tipperary receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number who were in receipt of the payment in May 2021; the number of persons in the county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in County Tipperary over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31761/21]

Insurance Industry

Jackie Cahill

122. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the status of the measures his Department is taking under the action plan on insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/21]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

206. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the value of the levy per tonne paid on farm plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31453/21]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

207. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the tonnage the levy paid on farm plastics is paid on from 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/21]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

208. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the last tender was agreed for farm plastic collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31455/21]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

209. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the last tender for farm plastic collection was open for competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31456/21]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

243. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) can book a date for their driver test in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30922/21]

Tax Reliefs

Jackie Cahill

363. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the 9% tax on hospitality to the end of September 2022 rather than the beginning of the same month (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/21]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Jackie Cahill

364. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the taxation rates that are applied in the case of compensation being paid to a landowner for a compulsory purchase order being made against the owner’s property for the purpose of upgrading a public road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31460/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

378. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the details of the financial supports that will be made available to assist pubs that do not serve food to reopen; the way publicans can apply for this funding; when the funding will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31694/21]

Tourism Industry

Jackie Cahill

529. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to ensure Fáilte Ireland is supporting the private coach tourism industry with financial packages and stimuli considering this is an essential component of the Irish tourism industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31450/21]

Tourism Industry

Jackie Cahill

530. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether Fáilte Ireland is doing enough to support the private coach tourism industry considering the challenges facing this vital component of the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31451/21]

Horticulture Sector

Jackie Cahill

548. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report on harvesting on Irish bogs will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/21]

Housing Schemes

Jackie Cahill

567. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social housing supports that are in place for a person who had to leave the family home due to domestic violence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30621/21]

Haulage Industry

Jackie Cahill

849. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advertise grants for Heavy Goods Vehicle, HGV, and bus driver lessons as part of the back to work scheme given the pressing need to get drivers trained for the transport and haulage industries due to a shortage of drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30616/21]

Education and Training Provision

Jackie Cahill

1033. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase driver courses for HGV drivers and bus drivers in County Tipperary by providing more spaces for training at the ETB centre in Archerstown, Thurles given the pressing need to get drivers trained up for the transport and haulage industries due to shortages of drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30615/21]

Public Sector Staff

Jackie Cahill

1147. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if public sector employees are being transferred as staff members to An Garda Síochána without agreement; if they will be transferred without the same employment terms and conditions that they had in the public sector; if they will be balloted to determine if they accept or approve of this staff transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31461/21]

Regeneration Projects

Jackie Cahill

1222. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the eligibility criteria for the 2021 town and village renewal scheme has been considered and taken into account for the funding of towns with populations above 10,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31848/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

40. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his plans to support the hospitality sector in advance of and following the reopening of the sector in early June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30026/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

102. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if restart grants will be provided for the hospitality industry in advance of the reopening of the sector to assist with cashflow issues that most businesses in this sector are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30025/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

186. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30045/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

187. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Tipperary enterprises that that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30046/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Jackie Cahill

149. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to include driver training courses as part of the eligible items for grant support under the enterprise support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30010/21]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

186. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase the number of driver training courses available at Tipperary Enterprise and Training Board in order to meet the high demand for these drivers across the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30006/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

224. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport when the ramp at platform 2, Thurles railway station, County Tipperary will be upgraded and reopened for public use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29321/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Jackie Cahill

460. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29584/21]

Third Level Education

Jackie Cahill

492. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of widening access to student assistance fund supports for students that have exceeded four years of their PhD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29298/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

298. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average timeframe from date of advertising to date of decision for the 76 afforestation licenses issued in April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28995/21]

Rural Schemes

Jackie Cahill

38. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding supports available for community gardens or community allotments in rural towns and villages (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28000/21]

Waterways Issues

Jackie Cahill

66. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when works will be carried out by the OPW on the wall on the bridge in Ballylooby, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/21]

Appointments to State Boards

Jackie Cahill

277. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when applicants for the position of appointments to the National Oversight and Audit Commission will be notified as to the outcome of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27770/21]

School Transport

Jackie Cahill

357. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education if parents that paid for school transport on the Upperchurch/Kilcommon to Thurles bus route in recent weeks can be informed as to the period of time the tickets paid for are covering in view of the fact these parents are yet to receive confirmation from Bus Éireann as to duration of the tickets and have failed to receive a response from Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28155/21]

Employment Support Services

Jackie Cahill

386. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection when the work placement and experience programme announced as part of the July jobs stimulus is due to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27829/21]

Third Level Education

Jackie Cahill

471. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person can apply for a SUSI grant based on the financial status of a family member (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28151/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

526. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 11 May 2021, the number of ecologists and inspectors involved in issuing 1080 licences in 2021, which is up 11% on the previous year; the number of ecologists and inspectors involved in issuing licences for the equivalent period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27499/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

557. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licence applications with his Department on 1 March 2021; the number of forestry licence applications with his Department on 31 March 2021; and the number of forestry licence applications with his Department on 10 May 2021. [27870/21]

Animal Diseases

Jackie Cahill

62. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the BTB incidence rate among Irish herds in 2021; if he expects the annual incidence rate to rise again from 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/21]

School Staff

Jackie Cahill

269. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the primary payments section of her Department to have their service history as a teacher amended to include the years they spent as a substitute teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27202/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

90. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if a pub availing of Covid-19 related financial supports such as the employment wage subsidy scheme or Covid restrictions support scheme will still be eligible to avail of some supports following a partial reopening of the business (details supplied); the financial supports that will be available to pubs leading up to and following reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26829/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Jackie Cahill

127. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Tipperary currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in County Tipperary who have received the payment since its introduction; the total expenditure on such payments in County Tipperary over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26265/21]

Grant Payments

Jackie Cahill

389. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if grants are available for a person who wishes to renovate a protected structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26079/21]

Schools Building Projects

Jackie Cahill

72. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the status of each large-scale school building project in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25064/21]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Jackie Cahill

165. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the steps taken to provide for lower pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25065/21]

Grant Payments

Jackie Cahill

176. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants or financial supports available for a person who is opening a business for the first time as a beautician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25282/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Jackie Cahill

183. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a school (details supplied) will be connected to the fibre broadband network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25264/21]

Driver Licences

Jackie Cahill

205. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25346/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Jackie Cahill

255. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that is available to Tipperary County Council for housing for members of the Traveller community; the funding that has been made available to County Tipperary under Traveller accommodation programmes in the past five years; the amount that has been spent by the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25344/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

256. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if grants are available for a house (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25348/21]

Irish Water

Jackie Cahill

257. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of talks between local authorities and Irish Water on the transfer of staff from the former to the latter; if he can give an assurance that all employment terms and conditions will remain the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25350/21]

School Transport

Jackie Cahill

318. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the reason there are three school buses operating on the Kilcommon, Upperchurch to Thurles bus route; the reason all three buses are stopping at some bus stops; the number of students who are transported on each bus; the reason this cannot be coordinated to have one bus stop at each stop; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25347/21]

Legislative Measures

Jackie Cahill

381. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland enforces such a strict level of tolerance on TAC in hemp in comparison with other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25352/21]

Vaccination Programme

Jackie Cahill

410. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the waving of mandatory hotel quarantine for persons who are vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccines not yet approved by the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25246/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

423. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the source of a recent HSE statement that there are 150 palliative care support beds in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

424. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the annual number of persons in south County Tipperary who require end of life care in a hospital environment; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25289/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

425. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health he number of palliative care support beds that a population such as south County Tipperary should have based on best practice and the policy of the HSE and his Department; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25290/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

426. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number and location of the existing palliative care support beds in south County Tipperary excluding Waterford or Dungarvan; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

427. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the two palliative care support beds in Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25292/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

428. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of care to palliative care in-patients is to be given by homecare teams in future; if this is considered best practice; if so, the source of the practice being defined as best practice policy by the HSE and or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/21]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

429. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether two palliative care support beds will be sufficient to meet the needs of patients in south County Tipperary in ten years’ time; if not, the areas from which the additional beds will be sourced from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25294/21]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Jackie Cahill

468. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote the cultivation of hemp in order to meet Ireland’s carbon sequestering targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

474. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to permitting the land that grows hemp to be eligible for the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/21]

Hospital Staff

Jackie Cahill

293. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a full-time consultant from University Hospital Limerick to the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital as a matter of priority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25125/21]

Passport Services

Jackie Cahill

57. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in County Tipperary. [23930/21]

Driver Licences

Jackie Cahill

211. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) can extend their international driving permit in order that they can drive with their non-EU/EEA driver licence while they are at home on ill-health grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

212. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the number of level crossings that are manned by Iarnród Éireann on the Limerick to Ballybrophy line; if there is a programme funded by either his Department or Iarnród Éireann to allow these crossings to be converted to remotely operated and monitored full automatic crossings; if not, if he will consider funding such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24599/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

214. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the amount invested in the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line for improvement and safety works including the laying of continuous welded rail in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

215. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the amount planned to be invested in the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line for improvement and safety works including the laying of continuous welded rail in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24654/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

216. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the improvement and safety works made on the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line from 1 January 2020 to 5 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24655/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

217. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the number of miles of continuous welded rail laid on the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24656/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

218. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the number of miles of continuous welded rail planned to be laid on the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line for the remainder of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

219. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the number of user and farmer worked crossings on the Limerick to Ballybrophy rail line; when the usage of these crossings was last reviewed; the regularity with which they are reviewed; his plans to eliminate crossing either through land swaps or building of over or under bridges to eliminate risk and allow line speeds to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/21]

Rail Network

Jackie Cahill

220. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the number of user worked level crossings on a public road that are designated as an OP crossing by Iarnród Éireann on the Limerick to Ballybrophy rail line; if the crossings have been provided with the decision support system; if so, the number of cost per crossing; if he will provide additional funding to allow a programme to provide this system on all OP crossings on the line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/21]

Asylum Applications

Jackie Cahill

641. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24064/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

969. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of forestry licences in his Department by year of submission that are still awaiting a decision in each of the years 2017 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23998/21]

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

980. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not granted exceptional force majeure for a beef finisher payment given the circumstances. [24191/21]

Tourism Industry

Jackie Cahill

54. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider the requests of the members of an organisation (details supplied) and the inbound tourism sector for direct financial support of €20 million in 2021 through an extension of the Ireland based inbound agents business continuity scheme which was successfully introduced and administered by Fáilte Ireland in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23460/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Jackie Cahill

184. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Jackie Cahill

185. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need in the National Service Plan 2021 was received from the HSE PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Jackie Cahill

186. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he is expecting a submission for funding from the HSE PCRS to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need for inclusion in the National Service Plan 2022. [23397/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Jackie Cahill

187. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he has received a submission from the HSE PCRS recommending that the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is made available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23398/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Jackie Cahill

188. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings held in 2020 and to date in 2021 between the manufacturers of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system and the HSE PCRS in relation to making the technology available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; the outcomes of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23399/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Jackie Cahill

189. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the decision to make the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23400/21]